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Jewish groups, crushed in Senate on disability issues, must rise again

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:04:56 +0000

This past week numerous Jewish groups, including the Association of Jewish Family & Children’s Agencies, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, the National Council of Jewish Women, the Rabbinical Assembly, The Jewish Federations of North America, the Union for Reform Judaism and the Women’s Rabbinic Network, got crushed in the US Senate on an international [...]

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Women’s rights in Israel are a core security interest

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:42:32 +0000

Jonathan Miller’s op-ed supporting Israel in its conflict with Hamas in the liberal Huffington Post was right on the mark. In it he does an outstanding job in the vital role of defending Israel’s moral obligation to protect its citizens from Iran-backed Hamas. However, he also says that American liberals should stand with Israel because of [...]

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Preventing Alzheimer’s is the next big frontier

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 19:56:28 +0000

There’s good news and there’s bad news. The good news is that, according to a report published in The Times of Israel, Israeli men now have the second longest life expectancy on earth, while women have the eight longest life expectancy. The bad news is that fully half of people who live to age 85 [...]

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10 ways to REALLY help Israel

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:36:36 +0000

It’s time for pro-Israel leaders, organizations and activists to ask themselves not only, “are we doing things right?” but also “are we doing the right things?” Sadly, many pro-Israel groups and leaders are focused on the wrong things. Thus, here are some ideas for what American leaders, non-profits and philanthropists can do to help Israel. [...]

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Ten commandments for the Washington lobbyist

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:58:06 +0000

It’s not yet Passover, but as the AIPAC Policy conference and other major events are coming to Washington soon, we should learn from the original Jewish political lobbyist: Moses. Moses had clear goals to fight for freedom. He organized his priorities and mustered his courage and went to the government (in his case, Pharaoh) to [...]

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