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7:30 AM, Sep 27, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Bloomberg: "Senate Votes to Avoid Shutdown, Provide Disaster Funds"

The Hill: "Waters: Obama got 'fired up' and a little 'carried away' in Black Caucus speech"

5:58 PM, Sep 22, 2011 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

President Obama tried to reassure more than 900 rabbis today on a half-hour conference call that he’s a stalwart friend of Israel. In the midst of all the happy talk, though, he inadvertently revealed how he really thinks about the Middle East:

Rick Perry photo portrait, August 28, 2004

11:46 AM, Aug 30, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

The other day, the boss wondered whether Rick Perry is good for the Jews. Last night on Fox News, Perry's former political opponent Kinky Friedman had this to say:

It comes down to this: do you prefer a president who doesn't believe in evolution, or do you prefer a president that doesn't believe in Israel?

That counts for something.

Rick Perry: Is he good for the Jews?

10:16 AM, Aug 25, 2011 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

Andrew Ferguson inexplicably neglected, in his fascinating and entertaining piece on Rick Perry in the current issue, to raise the question that’s surely on so many readers’ minds: But is he good for the Jews?

Old letters throw new light on Leo Strauss.

Oct 25, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 06 • By SUSANNE KLINGENSTEIN

A poll conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life this fall finds that 43 percent of Jews do not know that Moses Maimonides, codifier of Jewish law, author of the Thirteen Principles of Faith, physician, and philosopher extraordinaire, was Jewish.

Ground Zero Mosque Spokesman Refuses to Condemn Hamas Terrorist Attack

Moderates?

3:24 PM, Sep 1, 2010 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

On the eve of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, Hamas gunmen murdered four Israeli civilians, including a pregnant woman. Even for those who see nuance in terrorist attacks, this one didn’t leave a lot of room for argument. The PA condemned the attack and, reportedly, picked up some 150 Hamas affiliates in the West Bank for questioning.

She celebrated the Jewish Sabbath.

9:27 AM, Aug 31, 2010 • By WILLIAM KRISTOL

Where was Sarah Palin last Friday night, before coming to Washington to speak at the Glenn Beck gathering Saturday?

The fastest growing Israel support group in America.

Aug 2, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 43 • By JENNIFER RUBIN

In Washington, D.C.’s convention center they danced the horah, sang Hebrew songs, and waved American and Israeli flags. Charlie Daniels played Hatikvah on his fiddle. It wasn’t a bar mitzvah, or a gathering of the pro-Israel group AIPAC. It was the fifth annual summit of an even larger pro-Israel organization, the nation’s largest: Christians United for Israel, better known as CUFI.

The former candidate for vice president tweaks Obama.

10:26 AM, Mar 30, 2010 • By DANIEL HALPER

Sarah Palin put out a statement last night marking the beginning of Passover:

Tonight Jewish families all over the world will gather to celebrate Passover, the story of Exodus and the freedom of the Jewish people from bondage. This holiday reminds us of the sacrifices that are still being made for freedom – the U.S. troops who are away from their families so that we can be with ours, and the Israeli people, who struggle for peace with their neighbors even as they face the threat of war.

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