Comments and a subsequent clarification from U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston have attracted new attention to long-running concerns over the implications of interfaith marriage in the Jewish community.

Wasserman Schultz recently told a Jewish group that interfaith marriage is a "problem." On Tuesday, in a statement issued by the Democratic National Committee, she said she does "not oppose" it.

Here are the 10 highest-paid CEOs for 2015, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm.

1. Dara Khosrowshahi
Expedia
2015 pay: $94.6 million
Year-over-year change: Up 881 percent
Expedia’s stock return last fiscal year: 47 percent

2. Leslie Moonves
CBS
2015 pay: $56.4 million
Year-over-year change: Up 4 percent
CBS’ stock return: -14 percent

3. Philippe Dauman
Viacom
2015 pay: $54.1 million
Year-over-year change: Up 22 percent
Viacom’s stock return: -42 percent

4. Leonard Schleifer
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
2015 pay: $47.5 million
Year-over-year change: Up 13 percent
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ stock return: 32 percent
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The New York Times has consistently turned its news pages into the loudest cheerleader for Hillary Clinton’s bid for the nomination. If mentioned at all, they bury deep in their paper, Bernie Sanders’ primary wins and the many polls that indicate he’d be more likely to win against Trump than Hillary.

So it’s no surprise that when Bernie won permission to appoint 5 of the 15 members of the Platform Committee of the Democratic Party Convention, the Times made the story focus on the possibility that 2 of these appointees, James Zogby and Cornel West, would turn the convention into a debate about US policy towards Israel, and thereby weaken Hillary’s capacity to fight off Trump in the general election. There was nothing in the story to confirm that these appointees had any such intention, but that didn’t keep the Times from making this front page story a way to once again stir worries that Bernie pursuing the nomination vigorously (as Hillary Clinton herself had done in 2008 against Obama even after it was clear she would not win the nomination) was going to hurt Hillary’s chances in the Fall election—thus creating the story should Hillary lose that it was really all the fault of that socialist Jew from Vermont!
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Pushing Israel to negotiate a sustainable peace arrangement that would grant Palestinians an economically and politically viable state is the only path toward a sustainable peace. Sander’s rather temperate remarks indicate a willingness to push Israel and Palestine both in this direction. 23 years ago when Hillary Clinton invited me to the White House and told me that she agreed with Tikkun magazine’s stance in support of the Israeli peace movement, she too seemed to be willing to push for a stronger stance by the U.S. in opposing Israel’s harsh occupation of the West Bank and subjugating 2.5 million Palestinians. But as in so many other areas, when her assessment of what was in her political interests changed, so did her principles.
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So saying Bernie is Israel’s best friend in the 2016 election is not meant to be an endorsement. It’s just meant to speak the obvious truth that Israel and the Jewish people would benefit greatly if some US political leaders were willing to push Israel to negotiate a peace that would work for both Israel and Palestine.
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Bernie appears to be one of the very few politicians in the U.S. willing to state publicly that he wants to change the one-sided policy which pretends to be pro-Israel but actually is in fact destructive to the best interests of Israel and the Jewish people. As someone who wishes Israel to be strong and secure, I have to acknowledge this fact. And his appointment to the Platform committee of Cornel West, Jim Zogby and Congressional Representative Keith Ellison should bring Sanders praise for using his moment of fame to support his ideals, not just himself as so many other politicians might have chosen to do.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the most powerful women in world politics, and the irrational right-wing hatred of Clinton has fed her progressive appeal, helping turn her into a feminist icon. To get a woman in the White House, it’s thought, would be an achievement for all women everywhere, a kind of trickle-down feminism.

In the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mantle of feminist elect has descended on Hillary Clinton, as a thousand viral memes applaud her, and most mainstream feminist leaders, thinkers, and organizations endorse her. In this atmosphere, dissent seems tantamount to political betrayal.

In False Choices, an all-star lineup of feminists contests this simplistic reading of the candidate. A detailed look at Hillary Clinton’s track record on welfare, Wall Street, criminal justice, education, and war reveals that she has advanced laws and policies that have done real harm to the lives of women and children across the country and the globe. This well-researched collection of essays restores to feminism its revolutionary meaning, and outlines how it could transform the United States and its relation to the world.

Includes essays from prominent feminist writers Liza Featherstone, Laura Flanders, Moe Tkacik, Medea Benjamin, Frances Fox Piven and Fred Block, Donna Murch, Kathleen Geier, Yasmin Nair, Megan Erickson, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Catherine Liu, Amber A’Lee Frost, Margaret Corvid, Belén Fernández, Zillah Eisenstein, and others.

From: Neera Tanden <ntanden Sent: Saturday, September 5, 2009 5:09 PM To: H Subject: option Hillary, Obviously, there's some blowback to this plan, but wanted to give you the context of where we've been. Again, everyone is hyper paranoid and crazy so all of this is between us. The leaks over the last few days have made everyone even crazier. Below is a somewhat negative story on them in the Times from a few months ago, but it will give you a flavor of the idea. There are few people who could sell even this version to the left. I know it may be annoying to save their bacon, but your voice on less than a public plan could uniquely help this situation. At least, that's my editorial comment. Let me know if this is along the lines you were thinking - and sorry it took me a bit longer than I had hoped. UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05764482 Date: 01/29/2016 Neera