Obama endorses Clinton after meeting Sanders

President Barack Obama took the first major step to unify the Democratic Party on Thursday, meeting with Senator Bernie Sanders in the Oval Office and issuing a video endorsement of Hillary Clinton right afterwards.

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June 9, 2016

President Barack Obama took the first major step to unify the Democratic Party on Thursday, meeting with Sen. Bernie Sanders in the Oval Office and issuing a video endorsement of Hillary Clinton right afterwards.

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href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/383921/the-jewish-case-for-hope-amid-historys-darkness/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="724" height="483" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/blech-hope.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383922" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/383921/the-jewish-case-for-hope-amid-historys-darkness/" > The Jewish Case for Hope Amid History’s Darkness </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> Rabbi Benjamin Blech </span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383919/the-jewish-nose-insult-is-back-again-in-d-c/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/phillips-nose.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383920" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383919/the-jewish-nose-insult-is-back-again-in-d-c/" > The ‘Jewish Nose’ Insult Is Back Again in D.C. </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> Moshe Phillips </span> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383915 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-seeking-the-good" role="listitem"> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/blogs/seeking-the-good/383915/arbitariness-thoughts-on-torah-portion-nitzavim-0205/" > Arbitariness – Thoughts on Torah Portion Nitzavim 2025 </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-author"> Rabbi Mordecai Finley </span> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-32c7fd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-advads_ad_widget" data-id="32c7fd9" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="wp-widget-advads_ad_widget.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;" id="jewis-3467627592"> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1654193272281-0' style='margin:0 auto;max-width:300px;'> <script> googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1654193272281-0'); }); </script> </div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section data-particle_enable="false" data-particle-mobile-disabled="false" class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-84089de elementor-section-content-middle printhide elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="84089de" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a207fda" data-id="a207fda" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-2a69629 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wp-widget-advads_ad_widget" data-id="2a69629" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="wp-widget-advads_ad_widget.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div style="margin-top: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;" 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elementor-grid-2 elementor-posts--thumbnail-left home-cat elementor-grid-tablet-1 elementor-grid-mobile-1 load-more-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts" data-id="c5f4df0" data-element_type="widget" data-settings="{"classic_columns":"2","classic_columns_tablet":"1","pagination_type":"load_more_on_click","classic_columns_mobile":"1","classic_row_gap":{"unit":"px","size":35,"sizes":[]},"classic_row_gap_tablet":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]},"classic_row_gap_mobile":{"unit":"px","size":"","sizes":[]},"load_more_spinner":{"value":"fas fa-spinner","library":"fa-solid"}}" data-widget_type="posts.classic"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-classic elementor-grid" role="list"> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383899 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-seeking-the-good" role="listitem"> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/blogs/seeking-the-good/383899/points-of-return-teshuvah-as-working-things-through-with-others-thought-on-the-shabbat-before-rosh-ha-shanah-2025/" > Points of Return – Teshuvah as Working Things Through with Others – Thought on the Shabbat Before Rosh Ha-Shanah 2025 </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383913 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383913/a-plea-to-pope-leo-condemn-the-antisemitism-of-candace-owens/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="800" height="463" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cov-candace-2.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-376022" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383913/a-plea-to-pope-leo-condemn-the-antisemitism-of-candace-owens/" > A Plea to Pope Leo: Condemn the Antisemitism of Candace Owens </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>As antisemitism rises again — and as figures who claim Catholic identity trivialize Hitler and vilify Jews — it is incumbent upon you to speak with moral thunder.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383911 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383911/silence-is-complicity-the-rot-at-the-heart-of-jinsta-influence/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1268" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/bellos-silence-1268x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383912" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383911/silence-is-complicity-the-rot-at-the-heart-of-jinsta-influence/" > Silence Is Complicity: The Rot at the Heart of Jinsta Influence </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Let us speak plainly: many of these influencers are not advocates. They are actors. They cry on cue, curate their grief and sell Jewish tragedy as content. They master the algorithm, not the fight. </p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383908 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-rabbis-of-la" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/rabbis-of-la/383908/40-years-down-and-many-to-go-for-rabbi-muskin/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1247" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/rabbi-muskin-1247x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383909" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/rabbis-of-la/383908/40-years-down-and-many-to-go-for-rabbi-muskin/" > Rabbis of LA | 40 Years Down and Many to Go for Rabbi Muskin </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 19, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>“Whenever there is a communal issue, our concept is, ‘let’s try doing it as a community.’ Not just Young Israel. Young Israel is one piece of it.”</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383903 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-movers-shakers" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/events/movers-shakers/383903/ajrca-accreditation-autism-in-entertainment-icenter-workshop/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1252" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ms-rev-dr-trina-williams-ajrca-1252x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383904" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/events/movers-shakers/383903/ajrca-accreditation-autism-in-entertainment-icenter-workshop/" > AJRCA Accreditation, Autism in Entertainment, iCenter Workshop </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Notable people and events in the Jewish LA community.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383896 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383896/athens-sparta-and-jerusalem-why-netanyahus-super-sparta-shouldnt-surprise-us/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1287" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bernstein-netanyahu-1287x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-382923" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383896/athens-sparta-and-jerusalem-why-netanyahus-super-sparta-shouldnt-surprise-us/" > Athens, Sparta and Jerusalem: Why Netanyahu’s ‘Super Sparta’ Shouldn’t Surprise Us </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>The tension between Athens and Sparta, openness and fortification, building and defending, has been with the Jewish people from Tanakh through Jabotinsky and into the present moment.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383893 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poetry tag-poetry2021" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/spiritual/poetry/383893/shofar-blowing-in-the-wind/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1156" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/gershon-shofar-painting-1156x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383894" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/spiritual/poetry/383893/shofar-blowing-in-the-wind/" > Shofar Blowing in the Wind </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383890 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-columnist" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/383890/this-rosh-hashanah-synagogues-should-stick-to-judaism/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1148" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/golub-pulpit-1148x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383892" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/383890/this-rosh-hashanah-synagogues-should-stick-to-judaism/" > This Rosh Hashanah, Synagogues Should Stick to Judaism </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>If people can give up their cellphones, soda, football and stock trades, they can give up politics for 50 hours. </p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383822 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sponsored" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/sponsored/383822/rebuilding-lives-with-dignity-ogens-lifeline-for-israelis-in-crisis/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1000" height="750" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ogen2.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383823" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/sponsored/383822/rebuilding-lives-with-dignity-ogens-lifeline-for-israelis-in-crisis/" > Rebuilding Lives with Dignity: Ogen’s Lifeline for Israelis in Crisis </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>For more than 30 years, Ogen, Israel’s trusted nonprofit social lender, has provided families, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits with economic stability, financial guidance, and the tools to rebuild with dignity.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383761 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-judaism category-poetry tag-high-holy-days tag-ki-tavo tag-poetry tag-rosh-hashana tag-torah" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/383761/book-of-life-a-bsefer-chayim-poem/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="800" height="373" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/poem-book-of-life.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383762" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/judaism/383761/book-of-life-a-bsefer-chayim-poem/" > Book of Life – A B’Sefer Chayim Poem </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>I know about books…</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383885 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/383885/raphael-lemkin-coined-the-term-genocide-now-his-family-says-the-term-is-being-distorted/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="824" height="589" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/kylie-raphael-lemkin.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383886" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/383885/raphael-lemkin-coined-the-term-genocide-now-his-family-says-the-term-is-being-distorted/" > Raphael Lemkin Coined the Term “Genocide.” Now, His Family Says, the Term Is Being Distorted </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383883 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383883/kimmel-is-out-but-intifada-is-still-in-hollywoods-hypocrisy-on-political-violence/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="683" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sarandon-bardem.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383884" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383883/kimmel-is-out-but-intifada-is-still-in-hollywoods-hypocrisy-on-political-violence/" > Kimmel Is Out, But Intifada Is Still In: Hollywood’s Hypocrisy on Political Violence </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Free expression is essential in a democracy. No one should call for the censorship of ideas. But there must be accountability when speech crosses into incitement of political violence.</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383881 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383881/when-good-people-do-something/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1144" height="858" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/leiter-ari-fuld-1144x858.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383882" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383881/when-good-people-do-something/" > When Good People Do Something </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>Ari Fuld’s heroism is evident because rarely does the victim become the savior. </p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383874 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383874/a-tale-of-two-sunday-evenings-in-california/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="834" height="550" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/burg-jewish-american-summit-1.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383877" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383874/a-tale-of-two-sunday-evenings-in-california/" > A Tale of Two Sunday Evenings in California </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>While Bill Maher and John Fetterman demonstrated an understanding of Jewish values, across town at the Emmys we saw just the opposite, delivered with the hollow prefix “as a Jew.”</p> </div> </div> </article> <article class="elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-383872 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-commentary category-opinion" role="listitem"> <a class="elementor-post__thumbnail__link" href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383872/if-i-had-lived-anne-frank-on-why-israel-must-always-defend-the-jewish-people-2/" tabindex="-1" > <div class="elementor-post__thumbnail"><img loading="lazy" width="1024" height="668" src="https://jewishjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/boteach-fallujah.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-383873" alt="" /></div> </a> <div class="elementor-post__text"> <h3 class="elementor-post__title"> <a href="https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/383872/if-i-had-lived-anne-frank-on-why-israel-must-always-defend-the-jewish-people-2/" > Fallujah and Gaza City: Why Israel Cannot Stop Short of Victory </a> </h3> <div class="elementor-post__meta-data"> <span class="elementor-post-date"> September 18, 2025 </span> </div> <div class="elementor-post__excerpt"> <p>As Gen. Petraeus warned, “Half-measures in urban warfare do not save lives. 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