It was estimated that 80% of the Jewish vote went for the Democratic candidate in 2000, and 75% went Democratic in 2004. While an early American Jewish Committee poll of Jewish voters showed 57% of...
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Jesse Undermines All The Work of the Big Schlep with one Sentence
Seventy years ago, in Evian France, the Allied countries decided that they could not take in any refugees (Jews) from Austria and Germany. Today, Jesse Jackson came to Evian to do his best to...
57’69: The Jewish New Year or my polling results? Or Can I Wear a political kippah to Kol Nidre?
Happy Rosh Hashana 5769. In gematria, I am told that we can say the the 69 is Samech Tet, or Siman Tov (I think I went to school with a guy named, Simon Tov). So Tehei Shenat Siman Tov—May This Be...
An Hour After You Vote For Him, You Want To Vote Again
An update on my trip to the NJDC meeting in Washington DC: A unique Jewish candidate who attended the meeting of the National Jewish Democratic Council meeting in Washington DC this week was Hank...
Biden reiterates Israel Support, Franken Would Support the Sh’ma in the Schools
Tuesday night, the place to be was Washington DC, at the National Jewish Democratic Council’s meeting. Vice Presidential candidate Joseph Biden, Jr. and Senate candidate Al Franken were among...
Schleppin’ To Florida for the Days of Awe(some)
Do you remember when Jerry Seinfeld would schlep to Florida to see his television parents at their retirement community and go for early bird special dinners at 4PM ? Maybe if he had married and had...