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Major disruption in kosher meat: Agricollapse
Ben Harris, JTANov 06, 2008
NEW YORK With the kosher meat producer Agriprocessors facing mounting financial problems, and a fire-related shutdown at another major kosher producer, industry...
Obama wins: ‘Change has come’
Shana GoldbergNov 05, 2008
After a long and sometimes bitter struggle, Obama has emerged the clear victor in his campaign against John McCain for president of the United States. For his...
UPDATED: Jewish vote: Obama 78%-22%
Eric Fingerhut, JTANov 05, 2008
WASHINGTON For some Jewish voters, the strangeness of Barack Obama was like a recurring dream: unsettling and then settling in, and then, suddenly, revelatory. Ari...
Where do the candidates stand on the issues? A complete guide
JTAOct 31, 2008
From the Middle East to domestic affairs, a look at where Senator Barack Obama and Republican John McCain stand on issues of Jewish concern. DOMESTIC POLICY ABORTION...
Naming the advisers: Who has the ear of McCain?
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 30, 2008
WASHINGTON When the question of recognizing Israel landed on President Harry Trumans desk in May, 1948, he had to balance the advice of his old friend, Clark...
Hank Eng, Democrat candidate, sixth district
Andrea JacobsOct 30, 2008
The Intermountain Jewish News‘ Andrea Jacobs interviews Hank Eng, who is running as the Democrat candidate for Colorado’s sixth Congressional district. IJN:...
Livni: courageous or inept?
Leslie Susser, JTAOct 30, 2008
JERUSALEM With Israel now headed for new general elections probably some time early next year, supporters and opponents of Tzipi Livni are putting a very different...
Amid political turmoil, emigration from South Africa on the rise
JTAOct 30, 2008
JOHANNESBURG The euphoria that permeated all sectors of the South African population with its first democratic election in 1994 has degenerated into widespread...
Campaign summary: Obama
Ron Kampeas, JTAOct 30, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio A major Republican tack against Barack Obama has a simple theme: By his friends you shall know him. For the McCain campaign, in recent weeks, this...
Campaign summary: McCain
JTAOct 30, 2008
By Ami Eden, JTA NEW YORK — When John McCain stopped in New York one Tuesday in October to make his pre-primaries pitch to a room full of Jewish bigwigs, […]
