Word: jewish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...104TH try, the city with the greatest concentration of Jews in the world has elected its first Jewish mayor. And, more importantly, for the first time in the last three tries. New York has elected a man who came up through the ranks of one of the city's established Democratic organizations: Abe Beame, a 67-year old Brooklyn man, now the city's Comptroller...
...campaign, and this is the view that induced Herman Badillo to make a television commercial in the middle of his run-off battle with Beame showing him proudly parading in front of his expensive home in Riverdale (an exclusive section of the Bronx), trying to convince Jewish voters in Brooklyn that he was a middle class as they...
...reactions of two important groups in the East-the business and Jewish communities-are particularly interesting. While Jewish intellectuals have largely soured on Nixon, other Jews are appreciative of his staunch support of Israel in the Middle Eastern war. "The Jewish community is by and large against impeachment," says Professor Seymour Siegel of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York City. "Nixon's courage in supporting Israel in its time of trial has aroused feelings of gratitude...
...side makes the decisions and the other obeys." Added the Sunday Times of London: "It has never been a term of NATO membership that European governments should support the Zionist imperatives weighing upon American Presidents." The paper was referring to the common European belief that because of the Jewish vote, the U.S. has been blindly one-sided in its support of Israel. "It is unthinkable that Europe should say amen to all American initiatives," said Andre Fontaine, editor in chief of Le Monde. "Europe must forge its own unity if it is to make its weight felt." Le Monde itself...
City Controller Beame, 67 years old and New York's first Jewish mayor, has been involved in city fiscal management for over 27 years. He was heavily supported by the business sector of the city, and received most of his votes from the white, moderate, and middle-class segment of the electorate...