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Israel negatively viewed, survey finds

Israel is one of the most negatively viewed countries in the world, an annual BBC global survey found. Israel was the fourth most negatively viewed country, ranking just ahead of Pakistan, North Korea and Iran, according to the poll released Monday. In answer to the question \”Please tell me if you think each of the following countries is having a mainly positive or mainly negative influence in the world,\” 21 percent of people interviewed for the survey viewed Israel mostly positive, with 49 percent mostly negative. The rest were neutral or undecided. Results from Israelis polled were excluded.

Jews looked past worries to embrace Obama

For months, polls showed Obama languishing at about 60 percent of the Jewish vote, a critical chunk short of the 75 percent or so Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) garnered in 2004. But exit polls from the Tuesday election showed Obama matching those results, garnering about 78 percent of the Jewish vote against 22 percent for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), his Republican rival.

ANALYSIS: Rough race takes toll on McCain’s image

The story of how John McCain came to be friends with a Jewish anti-war protester speaks to his ability to attract praise from across the political spectrum. These days, however, Democrats say the Arizona lawmaker is no longer acting like the maverick of past years.

Quiet Debut for ‘Passion’ DVD

When Rabbi Harold Shulweis learned that the DVD of \”The Passion of the Christ,\” which debuted on Aug. 31, would be just a bare-bones, no-frills copy of Mel Gibson\’s controversial movie, the spiritual leader of Encino\’s Valley Beth Shalom said, \”That\’s very good. I don\’t think the Jewish community has to repeat, regurgitate, all the anguish, all the anger.\”

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