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Dear de Blasio: AIPAC Doesn’t Speak for Me, Either

By Amram Altzman | February 10, 2014

Last week it was discovered that New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, held an off-the-record meeting with AIPAC. This caused the Jewish political left in New York to draft a letter to Mayor de Blasio expressing their disappointment over his decision to ally himself with AIPAC, as opposed to taking a harder look at…

Here Comes Mayor Weiner

By Simi Lichtman | April 11, 2013

Anthony Weiner is considering running for mayor of New York City. With his major political scandal now behind him, the rumor is he actually might have a shot at this difficult position, hard as it may seem to believe. His political career might not, as it once seemed, have come to a premature finish. But…