POINT: Romney vs. Obama vis-à-vis Israel

Published on September 19, 2012

“President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus.” That’s what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party’s nomination on Aug. 30, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons that he had deployed before, for example in May 2011 and January 2012.

Perry set to drop out of presidential race

Published on January 19, 2012

Rick Perry reportedly is dropping his bid to become the Republican presidential nominee.

Unfaithful husbands can still be faithful leaders

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on December 13, 2011

Rabbi ‘not ashamed’ to take on Rick Perry

By JewishJournal.com
Published on December 8, 2011

Republicans’ ‘Starting from zero’ aid proposal startles pro-Israel community

Published on November 15, 2011

"Starting from zero," the foreign assistance plan touted by leading Republican candidates at a debate, is getting low marks, and not just from Democrats and the foreign policy community. Pro-Israel activists and fellow Republicans also have concerns.

Gene Simmons to save the day

By Lauren Bottner
Published on November 14, 2011

Opinion: Keeping up with the Kandidates

By Marty Kaplan
Published on November 14, 2011

"Are you not entertained?" That was Jon Stewart’s response to Rick Perry’s brain freeze. He said it twice, maniacally. “Are you not entertained?” Stewart’s right about what’s happening. America is on track for the most amusing apocalypse ever. Things may be going to hell, but the campaign narrative unfolding in real time couldn’t be any more fun. It’s all entertainment, just grist for the media mill, and apparently there’s no bummer bad enough to shock us back to our senses.

Perry: I would back Israeli strike on Iran

Published on November 4, 2011

U.S. presidential candidate Rick Perry said he would back an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facitilies.

Opinion: Obama-Romney 2012

By Marty Kaplan
Published on October 17, 2011

Forget the fantasy of Hillary Clinton taking Joe Biden’s place on the 2012 ballot. Not only because it is not going to happen. The theory that having Hillary on the ticket would galvanize the base and that coveted independent voters, especially women, would break toward Democrats, has no deeper roots in empirical reality than creationism or climate change denial. It’s just not the game-changer that Obama needs to hang on to the presidency, let alone give him a Congress that would be any less obstructionist than the one we have now.

Romney’s Jewish backers enjoying front-runner status, even as challenges continue from his right

Published on October 11, 2011

Mitt Romney is the whack-a-mole front-runner: He consistently leads the Republican pack, but only by beating back one conservative challenger after another.

Letters to the Editor: UN-Vote, Bimah, Los Angeles Jewish Home, Rick Perry

Published on September 28, 2011

Letters to the editor

Israel top foreign policy issue at GOP debate

Published on September 23, 2011

Israel was the foreign policy topic most often raised by viewers ahead of a Republican presidential debate.

Perry criticizes Obama for ‘dangerous’ Mideast policy

Published on September 20, 2011

Rick Perry accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of not standing behind Israel as the Texas governor sought to draw Jewish voter support in his bid to win the 2012 Republican U.S. presidential nomination.

With Perry surging and Romney slipping, GOP Jews grapple with a changed field

Published on August 30, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s surge to the front of the GOP presidential pack has Jewish Republicans reckoning with a field that suddenly looks much different than it did just a few weeks ago.

Gene Simmons jumps on the Rick Perry bandwagon

By Lauren Bottner
Published on August 17, 2011

Newest entrant into GOP field, Rick Perry, is longtime friend of Israel—and Jesus

By Ron Kampeas
Published on August 15, 2011

To some conservative Jews, Texas Gov. Rick Perry would make an excellent presidential candidate. He’s been to Israel more than any other candidate in the field and has said he loves it. And Perry creates jobs.

Quit Christian prayer rally, religious leaders urge Texas governor

Published on August 4, 2011

Sixteen rabbis are among the more than 50 Houston religious leaders who signed a letter asking Texas Gov. Rick Perry to reconsider participating in a Christian prayer rally.

Texas governor signs mezuzah law

Published on June 21, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a law that would require homeowner associations to permit religious displays on residents' doors, including mezuzot. Perry signed the bill at the end of the Texas legislative session on June 17; it reportedly had been unclear whether he would sign the new law.