Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of political elections.
Election
The Latest
-
News ‘Bagels With Joe’ in Pennsylvania
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Connecticut, returns to Pennsylvania Friday to plug Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin in the Jewish community. Here’s his itinerary: Temple Beth Hillel at 10 a.m. 1001 Remington Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096 B’rith Shalom House at 11:15 a.m. 3939 Conshohocken Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131 Congregation Shaare Shamayim at 1:45 p.m. 9768…
-
News RNC Criticizes Obama Grant to Rabbi/Relative
The latest Republican attack line on Barack Obama involves a rabbi. The Republican National Committee is circulating a news release this morning calling the Democratic presidential nominee to task for awarding $75,000 in grants to a social service agency lead by his wife’s cousin, Rabbi Capers Funnye. The grants – $50,000 for adult literacy and…
-
News Lieberman Predicts Record Jewish Vote for Republicans
Republicans will garner more support from the Jewish community than at any time since the Great Depression – surpassing the 39 percent of the Jewish vote that Ronald Reagan won in 1980, U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., is predicting. The 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee who was on Republican John McCain’s shortlist for this year’s…
-
News Jewish Groups’ Ads Gain Mainstream Attention
Dueling ads by the Republican Jewish Coalition and the National Jewish Democratic Council that have been gaining a lot of attention in the Jewish press are getting some mainstream attention. National Journal’s Ad Spotlight shines a light on this increasingly bitter fight for the Jewish vote.
-
News Catch a Nice Jewish Girl and the Biden/Palin Debate
“I’ll introduce you to some Jewish women,” offered Suzanne Kurtz, spokeswoman for the Republican Jewish Coalition. It wasn’t exactly the typical sales pitch to attend a political event and there was no official matchmaker, yet it proved effective. A joint vice presidential debate-watching party that RJC’s National Women’s Committee co-hosted with the Republican womens’ groups…
-
News States to Watch: PA, FL, OH, VA, CO
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida – all key traditional presidential battlegrounds and all traditional battlegrounds for the Jewish vote will likely be critical once again in this year’s contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain. Two other states to watch though will be Virginia, where 1.3 percent of the population is Jewish, and Colorado,…
-
News Obama Still Struggling With Jewish Voters
Democrat Barack Obama enjoys a nearly 2-1 advantage among Jewish voters over Republican John McCain, yet his support continues to lag well-behind historical levels that Democrats have enjoyed from the Jewish community, according to a new survey of Jewish voters. The American Jewish Committee’s 2008 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion shows Obama leading McCain…
-
News Democrats: Orthodox Jews Come On Home
Orthodox Jews represent an estimated 10 percent to 11 percent of the American Jewish population. They also represent the fastest growing segment of the American Jewish community and overwhelmingly vote for Republican presidential candidates. They still often vote for Democratic House and Senate candidates. That wasn’t always the case. Orthodox Jews used to be more…
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion I’m a Jew of color. Ta-Nehisi Coates can’t apply US lessons to Israel.
- 2
Culture How my odious cousin Roy Cohn was responsible for creating Donald Trump — and me
- 3
Fast Forward Was the viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.
- 4
Sports 5 Jewish things about the Mets — and why Jewish fans adore them
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture A Forverts truck has turned up as a prop in a Timothée Chalamet movie
-
Fast Forward Why is there a Hebrew plaque in Trump’s office in ‘The Apprentice’ movie and what does it say?
-
Opinion Why do American Jews and Christians lack empathy for Palestinians?
-
Culture Columbus may have had Jewish heritage — that doesn’t mean he was Jewish
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism