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.
Activists from the Jewish and African American communities joined forces June 15 in a four-day mission to New Orleans with the aim of taking a new look on issues of race, poverty and change in America. Organizers with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs paired lo-cal leaders from both communities in four cities to lend…
Washington — Jewish outreach efforts to one of the major Protestant churches suffered a blow this month, as the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) backtracked on language providing assurances against anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric within the denomination. Earlier this month, after a period of intense dialogue with Jewish groups, the church published a document that it defined…
Washington – To the many challenges facing the fledgling Iraqi government, Congress may soon add this: Recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic ties with Jerusalem, or else risk losing some of the billions in aid that Baghdad receives from the United States. A nonbinding resolution demanding Iraqi recognition of Israel was introduced June…
Washington – A fledgling European pro-Israel advocacy group is looking to American Jewish donors to jumpstart low-profile efforts at empowering local leaders. The head of the year-old European Leadership Network was in Washington earlier this month for the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. But while it was a return home of…
Washington – Despite a concerted effort by the pro-Israel lobby in Washington to maintain a spirit of bipartisanship in this election year, this past week’s annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee turned into a charged campaign battleground between Republican John McCain and the newly nominated Democrat, Barack Obama. In front of some…
Olmert Takes a Break Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, under fire at home for a deepening corruption scandal, left behind his political trouble in Israel for a two-day visit to hear Senators Barack Obama, John McCain and Hillary Clinton speak to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Saying he was “deeply impressed” by all the candidates’…
Washington — Making their first appearances after the conclusion of the Democratic primary race, Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton showed up Wednesday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy conference, both stressing their strong commitments to Israel. For Clinton, the speech at Aipac’s conference was a step toward recognizing Obama’s victory and his…
Washington — The annual debate over the Aipac Action Agenda — the pro-Israel powerhouse’s lobbying platform — took a turn to the right this year, with the leader of the Zionist Organization of America introducing 14 amendments that were approved as official Aipac policy. Most of the changes pushed for by the ZOA’s president, Morton…
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