yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 12/19/2008
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It seems Barack Obama is giving us a cabinet with no Jewish members. Plenty of Jews in non-cabinet top spots (Axelrod, Summers, Orszag) so I guess we’ll have to just run things from behind the scenes. I think that was also the case at the beginning of the Dubya administration, though now ...
nytimes.com - 12/24/2008
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nytimes.com —
When a Jew does this, Jews feel ashamed
by proxy. I'd like to believe someone raised in...
our community, imbued with Jewish values, would be better than this. RABBI DAVID WOLPE , Sinai Temple, Los Angeles
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In Madoff Scandal, Jews Feel an Acute Betrayal
americanthinker.com - 12/21/2008
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americanthinker.com —
It is a potent human disposition to blame
others for our failings. Without scapegoats to blame, we...
are forced to look at ourselves for our problems.
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Baha'is: The New Jews
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Cabinet diversity, redux
Political Animal —
CABINET DIVERSITY, REDUX.... There's been some discussion about the diversity of Barack Obama's cabinet when it comes to gender, race, ethnicity, and even geography, but Matt Yglesias highlights a development that's gone largely unnoticed. It seems Barack Obama is giving us a cabinet with no Jewish members. Plenty of Jews in non-cabinet top spots (Axelrod, Summers, Orszag) so I guess we'll have to just run things from behind the scenes. I think that was also the case at the beginning of the Dubya administration, though now we have Chertoff. I must be slipping -- as was the ...
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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
Yglesias: Basically, it’s a chock full ‘o Jews White House staff and a non-Jewish cabinet.
Hanukkah starts tonight
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
We, of course, don't think our Jewish friends are going to hell (Ari, you're safe), but Barack Obama's bff Rick Warren outright told a Jewish woman, in front of a large gasping crowd, that she was going to hell because she hasn't converted to Christianity. That's not civility we can believe in. From all of us, we wish our Jewish friends a very Happy Hanukkah - even though none of you made it into the cabinet either. Plus ça change... ...
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