…At AIPAC's Helm New national leader with Michigan ties energizes delegates to "step up." David Victor of Bloomfield Hills takes the podium as new AIPAC national president. Keri Guten Cohen Story Development Editor D avid Victor, 49, of Bloomfield Hills is the father of four young children. He also just became national president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a demanding two-year commitment that will keep him focused on l...…
…Massive Persuasion Iran sanctions figure large in AIPAC lobbying. Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency Washington, D.C. A s 7,500 AIPAC activists ascend- ed Capitol Hill this week, they pushed a multifaceted agenda with a clear bottom line: It's the sanctions. Some new wrinkles in the lobbying blitz that traditionally follows the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy forum deal with the role of Arab nations in advancing ...…
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…World Beyond Today Jerusalem/JTA A crush of world leaders and their security details mixed with Buddhist monks, rabbis, novel- ists and Internet entrepreneurs at Israel's splashy 60th anniversary celebration hosted by President Shimon Peres. Franklin's Jane Sherman, co-chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel's Israeli Committee and a member of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Board of Governors, represented Detroit Jewry. The ...…
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