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90,000 Jews gather to celebrate Talmud completion

By Chaim M. Goldberg AWE-inspiring. 90,000 people exclaiming their loyalty to G-d in unison with the roar of Shema Yisrael. For this alone, the price of admission was...

Would Rice as VP choice undercut GOP’s Israel argument?

NEW YORK — For the past four years, Jewish conservatives have been working hard to paint President Obama as too willing to press Israel on Palestinian issues. But the...

Obama disagrees with panel, says settlements are illegal

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration criticized an Israeli panel finding that West Bank settlements are legal under international law. “We do not accept the...

Presbyterians narrowly reject BDS

WASHINGTON — Proponents of using economic pressure to force Israel out of the West Bank may have lost a key battle this week — by a hair’s breadth — but they...

Romney says he will do the ‘opposite’ of Obama on Israel

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney told an audience of Christian conservatives that he would do the “opposite” of what President Obama has done when it comes to Israel. “I...

Obama reaches out to Orthodox Jews

WASHINGTON — President Obama is spreading the word, one Jewish constituency at a time: He has Israel’s back. Obama defended his record on Israel and on religious...

Wasserman Schultz incident spotlights conflict between religion, law and politics

WASHINGTON — When does a bimah turn into a political soapbox? The controversy last month over a Miami temple’s invitation and then disinvitation to Rep. Debbie...

Wyo. candidate posts anti-Semitic views

WASHINGTON — Thomas Bleming, a candidate for the US Senate from Wyoming, has posted anti-Semitic videos on his Facebook page. Among Bleming’s postings is a video he...

Senate: Who are real Palestinian refugees?

WASHINGTON — The US Senate Appropriations Committee approved language that would distinguish between Palestinian refugees alive in 1948 and their descendants. The...

Did Israel stance cost Lugar his race?

WASHINGTON — Richard Lugar was never considered to be one of Israel’s leading advocates on Capitol Hill. The veteran Republican senator from Indiana, who suffered a...