Al Franken Gets Serious
by David Paul Kuhn
Al Franken leans over the scattered papers atop his desk. He puffs out his pasty cheeks. His round brown glasses seem slightly...
Finding the "Real (Jewish) Americans"
More than 200 professors of Jewish studies have joined to form the latest Jews-for-Obama group, reports The Jewish Daily Forward. But the Republican Jewish Coalition...
Get Wigged Out Like Palin
A mere day after John McCain named his vice-presidential choice, I hatched a clever plan to dress as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Soon after, though,...
Sarah Silverman's Great Schlep
Trying to push American Jewish seniors to vote Democrat, the Jewish Council for Education & Research has enlisted Sarah Silverman as the face of its...
Jews Go Gaga for Eggheads
By InTheMoment contributor Larry Kessner.
Maybe in the Czech Republic, poets can become president, but not here. Maybe in France they like their presidents to be...
Palin and Evangelicals Give Jews the Creeps. Relax, People.
By Inthemoment contributor Larry Kessner.
OK, I understand why the Jews are nervous about Sarah Palin. Forget all the chatter about Obama being "out of...
Rabbis for Obama
Over 300 American rabbis publicly announced their support for Barack Obama yesterday with the launch of a “Rabbis for Obama” website.
The movement was founded by...
MO's Jewish Cousin, A Rabbi Close to the Obamas
The Forward recently reported that Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama, has a cousin once removed who is a rabbi on Chicago's South Side....
Web Op-Ed: I Used to be a Democrat by David Epstein
By David Epstein
My trajectory from Democrat to Republican had a few curves of my own making. First, I volunteered to work for George McGovern...
More on Jews + Blacks
NJDC's blog alerted us to a recent Daily Show video that you can see here. It's about Jewish/Black relations, only from the distinctively funny and...
Obama in Israel News Round-Up
Sen. Barack Obama is visiting Israel and the West Bank. Here is a recap of his trip:
Obama arrived and immediately confirmed his commitment to...
Jewish Election Gear
The Jewish Advocate wrote today about the Hebrew Barack Obama pin (left). We found the same image on a sticker on Obama's website.
According to the...