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...Partnership first finds Bavarian immigrant Marcus Goldman in 1869, reselling commercial paper in New York City's Jewish community. Over the next 35 years, the enterprise grows in small steps, thanks to the boss's shrewd, conservative moves and the help of his broad-thinking son-in-law Samuel Sachs...
Underwriting the public stock offerings of Sears Roebuck in 1906 and F.W. Woolworth & Co. in 1912 put the firm on the map. And from there, Goldman--long stigmatized as an outsider "Jewish" firm by its white-shoe rivals--plows on, evolving from what Ellis terms a "marginal eastern U.S. commercial paper dealer" into a global-trading, investment-banking and financial-services behemoth...
...McCain. But ever since she joined the ticket in late August, the Alaska governor's various religious affiliations have caused headaches. First came reports that her pastor at the nondenominational Wasilla Bible Church was connected to Jews for Jesus, an organization that seeks to convert Jews to Christianity. Prominent Jewish leaders, including the co-chair of McCain's Jewish outreach effort, have since demanded to know whether Palin also believes that Jews must be converted. The Bible Church became an issue again when Katie Couric asked Palin about the church's promotion of a program to help gays "overcome" their...
...Cantabridgians that I’m from Washington D.C. I’ve never actually met any Appalachian Virginians, but I’ve always assumed they were kind of inbred yokels, bitter people clinging to their guns and religion. I know they probably consider me a left-wing Jewish homosexual pornographer. (Both caricatures probably have a degree of truthiness to them...
...women especially. In a recent column, Iranian journalist Amir Taheri quotes feminist Haydeh Karimi who implores, “Free people everywhere should speak out in support of Iranian women.” Indeed, thousands showed up for a protest organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and a coalition of other Jewish groups to protest Ahmadinejad’s speech to the General Assembly, and another protest was led by Women International and the Jewish Action Alliance against a dinner featuring...