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.
An unusually emotional moment at the Orthodox Union’s annual Senate luncheon Tuesday. Among those stopping by to greet the OU activists, who spent two days in Washington for the group’s leadership mission, was the new senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand. As she took to the podium, Gillibrand began talking about her recent trip to…
The dovish Washington-based Israel lobby J Street is about to take over the Jewish community’s largest likeminded grassroots organization. The anticipated merger of Brit Tzedek V’Shalom with J Street will give the lobby its own national network of volunteers. It is the latest in series of seemingly strategic acquisitions through which J Street — which…
The Israel Policy Forum is losing its most forceful voice in the public debate over promoting Israeli-Palestinian peace. M.J. Rosenberg, who served as the group’s director of policy analysis, is leaving IPF at the end of the month. Rosenberg will join Media Matters Action Network, a progressive organization focused on countering right-wing attacks in the…
During the 2008 presidential campaign fiery evangelical leader John Hagee got into trouble after a sermon had surfaced in which he suggested that the Holocaust was a divine act meant to drive the Jews to the land of Israel. This sermon led Republican presidential candidate John McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement and distance himself from…
For those rabbis still working on their High Holiday sermons, AIPAC has some advice. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee put out its High Holiday Resource Guide — a 22-page booklet packed with ideas about how to talk to your congregation about Israel, Iran and about the importance of getting involved in political action. Some…
The indictment against former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has riveted Israelis with its allegations that the ex-prime minister took envelopes of cash from supporters for his personal use. But another aspect of the August 30 indictment, one directly relevant to American Jews, has been all but lost amid the fallout: The Israeli leader, prosecutors…
When Rep. Barney Frank was asked by a woman at a health care town hall meeting, “Why do you continue to support a Nazi policy?” the Massachusetts Democrat had a ready reply. “On what planet do you spend most of your time?” he shot back at the questioner, who was toting one of the now-infamous…
Jewish groups are mourning the passing of Senator Edward Kennedy and remembering his pioneering work on civil rights and social issues. Nearly 47 years in the U.S. Senate had brought Kennedy close to the hearts of many Jewish activists. And while some are remembering him as the “liberal lion,” for his dedication to advancing progressive…
די העלדין פֿון „דאָ איז נאָך אַלץ דאָ“ טראָגט אױף זיך דעם לאַסט פֿון איר באָבעס חורבן־טראַװמע.
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