Ron Kampeas (JTA)
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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Breaking News Romney, Thune To Make Pitch to Jewish Republicans
At the Republican Jewish Coalition’s winter leadership retreat here, it was the absence of certain likely candidates for president that had the crowd most excited. While names like Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann generate enthusiasm at some other conservative gatherings, their absence over the weekend here had the Jewish crowd giddy that ahead of the…
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Breaking News In Op-Ed, Goldstone Retracts Key Findings on Israel’s Intentions
Israel did not intentionally target civilians as a policy during the Gaza War, Richard Goldstone said, withdrawing a critical allegation in his report. “We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Congratulate Egypt on Mubarak’s Resignation
In initial statements, Jewish groups congratulated Egyptians on ousting Hosni Mubarak and expressed hope for continued peace with Israel. “The demonstrations by the people of Egypt against the regime’s authoritarianism and repression, and their demands for greater freedom, political accountability and transparency, have been inspiring to all who cherish democracy and liberty,” the Anti-Defamation League…
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Breaking News News Analysis: Obama’s Address Misses Key Jewish Priorities
Civility? Check. Clean energy? Check. Health care? Check. Immigration? Check. Education? You bet. Isolating Iran? That’s in there. Poverty, guns, reproductive rights? Israel? Ummm … President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night was as notable for what it excluded as what made it in. Obama abjured the traditional checklist and delivered a speech…
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Breaking News Jewish Groups Praise Senate’s Move To Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Jewish groups praised the U.S. Senate’s passage of a law allowing gays to serve openly in the military and lamented its failure to legalize undocumented migrants who arrived as minors. “With today’s vote, Americans may serve without being forced to choose between their commitment to our country and their integrity,” said Rabbi Steve Gutow, the…
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Breaking News Jewish Dems Press AIPAC To Back START Treaty
Top Jewish Democratic senators are pressing AIPAC to back the new START arms reduction treaty with Russia. Four Jewish groups already back Senate ratification of the treaty as a means of cajoling Russia into isolating Iran. Another has suggested that it could prove helpful, and one group opposes it. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee…
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Breaking News Beck Attacks Soros, Jewish Leaders Outraged
Jewish leaders expressed outrage at an attack by Glenn Beck on George Soros’ World War II childhood. Beck, the Fox News Channel provocateur, is running a series this week on his radio an TV shows, portraying Soros as attempting to control the U.S. economy. In his radio show Wednesday, Beck revived an unfounded claim that…
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Breaking News Will Jewish Access to Obama Wane With Departure of Emanuel, Axelrod?
They were two Jewish aides who had offices within shouting distance of the Oval Office. But the resignation last week of Rahm Emanuel as White House chief of staff and the imminent departure of David Axelrod, the president’s senior adviser, is raising the question of what the disappearance of the president’s top two Jewish aides…
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