<![CDATA[Jewish Groups Convene For Obama Transition Meeting]]>

1.0 link 152250 <![CDATA[Jewish Groups Convene For Obama Transition Meeting]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/18/jewish-groups-convene-for_n_152250.html High-ranking officials with Barack Obama's transition team met for roughly two-and-a-half hours with a wide range of Jewish groups that encompassed nearly the entire ideological spectrum.

The meeting, which involved 29 organizations ranging from hawkish (Zionist Organization of America and, to a lesser extent, AIPAC) and conservative (the Orthodox Union) to Democratic (the National Jewish Democratic Council) and progressive (J Street, Peace Now), took place in the transition's Washington D.C. office on Thursday afternoon.

Reflecting the variety of viewpoints at the table,...

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