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inauguration
Skipping the inauguration
Marty Kaplan
January 12, 2017
Many people are saying they won’t be watching the inauguration on TV.
Open letter: Rabbi Hier, please do not go to the inauguration
David N. Myers
January 12, 2017
I write to you out of respect for the work you’ve done in fighting intolerance, bigotry, and specifically anti-Semitism in Los Angeles and in this country.
Netanyahu will not attend Trump inauguration
Jewish Journal
January 12, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, quashing earlier reports that he had been invited to attend.
Wiesenthal Center’s Hier defends decision to appear at Trump inauguration
Eitan Arom
January 5, 2017
Sitting in his office at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, where he’s founder and dean, Rabbi Marvin Hier pushed a stack of printouts across his desk — blessings and invocations he’s delivered on behalf of four sitting U.S. presidents.
Is God a Democrat or a Republican?
Jewish Journal
January 23, 2013
With President Obama having just taken the oath for his second term in office, we can allow ourselves the luxury of thinking about substantive issues in ways that transcend party affiliations and divisions.
DC Jews react on Obama inauguration, honor MLK with service
Jeffrey Hensiek
January 22, 2013
Monday’s 57th Presidential Inauguration officially sent off Barack Obama into a second term as America’s 44th President and the country’s first African American commander-in-chief. After being formally sworn in Sunday at the White House, Obama gave his inaugural address to about one million people Monday, according to a recent White House estimate. This day also coincided with Martin Luther King Day.
Opinion: The Post-Kumbaya President
Marty Kaplan
January 21, 2013
Four years ago, while Democrats danced at inaugural balls, Reps. Cantor and Ryan dined at The Caucus Room, a Capitol Hill steakhouse, along with other top Republicans, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and Sens. Jim DeMint, John Kyl and Tom Coburn.
Obama in second inaugural speaks of a united America, U.S. involvement abroad
Jewish Journal
January 21, 2013
President Obama in his second inaugural address spoke of U.S. involvement throughout the world and Americans working together at home.
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