Elections

October 7, 2008

Wall Street, Main Street, Jew Street

By Rob Eshman

If only those nasty money changers and culture vultures in the seething cities below would just let them sow their wheat and do their books and raise their children up good.

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Why I support Barack Obama

By Dennis Ross

I was with Obama in Israel and in Europe, and I saw how he focused on the urgency of the Iranian threat. I saw how he used his discussions in Israel to remind the European leaders that Israelis are justified in seeing Iran with nuclear weapons as an existential threat -- and that for Israel's sake and our own we must put far more pressure on Iran if we are to stop it from going nuclear.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

McCain for America—and Israel

By Morris J. Amitay

McCain, much like JFK, has pledged to fight for freedom around the world and not to retreat from our enemies. This is certainly what we need today, more than meaningless slogans like "change we can believe in" and "we are the ones we've been waiting for."

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Rabbis on anti-gay marriage Prop 8: Yes, no, maybe

By Tom Tugend

Same-sex marriage is likely to remain a hot-button issue in the presidential race, with Prop. 8 backers looking to Sen. John McCain for ideological support, and opponents to Sen. Barack Obama.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Al Franken leads in Senate race, poll finds

Al Franken has taken the lead over incumbent Norm Coleman in the Minnesota Senate race, according to a new poll.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Dems to Palin: Bring up Rev.  Wright, we’ll bring up Rev. Muthee [VIDEO]

By Eric Fingerhut

Sarah Palin is saying more attention should be paid to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's former pastor. Democrats counter that they are ready to fight back with their own barrage of guilt-by-association attacks.

Sarah Silverman 'The Great Schlep' Screen captureTuesday, October 7, 2008

With the Republican base on the ropes, all eyes are on Florida —again

By Raphael J. Sonenshein

It is already ugly out on the campaign trail, and reporters in the field are feeling the heat of the rising anger of a Republican base on the ropes.

Was this SNL skit a sign that there will be anti-Semitic backlash after the financial crisis?Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Will Wall Street crisis spur anti-Semitism?

By Ben Harris

Will the crisis on Wall Street, where so many Jews work, spur hostility toward Jews? Some Jews certainly seem anxious about it.

Monday, October 6, 2008

Gotcha? You betcha!

By Marty Kaplan

But there's also a less benign explanation for the media's negligence, and it's captured by something President Andrew Jackson said nearly two centuries ago: "If the people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning."

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Shalom, I’m Sarah Palin and I’m here to do God’s Will

By Steve Greenberg

Saturday, October 4, 2008

VIDEOS: Jackie Mason vs.  Sarah Silverman—Battle YouTube

By The Web Guy

She says Obama, he calls her a 'yenta.' It's an 'only in America' battle of the YouTube videos

Friday, October 3, 2008

Debate wrap up: Palin contradicts McCain, will make peace process a ‘priority’

By Ron Kampeas

In recent weeks, John McCain's advisers have said that Israeli-Palestinian talks would not be a priority, but in Thursday's debate Sarah Palin sounded a different note.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

VIDEO: Palin Pastor: ‘Israelites’ run the economy

A pastor who blessed Sarah Palin's run for Alaska governor said Christians should emulate "Israelites" and run the economy

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

VIDEO: The Daily Show—Jewish voters in Florida assess debate

Comedy (?) from The Daily Show. Post-debate analysis reveals John McCain is going to die soon, and Michelle Obama has a big butt. Are these Florida swing voters hilariously out of touch, or simply telling it like it is?

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

VIDEO: Jewish Americans for Obama

Jewish friends, colleagues and supporters from Chicago say Barack Obama's Yiddishe neshumah -- Jewish soul -- makes him the right candidate. Official campaign video.

Mississippi posts rules onlineSunday, September 28, 2008

The debates won’t matter

By Marty Kaplan

Joseph Stalin is reputed to have said, "Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." I think he had it half right.

Friday, September 26, 2008

Poll: Obama hits wall with ‘undecided’ Jews

By Ron Kampeas

The American Jewish Committee survey published Thursday shows the Democratic presidential nominee still hovering around 60 percent among Jewish voters. His big problem: the undecideds.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

VIDEO: Israelis for Obama

" . . . We are Israelis and Israeli-Americans who believe Barack Obama will be good for America and good for Israel. In such dramatic times a leader who is able to employ intelligent diplomacy hand in hand with a strong defense is crucial to our future. We urge the Jewish community to hear our voices. Thank you . . . "

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

VIDEO: Israeli documentary director Elan Frank shoots Sarah Palin

Israel documentary director talks about his shoot with Gov. Sarah Palin

Image: http://boldlentil.wordpress.com/Monday, September 22, 2008

McCain advisors:
No to Syria talks, little interest in Middle East peace process

By Ron Kampeas

Two McCain advisers told participants in a weekend retreat that his administration would discourage Israeli-Syrian peace talks and refrain from actively engaging in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia University in New York City in 2007. Daniella Zalcman/Creative CommonsFriday, September 19, 2008

Politicizing Iran:
GOP spikes Obama sanctions bill, Dems scuttle Palin's rally gig

By Ron Kampeas

Republicans and Democrats are tussling over who should appear at an anti-Iran rally next week and who is responsible for the failure of sanctions legislation. Caught in the middle are the Jewish organizations that hoped presidential politicking would push forward -- not hinder -- efforts to isolate Iran.

Jewish groups again are mobilizing to protest Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to the United Nations, as they did last year.Thursday, September 18, 2008

Ahmadinejad at the UN: Palin, elected officials disinvited from rally amid controversy

By Ben Harris

Sarah Palin's invitation to a Jewish-sponsored rally to protest the Iranian president at the United Nations was revoked after controversy erupted over her participation.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Obama conference call with rabbis covers education, the meaning of the shofar, support for Israel

By Eric Fingerhut

Barack Obama told a conference call of rabbis this morning that he supports government funding for after-school and mentoring programs in faith-based schools

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

One-Day U

By Marty Kaplan

You have to go back to Spiro Agnew and his bullyboy ventriloquists, Pat Buchanan and William Safire, to find this kind of sneering contempt for educated people.

Gov. Sarah Palin with filmmaker Elan Frank Photo courtesy Elan FrankWednesday, September 17, 2008

Shooting Sarah Palin

By David Suissa

Earlier this year, he called the office of the governor of Alaska to ask permission to shoot Sarah Palin for his new film, a documentary about powerful women of the world. Because he had spent a lot of time in Alaska, he'd heard about the feisty Palin and thought she'd be a natural.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Sarah Palin and Chabad share the same appeal

By Jonathan Marks

Who would have figured that in 2008, liberal pews in most of America would be emptier than their rabbis would like, while everyone has now heard of Chabad?

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

VIDEO: Jewish voters targeted in ‘push polling’—RJC fesses up

By Eric Fingerhut

The Republican Jewish Coalition has admitted it sponsored a negative poll about Barack Obama.

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Wall Street, Main Street, Jew Street

If only those nasty money changers and culture vultures in the seething cities below would just let them sow their wheat and do their books and raise their children up good.

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Personalize your ketubah without breaking the law

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Opinion
Wall Street, Main Street, Jew Street

If only those nasty money changers and culture vultures in the seething cities below would just let them sow their wheat and do their books and raise their children up good.