National Jewish Democratic Council removes Adelson petition
The National Jewish Democratic Council, citing peace among Jewish groups, has taken down a petition calling on Republicans not to accept money from Sheldon Adelson.
The National Jewish Democratic Council, citing peace among Jewish groups, has taken down a petition calling on Republicans not to accept money from Sheldon Adelson.
The Obama reelection campaign has hired a top Jewish Democrat to coordinate its outreach to the Jewish community.
It\’s nothing less than a revolution; in states across the country, an empowered Christian right is changing laws, rewriting textbooks, transforming the judiciary and even redefining science.
The nation\’s culture wars have taken another leap in intensity. Since the 2004 elections, empowered religious conservatives have become more organized, more energized and — critics say — more extreme. They want action on their key issues, and heaven help politicians who defy them.
And the Jewish community, with a lot at stake, has been restrained in response. The growing entanglement of religious conservatism and partisan politics scares Jewish groups worried about keeping their tax-exempt status; so does the threat of losing new supporters of Israel and access to the political high and mighty.
But Jewish voters aren\’t so ambivalent, which is why the long-predicted Jewish partisan realignment remains fiction, not fact.