Bush's Candidate For AG Gets Seal Of Approval From N.Y. Jews

[Purveyor]

By Shlomo Shamir

NEW YORK - The U.S. Senate has yet to approve the recent nomination of Michael Mukasey, a retired federal judge and Modern Orthodox Jew from New York, as a replacement for outgoing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. His hearing with the Senate is scheduled for this week.

Irrespective of the hearing's outcome, Mukasey has already passed his public hearing with the Jewish community with flying colors. Secular and religious Jews and opinion shapers alike have over the past weeks expressed unreserved support for Mukasey's candidacy for the U.S. justice system's top executive officer.

As with every other year, Mukasey could be found this Yom Kippur at Kehilath Jeshurun in Manhattan's Upper East Side. At the synagogue, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein describes Mukasey as a veteran frequenter. "He hasn't missed a single prayer during the High Holidays," says Lookstein. "He might skip a prayer here and there, but he's a believer and a devout Jew."

It has been two weeks since U.S. President George Bush announced Mukasey as his candidate to replace Gonzales, who was forced to step down following accusations of illegitimate dismissals of federal prosecutors. Many in the Jewish community regarded the nomination as gift for the holidays, and leaders and opinion shapers are pouring out the compliments.

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http://www.haaretz.com:80/hasen/spages/908598.html

[movonne]

1. Well thats a good reason to vote him in...I think I read he has ties

with rudy...bad, bad and bad..

[Double T]

2. Well, NO NEED for congress to waste their valuable time on THIS appointee.

[rockymountaindem]

3. The RW is really pressing hard to characterize Jews as a rightist bloc

Probably because reality is totally the opposite.

[babylonsister]

4. He's a devout Jew; why wouldn't they support him? nt

[Mind_your_head]

5. Well, isn't that "special"

(as SNL 'church-lady' ~ aka Dana Carvey used to say.....)

edit: typo

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. I am a New York Jew and

:puke:

[TheWraith]

7. Boy, doesn't that headline sound like something right out of a conspiracy theory? NT

[Snarkturian Clone]

8. Reminds me of the Nintendo Seal of Quality

It didn't mean shit.