President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama participating in tree plantings at the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens in Washington, D.C in 2009. As the Jewish people across the world celebrate the holiday of Tu B’Shvat, it seems appropriate to take a look at President Barack Obama’s strong record when it comes to protecting the environment. Read More »
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Anti-choice activists and pundits have a long and clear record of invoking the Holocaust to protest a woman’s right to choose. Lately, many of those same forces have been attacking the mandate for health insurance companies to provide no-cost contraception to women contained in the Affordable Care Act. Read More »
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Washington, DC: Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum’s significant wins tonight—dramatically defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in contests in Minnesota and Missouri—posed a dual set-back, both to Romney’s hopes and to the GOP’s ongoing quest to curry favor among American Jews. Read More »
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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news , world news , and news about the economy Earlier this morning, new sanctions were imposed on Iran that effectively cut off the country’s central bank from the global economy. Read More »
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In a further demonstration of President Barack Obama’s steadfast support of Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported today that the United States and Israel will carry out the postponed Austere Challenge joint military exercise this fall. Read More »
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Photo from The Washington Post As we and others noted previously, anti-Israel Representative Ron Paul’s (R-TX) presidential candidacy poses a unique dilemma for leading GOP presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Read More »
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Time and time again , President Barack Obama has proven his iron-clad commitment to the State of Israel. Read More »
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The Nevada Republican Party recently added a Saturday night caucus in Clark County—Nevada’s most populous county—in order to accommodate Republicans whose religious beliefs prohibit them from participating during the daytime on Saturday. Read More »
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Nate Silver wrote in The New York Times’ 538 blog last night that there is little evidence supporting claims that Jewish voters in FL are switching their support to the Republican Party. Silver wrote : There has been some speculation that Democrats could struggle to hold the Jewish vote in 2012…. Read More »
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Yesterday, Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich joined a conference of evangelical pastors in Jacksonville, Florida. As they received some advice on proselytizing that most American Jews would find offensive—invoking Jewish stereotypes to boot—Gingrich sat silently, and offered no comment afterwards. According to Yahoo! News: … Read More »
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The New York Post reported that Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a bill that would have provided Jewish nursing homes in Massachusetts funding for kosher food. According to the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council, that funding would have respected Jewish seniors’ “special dignity. Read More »
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President Barack Obama issued a statement today commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Obama said: This International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Michelle and I join people in the United States, in Israel, and across the globe as we remember the six million Jews and millions of others who were murdered at the hands of the Nazis. Read More »
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During tonight’s CNN GOP Debate, Former Mass. Governor Mitt Romney made outright fabrications surrounding the Israel record of President Barack Obama. NJDC President & CEO David A. Harris issued this statement: Governor Romney tonight showed again that he will lie if need be to advance his political agenda, and when it comes to the U.S. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council urged Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to repudiate the Holocaust reference made by Florida Republican Governor Rick Scott, in which he invoked Martin Neimöller’s famous poem “First They Came…” to shield Romney from attacks surrounding Bain Capital. NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice met recently with the leadership of the American Jewish Committee and discussed a number of issues facing the United States and Israel. Read More »
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Originally published in Politico One key demographic will recognize President Barack Obama’s address tonight as a ringing endorsement of their own values – American Jews. Read More »
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National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) Chair Marc R. Stanley and President and CEO David A. Harris issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address delivered this evening: We thank President Barack Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) reacted tonight to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s mischaracterization of recent events in the U.S.-Israel relationship. NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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Kenneth D. Wald, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, explained why most American Jews consistently support Democrats in this month’s edition of Sh’ma . Wald wrote: Every group has changed but one. In 1948, in a close presidential election won by Harry S. Read More »
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On Friday, NJDC condemned the publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times for suggesting that Israel assassinate President Barack Obama in his most recent column. Read More »
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At the end of last week, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey visited Israel to conduct high level meetings regarding the Iranian threat. The New York Times reported on Dempsey’s trip: The meetings were closed and their contents were not revealed. Read More »
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On Saturday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) pulled off an upset victory over former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney in the South Carolina Republican presidential primary. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) reacted today to the news that Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) will be stepping down from her seat in Congress representing Arizona’s Eighth District. NJDC Chair Marc R. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) reacted today to the news that an Atlanta Jewish Times column by the paper’s owner and publisher suggested that Israel’s leadership consider assassinating President Barack Obama . NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro participated in an extensive interview with Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper in which he emphasized that the President is determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. Read More »
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Originally published in Washington Jewish Week During the past few weeks, we have been sounding the alarm bells in response to anti-Israel Rep. Ron Paul’s (R-Texas) ascent in the Republican primary process. Read More »
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Rabbi Ethan Tucker wrote a thoughtful op-ed for The Forward on President Barack Obama’s new Sabbath-observant Chief of Staff Jack Lew and the dilemma he faces regarding Shabbat. Read More »
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Israeli author Gershom Gorenberg wrote about what he described as the potentially negative consequences posed for Israel by the worldviews of most of the remaining Republican presidential candidates in his latest article for The American Prospect . Gorenberg wrote : These candidates would love Israel to death. Read More »
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The New York Times reported that anti-Israel Republican presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) is looking to leverage his ever-increasing momentum within the Republican Party, regardless of whether he wins the nomination. Read More »
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The Forward’s J.J. Goldberg wrote about the problems posed for leading Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney by his need for support from anti-Israel Representative Ron Paul (R-TX), along with his use of former New Hampshire Governor and President George H.W. Read More »
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Over the last few days, two notable op-eds were published that highlight the policies shared between President Barack Obama and most American Jews—including support for a strong and secure state of Israel. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) tonight expressed concern over the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary results in which former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney finished in first place ahead of anti-Israel Representative Ron Paul (R-TX). NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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In what appears on its surface to be an unfortunate move shifting Jewish voters out of the district of the only Jewish member of Congress ever elected in Tennessee, Republicans are apparently backing a proposal that would separate Representative Read More »
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Originally published in the Texas Jewish Post (available as a pdf) Ever since President Barack Obama’s inauguration, his right wing critics have devoted countless hours and millions of keystrokes to spinning the President’s record of support for Read More »
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MSNBC announced over the weekend that former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan has been removed indefinitely from MSNBC programming because of the content of his most recent book. Over the years, Buchanan has had a unique obsession with Jews and anti-Jewish conspiracy theories. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council today congratulated Jacob “Jack” Lew on being named White House Chief of Staff by President Barack Obama. NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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This weekend, Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA), former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, and Texas Governor Rick Perry Read More »
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Yesterday, Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) attended a vigil to commemorate the tragic shooting last year that took the lives of six people and wounded many more, including Giffords herself. During the memorial, Giffords—who is making progress on the road to recovery—led the crowd in reciting the pledge of allegiance. Read More »
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As further evidence of the incongruence between Republican presidential candidate former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and the vast majority of American Jews, Santorum declared yesterday that “we always need a Jesus candidate” more than an “economic” candidate. Read More »
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The Forward’s Gal Beckerman sharply criticized Jewish and pro-Israel Republicans for not doing enough to counter Republican presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul’s rising stature in the GOP given his well-known anti-Israel record. Read More »
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Montgomery County, PA Democratic Party Chair Marcel Groen wrote that President Barack Obama has made the U.S. commitment to Israel “stronger than ever” in a recent op-ed for the Philadelphia Jewish Voice. Read More »
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Moving past Republican obstruction, President Barack Obama today appointed Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. According to White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer : has one important job: look out for the best interest of American consumers. Read More »
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Originally published in Politico’s Arena From my parochial perspective – viewing the results through the prism of the American Jewish vote – Tuesday’s results out of Iowa only serve to showcase the dramatic gap separating the top tier of the Republican presidential field from the vast majority of American Jews. Read More »
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Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin not only embraced Republican presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul (R-TX)—who has a well-known anti-Israel record —but attempted to whitewash Paul’s miserable Israel record during an interview with Fox News. According to Palin: He came out the last couple of days talking about how pro-Israel he is. Read More »
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Serial Flip-Flopper Romney, Anti-Choice Extremist Santorum, Anti-Israel Paul Offer Little for Jewish Voters WASHINGTON, DC- The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) expressed dismay tonight over the results of the 2012 GOP Iowa Caucus. Read More »
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Two prominent rabbis recently penned op-eds in which they explained their continuing support for President Barack Obama. Read More »
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA)—the lone Jewish Republican in Congress—told CBS’ 60 Minutes that the way in which most American Jews choose to vote is “the bane of my existence.” Click the video box or here to watch Cantor for yourself. Read More »
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On New Year’s Eve while in Hawaii, President Barack Obama signed into law H.R. 1540 , the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012. Read More »
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Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum today became the latest rising presidential candidate in the Iowa polls to say he would vote for anti-Israel presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) if he became the GOP’s nominee. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney made the same statement earlier today . Read More »
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Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney—the leader of the GOP field—told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer today that he would vote for Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) for President of the United States despite Paul’s anti-Israel record . Read More »
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With so much that Jewish Republicans and Jewish Democrats disagree about, there’s one thing on which we see eye-to-eye: Ron Paul is bad news when it comes to Israel. Watch him in the video below slamming U.S. support for Israel on Iranian government television in 2009 if you have any doubts. Read More »
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The AP reported that 14 members of the United Nations Security Council expressed frustration at the Obama Administration for defending Israel by blocking the effort to condemn Israel’s settlement policies in the West Bank. According to the AP : Fourteen frustrated members of the U.N. Read More »
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey told CNN that all options remain on the table for stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons program. He said he is “satisfied” that the options being considered will be “executable” if needed. According to CNN : As Gen. Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today condemned the tabling of a motion by House Republicans that would have expressed disapproval of Representative Allen West’s (R-FL) recent invocation of Joseph Goebbels to attack Democrats. NJDC President and CEO David A. Read More »
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The New York Times detailed the White House’s efforts to ensure that the catering at the annual Hanukah celebration was certified Kosher for their Jewish guests. Led by Rabbi Levi Shemtov of the American Friends of Lubavitch, the White House kitchen staff joined with some mashgiachs to completely and flawlessly kasher the kitchen. Read More »
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Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told CBS News that a nuclear-armed Iran is “unacceptable” and that the United States “will take whatever steps necessary to stop it.” Click the video box above or here to view the interview. Read More »
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Originally Published in The Huffington Post What if you knew that your community would be rocked by an earthquake in two weeks—would you try to do something to warn people to take precautions? What if The New York Times and others were reporting that Read More »
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President Barack Obama addressed the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial conference and emphasized to the thousands of attendees that the American Jewish community has an ally in the White House. Read More »
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President Barack Obama addressed the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial conference this afternoon. Obama told the conference : No U.S. administration has done more in support of Israel’s security than ours – none … Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise. It is a fact. Click here to get the facts on Obama’s record of support for Israel . Read More »
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The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today called for Ohio Republican State Treasurer and U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel to explain to the Jewish audience he will be addressing why he continues to hold on to the $1,000 contribution he received from Nazi reenactor and former Republican House candidate Rich Iott. Read More »
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