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 President Barack Obama Speaks to Jews in Historic Interview With the Forward
At the end of my interview with President Obama the morning of Friday, August 28, after he had defended with lawyerly precision the pending multinational nuclear agreement with Iran and voiced a determined optimism that the toxic relations between his administration and Israel will be repaired, I asked him a more personal question. He had…
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News Barack Obama Reaches Out to Jewish ‘Family’ on Iran and Israel
President Obama sought to reach out to Jews as “family” Friday as he made a dramatic new appeal for support of the nuclear deal with Iran — and vowed to repair the damaged relationship with Israel. In an hour-long webcast address sponsored by the Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of…
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Fast Forward White House Says GOP Are ‘Crazies’ — Not Iran Deal Foes
The president was not referring to opponents of the agreement over Iran’s nuclear program when he used the term “crazies,” a White House spokesman said. At a fundraising event in Nevada Monday, President Obama told Democratic Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid he would “deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems.” Some interpreted…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Brands Iran Deal Opponents ‘Crazies’
President Obama reportedly says he plans to continue a hard sell on the Iran nuclear deal, branding some opponents of the agreement “the crazies.” After returning from his summer vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, the president signalled to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid that he will be pushing hard for Democrats to support what would be…
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Opinion How Anti-Obama Zealots Went Off Rails on Iran Deal
The campaign against President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal tends toward the apocalyptic even when it’s in repose. Right now it’s virtually jumping the rails, plunging into a swamp of anti-Obama conspiracy theory, with a gaggle of conservative pundits openly accusing the president of anti-Semitism. The charge has been a staple of the extreme far right…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells Netanyahu to Play Nice With Obama
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to repair the damaged relations with U.S. President Barack Obama. “I think they are very similar in nature, and are able to upset each other,” Rivlin told the Israeli daily Yediot Acharonot in an interview, one of several he gave this week to the Israeli media….
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Fast Forward Full Transcript: Obama’s Speech on the Iran Deal
President Barack Obama is continuing to advocate for the nuclear deal between world powers and Iran. Here is a full transcript of his remarks on Wednesday at American University in Washington, D.C. OBAMA: Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you so much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Thank you very much. I apologize for the…
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Fast Forward Obama and Jewish Leaders Exchange Concerns About Iran Deal Debate
(JTA) — President Barack Obama and pro-Israel leaders exchanged concerns about how each side distorts the other’s arguments in the debate over the Iran nuclear deal, and how the distortions are creating divisions in the Jewish community. The meeting Tuesday evening at the White House between Obama and an array of Jewish leaders lasted more…
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