President Barack Obama and his administration have undertaken an unprecedented effort to reach out to the Jewish community. The president has made moving the Middle East toward peace a priority and has spoken of the "unbreakable" bond we share with Israel. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Iran's pursuit of...

During his first 100 days in office, the American Jewish community has already taken great pleasure with the performance of President Barack Obama. He has begun to develop a deep and substantive relationship with the Jewish community by, among other things, hosting the first presidential Seder, creating strong outreach...

It is not worth responding to most of the predictable, simple minded attacks of some Republicans, but this one is too good to pass up.

This week, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) attacked President Barack Obama for "flip-flopping" on U.S. participation at the U.N. Conference on Racism in...

President Barack Obama's right wing critics in the Jewish community need to take a chill pill. Jewish Republicans continue to look for any sign that the President is somehow anti-Israel. This week is no exception, as Matt Brooks of the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) called on Obama "to...

The American Jewish community has a well-documented history of supporting Democratic administrations and 78% of Jewish voters pulled the lever for candidate Barack Obama last November. In the first few months of our new administration, the latest poll of the Jewish community shows that American Jews continue to...

In response to a piece titled, “Dear Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin: I apologize for the Jewish vote for Obama,” I wrote a letter to the editor and a Huffington Post piece titled, “No Apologies to Coulter, Hannity, et al.”

It seems that I was not the...

Dear President-elect Obama,

I am sorry.

Keenly aware of your avid attention to the opinion pages of the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, I am sure you paid special attention to the open apology letter to Senator John McCain authored this week by Dean Rotbart....

This year, once again, the Jewish community overwhelmingly supported the Democratic nominee for President. With the election of Barack Obama, Jewish voters selected a candidate who, despite an unprecedented smear campaign, represents the values of our community. This year, we also heard the all-too-familiar claims that the Republican nominee...

Over the last week there has been a lot of talk about Senator John McCain's newly picked running mate Governor Sarah Palin and the Jewish community. Wednesday, I published an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post titled, "Sarah Palin and the Jewish community." The choice of Palin as McCain's Vice...

Senator Barack Obama's trip to Israel today marks a good time for American Jews to sit back and perform a thorough and objective analysis of how a President Obama would treat the U.S.-Israel relationship. Unfortunately, what we are seeing from the right-wing is not objective analysis, but rather a frantic...