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Jews at Democratic convention have one su

TOM TUGEND

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Los Angeles

aybe one day we'll say,
And the Torah shall go
forth from Pennsylvania
Avenue,'" quipped an

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2000

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exultant Rabbi Marvin Hier, all but
savoring the prospect of a first kosher
kitchen in the White House.
"Isn't it ironic that Israel has never
had an Orthodox prime minister, and
here we may get an Orthodox vice
president," says Rabbi Hier, an
Orthodox rabbi and dean of the

Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los
Angeles. "I think Israelis are more
shocked than Americans."
Jews across the religious and politi-
cal spectrums are welcoming the
choice of Sen. Joseph Lieberman as
the Democratic vice presidential can-
didate with near-unanimous pride and

enthusiasm — at least on the record.
In Los Angeles, where Democrats
were gathered this week at their con-
vention to crown Al Gore and
Lieberman, the Jewish buzz about
Lieberman was intense. And with the

LIEBERMAN

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