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DFI-LA Wins County Committee Seats

dfilaadmin — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:14:10 -0700

The following DFI-LA Members were elected to Los Angeles County Democratic Committee

38th - Isaac Lieberman,Lyn Shaw
40th - Miguel Santiago, David Hyman, Erin Prangley
41st - Cecile Bendavid
42nd - Joyce M Rubin, Jeff Prang, Paul Koretz, Laurence Zakson, Ken Silk, Alton Reed, Diana Plotkin
47th - Lee Welinsky, Jimmie Woods Gray, Evelyn Metoyer Williams, Terrence Montgomery, Ruth Weisman
54th - Marilyn Landau

DFI-LA Leaders Named Convention Delegates, Committees

dfilaadmin — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:40:32 -0700

Congratulations to the following DFI-LA Members who were named delegates to the Democratic National Convention

CLINTON
BOE Member Judy Chu
State Senator Jenny Oropeza
Assemblymember Fiona Ma
Assemblymember Kevin DeLeon
LA Councilman Jack Weiss
Joyce M. Rubin
David Hyman
Ron Galperin (alternate(

OBAMA
State Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas
Assemblymember Ted Lieu
LA Council President Eric Garcetti
Becca Doten
Wendy Wanderman

COMMITTEES
John Emerson (Credentials)
Howard Welinsky (Platform)
Congressman Adam Schiff (Platform)
Wendy Greuel (Rules)

Commentary: Jewish Community Response to Obama Should Make Us Look At Our Attitudes

dfilaadmin — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:24:00 -0700

Reprinted from the Houston Jewish Herald-Voice Feb. 28, 2008

Jewish community response to Obama rumors should make us reflect on ourselves

By ANDREW LACHMAN 28.FEB.08

The way Jews have responded to Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign for president shows that we have much to be proud of, and to be ashamed of. Sen. Obama has a challenge in the Jewish community because he does not have the history of Sen. Clinton, who has built a reputation of supporting the Jewish community throughout her 10 years as a senator from New York and her husband’s strong record as president.

Commentary: Jews, Progressives Should Work Together to Face Iran

dfilaadmin — Sun, 25 May 2008 23:20:20 -0700

Commentary - Jewish Journal Nov. 8, 2007

Progressives should join Jews on Iran strategy

By Andrew Lachman

Iran's nuclear ambitions have emerged not only as a foreign policy issue but recently have become an American political issue, as well.

CONGRESSMAN BERMAN HIGHLIGHTS DEMOCRATS RECORD ON IRAN, ISRAEL

dfilaadmin — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 11:05:56 -0800

Howard Berman discussed the strong record of the Democratic Congress on Israel, Iran and other issues and questions brought up by the 65 people who attended the event at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino.

Berman focused on the 2007 aid appropriation, which expanded aid to Israel and was opposed by 149 Republicans on the grounds that the appropriations bill also repealed a prohibition on aid to family planning organizations.

DFI-LA Annual Garden Party Highlights Community Support of Israel, AB221

dfilaadmin — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:24:10 -0800

Sept. 9th, 2007 – More than 150 supporters of Democrats for Israel assembled at the home of Robert Nieto and Todd Bloom in the Beverly-Fairfax area to honor LA County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Democratic National Committee Member and UFCW Local 324 Vice President John A. Perez and legislative sponsors of AB 221, a bill that proposes to divest state pension funds from companies doing business with Iran’s oil industry.

Giuliani Work for Saudis Adds to Concerns About GOP Candidates, McCain, Romney,

dfilaadmin — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:18:06 -0800

The perception that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani unfailingly supports Israel is beginning to show cracks as his business dealings come to light, putting him in the same category as McCain and Romney who have made statements that caused others to question their support of the Jewish community and Israel.

On May 15, 2007, CBS and AP both published stories that his firm, Bracewell & Giuliani lobbied for the Saudi government, Saudi oll industry and represented Saudi Arabia in several court cases in the United States.