Citations with the tag: JEWISH legislators
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- Sacha Baron Cohen: a Jewish parliamentarian?
// Washington Jewish Week; 10/22/2011, Vol. 47 Issue 42, p14The article reports on the potential candidates for the European Jewish Parliament election, which include soccer player David Beckham, comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and filmmaker Roman Polanski.
- FROM DREADFUL BOREDOM TO PURE FASCINATION.
Durkin, Tish // National Journal; 2/17/2001, Vol. 33 Issue 7, p463Profiles Eric Cantor, a legislator and a Jewish conservative Republican from Richmond, Virginia. Educational background; Work experiences and career in politics; Details on the Jewish representation in the legislature; His views on health care reform.
- Herb Kohl's politics were Wisconsin, above all.
Kampeas, Ron // Washington Jewish Week; 5/19/2011, Vol. 47 Issue 20, p21The article focuses on U.S. Democratic senator Herb Kohl, the first Jewish state senator of Wisconsin. After being elected to the Senate four times, Kohhl announced that he will not be running for re-election in 2012 due to old age. Among his achievements as a senator include the authoring of...
- Joseph Lieberman.
Badertscher, Eric // Joseph Lieberman; 2005, p1Presents a biography of United States Senator Joseph Lieberman. Background and education; Career as a Connecticut senator; Status as the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the US Senate; Political views and Senate voting record; Opposition to the entertainment industry's marketing of violent...
- How Gore's choice plays in Middle East.
Gaouette, Nicole; Heresh, Jumana // Christian Science Monitor; 8/9/2000, Vol. 92 Issue 181, p1Discusses international feelings concerning the announcement by United States presidential candidate Al Gore that US Senator Joseph Lieberman will be his running mate. Lieberman's practice of Orthodox Judaism; Concern among Palestinians and Arabs in general over possible effects on US Middle...
- Obama, Jewish lawmakers discuss Israel, Iran strategy.
Kampeas, Ron // New Jersey Jewish News; 5/27/2010, Vol. 64 Issue 21, p7The article focuses on a meeting participated by Jewish members of the Congress and U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House to tackle the condition of Israel and Iran. Allyson Gall, executive director of the American Jewish Committee's Metro New Jersey area, highlights the issue on Iran's...
- Redistricting worries some Jewish lawmakers.
TREIMAN, DANIEL // New Jersey Jewish News; 7/28/2011, Vol. 65 Issue 30, p20The article focuses on the worry of some Jewish lawmakers on the reformers' push to change the formation of the legislative districts in the U.S. It notes the hope of reformers to stop the practice of district lines drawn for political advantage and to encourage competitive elections by removing...
- The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members.
Moffitt, Sally // Reference & User Services Quarterly; Fall2011, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p79The article reviews the book "The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members," by Kurt F. Stone, an updated and rearranged edition of the book "The Congressional Minyan: The Jews of Capitol Hill," by Rabbi Stone.
- Chapter 147: Barbara Boxer.
Moffitt, Sally // Jewish Heroes & Heroines of America; 2004, p300The article profiles U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), a Jewish American. Boxer was born on November 11, 1940, to Sophie and Ira Levy, in Brooklyn, New York. Boxer went through the public school system and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1962. She went to work so that he could attend...
- Chapter 148: Dianne Feinstein.
Moffitt, Sally // Jewish Heroes & Heroines of America; 2004, p302The article profiles U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a Jewish American. Feinstein was born on June 23, 1933 in San Francisco, California, the oldest of three daughters of Betty and Leon Goldman. She received a bachelor of science degree in history in 1955 from Stanford University in...
- GOOD OLE GOY.
Frank, T. A. // New Republic; 10/9/2006, Vol. 235 Issue 15, p13The article presents imagined quotes from Virginia Senator George Allen in response to accusations that he is ashamed of his Jewish heritage. Allen's actual statement about being Jewish but still enjoying pork is followed by clarifications in which he reiterates the very distant nature of his...
- Jewish Identity in British Politics: The Case of the First Jewish MPs, 1858-87.
Clark, Michael // Jewish Social Studies; Winter2007, Vol. 13 Issue 2, p93This article examines the nature of Jewish identity in British politics through a case study of the first Jewish Members of Parliament. The 1858 achievement of the right to sit in Parliament marked the culmination of the struggle for Jewish emancipation in Britain. Consequently, the first Jewish...
- Joseph Lieberman.
Clark, Michael // Political & World Leaders: Post-Cold War; 2002, p11Presents a biography of United States Senator Joseph Lieberman. Background and education; Career as a Connecticut senator; Status as the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the US Senate; Political views and Senate voting record; Opposition to the entertainment industry's marketing of violent...
