[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgHHX9R4Qtk&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1] Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its new hilarious canvassing campaign, "The Great Schlep." Besides Silverman's outrageous tactics (that often flirt with the inappropriate) are talking points...
By InTheMoment contributor Larry Kessner. Maybe in the Czech Republic, poets can become president, but not here. Maybe in France they like their presidents to be descendants of historians, education ministers, and even kings, but not here. Here, if you spring from the loins...
By Inthemoment contributor Larry Kessner. OK, I understand why the Jews are nervous about Sarah Palin. Forget all the chatter about Obama being "out of the mainstream" because he's Kenyan/Kansan/Hawaiian/Malaysian-ite-whatever-whatever. He's not out of my mainstream. The top of my class was full of Obamas....
Yesterday we wrote about Rabbis for Obama. Today, according to a Forward article, we should focus on Rabbis for McCain. Well, sort of. Says the Forward: A group of leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis in Israel is preparing to release a statement that urges the country’s American expatriates...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRZLgqGcIz8] Over 300 American rabbis publicly announced their support for Barack Obama yesterday with the launch of a “Rabbis for Obama” website. The movement was founded by Rabbis Sam Gordon and Steve Bob of Illinois in response to what they call the “smear campaign against Obama” that...
The Forward recently reported that Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama, has a cousin once removed who is a rabbi on Chicago's South Side. His name is Rabbi Capers Funnye (fuhn-AYE) and he is head of Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation (House...
When Sen. John McCain nominated Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be his vice-presidential candidate, there were a number of reactions in response to what is still considered a risky political move. The initial debates circled around whether her relatively brief career as a maverick...
In an effort to display the religiousness of its candidate and reach out to religious voters, the Democratic National Convention will feature numerous events, speakers and even prayer services next week in Denver. Four rabbis were invited to the conference. David Saperstein, the Director...
By David Epstein My trajectory from Democrat to Republican had a few curves of my own making. First, I volunteered to work for George McGovern as the 1972 campaign's Ohio general counsel. I stood behind George McGovern, a brave World War II pilot and mushy...
As much as everyone is talking about Jewish/African-American relations these days, The Jerusalem Post blog presents an interesting new angle. Maybe Jewish/African-American relations in fact isn't as critical an issue this election cycle as everyone believes. Maybe the real issue is a reconciliation of Jewish and...