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...become more observant. Hadassah Lieberman's father was a rabbi in Czechoslovakia. Both her parents were Holocaust survivors. A graduate of Stern College, the women's school of Orthodox Yeshiva University in New York City, she helps raise money for women's health care in Israel and keeps a kosher household, with separate plates for meat and dairy dishes. The Liebermans met in a very old-fashioned Jewish way: through a matchmaker. "Religion centers me," Hadassah told TIME last week. "It makes me prioritize my life. I know there is something out there, and we feel humbled." All the same...
...release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, and he signed a letter to Barak protesting Israel's plans to sell China a sophisticated early-warning aircraft. He also visits Arab countries on Middle East trips. In 1991 he spent a week in Riyadh, where the Saudi royal family fixed kosher meals...
...press coverage heralded the "bold" and "unprecedented" decision. Ordinarily cynical pundits praised Gore warmly for promoting tolerance and diversity in choosing Lieberman, the first Jew to run for vice president on a major party ticket. Jews across the country were said to be celebrating at the news. "From the kosher restaurants of Manhattan's Upper West Side to the corner shuls of Los Angeles' Pico-Robertson district," proclaimed the Los Angeles Times, "conversations on Monday turned to a single thought: He's one of ours...
...least potentially a leader. But a more obvious explanation is at hand. In a country where the vast majority of Jews are Reform, Conservative or non-practicing, Lieberman is Orthodox. As even Americans who have never met a Jew in their lives know by now, Lieberman keeps kosher, does not campaign on the Sabbath and walks home from the Capitol on Saturdays. Practically alone among Jewish politicians, he laces his speeches with references to his faith--at the official announcement rally in Nashville, Lieberman opened with a quote from Chronicles and gave repeated thanks to God, "maker of all miracles...
...Lieberman is the DLC's chairman, and on the agenda that weekend was the Kosher-Cajun brunch sponsored by Lieberman and our host Sen. John Breaux, the aforementioned Cajun. That's where I did my "set." Among my riffs was a Joe Lieberman gag. As you might imagine, there are few clubs where you can do a Lieberman joke and have anyone know what you're talking about...