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The party we missed, and the old synagogue Obama visited

*We didn’t make it out to the Impact Film Fund/Jewish Coalition on Education and Research party at Fur nightclub on Sunday night because we attended Shmuel Herfeld’s National Jewish Inaugural Ball Sunday — and because we only heard about it a couple hours before it started and we weren’t sure we could get in with […]

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Live blogging the inauguration

10:47 am – Brilliant sunshine. Lots of what I call ambient Jewish noise on the two hour wait in line (snaking in and out of the ancillary Congressional buildings.) Sample: “My Mom got these tickets because she fund-raises for pro-Israel candidates! The congressman (from Arizona) was sorry he couldn’t get us DNC tickets, so, like, […]

Reflections on W.

On Monday William Kristol used his NYT column to bemoan the lack of Jewish support for the man he describes as the best presidential friend Israel ever had: It will probably be a while before he gets much of either. In synagogue, right after the prayer for our country, there is a prayer for the state of Israel, […]

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