http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/jewishvote/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:27:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412617/posts Turns out there are real questions about the accuracy of that recent Quinnipiac poll showing President Obama’s approval rating at just 52 percent among Jewish voters. As the JTA’s Eric Fingerhut pointed out, the Jewish sampling “was derived from a sample of just 71 respondents, for a margin of error of plus or minus 11.6 percent — a sample size that pollsters generally say makes such surveys unreliable.” Actually, common sense and some knowledge of Jewish voting habits should be enough to render any such poll findings suspect at best. Obama enjoys two important advantages that make him almost a... Commentary http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412617/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:27:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407171/posts One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing 75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group. Yet there were reasons to think that it would be different in 2008. The main one was Israel. Despite some slippage in concern for Israel among American Jews, most of them were still telling pollsters that their votes would be strongly influenced... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407171/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407307/posts Just because no one is too worried about gate crashers showing up at the White House Hanukkah party doesn't mean the guest list isn't being watched very carefully. The annual celebration has grown in recent years into an important bellwether in American Jewish circles, a sign of which leaders are in good graces and who is losing clout. So the Obama administration's announcement that it was cutting the size of the Dec. 16 party by more than a third has left many wondering who will make the cut, and what some might do to get their name added to the... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407307/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406750/posts At the White House, as the Obama administration is learning all too well, a party is never a simple affair. One bone of contention has been the guest list: Administration officials say they are inviting 550 people, just 50 less than President Bush invited to his White House Hanukkah parties. But reports in the Israeli press spawned fast-spreading rumors that the Obama White House was only inviting 400 – and that the Bush White House had actually invited twice that number. It was, some suggested, a snub – and one that critics said should not come as a surprise. The... CBS) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406750/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388367/posts Republican Jewish Coalition Executive Director Matthew Brooks commented today on a post-election poll done by McLaughlin & Associates in New Jersey on November 3 and 4, 2009: "Recently released post-election poll results from New Jersey show that Republican Chris Christie won 38% of the Jewish vote this year in his run for governor. We are pleased by Christie's strong showing in the Jewish community in a very close race. [Click here to download a memo of the poll results.] "The Jewish community was a key battleground in this election, with both Republicans and the Democrats actively campaigning for Jewish support.... Republican Jewish Coalition http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388367/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:37:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365234/posts The Obama administration appears to be welcoming the efforts of the left-leaning Jewish lobby in Washington, J Street. While Israel's ambassador to the U.S. will probably not be attending the group's October 25 conference, senior U.S. administration officials who have confirmed their participation include James Jones, national security adviser in the Obama administration. J Street was set up more than two years ago to offer an antidote to the large and powerful America Israel Public Affairs Committee. AIPAC enjoys substantial support in both the Democratic and Republican parties and is identified with a more "rightist" line on the peace process.... HaAretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365234/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:42:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361721/posts Sixty-four percent of American Jews approve of the job President Obama is doing, significantly higher than both the national average and the ratings the president received from the other religious groups surveyed, according to a new Gallup poll. President Barack Obama Gallup also found that while Obama’s job approval rating among Jews is down from 83 percent at the beginning of the year, he experienced the same percent drop among the general population. According to an analysis from the polling company, the equal rates of decline indicate that Obama’s policies on Israel and the Middle East have not had a... JWeekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2361721/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:43:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2354901/posts Among America’s four largest faith groups, Jews are most likely to approve of the job that Barack Obama is doing as president, according to the results of a new Gallup poll analysis. For the month of September, 64 percent of U.S. Jews tracked by Gallup Daily expressed their approval of Obama – 10 points higher than the next highest group, Catholics. Only 47 percent of Protestant Christians, meanwhile, said they approved of the job that Obama is doing and 32 percent of Mormons said the same. Among atheists, agnostics, and those without a religion, 65 percent gave their approval. “President... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2354901/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352683/posts A new American Jewish Committee (AJC) survey of American Jews shows that for the first time, a majority of them would support a U.S military strike against Iran, and an even larger majority would support such a move by Israel... Arutz Sheva http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352683/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:26:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352245/posts A majority of American Jews support military action against Iran to prevent the Teheran regime from obtaining nuclear weapons, a new study claims. Asked if they would support American military action, 56% of American Jews said they would, while just 36% opposed it, according to the American Jewish Committee's 2009 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion. An even greater number support Israeli military action against the Iranian nuclear program, with 66% in favor and just 28% against. The survey, which polled 800 representative American Jews and was conducted by Synovate between August 30 and September 17, also dealt with US-Israeli... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352245/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 04:58:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349865/posts In recent years, political polling has recorded undeniable gains for the pro-life movement. What used to be a 2 to 1 advantage for the term “pro-choice” over “pro-life,” has now shrunk to basically 50-50. But even in the early years of polling on the abortion, when intensity as a voting issue was gauged, the pro-life side generally enjoyed a 3-5 to 1 edge. The exceptions to this rule have always been A: major cities and college towns which tend to have more young and single people, and B: areas with large Jewish populations. In 20 years of working with candidates,... Frontpage Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349865/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344663/posts A study in contrasts: President Obama's Rosh Hashana message compared to message for EID-UL-FITR and Ramadan #1 ROSH HASHANAH THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ___________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release September 17, 2009 www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Videotaped-Remarks-by-the-President-on-the-occasion-of-Rosh-Hashanah/ Below is a transcript of the President's videotaped remarks on the occasion of Rosh Hashanah. To watch the video or read translations of this message, please visit: www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Warm-Wishes-for-Rosh-Hashanah/. REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON THE OCCASION OF ROSH HASHANAH As members of the Jewish faith here in America and around the world gather to celebrate the High Holidays, I want to extend my warmest wishes for... IMRA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2344663/posts#comment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:43:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2344299/posts As a political junkie, one the most baffling aspects of national elections is the Jewish vote. American Jews vote overwhelmingly for Democrat candidates in national elections. 2008 was no exception, as reported in an editorial at HAARETZ.com immediately following the election: Despite the tense rift between Republican and Democratic Jews over the course of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, exit polls on Tuesday showed that Barack Obama received about 77 percent of the Jewish vote. These numbers were higher even than the 2004 election, when Democratic candidate John Kerry received 74 percent of the Jewish vote. Al Gore received the... conservatives4palin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2344299/posts#comment Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335998/posts I'm hoping buyer's remorse on Obama will finally cause a Jewish shift to the right. One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing 75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group. Yet there were reasons to think that it would be different in 2008. The main one was Israel. Despite some slippage in concern for Israel among American... The Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335998/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:07:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2330385/posts Podhoretz asks: Why are Jews liberals? Buzz up!17 votes Send Email IM .Share Delicious Digg Facebook Fark Newsvine Reddit StumbleUpon Technorati Twitter Yahoo! Bookmarks .Print .. AP – FILE - In this June 23, 2004 file photo, Norman Podhoretz is shown after receiving the Presidential Medal … .By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Hillel Italie, Ap National Writer – Wed Sep 2, 7:02 am ET NEW YORK – Norman Podhoretz, the neo-conservative and former Commentary editor, is a stocky, confident man whose book-filled Upper East Side apartment features a bronzed wall image of Teddy Roosevelt with a bold-faced statement from... AP via Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2330385/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:46:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326637/posts The numbers are getting smaller by the day. Here is a report from the Jerusalem Post: The number of Israelis who see US President Barack Obama's policies as pro-Israel has fallen to four percent, according to a Smith Research poll taken this week on behalf of The Jerusalem Post. Fifty-one percent of Jewish Israelis consider Obama's administration more pro-Palestinian than pro-Israel, according to the survey, while 35% consider it neutral and 10% declined to express an opinion. The poll of 500 people representing a statistical model of the Jewish Israeli population had a margin of error of 4.5%. A much-cited... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326637/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320833/posts (IsraelNN.com) Many American Jewish organizations have publicly offered words of support for U.S. President Barack Obama's He told the religious leaders, "I need you to spread the facts and speak the truth." healthcare nationalization plans. However, some expressed serious reservations over certain aspects of the likely reforms. On Wednesday, Obama devoted a single conference call to non-Orthodox Jewish religious leaders before addressing over 140,000 other American religious leaders to promote his ideas on healthcare. In his first conference call of the day, President Obama spoke with over 1,000 rabbis and lay leaders from the Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist movements Israelnationalnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2320833/posts#comment Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:49:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319844/posts (IsraelNN.com) Rubin Margules, a member of the Zionist Organization of America’s National Executive Board, told Israel National News that American Jews have begun to realize they made a mistake by voting for U.S. President Barack Obama. Margules, who accompanied former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on his trip to Judea and Samaria Tuesday, said Israel should learn to find alliances outside of the U.S. and act in its own best interests. IsraelNationalNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319844/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:57:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314869/posts A majority of Jewish Democrats oppose President Barack Obama's Israel policies according to a new poll commissioned by former Clinton administration pollster Dick Morris. Morris' poll showed that while 58 percent of respondents think Obama is doing a good job promoting Middle East peace, 55 percent believe that he is "naive in thinking that the Palestinians would make peace" and that Palestinians "will just use the new land as a base to attack Israel like they did in Gaza." The poll, conducted by Global Marketing Research Services in late July surveyed 500 Jews who voted for Obama in 2008. briefingroom.thehill.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2314869/posts#comment Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:19:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310867/posts Jewish Democrats strongly agree with the Israeli position and disagree with President Barack Obama's on issues such as a Palestinian state, settlement construction, and trading land for peace. Does the president realize he's at risk of a break with an important part of his base? A phone survey (sponsored by the Traditional Values Coalition and conducted by Global Marketing Research Services on July 22-24) of 500 American Jews who self-identified as Democrats exposes broad disagreement with Obama's Middle East policies. Asked to choose between the Obama view that "if Israel could settle its dispute with the Palestinian refugees and give... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310867/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 21:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310354/posts JEWISH Democrats strongly agree with the Israeli position and dis agree with President Obama's on issues such as a Palestinian state, settlement construction and trading land for peace. Does the president realize he's at risk of a break with an important part of his base? A phone survey (sponsored by the Traditional Values Coalition and conducted by Global Marketing Research Services on July 22-24) of 500 American Jews who self-identified as Democrats exposes broad disagreement with Obama's Middle East policies. Asked to choose between the Obama view that "if Israel could settle its dispute with the Palestinian refugees and give... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2310354/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:02:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309013/posts Opposed to the right of Jews to build in Jerusalem, Obama’s administration can no longer be considered impartial, let alone friendly. He’s out to “liberate” the Holy Land. Taking an extreme position — contrary to what Ambassador Michael Oren believes — is unprecedented. No American president has made Israeli settlements the issue; nor has there been such an ignorance of the threats Israel faces and a willingness to jeopardize Israel’s basic security interests. Linking action against Iran to preventing Jews from building in Judea and Samaria, areas Israel conquered in 1967, characterizes a policy of American aggressiveness against an ally... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2309013/posts#comment Wed, 5 Aug 2009 20:48:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307785/posts Chairman of the (US) National Jewish Democratic Council: Jews should shut up and let Obama impose his policies on Israel [Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: It should come as no surprise that Marc Stanley - no doubt after investing his own reputation and professional future in Barack Obama - is compelled to blindly accept and support any and every policy move by his hero (and possibly meal ticket). But that's hardly a compelling reason that other Americans should simply shut up and sit back Stanley confuses communications between representatives of the Jewish State and President Obama in which the Americans... IMRA/Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307785/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:31:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305253/posts Benn points out that Obama's repeated attacks on Holocaust denial resonate more strongly with US Jews than with Israelis and that the two Jewish populations have "different historical narratives." Benn is onto something when he notes the differences between Israeli and American Jews. But he fails to grasp the real significance of what Obama is doing and what is actually happening in relations between the two communities. It isn't that Obama is confusing the two groups. Through both his rhetoric and his actions, Obama is demonstrating his priorities and concerns. Obama cares about securing the support of American Jews. He... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305253/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299854/posts A huge crack has surfaced in Obama's Jewish base in the person of Alan Solow, one of the president's closest Chicago friends and long-time supporters. Solow, who was named chairman of the Conference of President of Major Jewish Organizations last December, just released a highly critical statement on behalf of the 52-member group, in which he thoroughly disagrees with Obama's demand that Israel halt all construction of Jewish housing in East Jerusalem, including the Old City -- the holiest place in Judaism. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2299854/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:28:18 GMT