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Biden and the Jews: Strong ties and friendly disagreements
Before he announced his vice presidential pick, Barack Obama said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship. No one knew then that he had picked Joe Biden, but his ISO ad fit Biden's relationship with the Jewish community perfectly
Columnist: Rick Warren wins, America loses
Rabbi to give invocation before Obama’s acceptance speech
Democrats continue coveting religious-minded voters
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks August 16-22: Politics, dance, education and music
The Great Awakening
The Rev. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church will hold back-to-back public conversations this Saturday, Aug. 16, with the two presumptive presidential
candidates, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. The conversations, on the topic of "Compassion and Leadership," will be broadcast at 8 p.m. on CNN
Politicians: Guilty of being caught
John McCain’s Jesus problem
Anti-semitism again rears its head in Tennessee election
McCain, Obama appeal to religious voters in Time
Being an African American candidate is different
An African American candidacy is different. Obama can't easily be the racial middleman as Clinton was. And being aggressive carries its own special dynamics.
Senator suing God appears in court
Ehud Olmert: A political time line
From Knesset member to Jerusalem mayor to prime minister, Ehud Olmert's political life
Calendar Girls Picks and Clicks for August 1-7, 2008: Dance, comedy, sports, theater, politics
Steven Cohen and the Jews-hate-Jesus campaign
Who will succeed Olmert?
No matter who emerges as the successor to Ehud Olmert, new general elections for prime minister -- and, by extension, the entire Knesset -- may not be far away
Israel political outlook uncertain as Olmert announces plans to resign [VIDEOS]
Confronted with police investigations into possible illegal fund-raising activities and a climate of intense political hostility, including from leading members of his own party, the Israeli prime minister held a hastily assembled news conference Wednesday evening to announce he will resign the premiership
John Hagee’s holocaust
Sderot welcomes Obama
Sderot's residents expressed optimism about the latest of a series of high-profile visitors to the town, the man who one day may be U.S. president, Barack Obama
Americans (allegedly) don’t do atheism
Candidate Adeena
If you want to really annoy Adeena Bleich, just ask her what it feels like to be a young Orthodox woman running for City Council. I know, because when we sat
down recently for lunch at Shiloh's, the first thing I asked her is what it felt like to be a young Orthodox woman running for City Council.
Are liberal Zionists really Zionists?
Rosner to the rescue: J Street full of surprises after all
Department of No Duh: Jews dislike Bush, like Obama and Israel
John Ubele: another scary political candidate
Beyond sicko
The L.A. Times ‘frames’ the Presidential race
This assertion, which is totally irrelevant to the campaign of 2008, leads to a source saying that McCain would definitely not represent the third Bush term.
Beyond sicko
Because this was happening a short taxi ride from the White House, I half expected someone from Dick Cheney's office to burst in at any moment, grab the
microphone and proclaim the conference kaput, dissolved like an inconvenient parliament.
More moderate voices replace liberal academics
Behind the scenes of American fundamentalism
Rove avoids the sacred elephant in the room
Iran flexes its military muscles … I mean, missiles
‘Power in the Blood’: Praying for the electric chair
Rev. Jackson wants to cut Obama’s nuts off
The next president’s gums
Keep religion out of presidential politics
Since last summer, when I volunteered for a Barack Obama event, I have received many nonsensical e-mails and heard many nonsensical arguments -- from friends and family as well as on TV -- about Sen. Obama's alleged lack of allegiance to the United States of America.
The next president’s gums
The 1960 presidential debates were arguably the first reality show. What took so long for television executives to figure out that there's gold in them thar unscripted hills?
Evangelical on same-sex marriage: Quoting Scripture not enough
Vote ‘Jesus for President’
Thriving on the edge
Is there any hope for peace in Israel? Are things getting better or worse? Does war and conflict dominate Israeli consciousness? After spending a week in the Holy Land with very little sleep and lots of Turkish coffee, talking to bright people from the left to the right, I can report with absolute certainty that I have no idea.
James Dobson doesn’t speak for me either
World Jewish Congress moves to the Capitol
James Dobson and Obama’s fruitcake
Hillary Clinton and Capitol Hill Jesus
How many atheists believe in God?
In Jesus name, Ontario Council meeting begins
Muslim women barred from picture with Obama
Rick Warren, fascism and ‘The Family’
White supremacist loses judicial race
Christianity and politics: Obama discusses salvation and public office
Olmert’s American visit: Parading an embarassment
In defense of John Hagee
Judicial candidate advocates deporting non-whites
Israel is central to the Republican strategy in 2008
Zev Yaroslavsky: From Soviet Jewish activist to Los Angeles power player
Donkey on their back
Cartoon
Nation might not be safest but it’s the most interesting
Not too far from my home there's a street named for the German poet Heinrich Heine, a baptized Jew and metaphorical Marrano. Sometimes on Shabbat afternoons, I take a long Jerusalem walk with my son, soon to be a soldier, and Lizzie, our German shepherd, a breed of dog that in my wildest Diaspora dreams I could never imagine owning.
More Ruth Wisse, Jews and Power
Probe of Olmert could derail peace process
The corruption investigation of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, which is threatening to bring down the Israeli government, potentially may have far-reaching consequences for Middle East peacemaking.
Leading evangelicals to condemn group’s politicization
Nuns prevented from voting
Changing the National Day of Prayer
Rev. Wright is Mr. Wrong
Florida considers Christian-themed license plates
The Israel lobby for doves
Debra Winger explores Jewish/Arab day schools
Students at the Hand in Hand Max Rayne Bilingual School in Jerusalem didn't know they were meeting a celebrity. They weren't born when the films "Officer and a Gentleman" and "Terms of Endearment" garnered Debra Winger her Oscar nominations.
Black and Jewish leaders work to rekindle friendships at interfaith seder
A group of blacks and Jews have in recent months sought to rekindle a decades-old friendship in hopes of fostering better relations among their broader communities. Sponsored by the American Jewish Committee (AJC), First AME Church, the Brotherhood Crusade and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an interfaith seder became the object of much anticipation earlier this month after one of its organizers was accused of being an anti-Semite.
The Book of Pelosi
Ed Koch’s war against anti-Semitism
Will L.A. top rabbis make ‘Top Rabbi’ list—again?
Last year, when Newsweek published its inaugural list of America's 50 most influential rabbis, Jay Sanderson, one of the list's creators, said he was surprised by how much buzz it generated.
Explaining the growth of Republican Jews
The president need not be a Christian
AUDIO: Iranian American Jews —Knesset Member Ophir Pines-Paz
Exclusive interviews with Israeli Knesset Member Ophir Pines-Paz and Iranian Jewish philanthropist Parviz Nazarian in changing Israel's form of government
Algeria orders 19 churches closed
Hate in Translation
Book review of Matthais Kuntze's "Jihad and Jew Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11" (Telos Press, 2007).
Jewish power in Long Beach
‘The Gaza Bombshell’
The Israeli behind Spitzer’s fall
Spitzer’s folly
Top stories for the 29 days of February, 2008
WFB’s dead: Reflections on the great conservative
Karl Rove and the politics of religion
Welcome to JewsChoose 2008: Obama and the Jewish test
Pastor prays for foes demise
Memphis congressional race gets ugly
‘The beard is off-limits’
Lantos, Congress’ only Holocaust survivor, dies
Local group meets with, backs Maryland congressman; Maxwell speaks on Mengele
World Alliance's Maryland Ally
"I breathe Israel. When I go there, I'm 18 years old again," said Grace Anter, a genteel woman in her 70s.
"See? That's the attitude I want young people to have," said Esther Azal, executive director of World Alliance for Israel Political Action Committee (WAIPAC). "Sometimes we think of the pro-Israel community as a monolith. But we're just individuals who care."
Barak stays after Winograd Report, Olmert survives
After the long-awaited final report of the Winograd Commission of inquiry into the Second Lebanon War was published last week, all eyes turned toward Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
Barak, the Labor Party leader, was the one man whose withdrawal of his party from the governing coalition could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, whose wartime performance was the subject of much criticism in the report.
Orthodox rabbi: Vote pro-family or don’t vote
Voters given ‘invisible ink’ pens
Why I support Hillary
Representative Brad Sherman (D - Calif.) explains his preference for Hillary Clinton.
So Cal Jews’ primary colors are red and blue
Michael Spitzer-Rubenstein had barely slept in days. A senior at Beverly Hills High School, he'd spent long hours rallying support for Barack Obama, and as the results from the Iowa caucuses poured in, as fellow Obama supporters packed the presidential candidate's California campaign office in Koreatown, Spitzer-Rubenstein turned jubilant, his enthusiasm mashing together with exhaustion into euphoria.<
And now the ‘Jewish primary’ begins . . .
When California moved its presidential primary to Feb. 5, and other big states followed suit, the strategic role of Jewish voters in the nominating process was greatly enhanced.
‘Politics sort of is the Jewish religion’
Lauder letter to Olmert urging Disapora role in Jerusalem negotiations stirs passions
The president of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has roiled the organization's branch in Israel by writing to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert with a plea to allow Diaspora Jews a voice in any decisions on Jerusalem's future
Educating the governator
Political cartoon.
What makes a good politico?
What makes a good politician? What makes a good Jewish politician? Zev Yaroslavsky, Henry Waxman and Laura Chick each, in his or her own way, illustrates how the values of Jewish life can be carried over into the secular obligations of public affairs. They have set an example for a new generation that will make sure our community is deeply involved in Los Angeles civic life.
Israel obligated to consider Diaspora views on Jerusalem
Do Jews outside Israel have the right to criticize Israeli policies relating to defense and security matters or eternal issues, like concessions on Jerusalem?
Diaspora must face painful realities in Jerusalem’s future
The Jewish community is now openly discussing whether Jerusalem should be on the negotiating table for a Palestinian-Israel peace agreement.
Ms. magazine’s ad rejection elicits strong response
The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) is ramping up its protest against Ms. magazine's rejection of its pro-Israel advertisement. In a campaign launched Sunday, AJCongress urged people to write, call or e-mail the prominent feminist publication to "register your complaint at their anti-Israel bias."
Bush’s Middle East legacy
Political cartoon.
Playing a frayed and faded ‘race card’
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is making a truly impressive run for the White House, and in doing so is being considered by many as America's first mainstream "black" candidate -- in other words a "black" candidate not running on a near-exclusive agenda of identity politics.
Israelis keep a close eye on U.S. elections
With a mix of concern for their future and amusement at the marching bands and baby-kissing style of U.S. electoral politics, Israelis are tuning in to see who might be the next U.S. president.
Converting Bobby Jindal
Low hopes for Bush in Israel
If there is one thing the Bush White House excels at it is lowering expectations, and the administration spin machine was operating at full speed in the days leading up to President Bush's Middle East trip, which at press time on Tuesday was expected to begin on Wednesday.
Congress’ only Holocaust survivor won’t run again
McCain-Lieberman ticket hot with the Orthodox
Anti-Semitism on rise in Europe
Muslim Americans feel left out of campaign Godtalk
Interview with an atheist lobbyist
The intersection of religion and politics
The apocalypse is upon us
The religion of Dennis Kucinich
Muslim rumors hurt Obama
‘Refighting the Wars of Religion’
‘Hook-nosed, bloodstained Jews out to trick peaceful Arabs at Annapolis summit’
Romney doesn’t want a Muslim Cabinet official
Evangelicals takeover America
The Jews for Ron Paul
Politics of liberal and conservative Jews reverse
Recently, I spoke to Reform rabbinical students in their class on "Jewish Political Tradition." Which is, exactly, what? My expertise, I told them, is politics, not theology. Here was my dilemma: to talk reality or defer to the orthodoxy of Reform Jews, which is to say, political liberalism. (Forget the Reconstructionists, i.e., Jewish Unitarians, who are oxymoronic "religious" secular humanists.) How confusing all this, especially for non-Jews, who are further told that Conservative Jews are somewhere between Reform Jews and Orthodox Jews -- sort of like the words "liberal" and "conservative."
Georgia governor leads prayer for rain
The New Nostradamus predicts the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Pat Robertson endorses Giuliani—who cares?
Obama Girl’s Coulter crush
An outsider’s view on our unpopular president
Evangelical political split gets big play in NYT
What’s wrong with Post religion reporting?
A neocon scion set to takeover Commentary
Social networking for social conservatives
‘Right With God’
Paper checks in on ‘reluctant Republicans’
Gore wins Nobel Peace Prize
Anti-American protests in Turkey
Turkey: Jews and Armenians aim to ‘defame’
Godtalk in last night’s GOP debate?
U.S. not a Christian nation
Why it mattered and didn’t that Jefferson was an atheist
Who exactly are ‘militant atheists’ attacking?
Dawkins: Jews ‘monopolize American foreign policy’
Jack Abramoff the bully
The Other Russia
Looking at the model of ‘Jewish power’
LA Times learns ‘Evangelicals Split on GOP’
Evangelicals to split from Republican Party?
No Jews allowed: Judenrein U.S. program
The religious politics for ‘08
Olmert straddles line between hawks and doves
With the planned Middle East summit in Washington less than two months away, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is caught in an ideological battle between his party's doves and hawks.
Plenty of theater at the UN, but Iran nuclear issue still unresolved
The high political theater surrounding Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to New York this week triggered plenty of protests, headlines and debates.
Briefs: U.S. House approves Iran divestment; Olmert real estate deals probed; Barghouti seen leading
US News Briefs on Middle East
Danoch says ‘shalom’ to the Southland
When Ehud Danoch arrived in Los Angeles three years ago as Israel's new consul general, he had to learn three things -- real fast. Danoch talked about the highlights and low points of his three-year tenure, the lessons learned, as well as his future plans to run for a seat in the Knesset, Israel's parliament.
Nixon’s Jewish paranoia
Mitt Romney sits down with Christianity Today
A nihilist for governor
God responds to senator’s lawsuit
Who cares what kind of Christian John McCain is?
Q & A with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh
What Seymour Hersh thinks of W and the world
City bills church for anti-immigration protest against it
Senator’s bathroom stall a tourist stop
Olmert to forfeit Jerusalem’s Old City?
The president’s own personal Jesus
Nebraska senator sues God
Scary evangelicals?
Redefining success in Iraq
Iran, Israel and the 2008 election
The Republican Party has a two-sided albatross around its neck, an unpopular president who is trying desperately to keep an unpopular war going past Election Day so that its disastrous ending can be on the next president's watch.
‘Israel lobby’ not working?
Books: Nusseibeh ‘Once Upon a Country’ memoir ends in disillusionment
The scion of an aristocratic Jerusalem family, Nusseibeh traces his roots back 1,300 years to one of the tribal leaders who joined Mohammad on his seventh century pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Anti-Semitism and homophobia—kissing cousins
Why Christians should love Israel
In Burg’s world, Hitler won
The saga of Patrick Henry … College
Worst political sex scandals
European anti-Semitism
Craig Chronicles: Senator to resign
Red Date, Blue Date
Having now completed my unsuccessful world tour of bars, parties and weddings, I'm looking for new ways to meet new men.
Spin alert: Larry Craig chronicles
Another neocon working for Giuliani
Pleading guilty means Larry Craig’s guilty
His Eminence, President-for-Life Bush
Larry Craig’s sexuality a ‘holy grail’ in Idaho
Another GOP politician caught in sex scandal
Months in making, AG Gonzales resigns
America’s next invasion: Vietnam
Documentary shows ‘Blood and Tears’ of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Michael Bloomberg’s religion problem
NYT Magazine: ‘Politics of God’
Why New Yorkers don’t like Rudy, but Red Staters do
Joseph Smith for president
Karl Rove’s out—what’s next?
My meeting with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert
Remembering evangelicals for Iraq
Evangelical vote a ‘jump ball’ in ‘08
Clinton soon to be a Jew?
Which nation persecutes Bible distributors?
Giving up on Israel—‘The Apostate’
Rudy not pro-choice?
The evangelical problem
Second Coming: ‘I hope he comes tomorrow’
Gawker: Jews will do anything for a dollar
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Agriprocessors rebukes Obama, Israel sends flood aid to Ukraine
Nathan Lewin, who is representing the largest kosher meat producer in the United States, in a statement released early Tuesday wondered whether Barack Obama had weighed the evidence in the case or considered the company's repeated denials.
Los Angeles
P. S. Tikkun Olam: Veteran Jewish educator opens charter school driven by vision of a community
"We want to nurture a diverse body of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community and have respect for themselves and others."
World
Will new ‘Cold War’ play out in Middle East?
With talk of a new Cold War in the offing following Russia's recent military successes in Georgia, Israel is worried Russia might reassess this policy and use the sale of new weaponry to Syria -- or the threat of it -- to strengthen Russia's hand vis-à-vis Israel's primary
Los Angeles
P. S. Tikkun Olam: Veteran Jewish educator opens charter school driven by vision of a community
"We want to nurture a diverse body of students who are passionate about learning, engaged in their community and have respect for themselves and others."
Torah Portion
Taking time for yourself
Parshat Re'eh (Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17) The parsha begins: "See [re'eh, singular] I place before you [lifnei'chem, plural] today blessing and curse". Why begin in the singular and finish in the plural?
Religion
PETA slams N.Y. kapparot ritual [VIDEO]
For the second year, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has complained about the High Holy Days ritual of swinging a chicken over one's head, a sin-transference ceremony
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