This is the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Reprimands Barak Over Meetings with U.S. Officials
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly called Defense Minister Ehud Barak for a meeting to reprimand him over recent meetings with U.S. officials. The meeting was scheduled for Saturday night, according to Israeli news reports. Barak met several weeks ago with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who remains close to President Obama after serving as his…
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News Debate Watching in Florida; Federal Funds for Religious Colleges; Babs in Brooklyn
In this week’s podcast, fill-in host Paul Berger is joined by Forward staff writer Josh Nathan-Kazis who is currently reporting from Florida on how the Jewish community of South Florida is seeing the impending presidential election. Then, Forward editor Jane Eisner drops by to discuss how some religious colleges are using federal money to fund…
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Life The W-Word
I’m going to be honest here, I watch the Presidential Debates for pure amusement. And as Erin Gloria Ryan said over at Jezebel, last night’s debate may go down in history as the most boring 90 minutes ever aired on national television. This may be true but it wasn’t a complete waste of time. I…
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Opinion Watching the Debate in a Swing State
At the Republican debate watch party in West Palm Beach, Florida, Romney supporters were exulting. At the Democratic debate watch party ten minutes away, Obama supporters were getting into shouting matches with Republicans. The Democratic event, hosted by the Obama campaign in Florida, was held at a sports bar on a main drag in downtown…
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Opinion Some More Snap Thoughts on the Debate
Was tonight’s debate a turning point in the campaign? Republicans believe it was, and that’s important. Republicans believe Romney won and they’re energized. The money that was fleeing Romney in the last several weeks is going to come back. Romney’s campaign was collapsing until tonight, and now it’s not collapsing anymore. He’s got a second…
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Opinion First Thoughts on Tonight’s Debate
The first presidential debate just ended and I’ve pressed the mute button on the remote control. Without listening to the yammering of the pundits, here are some of my immediate impressions. 1) Serious Energy Deficit: I’m not talking about economics here. I mean the basic level of emotion and personality and spunk expressed between the…
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Opinion Nevada Jews Swing Like the State
A Southern California rabbi, on learning that I was researching a book on Jews in Nevada, said: “Don’t waste your time. There were no Jews in Nevada until there was a Las Vegas.” It is true that the greater Las Vegas area is currently home to about 100,000 Jews, compared with 13,000 in the rest…
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Fast Forward Obama Enacts Visa Program For Religious Workers
President Obama enacted a three-year extension to a visa program for religious workers. Obama on Sept. 28 signed the law, passed by Congress with overwhelming margins earlier in September, extending the Special Immigrant Non-Minister Religious Worker Program until Sept. 30, 2015. The legislation, first passed in 1990, has a built-in sunset provision and has been…
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