Few people have a better grasp of the internal dynamics of the Jewish community than Steven Windmueller, so I take seriously his concerns about the angry Jewish voter. Something is clearly happening when the Anti-Defamation League opposes building a mosque near the Twin Towers. Whether this portends a turn to the right for the Jewish community, though, is another thing.
A Jewish Democrat won U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler\’s Florida district by a wide margin.\n
Mortimer Zuckerman says he won\’t run for New York\’s junior spot in the U.S. Senate.
President Obama said Iran\’s leaders will \”face consequences\” for \”ignoring their obligations\” when it comes to nuclear transparency.
Declaring \”I don\’t quit,\” President Barack Obama fought to recharge his embattled presidency with a State of the Union vow to get jobless millions back to work and stand on the side of Americans angry at Wall Street greed and Washington bickering. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would fight on for ambitious overhauls of health care, energy and education.
In the rarefied arena of ideas, the American Jewish community has done quite well over the years in making the case for Israel, civil rights and the environment, among other issues.
Jewish Republicans are hailing Tuesday\’s results in the New Jersey and Virginia governors\’ elections.
One thing Rahm Emanuel is not, all agree, is the president-elect\’s conciliatory signal to the Jewish community after a campaign fraught with worries that Obama would tip toward even-handedness in dealing with the Middle East
Jewish voices had joined both sides of the bitter and costly Proposition 8 debate leading up to Election Day. Reform and Conservative leaders largely condemned the stripping of civil rights from a fellow minority population, while Orthodox officials praised constitutional protection for the biblical definition of marriage.
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