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I’ve heard the same rumors Politico’s Ben Smith has: President Obama will address AIPAC on Sunday: President Obama is expected to address the giant pro-Israel group AIPAC’s annual policy conference next Sunday, at a moment of uncertainty over America’s role in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict after its policy of two years appears to have stalled out. […]

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The New York Times runs a piece today on how the big money behind the push for sanctioning gay marriage in New York State is coming from Republicans. The figures named are also Jewish, which isn’t too surprising, considering that state’s tradition of Jewish socially moderate Republicans. (The four named philanthropists are also hedge fund […]

If you think kosher meat is expensive now, just think about what your great-grandparents paid. In May 1902, the retail price of kosher meat in New York jumped–from 12 to 18 cents per pound in a matter of weeks. Back then, the average U.S. income was a little over ten dollars a week, so a difference of […]

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