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EST 1917

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Round one goes to Henry Waxman. The California Democrat and senior Jewish lawmaker in the House defeated Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) 25-22 in a vote of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, the first step in Waxman’s attempt to take the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee from Dingell. The commitee recommendation […]

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The only Jewish Republican in the House has been elected to the second highest position in his party’s leadership. Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) won unanimous election as House Minority Whip on Wednesday after serving as chief deputy whip in the House for the past six years. He replaces Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), who stepped down […]

Erran Baron Cohen, brother of British comedian Sascha Baron Cohen (best-known to the world as the crazy Kazakh journalist Borat), has a Chanukah album coming out: “Songs in the Key of Hanukah.” There’s a whole bunch of stuff online about the record, which remixes classic holiday tunes and includes collaborations with the likes of black […]

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