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Dershowitz pushed NJDC to apologize to Adelson

JTA’s Ron Kampeas has a great story detailing the background of Sheldon Adelson’s lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council. Apparently Adelson pushed via intermediaries for the NJDC to apologize for intimating in an online petition that he approved of prostitution. But unlike the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the NJDC refused to apologize to the […]

By Daniel Treiman August 9, 2012 8:21 pm

A shul connection: Finding a Spanish tutor for the Democratic convention’s Hispanic keynote speaker

In a few weeks, Julian Castro will be basking in the national spotlight as the Democratic National Convention’s keynote speaker. The 37-year-old San Antonio mayor is already seen as a young- up-and-comer in Democratic politics. But while he is one of the nation’s more prominent Hispanic politicians – and the leader of a mostly Latino […]

August 9, 2012 7:54 pm

Blitzer to Gingrich on Abedin: ‘She’s married to a Jewish guy’

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer mixes it up with Newt Gingrich on suggestions by Rep. Michele Bachmann and some other Republican members of Congress that Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin should be investigated for possible ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. Gingrich has defended Bachmann from her critics. (One of Blitzer’s rejoinders regarding Abedin: “She’s married to a […]

August 9, 2012 7:36 pm

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Dershowitz pushed NJDC to apologize to Adelson

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