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What’s at Stake

New Jersey, Jews, and the 2008 election

What’s at Stake

In this installment of “What’s at Stake:” Paul Tractenberg and Herb Horowitz. “What’s at Stake” will be a regular feature between now and Election Day. Read More

Iran protest held outside Mennonite-affiliated store

Denomination was among the hosts of Ahmadinejad dinner

Iran protest held outside Mennonite-affiliated store

Some 200 members of the Jewish community demonstrated against a Highland Park store whose parent company was part of a group that hosted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that same night.Read More

House passes cemetery measure

Condemning Lithuania for letting builders mar graves

House passes cemetery measure

Almost a year after its introduction, a bipartisan resolution condemning the Lithuanian government’s failure to protect a historic Jewish cemetery in Vilnius was approved by the House of Representatives on Sept. 25. Read More

Adviser: Obama would alter Mideast ‘dynamic’

Dennis Ross presses need to ‘engage’ on Iran, peace process

Adviser: Obama would alter Mideast ‘dynamic’

Former Ambassador Dennis Ross, senior adviser on Middle East affairs to the Barack Obama campaign, told NJ Jewish News that Obama, not his Republican rival, John McCain, “would change the dynamic” to facilitate peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors and ease the potential nuclear threat from Iran.Read More

Electric car plan sparks interest at state capitol

Entrepreneur steers officials toward idea hatched by an Israeli

Electric car plan sparks interest at state capitol

Michael Granoff of Tenafly recently brought his vision for the future to the State House in Trenton — a vision of sustainable transportation, global energy independence, and freedom from oil.Read More

A political activist faces the toughest race of all

‘I have a brain tumor’ is how Jeff Weinstein greets lawmakers

A political activist faces the toughest race of all

Jeff Weinstein didn’t mince words when he met Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi earlier this month at a fund-raiser in Kenilworth. They were both campaigning for Linda Stender, a Democratic state legislator who is running for Congress in the Seventh District.Read More

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