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Barack Obama Gets Cameo in Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Show About Nothing’

They didn’t leave the White House grounds and coffee was drunk in a staff dining room, but comedian Jerry Seinfeld took U.S. President Barack Obama out for short spin in the latest episode of his popular web series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” In his latest pop culture venture, Obama filmed a special guest spot…

Dec 31, 2015 | < 1 min read
The Schmooze
President Obama to Appear on Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’

“Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” is getting a not-so-surprise twist. The New York Times that President Barack Obama will guest-star on Jerry Seinfeld’s web-series, in an episode set to land on December 30. The two will drive a blue 1963 Corvette Sting Ray split-window coupe around the White House driveway, before ending up in a…

By Anne Cohen Dec 21, 2015 | < 1 min read
Breaking News
Obama at Haaretz Conference Pushes Peace, Justice for Palestinians

President Barack Obama, making a surprise address, told a Haaretz-sponsored conference in New York that Israelis and Palestinians must “exercise restraint.” “Inexcusable violence has taken too many lives — Israelis, Palestinians, Americans and others,” Obama said via teleconference on Sunday morning at HaaretzQ, the liberal Israeli newspaper’s event with the New Israel Fund. “I’ve been…

By JTA Dec 13, 2015 | 3 min read
Breaking News
Israeli President Brings the Cheer to White House Hanukkah Party

(JTA) — Reuven Rivlin toddles up the White House driveway. He is grinning as he shouts in Hebrew to a phalanx of local Israeli reporters shivering in the December chill: “If you must live in a Diaspora, live in this one!” Washington’s Hanukkah week has found an unlikely Santa Claus in Israel’s president: His workshop, where…

By Ron Kampeas Dec 10, 2015 | 4 min read
The Schmooze
Barack Obama’s Favorite Book of 2015 is by Lauren Groff

'Fates and Furies' gets his stamp of approval

By Talya Zax Dec 9, 2015 | < 1 min read
Breaking News
Obama Says Important To Push for Peace in Meeting With Israeli President Reuven Rivlin

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday it was important to try to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians even though the possibility seemed distant. Obama made his comments during a meeting in the Oval Office with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin.

By Reuters Dec 9, 2015 | < 1 min read
Opinion
Trump Aide Blasts Obama Hanukkah Speech — Says Shabbat Better

What Team Trump don’t know about the Jews could apparently fill a scroll and then some. Last week, Donald Trump left Republican members of the Tribe flabbergasted by saying he doesn’t need their money. He also praised Jews as top-notch “negotiators.” Now, comes this: A top aide to the Republican frontrunner criticized President Barack for…

By John A. Oswald Dec 7, 2015 | < 1 min read
News
Meet Barack Obama’s Jewish Flack Catcher

It’s almost Hanukkah, and Matt Nosanchuk knows what to expect when his phone rings with a Brooklyn-area number on the screen. Almost for sure, it’s another Jewish community leader concerned about not having yet received an invitation to the White House’s annual Hanukkah reception. Navigating the jockeying among Jewish leaders for access to this seasonal…

By Nathan Guttman Dec 7, 2015 | 7 min read

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