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Breaking News Sarkozy Reflects World’s Frustration With Bibi
If a remark by French President Nicolas Sarkozy publicized Tuesday is any indication, not much is left of what was once a strong friendship between himself and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, dating back to when both men were finance ministers. The French president, unaware last Thursday that a mic in the meeting room at the…
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The Schmooze Bernstein’s First Speech as Obama’s Jewish Liaison
Jarrod Bernstein made his first public speech as President Obama’s liaison to the Jewish community Monday, at the second annual Agudath Israel legislative breakfast, in New York . As might be expected, he did his best to remind the members of the pro-Israel Haredi organization of what the administration is doing both for Israel and…
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Breaking News Sarkozy Tells Obama: Can’t Stand ‘Liar’ Bibi
Ooops. French President Nicolas Sarkozy was caught on an open microphone telling President Barack Obama last week he was fed up with dealing with Benjamin Netanyahu and considered the Israeli prime minister a liar. Sarkozy made the comment during a private conversation with Obama during a G20 summit in the French riviera town of Cannes…
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Opinion Why We Added Obama, Part 2
It’s not every day that The Blaze, Glenn Beck’s website, responds to this blog, and I’m glad they did. In our latest back and forth, the editor pointed out that our presentation on our website of this year’s Forward 50 was confusing at first. Fair enough. It was. Though the Forward 50 was started more…
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News Tepid Response to Obama Support Call
The annual meeting of Jewish federations kicked off exactly one year to the day before the 2012 general elections. But politics seemed to be an unwelcome guest at the event. The 3,000-strong audience gave a tepid response to a call from top Democrat Debbie Wasserman Schultz for the Jewish community to speak out on behalf…
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Opinion Why We Added Obama
The old adage that all publicity is good publicity relates to journalism, as well. So I was pleased to see that The Blaze, Glenn Beck’s website, thought enough of our annual Forward 50 project to write about it. Of course, what interested The Blaze wasn’t the list of 50 American Jews who have shaped the…
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Israel News Proposed Unity Pledge Spurs More Debate
In what could be seen as closing the barn doors after the horses have bolted, two major Jewish organizations are calling on Democrats and Republicans to dial down partisan attacks on each other over Israel in the upcoming election cycle. So far, the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League’s call for a pledge to…
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Opinion Obama’s Charity-Tax Plan Sounds Good to Some
President Obama is getting precious little credit for his policy heroism these days. But here is one conservative ready to applaud the president for an idea whose time has come. Let’s tax charity. Absolutely. The president, in his plan to bring down the deficit, said that he wanted to bring down the deduction for charitable…
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