Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
A proud and joyous freshman Class of 2010 made its way to Washington on Sunday for the traditional new congressmen orientation. They got to see the chambers, have their pictures taken and get a sense of the place that will be their temporary home, beginning January. Among the newcomers was Randy Altschuler, the Jewish Republican…
The espionage case against two senior officials of the pro-Israel lobby in Washington was dropped last year. But it has not been forgotten, and it’s now threatening to draw the lobby into new depths of mudslinging. Papers filed in the civil lawsuit of former lobbyist Steve Rosen against his previous employers at the American Israel…
A day after the seven-hour meeting between Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York, one of the Obama administration’s top Middle East hands, Dan Shapiro, was sent to brief Jewish leaders on where things stand. It was a classic Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell conference call this morning. It was billed…
Republicans and Democrats may be done with their electoral battle, but the fight between their Jewish surrogates is just beginning. It is a struggle not only about the Jewish narrative of the 2010 Republican earthquake, but also a fight to prove each side’s raison d’être. The Republican Jewish Coalition, which has spent millions on campaign…
Virginia Republican Rep. Eric Cantor has provoked heated reaction with his proposal that American assistance to Israel be taken out of the annual foreign aid bill and be passed separately, on its own — a suggestion that appeared to telegraph his party’s intention to significantly reduce foreign aid now that the GOP has gained control…
A community defined by its quest for social justice and known for its disproportionate support for the Democratic Party has woken up to a new reality, dominated by a clear message from voters who chose cuts over spending, Republicans over Democrats. Jewish politicos and communal activists began the process of adjustment, bidding farewell to five…
Here’s a Jewish politician you don’t hear much about: Gabrielle Giffords, the Democrat running for her third term representing Arizona’s 8th congressional district. She is in a tight race (just like pretty much every other Democratic incumbent this cycle) and her race has hardly attracted any national attention. But now, Giffords’ Jewish faith is creeping…
It is yet another round in the endless debate over what impact the issue of Israel has on this election cycle. None, claims a new J Street poll. Well, at least not in the one race they checked – that of Illinois 9th congressional district, where Democrat Jan Schakowsky faces continuing accusations about not being…
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