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EST 1917

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Talia bat Pessi, at Ms. Magazine, finds a feminist hero in the Megilla and it’s not (only) Esther — it’s Vashti. Vashti understood feminism thousands of years before it was given a name. Realizing the sexism of the fact that Ahasuerus made a party for only the men of Persia, she decided to level the […]

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David Murphy backs public radio — according to his Twiiter icon — and, well, his name is Murphy. He sounds neither Republican nor Jewish. Which is why his tweet made me laugh, although I’m sure he doesn’t think it’s funny: I keep getting fundraising calls from the Republican Jewish Coalition. I have asked NUMEROUS times […]

David Frum, a board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, seems to think so, because she organized her Israel visit through a Christian group, and not the RJC. From his column at CNN.com: Most Republican presidential aspirants consider the RJC a group whose support is very much worth having. Which is why virtually every major […]

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