October 10, 2008

Loose Change: The state of the economy, implications for philanthropy and goodies for Jewish lobbyis

In the Jewish media: The New York Jewish Week gets inside the economic effect on the Jewish world with a series of articles: The economy has hit the Jewish main street in Queens. The country’s largest Jewish federation, the UJA-Federation of New York, could dip into its reserves to offset losses from the Wall Street […]

By Jacob Berkman October 10, 2008 8:15 pm

Political tidbits: More guilt by association, a plea to stop talking about Israel

More guilt by association from the GOP, as he chairman of the Palm Beach Republican Party is e-mailing around a video of an eight-month old speech in which Louis Farrakhan calls Barack Obama “the messiah.” Obama already responded to this endorsement in a debate during the primaries: After some badgering from Tim Russert and Hillary […]

October 10, 2008 8:14 pm

Swing states target of Jewish outreach this weekend

With less than a month to go before Election Day, Barack Obama’s campaign is sponsoring Jewish outreach events in three important swing states this weekend – and that doesn’t even include “The Great Schlep.” At noon at a Philadelphia Jewish community center, Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell (D) and U.S. Reps. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) and Jan […]

October 10, 2008 7:57 pm

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