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Friday Talking Points [32] -- Democrats Throw Bush A Few Elbows

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...

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2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Slams Clinton's "Obliteration" Remark: She is Exception to the Norm

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Jews, Shirin Ebadi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jews in Iran, Iran, John McCain, Cyrus the Great, Oblitration, Peace, Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Oblitration Iran, Politics News
Omid Memarian

"My reply to people such as Mrs. Clinton, who use their fear of Israel's destruction as an excuse to attack Iran, is to remind them that Iran has been a refuge for Jewish people for centuries."

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The Israel I Was Fighting For

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Israeli-Arabs, Jewish Culture, Statehood, Israel, Nations, Diversity, Israelis Palestinians, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

Sixty years ago, when I was fighting for Israel during its war of independence, I won a lot of respect. Now many of my liberal colleagues, including Jewish ones, raise their eyebrows.

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Deafening Silence on McCain, Hagee and Parsley

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Clinton, Parsley, Muslims, Media, Israel, Mccain, Obama, Election, Hagee, Wright, Blitzer, Pastor, Politics News
Sam Sedaei

Many bloggers and activists seem to have succeeded in getting the media to again do what it is supposed to do: cover the issues that matter most to people.

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Bible Amusement Park Now Twice As Amusing

Daniel Radosh | Posted 05.06.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Nashville, Bible Park USA, Christianity, Theme Parks, Penthouse Magazine, Amnon Bar-Tur, Armon Bar-Tur, Christian Theme Park, Rapture, Rapture Ready!, Entertainment News
Daniel Radosh

Bible Park USA is to be a for-profit venture, all the better to focus on delivering spectacular entertainment without the constraints of edification. This, I believe, is a massive miscalculation.

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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Mormons, Hiv, Catholicism, George W. Bush, Colorado, Democratic Party, Pacifism, John Vitter, Eliot Spitzer, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Catholics, Catholic Church, Jewish Issues, Mike Huckabee, New Jersey, Latino Voters, Ohio, John Edwards, Baptists, Aids, Republican Party, African-American Issues, John Magee, Mark Foley, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Atheism, Louisiana, Monica Lewinsky, Abortion Rights, Mitt Romney, Episcopal Church, Congress, Clintons, Mormonism, Pennsylvania, Democratic National Committee, Donna Hanover, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Denver Convention, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Bible, Christian Conservatives, Iraq War, Anti-Semitism, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christianity, Gay Marriage, Heterosexuals, Gay Issues, Methodists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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A Racist Jewish Court?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 02.11.2008 | Living

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

It is time to finally put to bed a malicious libel against Judaism that is getting increasing attention in modern media -- that Judaism will not allow for the breaking of the Sabbath to save a non-Jewish life.

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Who's Making These Nazi-like Statements?

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

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Alan Dershowitz

Highly regarded individuals who have large followings around the world mimic the most despised group in modern history -- the Nazi Party.

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A Rabbi in the Mosque

Rabbi Michael Lerner | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Rabbi Michael Lerner

Muslims joined with Christians and Jews to witness a historic event: the first time a Jew had been invited to speak at the Denver Mosque.

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Observant Jews Effectively Barred From Nevada Caucus

Faith In Public Life | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

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We've been drawing attention this week to the fact that the media-sponsored exit polls in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary only asked Repub...

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Bah, Hitchens

Daniel Radosh | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media

Read More: Jews, Religion, Hanukkah, Christopher Hitchens, Vanity Fair, Chanukah, God Is Not Great, Judaism, Story of Hanukkah, Holiday Season, Christopher Hitchens Hanukkah, Story of Chanukah, Media News
Daniel Radosh

Christopher Hitchens spreads a little holiday cheer today with an essay denouncing Hanukkah. Like all Hitchens' work on religion, it's smart, witty and totally frustrating.

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Why Humans are Different -- Oy Vey!

Jon Entine | Posted 11.16.2007 | Media

Read More: Religion, Jews, Jews Race, Abraham's Children, Judaism, Genome, Jesus, Jews Genes, Genome Research, Chosen People, Ashkenazi, Race, Gene Pool, Human Genome, Media News
Jon Entine

How do we talk about human differences in a society that believes that "diversity" should be celebrated, but only if it's skin deep?

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Rudy Would Be First Jewish President

Politco | Jonathan Martin | Posted 11.14.2007 | Politics

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Per the Jewish news service JTA, top Giuliani aide Ken Kurson told a Jewish audience last night in New York that if Bill Clinton was "the first black ...

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Rudy and Robby: A Marriage Made in Hell

James Zogby | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

Read More: Religion and Politics, Pat Robertson, Rudy Giuliani, Jews, Gaza, Televangelists, Robertson Muslims, The New World Order, Pat Robertson Endorses Rudy Giuliani, Pat Robertsons Beliefs, Ariel Sharon, Robertson War, Muslims, Pre-Millenarian Dispensationalism, Israel, Robertson Final Battle, Politics News
James Zogby

An examination of Pat Robertson's views ought to be as important as his endorsement. Voters deserve to know whether a candidate shares the bigoted and extreme views of his supporters.

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Introducing Four Friday Funnies: Scenes From A Giuliani Administration

Michael Roston | Posted 11.09.2007 | Politics

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Michael Roston

This is Four Friday Funnies where from here on in, I will end the week with some laughs. Tune in next time. And, hopefully, this time.

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LiveBlogging "Kid Nation": Gold Stars and Jews, What?

Gabriel Delahaye | Posted 10.11.2007 | Entertainment

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Gabriel Delahaye

8:12: Alex (9-NV) takes a survey of everyone's religious beliefs. I'm not saying this is how the Nazis got started, but this is how the Nazis got started.

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America's Least Wanted

Eric Alterman | Posted 10.04.2007 | Politics

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Eric Alterman

Is there any group in all of human history with a greater talent for their own victimization than American neocons? On the cover of The New Republic, ...

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High Holidays Over, Obama And Clinton Throw Big Bashes To Woo Jewish Donors

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.23.2007 | Home

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With the High Holidays over, the Clinton and Obama presidential campaigns are stepping up their competition for cash from the nation's elite and well-...

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TV Miniseries Highlighting Plight of WWII Jews A Hit With Viewers...In Iran

AP | Nasser Karimi | Posted 09.16.2007 | Home

Read More: Jews, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Holocaust, Iran, Television, Home News

It is Iran's version of Schindler's List, a miniseries telling the tale of an Iranian diplomat in Paris who helps Jews escape the Holocaust - and peop...

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White House To Smear Greenspan!

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Julius Streicher, Jews, Senator Larry Craig, Karl Rove, Lee Atwater, Andrea Mitchell, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George W. Bush, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Roger Ailes, Politics News
Martin Lewis

That wizened old goat has spilled the beans! I thought putting that tin medal round his neck would keep him on board with his fat mouth shut.

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One Jew's Views

Michael Simmons | Posted 09.06.2007 | Living

Read More: Jews, Jewish Culture, Self-Diagnosed Illness, Dying, Kvetch, Self-Hating Jew, Living News
Michael Simmons

An inordinate number of Jews are prone to self-diagnoses. Some refer to us by using the Yiddish word "kvetch," which translates as "a whining complainer."

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No, It's the Dog that Wags the Tail

Mark Levine | Posted 09.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Israeli Politics, Israel, Stephen Walt, Israel Lobby, John Mearsheimer, Jews, The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, Hezbollah, Politics News
Mark Levine

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy is being severely criticized because it seems to confirm long-held anti-Semitic beliefs about undue Jewish political power.

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