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Breaking News Barack Obama Sounds Wistful Note on Final Passover at White House
President Barack Obama sounded a wistful note in his last Passover message as president. “Mah nishtana halailah hazeh?” said the White House statement released Friday, hours before the start of the holiday, using the Haggadah’s phrase, reserved for the youngest child at the seder meal, who asks “Why is this night different from all others?”…
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Breaking News President Obama Will Hold Late Passover Seder at White House
President Barack Obama will host a Passover seder this year, but not on either of the nights it is required according to Jewish custom. A spokeswoman told JTA that Obama will host the seder next week following his return from travel overseas. Obama will be in Saudi Arabia on the first and second nights of…
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Breaking News Liberal Israeli Paper Urges Barack Obama To Back Palestinian UN Resolution
The liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz has urged Barack Obama to back a Palestinian resolution at the United Nations — and to ignore Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s calls for a veto. The resolution, expeceted to be oonsidered later this month, calls for a resumption of direct talks and a one-year deadline for an agreement on a…
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Breaking News Obama’s Jewish Liaison Matt Nosanchuk Steps Down
WASHINGTON – You get to listen to Jews yelling at you. You get to listen to mandarins tell you why they won’t listen to Jews. You get to emcee a cappella competitions. Who wouldn’t want to be White House Jewish liaison? Matt Nosanchuk lasted nearly three years in a post — officially titled associate director…
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Breaking News Obama’s Lament: I Failed To Foster Mideast Peace Deal
BUENOS AIRES – President Barack Obama said he does not expect a breakthrough on Middle East peace before he leaves office and reiterated his support for a two-state solution in which Israelis and Palestinians could live peacefully side by side. Speaking to students and teachers in Argentina, Obama said he expected to continue working on…
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Breaking News Cuban Jewish Leader Calls Obama’s Visit A ‘Transcendental Moment’
U.S. President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, the first by a sitting U.S. president to the island in 88 years, was also a milestone for the small Cuban Jewish community of about 1,500 people. “We are living a transcendental, historic moment. We have hope and very high expectations following the restoration of diplomatic relations…
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Breaking News AIPAC Apologizes for Donald Trump’s Attack on President Obama
WASHINGTON — In an emotional apology, the AIPAC leadership expressed regret to President Barack Obama for an attack on him from its stage by Donald Trump, and for the loud applause it earned. “While we may have policy differences, we deeply respect the office of the President of the United States and our President Barack…
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News Jewish Transgender Woman Named White House LGBT Liaison
President Obama has promoted the first openly transgender person to work in the West Wing to be the White House’s top liaison to the LGBT community. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, who is Jewish, has been serving as the Outreach and Recruitment Director in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel since last year. Mara Keisling, executive director…
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