Jews for Obama?
The one issue that surpasses even those that center around civil liberties is the continued existence of the state of Israel.
The one issue that surpasses even those that center around civil liberties is the continued existence of the state of Israel.
Yoav Sivan | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home
Rather than respond to Jewish voters defensively, Barack Obama ought to respond with some spine.
Daniel Levy | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics
The 10-15% of the Jewish vote that the GOP tried to put in play this November is now feeling not only alienated, but downright offended by the latest offerings of the McCain message machine.
Washington Post | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics
Before embarking on a sprawling international trip that would take him to seven countries, two continents and two war zones, Sen. Barack Obama and his...
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics
SDEROT, Israel — From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack...
TNR | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
The latest Pew Poll (in which Barack Obama leads John McCain 48-40) asks registered voters what religion they think Barack Obama is. Only 57% say that...
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 06.23.2008 | Living
By changing his name from Barry, Barack Obama has now forever eliminated the excuse for American Jews, not to mention other minorities, to bury their ethnicity by Anglicizing their names.
Adam Hanft | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
Jews have been a great American catalysts for change, not just in the way we fought for it, but in the way that our successes here birthed the narrative imagination that led to Obama's victory.
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
There's one less Democrat listening to Sen. Joe Lieberman. Rabbi Ethan Tucker, the senator's step son, offered up his opinion on the difficulties fac...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.14.2008 | Politics
Over the past few days and weeks, much ink has been devoted to Barack Obama's potentially tricky relationship with the Jewish community. Had his rela...
ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics
In an interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., talked a great deal about Israel. He was rather effusive in his suppo...
The Huffington Post | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama sat for a lengthy interview with Jeffrey Goldberg where he discusses Israel, his connection to Chicago's Jewish community, and Middle Eas...
Howard Gutman | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
For Jewish leaders to find fault in a speech, in a man, and in a candidacy that has done so much on the issue of race means that we have chosen to divide when the opportunity to unite has never been closer.
Wilshire & Washington | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics
More evidence that the bitterness among the Clinton and Obama camps is seeping down to the donor level. Daphna Ziman, a Hillary Clinton bundler well-...
Newsweek | Michael Hirsh and Dan Ephron | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics
The comment seemed like a casual aside. Ann Lewis, a senior adviser to Hillary Clinton, was touting the New York senator's strong support for Israel d...
Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen...
At a rally on Saturday in California,...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
The following are my comments from the stage at yesterday's Vote...
In the latest instance of inflammatory outbursts...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Last week's post began an exploration into what style is today and how this relates to each of us. If we...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Michelle Haimoff | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics