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…Metro Bill Goodman An unwavering fighter for civil liberties. C "Detroit's a wonder- ful, great city," says civil rights attorney Bill Goodman in front of the Spirit of Detroit statue at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center. Judith Doner Berne Special to the Jewish News T he idea of electing a black man as president of the United States was not even a tall tale when law clerk Bill Goodman spent the summer of 1962 at a small civil r...…
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…Metro Ready To Serve Congressman-elect Peters lays out early agenda. Robert Sklar Editor F ollowing his election as a con- gressman from Oakland County, Gary Peters reached out to one of the Ninth Congressional District's key constituent groups. "I am deeply honored by the sup- port and confidence of the Jewish com- munity here in Oakland County," said the Democrat from Bloomfield Hills. Peters, 49, is a former Michigan State Lottery comm...…
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…World NEWS ANALYSIS Victorious Democrats Will Decide Their Own Fate Jonathan S. Tobin Jewish Exponent Philadelphia W ith Barack Obama's historic win, the question of who won the Jewish vote has under- standably been swept to the side.With the Democrat sweeping to victory across the country, the political donnybrook that has been fought within the Jewish community is nothing more than a sideshow. Nevertheless, the fact that Obama won, acc...…
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…OTHER VIEWS Decisions We Jews Await I n the historic federal election on Nov. 4, exit polls cited in the Forward indicated that between 77 and 78 percent of Jewish-Americans voted for U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for presi- dent, signaling that most of the Jewish community is comfortable with his ability to make decisions affecting them and all Americans. That evening, the American Jewish Committee sent a letter of congratulations to Pre...…
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