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• Remembering Ted Kennedy

  August 27, 2009 1:38am

  United Jewish Communities: “He was a good friend to the Jewish Federation system and the Jewish people worldwide, including Soviet Jewry and the State of Israel." Anti-Defamation League: “Throughout his nearly fifty years in the Senate, his was a voice of reason, principle and passion that cut to the core of the fundamental ideals and…

• Ron Bloom: Car czar in the Labor Zionist tradition

  August 25, 2009 10:24pm

  Ron Bloom’s professional road to becoming the Obama administration’s point man in attempting to rescue the U.S. auto industry is well known. Missing from the myriad news reports on Bloom’s appointment, however, were those formative summers at Camp Galil.

• Among Jewish groups, only GOPers slamming Dems’ health care plans

  August 15, 2009 12:46am

  Even as polls and heated rhetoric suggest opposition to Democratic health care reforms is mounting, Jewish organizational support appears to be holding steady.

• J Street urges Huckabee to drop Shepherd Hotel plans

  August 14, 2009 11:09pm

  J Street urged former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee to reconsider his plan to visit a controversial settlement in eastern Jerusalem.

• Terrorism seminar held for NJ security professionals

  August 14, 2009 10:17pm

  A Jewish umbrella group helped organize a terrorism seminar for over 200 New Jersey law enforcement and security professionals.

• Netanyahu turns down Sarkozy’s plea to free terrorist

  August 14, 2009 10:02pm

  Benjamin Netanyahu rejected French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s request to free a convicted terrorist.

• British Jewish group sets pie-tossing record

  August 14, 2009 9:50pm

  A Jewish youth group in Britain set a new world record for largest custard pie fight.

• Bund comment lands N.J. judge in hot water

  August 13, 2009 9:15pm

  A complaint was filed against a New Jersey judge who jokingly referenced a Nazi organization during a trial.

• Remains of ancient temple found in Turkey

  August 13, 2009 8:58pm

  The remains of a centuries-old Jewish temple were found on the southern coast of Turkey.

• Jewish, Iranian groups team in Bratz brief

  August 13, 2009 12:19am

  Several Jewish and Iranian American groups joined the maker of Bratz dolls in appealing its case with Mattel.