Glenn Beck: The Grinch Who Stole Yom Kippur
It's not insignificant that Beck chose the holiest day of the Jewish calendar to launch his "day of Fast and Prayer for the Republic."
It's not insignificant that Beck chose the holiest day of the Jewish calendar to launch his "day of Fast and Prayer for the Republic."
Aaron Keyak | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media
You might think that Buchanan would have stopped using this sort of unrepentant rhetoric as his career moved from a Republican firebrand to a to cable news commentator -- but you'd be wrong.
David A. Harris | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Wait -- Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, is coming to the Ramadan dinner hosted tonight by President Barack Obama?
Ira Forman | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics
There is nothing inherently inappropriate for a member of the opposition party to debate a president's foreign policy. However, there is a tradition in this country of not doing so while overseas.
Ira Forman | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics
The National Jewish Democratic Council is bringing together rabbis from across the country to stand up for comprehensive health insurance reform and we need your help and your voice.
David A. Harris | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
These days the G.O.P. base has gone all-in when it comes to Hitler references and calling our president a Nazi. So when is the Republican Party going to formally say "enough is enough"?
Aaron Keyak | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics
If Darrel Issa is accusing Rahm Emanuel of "Chicago-style politics," maybe he should answer questions about Issa-style business.
David A. Harris | Posted 09.02.2009 | Politics
Keep talking, Mr. Cantor. You're just helping to keep Jews pulling the lever for Democrats.
Marc R. Stanley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
No one can credibly claim that Obama and his administration are not talking with Israel. The fact is that the Obama administration is not only talking with Israelis, they are intensely collaborating.
Ira Forman | Posted 08.26.2009 | Politics
There are more than a few in our Jewish community who are happy to be spoon fed distortions so they can twist reality to fit their own vision of how the world should be.
David A. Harris | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics
In the historically Democratic demographic of the Jewish community, there is now only one Republican congressman -- Eric Cantor (R-VA). And he is doing his part to think narrowly and exclusively.
David A. Harris | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics
If anyone hasn't gotten the message loud and clear from this administration -- essentially "no nuclear Iran, not on our watch" -- then they're not listening.
David A. Harris | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics
Beyond domestic policies and beyond complex U.S.-Israel issues, detractors of this president keep asking: does he really "get" American Jews and their concerns?
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics
Talking points, distributed by one of the nation's largest Jewish Democratic organizations, seek to improve perceptions of President Barack Obama's po...
Ira Forman | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics
The ridiculous Sotomayor bashing must stop. Republicans and Democrats should work together to review Sotomayor's record and work towards a confirmation this summer.
Marc R. Stanley | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics
We are happy to say that the first 15 weeks of Obama's presidency have made us proud and have fulfilled his promise of much needed change for our country.
Marc R. Stanley | Posted 05.20.2009 | World
Right wing groups, like the RJC, should be commending President Obama for his policy on Durban, not waging misleading attacks.
Aaron Keyak | Posted 05.15.2009 | Politics
Yesterday's ruling by the Minnesota Court that Franken won the election, not only puts Minnesota closer to getting a second Senator, but further damages whatever political future Norm Coleman has left.
Marc R. Stanley | Posted 05.03.2009 | Politics
Some Jewish Republicans will never be happy with anything this president does regarding Israel. Every action will be seen as another mystical sign of this administration's desertion of Israel.
Aaron Keyak | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics
I do not know Coleman personally, but I imagine that there aren't many people around him who consider Coleman's best interest over their own personal agendas.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.26.2009 | Politics
Fate, occasionally, can be cruel. On Sunday night, Ira Forman and his wife Caryn were honored by a local Washington D.C. Jewish Day School for the wo...
Marc R. Stanley | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics
The latest poll of the Jewish community shows that American Jews continue to support Obama. However, a few activists on the far right of the Jewish community still refuse to accept this reality.
Ira Forman | Posted 04.16.2009 | Media
The American Thinker is one of those hard-edged, right-wing web sites that specializes in flinging filth. It is a publication that has turned the concepts of lying and distortion into art forms.
Ira Forman | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
Many of these new nattering nabobs are made up of those Jewish critics of the president who are intent on proving his bad intentions toward Israel no matter what the facts show.
Ira Forman | Posted 03.23.2009 | Media
CBS News named Jeff Ballabon, a New York Republican activist, to serve as the Senior Vice President of Communications. What are they thinking?
Aaron Keyak | Posted 09.22.2009 | Media