From: Ellen K. 

Tell us again how you're not anti-Semitic.

On Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:06:53 +0000, Adam
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge"> wrote in
message :

>Looks like the UK is number 2 after Israel. Must be the Disraeli effect.
>
>http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/785642.html
>
>
>"Tuesday's U.S. elections brought the number of Jewish parliamentarians
>worldwide to an all-time high, according to the International Council of
>Jewish Parliamentarians.
>
>Following yesterday's results, the number of Jews in the Senate rose
>from 11 to 13 and in the House of Representatives from 26 to 30.
>However, the United States is still only in third place worldwide for
>the number of Jewish legislators, after Israel and Britain.
>
>Britain, despite having a Jewish community 20 times smaller than that of
>the United States, has 59 Jewish members of parliament, including 18 in
>the House of Commons and 41 in the House of Lords. The latter number
>includes seven barons whose seats in the house were hereditary until
>recently. However, the umbrella organization of British Jewry said that
>in fact, the number of Jews in the House of Lords is even higher,
>totaling at least 46. "
>
>Adam

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