This is the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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News Lone Jewish Governor Touting Obama to Swing State Jews
Jews compose less than 2% of the population of Delaware, which at 900,000 has one of the smallest state populations in the nation. But still, a mezuza adorns the governor’s mansion in Dover. It was placed there three years ago, with the participation of the state’s nine congregational rabbis, shortly after Jack Markell, the First…
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Opinion The Debate We Need
The selection of U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate has been heralded by those who wish to see this year’s tedious, tendentious presidential campaign elevated to a genuine national debate on the size and scope of government. Who can object to that? But if this election is truly going to be about…
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Opinion Israel Ups Iran Ante, But Is It Bluff?
On August 12, Israel’s deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, called for an international declaration that diplomacy with Iran had definitively failed. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government itself declared the talks all but dead even before they began, but Ayalon’s explosive comments added fuel to the bizarrely public debate in Israel about whether to bomb Iran. This debate…
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News The Liberal Who Worked With Paul Ryan
One Jewish Democrat’s attempt to reach across the aisle is now coming back to haunt him, as political rivals cite Senator Ron Wyden’s work with Paul Ryan as a sign of bipartisan endorsement for the new Republican vice presidential candidate’s ideas. Wyden, Oregon’s senior senator, is a liberal known to break party ranks for causes…
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Opinion Obama’s Israeli Fans Sing His Praises
“Tank you Mister Obama, about everyting.” So says a random Israeli interviewed in an exceptionally strange new video out today from the National Jewish Democratic Council. The video opens with jaunty music playing under images of missile batteries. Then Israelis stopped on the street say nice things about the president. One woman in a shopping…
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News Paul Ryan Pick Changes Subject in Florida
Paul Ryan’s arrival on the Republican presidential ticket is changing the subject among Florida Jews — and that could be good news for President Obama. For months, Republicans have worked to win Jews in the key swing state with their critique of Obama’s perceived less-than-robust support of Israel. But Mitt Romney’s selection of Ryan turns…
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Life Yet Another White Guy in a Suit?
As soon as Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan as his pick for vice president, critics pounced on the all-too-familiar spectacle of two white men in suits campaigning side by side. The stark contrast to 2008’s groundbreaking race — a black nominee! a female GOP veep nominee! — stood out to women’s…
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Opinion Adelson’s Ethics
Writing on The New York Times website, Thomas B. Edsall, a professor of journalism at Columbia University, pointed to the possible religious ramifications of the political and financial relationship between Mitt Romney and his most generous backer, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. “The source of Adelson’s huge campaign contributions would appear to create a conflict with…
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