Rice: Israeli elections main peace obstacle
Emanuel accepts chief of staff job
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) reportedly has signed on to be the next White House chief of staff.
U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) reportedly has signed on to be the next White House chief of staff.
WASHINGTON – Jews are backing Barack Obama based primarily on traditional identification with the Democratic Party, a new study finds. The support has less to do with the presidential candidates’ positions on issues or other factors, according to the report released Monday by the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
NEW YORK – John McCain and Joe Lieberman defended Sarah Palin during a conference call with Jewish leaders and supporters. During the Sunday morning “tele-town hall” meeting, McCain said his running mate was criticized as a “threat to the left-wing feminist liberal movement,” due to her being the mother of five children as well as a “reformer, a conservative, a tax-cutter, and a spending cutter.”
September
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – The Ben Gamla Charter School in Hollywood, Fla., the nation’s first Hebrew-language charter school, is allowed to resume teaching Hebrew after a unanimous vote by the Broward County school board.
ST. PAUL – Joe Lieberman, another Jewish senator, and a rabbi played lead roles in praising John McCain at the Republican National Convention here Tuesday night.
