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Jews Lose By Ceding Israel To GOP

Shai Franklin | Posted 03.11.2013 | Religion
Read More: Israel, Religion and Politics, Judaism, Jewish Republicans, Jews and Israel, Chuck Hagel, Jewish Voters, Obama Israel, Religion News
Shai Franklin

Why should Jewish concerns factor into President Obama's choice of former Senator Chuck Hagel to be his new Secretary of Defense? For too many American Jewish leaders, the answer is self-evident, as is their assumption that Israeli hardliners and U.S. Republicans are -- by default -- safer and better for Israel than any given moderate or liberal.

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Perennial GOP Mission Still Far Off For 2012

AP | RACHEL ZOLL | Posted 12.18.2012 | Politics
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NEW YORK — Like Chicago Cubs fans in spring, Jewish Republicans start every presidential election season hoping this will be their year: America...

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Why Is The Republican Jewish Coalition Attacking Me?

Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb | Posted 11.04.2012 | Religion
Read More: Religion and Politics, Judaism, Republican Jewish Coalition, Jewish Republicans, Jewish Voice for Peace, American Judaism, Peace, Jewish Voters, Religion News
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb

Apparently, leading a civilian diplomacy delegation to Iran and supporting the work of Jewish Voice for Peace is enough to make a person a pariah. The RJC is taking advantage of the Jewish divide on Israel to bring more people to Romney.

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Jennifer Bendery

Eric Cantor Refuses To Discuss Possible Anti-Semitism Among GOP Colleagues

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Anti-Semitism, House Republican Primary, Republican Primary, Video, Don Manzullo, Adam Kinzinger, Elections 2012, Jewish Republicans, Eric Cantor Jewish, Manzullo Saved, Eric Cantor, Eric Cantor Saved, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Thursday defended his decision to give money to an anti-incumbent super PAC to help defeat ...

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Ron Paul and the Social Contract

Dovid Efune | Posted 03.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Ron Paul Ideology, Ron Paul, Bret Stephens, American Military, Israel Ron Paul, Jewish Republicans, Foreign Policy, Ron Paul Israel, Politics News
Dovid Efune

The problem with Ron Paul's anarchistic foreign policy approach is far more fundamental than the loss of economic aid to or the withdrawal of troops from any particular country.

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For Crying Out Loud About Christmas

Carol Smaldino | Posted 02.19.2012 | Religion
Read More: Jews, Jon Stewart, Hell, Christmas, Israel, Obama, God, Hanukkah, Religious Tolerance, Jewish Republicans, Religious Freedom, Religion News
Carol Smaldino

There is no freedom without considering alternatives: considering what we believe and what makes sense to us. There is no freedom without the capacity and permission to think.

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GOP Candidates Participate In Key Forum

AP | THOMAS BEAUMONT | Posted 02.06.2012 | Politics
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Inviting contrasts with thrice-married religious convert Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney cast himself as a man of consistency in r...

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Nevada Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Republican Jewish Coalition, Rory Reid, Washoe County, Nevada Governor, Brian Sandoval, Washoe County DA, Harry Reid, Jewish Republicans, Dick Gammick, Bipartisanship, Roger Whomes, Nevada Senate 2010, Washoe County District Attorney, Politics News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

In the "strange bedfellows" category, opposition that transcends party affiliation, and in my opinion, that's a good thing. Let's hope this spirit of putting issues above party spreads.

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