Obama Ethnicity

A Lesson About Pride Jews Can Learn From Obama

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 06.23.2008 | Living


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

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.

At Long Last, the Halfsie Blog

Michele Martinez | Posted 01.30.2008 | Living


Michele Martinez

How can Barack Obama he be expected to heal racial divides when we insist on pigeon-holing him as one thing or the other? He's both.