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Joe Biden Plans Speeches to Jews Amid White House Buzz

Vice President Joe Biden will speak at a Jewish community center in south Florida and at an Atlanta synagogue this week. Biden will speak Thursday morning at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center in Davie, in Broward County, Fla., on Thursday morning. Thursday evening, Biden will speak on the topic “Challenges Facing the U.S. and…

By JTA Sep 2, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Joe Biden Will Push Iran Deal in Miami Jewish Meeting

Vice President Joe Biden will meet with American Jewish leaders in Florida to make the case for the Iran nuclear deal. Biden, who is pondering a campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election, will appear at a small roundtable event in Miami on Sept. 3, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Florida…

By JTA Aug 27, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Netanyahu Sends Condolences to Biden Over Son’s Death

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his condolences to Vice President Joe Biden on the death of his son, Beau. Beau Biden, the attorney general of Delaware, died Sunday of brain cancer. He was 46. “Vice President Biden spoke many times to me about Beau over the years, we’ve known each other for many, many…

By JTA May 31, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Joe Biden’s Son Beau Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 46

Former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, died on Saturday after battling brain cancer, the vice president said. He was 46. “The entire Biden family is saddened beyond words,” Vice President Biden said in a statement released by the White House. “We know that Beau’s spirit will live on…

By Reuters May 31, 2015 | 2 min read
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Joe Biden Vows No Iran Deal That Threatens Israel

Seeking to ease U.S.-Israeli tensions, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday promised Israel delivery of top-flight fighter jets next year to maintain its military edge and vowed that any final nuclear deal with Iran would ensure Israel’s security. Addressing an Israeli Independence Day celebration in Washington, Biden insisted that Barack Obama “has Israel’s back,” despite…

By Matt Spetalnick Apr 24, 2015 | 2 min read
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Biden Tells Iran Not To Expect Instant Sanctions Relief

An Iran nuclear deal will not include substantial sanctions relief at the front end, Vice President Joe Biden said. “If at the front end they expect there to be total sanction relief or significant sanction relief, there will be no deal,” Biden said in an address in Cambridge, Mass., on Friday to a Democratic political…

By JTA Apr 20, 2015 | < 1 min read
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Joe Biden Lights Menorah With Praise for Jews

Jewish notions of religious freedom so informed the American ethos that it is “is fair to say that Jewish heritage is American heritage,” Vice President Joe Biden said at a menorah lighting in front of the White House. Biden, attending the event Tuesday organized by American Friends of Lubavitch, cited the work of Emma Lazarus,…

By JTA Dec 16, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Even Joe Biden Can’t Screw This Up

Vice President Joe Biden will assist in the lighting this year of the Hanukkah menorah on the ellipse in front of the White House. Biden’s participation on Dec. 16, the first night of the holiday, marks the 35th anniversary of the first lighting of the “National Menorah,” an event sponsored by American Friends of Lubavitch,…

By JTA Dec 10, 2014 | < 1 min read

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