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Israelis on the Street Excoriate Obama (VIDEO)

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 09.24.2009 | World


MJ Rosenberg

There is a wide gap between American Jews and Israeli Jews on Barack Obama. American Jews, who know him well, like him and trust him. Israelis do not.

Liz Cheney: Birther of Crazier Conspiracies

Warren Holstein | Posted 08.24.2009 | Comedy


Warren Holstein

Dick's progeny didn't fall far from the gnarled, twisted tree. Liz Cheney has unfurled her writhing power-hungry roots, burrowing deep beneath the dirt filled with assorted creepy crawlies to feed her political prospects.

Foxman: Obama Putting Too Much Weight On Solving Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World


Abraham Foxman, Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), gives an account of his meeting this week with President Barack Obama and other Jewish g...

Sam Stein

Obama Calms Jewish Leaders: Press Has Built Up Conflict

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


In an hour-long meeting at the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama assured Jewish leaders that he was demanding as much sacrifice from the A...

Obama, Jewish Leaders Meet Formally At White House For First Time

Politics Daily | Lynn Sweet | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


On Monday, President Obama meets formally for the first time with the heads of more than a dozen major Jewish organizations, and while some domestic i...

Von Brunn: "Obama Was Created By Jews"

AP | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Authorities are charging an 88-year-old white supremacist with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a guard at the U.S. Hol...

"Holocaust" And The Road To Peace

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 07.05.2009 | World


Jeffrey Feldman

Listening to Obama's Cairo speech has made me wonder: has the "Holocaust"-- while essential to remember and to honor -- become a hurdle on the road to peace rather than a signpost?

Two Meals, One Story: A Perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict from an American Abroad

Amy York Rubin | Posted 03.06.2009 | World


Amy York Rubin

From their merging of religious tradition with daily life to their personal and historical narratives, the similarities between Muslims and Jews living in Israel is almost tragically comical.

A Blessing for Barack (A Jewish Prayer for All Obama-ites)

Michael L. Millenson | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Michael L. Millenson

There is a Jewish prayer that captures the sense of relief, gratitude, and joy that so many of us feel as Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. It is called the Shehechiyanu.

Sam Stein

Jewish Groups Convene For Obama Transition Meeting

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


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 ne...

No Apologies to Coulter, Hannity, et al.

Marc R. Stanley | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


Marc R. Stanley

It seems that some are more motivated by their reactionary anti-Obama feelings than their support for maintaining historic the crucial bipartisan support for Israel in America.

Why American Jews Voted for Barack Obama

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics


Menachem Rosensaft

If the Republicans want greater Jewish support in the future, they will have to stop pandering to what they erroneously believe to be our fears, and instead move politically and ideologically in our direction.

Much Ado About Nothing

Rep. Robert Wexler | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics


Rep. Robert Wexler

Don't let scurrilous emails, ugly insinuations and wishful thinking distract you from the larger reality: the Jewish community is behind Barack Obama.

Obama Camp: Robo-Calls? Feh! Try Rabbi-Calls!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media


Sam Stein

Jewish Democrats Make Last Push For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics


Jewish Democrat officials are making a late election push to ensure that Barack Obama secures the large percentages of Jewish community support that p...

Israeli Daily Denounced by French Government for Attack on Obama

Jan McGirk | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home


Jan McGirk

Citing alleged insider knowledge of talks conducted between Obama and French President Sarkozy, Haaretz's front page story berated the U.S. Democratic candidate as "utterly immature." The strategy backfired.

"Seinfeld" Actor Jason Alexander Rallies Jewish Voters in Crucial Swing-State Florida

John Hood | Posted 11.28.2008 | Home


John Hood

MIAMI --- George, er, Jason isn't joking around -- Jason Alexander, that is, the funny man who will forever be mostly known as George Costanza. Not th...

Canadians (and Canadian Jews) for Obama

Risa Dickens | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home


Risa Dickens

I have never, so far as I can remember, seen anyone in the Hasidic community display a poster for any candidate in any Canadian election, let alone an American one. The word written in Hebrew is Obama.

Jews for Obama?

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Michelle Haimoff

The one issue that surpasses even those that center around civil liberties is the continued existence of the state of Israel.

Sam Stein

Sarah Silverman, Israeli Production Team, Go To Bat For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics


Barack Obama is getting an assist among Jewish voters from two different short films that couldn't be more disparate in message or nature. On Wednesd...

What A Mitzvah! Sarah Silverman Invites Jews To Barack The Vote With "The Great Schlep"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media


This is full-on hilarious, and so much nachas, too: Sarah Silverman has launched what definitely qualifies as a PSA in her latest video imploring you...

Sam Stein

Biden: McCain's Economic Philosophy As Broke As Lehman Brothers

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics


Today vice presidential candidate Joseph Biden decried the McCain campaign for running a "successful smear campaign" against Barack Obama, and ridicul...

South Florida Obama HQ Draws Republicans, Jews, Hillaryites

Carol Anne Burger | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home


Carol Anne Burger

Proud Republican for Obama Celebrates South Florida Headquarters Opening On his extended-cab truck's bumper is a sticker you don't often see in these...

Jewish Voters Report Anti-Obama Poll

Politico | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics


Jewish voters are complaining of a poll that, after confirming their religion, asks a series of questions that appear aimed at alarming Jewish voters,...

Obama Tours Holocaust Museum In Israel

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics


SDEROT, Israel — From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack...