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Another Israeli Firster
Reid will play an instrumental role in crafting U.S. policy in
the Middle East, and his Pro-Israel stance is well known.
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A Senator From Las Vegas
Neil Galatz,
a fellow kinsman, often tells how Harry has been buying Israeli
bonds for fifty years. Galatz would tell him:, ‘Harry, you
can’t afford to give that much,’ and Harry replied, ‘I
can’t afford not to.’
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Blessed With A Gaggle Of Hatchlings
They have five children, and fifteen grandchildren.
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The Thought Of Hitler Frightens Him
Reid is fully aware that if they had lived in a different
time and place—say, Nazi Germany in the 1940s—the family could
have been targeted because of its Jewish roots.
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100% Behind Israel
He understands it's a rough game, and
Israelis need to take a firm hand.
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Rep. Shelley Berkley
Shelly (nee Rochelle Levine) who is
Jewish, has known Reid since high school senior and Reid was running
for Nevada state assembly.
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Israeli Trips Are An Annual Event
It was at
Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in
Jerusalem where Reid learned the fate of her father’s family, the
Goldfarbs.
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AIPAC Loves Harry
May 2005, before a meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, Reid professed his allegiance to Israel.
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Harry's Family Butchered By Nazis
Landra’s father, Israel Goldfarb, immigrated from Ukraine to the
United States in the early 1900s, but family members who remained in
Europe weren’t so lucky: Seven of them were killed by the Nazis.
Reid told the group of what a “difficult yet moving and inspiring
moment” that had been. And on one particular point, the
consensus-builder vowed to give no ground.
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