Leading Rabbi Picked to Deliver the Invocation Before Obama’s Acceptance Speech
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, will deliver the invocation at the Democratic National Convention in Denver before Senator Barack Obama’s acceptance...
View ArticleNew Website: "Oilmen for Garrett"
A new group and website titled "Oilmen for Garrett" was just launched by Democrat Dennis Shulman who is challenging incumbent Congressman Scott Garrett (NJ-5). "Oilmen for Garrett" states that...
View ArticleNew Full Time Role for Shapiro with Obama Campaign
Eric Fingerhut of JTA reports that, "Dan Shapiro joins Obama full-time." In Fingerhut's JTA Election Central blog he writes that, "Dan Shapiro, who’s been advising Barack Obama on Middle East issues...
View ArticleMcCain Supporters Continue Fear and Smear Campaign
Earlier this month JTA reported that, "Natan Sharansky said an Obama presidency would be a 'risk' to Israel." This is a continuation of the fear and smear campaign against Senator Barack Obama being...
View ArticleMcCain Picking on Jewish Supreme Court Justices?
When Pastor Rick Warren asked Senator John McCain to name his least favorite current U.S. Supreme Court justices it seemed that he was picking on the Jewish members of our highest court. Eric Fingerhut...
View ArticleNJDC Mourns the Loss of Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC); Morton Mandel, founder of NJDC and Cleveland Jewish leader; and Steven Dettelbach, Chairman of the Cleveland Chapter...
View ArticleNJDC: Blogging from the Democratic National Convention
The National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) will be at the 2008 Democratic National Convention and will be live blogging, giving you an insiders view from Denver next week. If you use a RSS feeder to...
View ArticleNJDC Commends the Selection of Biden for Obama’s Vice President
Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today released the following statement: Barack Obama made an outstanding selection in choosing Joe Biden as his...
View ArticleRepublican Jewish Coalition's Ridiculous Biden Rhetoric
Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today released the following statement: The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) and their allies have already gone on...
View ArticleNJDC Honors Jewish Members Congress at Democratic Convention
NJDC hosted a reception last night in Denver to honor Jewish Members of Congress. The Dallas Morning News called the event, "lots of schmoozing. Lots of noshing. Such a spread." Many members of...
View ArticleNJDC's Jewish Vote Seminar in Denver
Yesterday, NJDC hosted a Jewish Vote seminar that included Richard Baehr, chief political correspondent for the American Thinker, Anna Greenberg, Senior Vice President of Greenberg Quinland Rosner...
View ArticleNJDC's Vice Chair Big Convention Role
Sunita Leeds, Co-Chair of the Rules Committee for the Democratic Convention and Vice Chair of the NJDC spoke on Monday at the podium of the Democratic Convention in Denver's Pepsi Center. The Rules...
View ArticleUsing Yiddish in Politics
The National Journal reports today about NJDC's reception honoring Jewish members of Congress and asked some of members in attendance to describe the democratic ticket with Yiddish words....
View ArticleHuffPost: "Biden is Strongly Pro-Israel, Republican Attacks Ridiculous"
Yesterday, Ira Forman posted a Huffington Post piece in response to the smear campaign being waged against Joe Biden titled, "Biden is Strongly Pro-Israel, Republican Attacks Ridiculous." Here's an...
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Night with Kanye West...From Afar
This evening and early morning some of us were able to see a passionate and genuine performance by Kanye West. The concert was well received and we were able to learn more about a great organization...
View ArticleRabbi David Saperstein to Give Invocation Tonight Before Obama’s Acceptance...
Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, will deliver the invocation tonight at the Democratic National Convention in Denver before Barack Obama’s acceptance...
View ArticleReflecting on King's "I a Have Dream" Speech
Today marks the 45th anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington and his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. It is exciting that tonight, Senator Barack Obama, the first American...
View ArticleNew Website, JewsVote.org, Wants to Get the "Real" Facts Out About Obama
JewsVote.org, a new website with a high-tech approach, has launched at the Democratic Convention to fight the rumors and misinformation in the Jewish Community about Senator Barack Obama. "The goal of...
View ArticleSelection of Palin is a Bizarre Choice
Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) today released the following statement: Today, Senator John McCain made his first critical presidential decision with...
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NJDC Vice-Chair Sunita Leeds on the Colbert Report
In addition to being NJDC's Vice-Chair, Sunita Leeds co-chaired the Democratic Convention Rules Committee. In that role she spoke at the Rules Committee on Saturday and gave the Rules Committee Report...
View Article"Republican Attacks Against Biden: Baseless and Shameful"
Today the NJDC issued the following press release: It is astonishing that Republicans continue to attack Senator Joe Biden on his stance towards Israel. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency...
View ArticlePolitico: Jewish Voters May Be Wary of Palin
Ben Smith of the Politico looked at the impact of the Jewish vote with Senator John McCain's selection of Governor Sarah Palin noting: Barack Obama has struggled for 18 months to lock down the support...
View ArticleBiden is a Zadie?
Yesterday, Senator Joe Biden visit South Florida and spoke at the retirement community of Century Village in Deerfield Beach. Biden used some Yiddish and called himself a "zadie" and emphasized the...
View ArticleHuffPost: "Jewish Dem Breaks Silence, Rips Lieberman: 'Not His Finest Hour'"
Today the Huffington Post wrote a piece titled, "Jewish Dem Breaks Silence, Rips Lieberman: 'Not His Finest Hour.'" In this article Ira Forman says, referring to Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-CT)...
View Article"RNC Speaker Tied to Slimy Campaign Tactics"
Today Ira Forman released the following statement:Why is the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the John McCain campaign giving a privileged speaking position at tonight’s RNC proceedings to...
View ArticleRepublicans Attack Obama for having the same position as McCain
Today, Eric Fingergut of the JTA wrote a piece titled, "Attacking Obama for having the same position as McCain." In this article Eric details how the attacks of Mayor Rudy Giuliani and the Republican...
View ArticlePetition - "McCain: What were you thinking when you selected Palin?"
To tell Senator John McCain what you think of his selection of Governor Sarah Palin please click here. Today, Ira N. Forman, NJDC Executive Director, sent out the following call to action: Senator John...
View ArticleCountry First, if You Pray for it
The Jewish community has traditionally judged candidates based on a golden standard, their voting record and public statements. As executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),...
View Article"Jon Stewart Annihilates Sarah Palin's Media Surrogates"
Better than any mainstream reporter I've seen, Jon Stewart takes top Republican media surrogates to task for their flip-flopping double standard. I'd go on, but you should really take the time to watch...
View ArticleA New Blog by a Fellow Jewish Democrat - "Neurotic Democrat"
On the "Neurotic Democrat" you will find posts about Jewish Democratic politics and even some NJDC events. Please check it out. "Neurotic Democrat" blog, authored by Josh Rolnick, has many great...
View ArticleOp-Ed: "Reflections on a Momentous Political Week"
Michael Adler, immediate past Chair of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) and National Finance Chair of Senator Joe Biden’s last Presidential campaign, has an op-ed that has been published...
View Article"Guilt by Association" and Palin
Since Senator John McCain selected Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate some reports have surfaced that Palin attended a session in her church, Wasilla Bible Church, at which a representative of...
View ArticleNeurotic Democrat: "McCain's Israel Omission"
Josh Rolinck of "Neurotic Democrat" has another great post. In his post titled, "McCain's Israel Omission."In his post, Rolnick writes about McCain's lack of attention to our closest ally in the Middle...
View ArticlePolitco: "Koch backs Obama, calls Palin 'scary'"
Today, in an article titled, "Koch backs Obama, calls Palin 'scary,'" Ben Smith of the Politico reports that "Former New York Mayor Ed Koch, who endorsed and worked for George W. Bush in 2004, is...
View ArticleBiden is Keynote for NJDC Conference 9/23-924
Senator Joe Bide is set to be the keynote for our NJDC Washington Conference. There are already a couple of posts on our annoucnement: In an article titled, "Biden to Headline Jewish Democrats’...
View ArticleJPost: "Sarah Palin may be hurting McCain among Jewish voters"
In a Jerusalem Post article titled, "Sarah Palin may be hurting McCain among Jewish voters," Hilary Krieger reports on how the addition of Governor Sarah Palin impacts the Jewish vote. In the story...
View ArticleBeliefnet on "Palin's Christian Heritage Week"
Beliefnet's editor in chief, Steven Waldman, take a close look a proclamation Governor Sarah palin signed to declare a "Christian Heritage Week" in Alaska. The pieces is aptly titled, "Palin's...
View ArticleTHE FACTS FOR JEWISH VOTERS: Governor Sarah Palin
There is a great deal of information and rumors circulating throughout the Internet and the mainstream media concerning Governor Sarah Palin. The Jewish community deserves to know the facts. Is Senator...
View ArticleWe Moved....
This is the end of NJDC's Blog on typepad. We have moved our blog directly into our redesigned website at www.njdc.org/blog. > RSS our new blog at http://www.njdc.org/rss/blog.xml This blog will...
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