This is the Forward’s coverage of former U.S. president Barack Obama and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Opinion Obama Channels Bush’s Strategy To Win
President Barack Obama inherited an economy from George W. Bush — he also inherited a re-election strategy. When running for re-election on a record where the successes and disappointments of the first term of office did not easily merit a second, the Bush strategy was to double-down on core supporters, fire a missile into the…
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Fast Forward Obama Win Means New Headaches for Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energised critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the loser in the U.S. presidential election. With Iran topping his conservative agenda, Netanyahu will have to contend with a strengthened second-term Democratic president after four years of frosty dealings…
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Opinion Israelis Care — But Not Enough To Wake Early
Israelis professed great interest in the U.S. election — but evidently not enough to lose sleep over it. The US-Israel time difference meant that by getting up just a few minutes early, Israelis could watch the moment of truth. The Association of Americans & Canadians in Israel, with the support of the Jerusalem Post, offered…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Congratulates Obama on Election Win
Israeli leaders congratulated President Obama on his reelection. “The strategic alliance between Israel and the U.S. is stronger than ever,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a short statement issued Wednesday morning in Israel shortly after Obama delivered his victory speech. “I will continue to work with President Obama in order to assure the interests…
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Opinion Great Expectations
Perhaps the great national achievement was not electing the first African American president. Perhaps the great national achievement was electing him again. The next four years — even the next four months — will present monumental governing challenges, especially in a Washington that, on the surface at least, looks remarkably as it did before the…
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News Little Hope for Change Seen by Jews
In 2012, Jews were supposed to vote on Israel and Medicare.They didn’t. Jewish political groups spent millions making the case that Mitt Romney would be tougher on Iran or that that Obama would protect Florida seniors from Paul Ryan. Their efforts didn’t have much of an impact. Obama won re-election with 69% of the Jewish…
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Fast Forward President Barack Obama Wins Second Term
President Barack Obama won a second term in the White House on Tuesday, overcoming deep doubts among voters about his handling of the U.S. economy to score a clear victory over Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Americans chose to stick with a divided government in Washington, by keeping the Democratic incumbent in the White House and…
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Opinion 2 Questions: 1st, Will GOP Let Him Govern? 2nd, Will Olmert Run?
Now that Obama has won the Electoral College, two questions remain. First, will he win the popular vote? Second, will Republicans let him govern? There are some very big decisions to make, starting with a deal on the budget and the debt, and addressing the growing climate crisis. Will the Republicans be chastened by their…
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Fast Forward ‘Murdered for speaking truth’: Netanyahu and US Jewish leaders mourn Charlie Kirk
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Antisemitism Decoded Israel is being blamed for Charlie Kirk’s death. Here’s what that conspiracy theory says about the far right’s divide
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News Who was Horst Wessel, and why are people comparing Charlie Kirk to him?
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Culture Charlie Kirk kept a ‘Jewish Sabbath.’ What did he mean by that?
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Fast Forward At least 5 countries have said they will or could boycott Eurovision if Israel is included
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Opinion ‘A long record of failure’: Is it time to put the two-state solution to rest?
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