If Romney wins: Five things every Jew should know about Mormonism

By Mark Paredes
Published on October 19, 2012

The Mormon Church doesn’t endorse candidates or political parties, and although most American Mormons are Republicans, a Mormon Democrat has served as the Senate Majority Leader for the last five years. Owing to our history of persecution and emphasis on self-reliance, there is also a noteworthy group of Mormons with libertarian sympathies who do not easily identify with either party.

CON: Should rabbis endorse candidates?

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on September 12, 2012

In the summer of 2008 I received a phone call from the Obama campaign asking me to serve as national co-chair of Rabbis for Obama. What prompted the call? First, an article I had written praising the senator for using his name Barack — which he said his father had told him means blessing in Hebrew — rather than the more generic Barry.

PRO: Should rabbis endorse candidates?

Published on September 12, 2012

I celebrate the courage of the more than 613 rabbis who have chosen to endorse President Obama for a second term. It is impossible for me to represent all of them. Each rabbi must make his or her decision based on a number of factors, including the possibility that they could lose their jobs, damage their reputations or alienate donors and board members. There are consequences for each member of Rabbis for Obama in this diverse and distinguished group. Significantly, this group has doubled in size from 2008 to 2012.

Cantor endorses Romney

Published on March 5, 2012

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) endorsed Mitt Romney for president and said that he is not interested in the vice-presidency.

Gene Simmons jumps on the Rick Perry bandwagon

By Lauren Bottner
Published on August 17, 2011

R-E-S-P-E-C-T for Colin Powell

By Marty Kaplan
Published on October 20, 2008

I couldn't help recalling that this was the same Colin Powell whose United Nations speech five years earlier had convinced me that invading Iraq was the right thing to do.