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June 23, 2008

Adalah-NY says the United Nations’ children fund is no longer taking money from Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev because of his role in building settlements in West Bank. The group, which seemingly has been fixated on Leviev in recent months and apparently pushed UNICEF on the matter, has been circulating an email with a link to […]

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Jewish attorneys raising money for Democratic presidential candidates is hardly news. Nor is it all that unusual for them to switch allegiances once their favorite is out of the game. Still, not so long ago, at least one of Hillary Clinton’s most ardent supporters and fund-raisers had some major questions about Barack Obama, particularly on […]

Relying in part on citing reporting in the JTA, The New Yorker offers a 13-page profile of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, the third richest man in America. The piece explores Adelson’s staunch right-wing Zionism, his friendship with Tom Delay and, of course, the 74-year-old multibillionaire’s own bravado. From the story: “In my sixty-three years in […]

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