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Jewish approval of Obama unaffected by Israel tensions, poll shows

President Obama’s status among American Jews remains unaffected despite recent tensions with Israel’s government, according to a Gallup Poll.

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Before Rahm: The actual first Jew at Chicago’s municipal helm

With today being Rahm Emanuel’s first day on the job as mayor of Chicago, news media have labelled him the first Jewish mayor of Chicago. While the distinction of being first elected Jewish mayor of Chicago may still belong to him, the first acting Jewish mayor of Chicago was Samuel Adams Ettelson: Jewish Attorney Chicago’s […]

God Save the President

The townsfolk from Fiddler on the Roof had a very simple prayer for their government: “May God bless and keep the Czar…far away from us!” This wasn’t the first time that Jews composed a prayer for the government. One of these prayers, from 15th-century Aragon, asks that God “bless, guard, protect, and help our Lord King Don Ferando.” As […]

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