Brett Lieberman
By Brett Lieberman
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News Obama Wants Observant Jews to Watch Friday Night Debate — On Saturday Night
Friday night’s first presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain is still on. But it comes after sunset, posing a problem for observant Jews, who won’t be able to watch it. Obama wants the television networks to re-air the debate, which will focus on foreign policy issues, on Saturday night. He sent the following…
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News Fla. Congressman: Sarah Palin Should Motivate Jews to Vote Obama
Jewish voters unsure whether to cast their vote for Barack Obama or John McCain, might want to think about this little bit of advice U.S. Representative Alcee Hastings offered about Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate: “If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with…
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News Democrats: Orthodox Jews Come On Home
Orthodox Jews represent an estimated 10 percent to 11 percent of the American Jewish population. They also represent the fastest growing segment of the American Jewish community and overwhelmingly vote for Republican presidential candidates. They still often vote for Democratic House and Senate candidates. That wasn’t always the case. Orthodox Jews used to be more…
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News Democrats Feeling More Confident About the Jewish Vote
Every four years, Democrats go through a period of hand ringing. Will the Jewish vote turn out for Democrats – as usually is the case – or will that be the year that Republicans make inroads with the Jewish vote? “There is not going to be a problem with the Democrats with the Jewish vote,”…
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News Praise for McCain in Some Unexpected Places
A mere hour or so before the National Jewish Democratic Council’s annual Washington conference was set to begin, the Republican Jewish Coalition rolled out it’s latest ad and some interesting quotes. The RJC recycles quotes from Hillary Rodham Clinton (March 2008), John Kerry (April 2004) and Chuck Schumer (November 2003). But what’s sure to elicit…
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News Republicans: Democrats Hand Win to Iran, Ahmadinejad
After the invitation for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, to speak at next week’s “Stop Iran” rally in New York was rescinded, the blame game began. The Republican Jewish Coalition joined with the McCain campaign to blame Democratic partisanship for Palin’s removal, which they say hands victory to Iranian President Mahmoud…
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News Jewish Republicans Criticized for Pushing a More Aggressive Anti-Obama Effort
By running advertisements that seek to tie Senator Barack Obama to Iran, Palestinians and Patrick Buchanan, and by sponsoring a poll that some say is misleading and even manipulative, the Republican Jewish Coalition is mounting an unusually aggressive campaign that has drawn criticism from Democrats and even some Republicans. Obama supporters led a September 16…
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News Dems Ask Jewish Voters To Look Beyond Israel
Washington — When then U.S. Rep. Charles Schumer of Brooklyn challenged U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato in 1998, Schumer told New Yorkers they didn’t have to settle for what he described as half a loaf. “Al D’Amato had a great record for Israel, and I never tried to begrudge it,” Schumer recalled of his first successful Senate…
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