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WASHINGTON (JTA)-Haim Saban, a major Democratic Party funder, said Rep. Keith Ellison's election as chairman of the Democratic National Committee would be a "disaster" for the relationship between Jews and the party, signaling a looming crisis between the party's progressives and the centrist pro-Israel community. The scathing broadside delivered Friday by the Israeli-American entertainment mogul from the floor of the annual Saban Forum, an event he funds bringing together U.S. and Israeli... Full story
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are vowing to challenge a limit on U.S. defense aid for Israel that President Barack Obama included in the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the two nations. The agreement—reached in September—guarantees Israel $38 billion in aid over 10 years, but it also states that if Congress increases the aid, Israel is obliged to return the extra funds. U.S. Reps. Paul Gosar (R-Texas), Randy Weber (R-Ariz.), and Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday at Agudath Israel of America’s annual legislative lunch... Full story
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Burger King restaurants in Israel have introduced a donut burger for the Chanukah season. The SufganiKing is a Whopper hamburger with savory donuts in place of buns. Its name is a play on the Hebrew word for donuts, sufganiyot, which are ubiquitous on every Israeli street corner in the weeks leading up to Chanukah. The burger "proves that miracles still happen," Burger King Israel said in a Facebook post, a reference to the miracles at the heart of the holiday story. The... Full story
By Barry Sieger "My Jewish Roots" Workshops, sponsored by the Jewish Genealogical Society of Orlando (JGSGO), continues in January with the workshop: "Native Country Research." About 15 years ago, I started a serious quest to pursue my genealogic heritage. I knew relatively little about my father, who died when I was 6 (I am 75 now). I began the search with him, inserting his name in the Ellis Island Records search box. His ship manifest promptly came up, listing his date of immigration, his... Full story
