If President Obama is such a good friend of Israel, why did he pick Salam Al-Marayati, president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, as one of his representatives to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe ‘s Human Dimension
Last night on 60 Minutes, President Obama asserted that Netanyahu’s call for the US to establish a red line for Iran was just noise to be ignored. Obama, interviewed for Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” on broadcaster CBS, said he
Update: Republican nominee Mitt Romney has released the following statement in response: It is unfortunate that the entire Democratic Party has embraced President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. Four years of President Obama’s repeated attempts to
Earlier this week the Obama campaign announced the formation of “Rabbis For Obama,” featuring over 600 rabbis from across the country and across all Jewish denominations dedicated to four more years of big government and anti-Israel policies. The campaign didn’t
Left-wing boogeyman Sheldon Adelson and his wife have each given $250,000 to a new independent super PAC called the Patriot Prosperity PAC created to help elect New Jersey Rabbi Shmuley Boteach to Congress, according to the Wall Street Journal. “I treasure
Last Tuesday, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported that President Barack Obama told a group of visiting Jewish leaders that he “probably knows about Judaism more than any other president, because he read about it.” While that is certainly untrue, Obama continued, suggesting
The First Amendment to the Constitution was not written to prevent religion from having an undue influence on the federal government, but to prevent the federal government from having an oppressive influence on religion. Yet the latter influence is happening
A month short of two years ago my friend Rabbi David Nesenoff gave me a video which contained a short explosive interview he had conducted with Helen Thomas. There on tape the veteran White House correspondent gave a statement that
There is good news and bad news. First, the good news: on his Media Matters blog MJ Rosenberg has promised he will no longer use the antisemitic term “Israel firster” to describe Americans who support Israel. The bad news is
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Last week’s release of the Barack Obama/Derrick Bell Harvard tape was seen by many as another example of the President’s long history associating with radicals. There is another interpretation, however. When Obama urged people to open up their hearts and
What do Barbara Streisand, the Pritzker Family, Jewish Communal Fund and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston have in common? Along with other Jewish related charitable foundations they are all helping to fund the Antisemitism of Media Matters for
Not all George Soros-funded groups are alike. Both Center For American Progress (CAP) and the “media watchdog” it helped to create, Media Matters for America (MMFA), have been roundly criticized for their use of anti-Semitic memes. Most recently the focus
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO)released a study telling Americans if they want a raise, they should go work for the federal government, because federal workers are compensated much better than those in the private sector. The CBO did an apples
Sometime around 10:30 on a Friday evening on March 11, 2011, terrorists entered the house in the Israeli community of Itamar. It was the house of the Fogel family. They entered through the living room picture window but did not
“Brzezinski is someone I have learned an immense amount from” … “one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers”–Senator Barack Obama This Salon headline will bring agreement from many anti-Semites who believe the Jews (or Zionists) control the world. Zbig:
Brzezinski is someone I have learned an immense amount from”, and “one of our most outstanding scholars and thinkers–Senator Barack Obama This Salon headline will bring agreement from many anti-Semites who believe the Jews (or Zionists) control the world. Zbig:
After three years of criticizing President Barack Obama’s anti-Israel policies, and a special election in New York last September during which he supported the Republican candidate, former Mayor Ed Koch has once again decided to be an advocate for Obama
Unless you were stuck in a cave yesterday, you probably heard about the big Drudge scoop regarding Newt Gingrich’s second wife giving an explosive interview to ABC News. Marianne Gingrich has said she could end her ex-husband’s career with a
Alan Colmes earlier today made a despicable remark about how the Santorum family grieved over their child, a remark for which he had to later apologize. Colmes faced off with National Review editor Rich Lowry, who responded to a question
This week President Obama took his “Hey I really don’t hate Israel” tour to the 71st General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. The Reform movement’s attachment to Israel (cultural rather than theological) and its progressive bent made this
We all have to count our blessings. One of my new blessings is that I do not attend Temple Beth El, in Stamford Ct., because the last person I would want teaching my children is their rabbi, Joshua Hammerman. Hammerman
Media Matters for America’s Senior Fellow MJ Rosenberg has become infamous for accusing any American Jews who support Israel of dual loyalty (he calls them Israel-firsters). He also has claimed the evil Israel lobby” controls both the media and the
When it is all said and done, historians may look back on this GOP primary season and conclude that Mitt Romney lost his chance at the nomination on a bet. During Saturday night’s debate, Texas Governor Rick Perry challenged Romney
Christmas is right around the corner and Hanukkah is even closer. If you are like me, you will want to go shopping for presents that say “thank you” to some of our favorite political figures and news people who worked
Warning: This Post Uses a Few Words of the Mamaloshen (slang for Yiddish, means the mother tongue) So Zei Gezunt (be healthy) and continue reading. On Yom Kippur, the rabbi stops in the middle of the service, prostrates himself beside
The concept of one man one vote is essential to the freedoms of the American Republic. Allowing people to vote more than once, or allowing people to vote who by law don’t have that right, partially disenfranchises those Americans who
The self-control displayed by Herman Cain’s closest staff was Amazing. As the candidate approached the podium on Saturday afternoon half of the pundits were predicting he would drop out, while remainder said he was staying . As for me, I
Yesterday, Jack Rosen, the head of the American Jewish Congress, hosted a fundraiser for President Obama at his home in NYC. The fundraiser was attended by thirty Democratic supporters of the Jewish faith. President Obama showed more than his usual
On Sunday, former Secretary of State under George Bush, and purported Conservative visited with Christiane Amanpour on the Sunday news show This Week. Powell made some interesting comments about America’s founding fathers and compromise. [youtube ceOqKT4NF4c nolink] He decried the
So Elmer Fudd Barney Frank announced yesterday that he would not be running for re-election in 2012. His stated reason was that his district was gerrymandered, which is true. But Frank was no longer safe in a safe-district. Remember it
Much of the bias of the mainstream media is not demonstrated by what they say but by what they omit. During the past four years there have plenty of examples of such media silence. Remember: the media ignored candidate Obama’s
Sometimes it astounds me the extent to which a progressive “journalist” will go to spin stories in their direction, thus putting politics before serving the readers. Sometimes it astounds me the extent to which a progressive Jew will go to
Since placing second in the Iowa straw poll, Congressman Paul’s supporters have been complaining vigorously because their leader (Officially known as Rep Paul from the Planet Ronulin) and his second place finish has been virtually absent from the press. As
Some of my friends criticize me because they believe I am too hard on President Obama. They say they can’t believe that there is not one of his policies which I supported wholeheartedly. Even a broken clock is right two
Some of my friends criticize me because they believe I am too hard on President Obama. They say they can’t believe that there is not one of his policies which I support wholeheartedly. Even a broken clock is right two
You’ve gotta feel sorry for Jesse Jackson; his time is so far gone, people don’t even remember when his time was. He reminds me a little of Willie Mays playing for the Mets in 1973–the best all-round baseball player who
The Occupy protests, supported by President Obama and my congressman, the supposedly pro-Israel Congressman Steve Israel (NY-2), tried to take over the Israeli Consulate in Boston over the weekend. If you missed it, it’s because the incident wasn’t covered by
Washington Post blogger Jennifer Rubin is the perfect example of what a conservative writer should be (if conservatives were supposed to be liberal). Rubin is the type of writer who delights in bashing conservatives in the name of saving them,