This is the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Life Franklin ‘Smelled a Rat’ in Chalabi
In the Forward’s interview with Larry Franklin, the man once accused of being an “Israeli mole,” Franklin speaks candidly of his five-year ordeal since he was named as a key suspect in what became known as the AIPAC case. But Israel wasn’t the only issue on Franklin’s mind. In the interview he reveals that while…
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Life Rev. Wright: Oops, I Meant ‘Zionists’
Real Clear Politics reports: Reverend Jeremiah Wright corrected his comments in which he said “Jews” were not allowing him to speak with President Obama. Wright says he “misspoke” and it is actually the “Zionists” who are preventing him from talking with the President. It was Martin Luther King Jr. who wrote: “When people criticize Zionism,…
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Life Offbeat Israel: Polling Israelis on Obama and Settlements
Every month, Tel Aviv University pollsters gauge Israeli public opinion, and the Bintel Blog closely follows the results. The latest poll, which was conducted last week just before Barack Obama’s speech, found that 55% of the Israeli public felt that the American president leans in favor of the Palestinians. Few Israelis, 5%, said that he…
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Life On the Eve of Bibi’s U.S. Visit, Jewish Groups Fight it Out
There are only a few days left until Benjamin Netanyahu descends on Washington, and preparations within the Jewish community are in high gear. That means, of course, that it’s time for some inter-organizational fighting. The first question is who will get to meet Bibi. The Israeli embassy is putting together a list of 40 communal…
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Life Offbeat Israel: Has Kiryat Gat Adopted the Iranian Flag?
If there was an Israeli “Obama Girl,” chances are that she would be approaching middle age. The American president may have been a big hit with young Americans, but in Israel, it’s apparently the young who are the most skeptical about him. Bar Ilan University, together with the Anti-Defamation League, have polled Israelis on their…
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Life Was the White House Dog Named After a Torah Portion?
First, there’s a Seder in the White House. Then a dog named for a Torah portion? Given all the hubbub about the Obama’s new dog — a closely guarded secret that somehow was leaked over the weekend — it strikes some of us as more than curious to see the connection between the dog’s new…
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Life To Iran, With Love — And Geopolitical Challenges
To commemorate the festival of Nowruz — marking the beginning of the Persian New Year — American President Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres have each recorded friendly messages, embedded with challenges, for the people of Iran. Obama, in his statement, also available with Farsi subtitles, said: The United States wants the Islamic Republic of…
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Life In Israel, Change You Can Xerox
In advance of Tuesday’s election in Israel, candidates of various persuasions have shown no shame in cribbing from the storied presidential campaign of Barack Obama — regardless of their ideological similarities or differences with the American president, The Daily Beast reports. The Shas Party, whose constituency traditionally has been composed of Orthodox Sephardic Jews, has…
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