July 2, 2008
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Defends Joe Lieberman against Attackers for Senator's Support of John McCain
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, with a worldwide membership of more than 250,000, issued a sharply-worded statement today condemning critics of Joseph Lieberman for the Senator’s support of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. He directed his ire, particularly, at some of the now-independent Connecticut legislator’s former Democratic Party colleagues many of whom, he said, had labeled Lieberman “a traitor.”
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June 30, 2008
Barack Going After The Jews
Those words did not appear in a New York Sun editorial, unlike these. But someone could get the impression of a Jewish media conspiracy after reading about Barack Obama’s effort to reach out to prominent Hollywood Jews in Ted Johnson’s column in today’s Variety (or by watching TV and movie credits):
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June 25, 2008
The Politics of the Bible
David Klinghoffer writes on BeliefNet:
Jesse Jackson has rightly called Barack Obama's presidential bid a "theological campaign." Indeed, in the primary season, the leading Democratic candidates all correctly emphasized that spiritual values play a legitimate role in shaping political values. That's thanks in part to your influence, Jim. Congratulations.
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Rebecca Spence writes for the Forward:
CHUMMY: George and Laura Bush with Donald and Paula Etra at Camp David.
What is particularly striking about Etra’s long friendship with Bush, and his reputation as one of the president’s closest Jewish associates, is the rather less publicized fact that Etra is, by his own description, a liberal Democrat.
Read more on President Bush Has A Liberal Jewish Friend In Pico-Robertson: Attorney Donald Etra…
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