Running while (not) Muslim (or Jewish)
A number of Jewish and pro-Israel voters have raised questions about Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In case you haven’t followed this ongoing issue, here’s a brief summary of the complaints: Obama hasn’t distanced himself strongly enough from Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. of his home congregation in Chicago, whose church’s magazine gave an ...
A number of Jewish and pro-Israel voters have raised questions about Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In case you haven't followed this ongoing issue, here's a brief summary of the complaints:
A number of Jewish and pro-Israel voters have raised questions about Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. In case you haven’t followed this ongoing issue, here’s a brief summary of the complaints:
- Obama hasn’t distanced himself strongly enough from Reverend Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. of his home congregation in
- Obama has called for engaging
- Some of Obama’s policy advisors of various stripes, such as Samantha Power, Robert Malley, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, have come under attack for their views on Israel. World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder fears, "[I]t’s only a matter of time before the president becomes anti-Israel."
It’s not clear how widespread these sentiments are. Obama does have other advisors, such as Daniel Shapiro, that are quelling voters’ angst. And Howard Friedman, the president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, said the leading presidential candidates are all interested in continuing close ties with
In an odd parallel, rumors are circulating in Russia that Dmitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin’s designated successor, may be Jewish — a damaging charge in a country with a long history of anti-Semitism. Nikolai Bondarik, head of the nationalist Russian Party, is happy to take advantage:
It’s common knowledge. Medvedev never hid his sympathy towards Judaism… A president ought to be related by blood with his people. Imagine if
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