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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.