National News

Hillary Eyeing Move On Pollard

09/22/2000 | by Eric J. Greenberg | Staff Writer

Hillary Clinton is holding top-level discussions to determine whether to call for the declassification of a damning secret memo that led to spy Jonathan Pollard’s life sentence, The Jewish Week has learned.
It was also learned that Democratic vice presidential candidate Joseph Lieberman recently asked President Clinton to consider declassifying secret documents about the Pollard case, days before being chosen as Al Gore’s running mate.

A Daughter’s Legacy

09/18/2000 | by Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

Avi Brender, who joined the Mitzvah Clowns program two months after the death of his 11-year-old daughter, Danielle, has embarked on another mission with his wife — to alert families about the genetic disorder that took their child’s life.

Lieberman Won’t Change Political Style, Dems Say

08/18/2000 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Los Angeles — As Sen. Joseph Lieberman sets out on the campaign trail, New York delegates to the Democratic National Convention and party leaders expressed confidence that he would not be used as an attack dog against the Republican opposition — a role traditionally given to the vice presidential nominee.

Blacks, Jews At Odds Over Choice Of Lieberman

08/18/2000 | by Eric J. Greenberg | Staff Writer

Black-Jewish tensions escalated this week following the selection of the first Jewish vice presidential candidate of a major party in American history. Even as the Rev. Jesse Jackson voiced strong support for Sen. Joseph Lieberman during a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles Tuesday night, and as Lieberman met with the Congressional Black Caucus to assuage their fears about his stand on affirmative action, attacks on Lieberman came from other corners of the black community.

Gore’s Chosen One

08/11/2000 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

The selection of Sen. Joseph Lieberman as Al Gore’s vice presidential running mate — the first Jew on the national ticket of a major political party — has brought a sense of renewed pride to many American Jews, though some are concerned about a backlash of anti-Semitism.

New York State Of Mind

08/04/2000 | by Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Philadelphia — They were there to celebrate George W. Bush and all things Republican, but the New York delegates at the party’s national convention here seemed to be thinking as much about the state’s U.S. Senate race as the presidential duel.
Many in that contingent wore anti-Hillary Clinton buttons. Some appeared even more intent in working to defeat the first lady in her Senate bid than in trying to elect Bush, whom few expect to take New York State in November.