A hechsher for Obama? At the razzamatazz at the Democratic Party National Convention, Barack Obama officially became the first African-American presidential candidate from a mater party. But how strong are his credentials ameng Jewish voters? Dan Ziffer reports from Denver
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 5 September 2008 · page 17
YOU don’t have to live in the United States Jewish community long before someone quietly asks you, “Did…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Preferences give seat to Jewish candidate
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 September 2008 · page 9
JEWISH Independent candidate Miriam Guttman-Jones - who led an all-Jewish ticket for Waverley Council’s…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Anti-Semitic incident mars Sydney university elections
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 26 September 2008 · page 6
ANTI-SEMITIC slurs allegedly hurled at a Jewish candidate by a student political group during University of Sydney’s campus elections last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Jews face tough choice in Canadian elections
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 3 October 2008 · page 12
TORONTO - Canada’s Federal Election campaign has a distinctly Jewish irony…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Jewish comics trade election barbs
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 10 October 2008 · page 15
NEW YORK - It's Borscht Belt vs Comedy Channel in a fight between two famous Jewish comics over this year’s US presidential elections…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Independent Election Musings
Tharunka · Friday 17 October 2008 · page 14
Whether or not we’ll see Tharunka changed into a sensationalist bi-monthly hodgepodge…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →What's good for the Jews? Past and present experience suggests that what’s good for the Jews in a US presidential election isn't necessarily dictated by who says nicer things - and throws more money - towards Israel. PARTISAN
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 October 2008 · page 14
IN the 1972 presidential race between Richard Nixon and George McGovern, I learnt a truth in the Brooklyn district of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Israeli elections likely in February News Analysis
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 October 2008 · page 1
JERUSALEM - Israeli elections are likely to be held on February 10, 2009, 111 days after Monday's declaration by President Shimon Peres…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Elections, lame ducks and peace
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 31 October 2008 · page 28
ISRAEL now feces a general election, after Tzipi Livni abandoned her attempt to cobble together a coalition government Livni had defeated Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofez for the leadership and hopes were high for a sustainable coalition as recently as the eve of Succot, when she managed to strike a deal…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →And Briefly... on the Lord’s Prayer in Parliament
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 November 2008 · page 25
THE first paragraph states that the Lord's Prayer is an Anglican prayer. Sorry, it is a Christian prayer in the New Testament given by Jesus in response…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →That other election in the Jerusalem municipality Kobi Nahshoni reports divisions among sectors of the Orthodox community in the final days before municipal elections in Jerusalem
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 November 2008 · page 27
JERUSALEM mayoral candidate Meir Porush and the ultraOrthodox public have no consideration for the national…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →On Last Week’s Election Editorial
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 November 2008 · page 25
I am sorely disappointed that you would even deign to give credence to the totally inaccurate and decidedly racist inclusion of the scuttlebutt of…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Separating church (synagogue) and state Anecdotal Evidence The Lord's Prayer is recited each day before federal Parliament sits and has been since 1901. But does that make it right?
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 7 November 2008 · page 26
AT home I have a booklet modest in appearance but quite grand in purpose entitled Australian Jewry Book of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Condi says Kaddish and Barack prepares to davven American Angle Despite the rhetoric, American Jews again overwhelmingly supported the Democratic Party at last week’s election. Now the wait to see how the new administration deals with the myriad issues facing Israel and the region
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 14 November 2008 · page 26
THE Jewish-American Republicans in Israel were scorching the earth. Howard Berman (chairman of the US House of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Kadima: what you need to know In the lead-up to the February elections in Israel, AJN world editor Sharon Berger will profile the political parties running in the 2009 elections. This week, we start with the ruling party Kadima. קדימה Year Founded: 2005
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 21 November 2008 · page 13
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon boldly broke from the Likud Party to form the “centrist” Kadima Party, which bought together politicians from Israel's…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Off to Parliament House
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 November 2008 · page 9
MASADA College’s junior school captains recently visited NSW Parliament at the request of MP Jonathan O’Dea, who was honouring young leaders in schools…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The loudest prayer of all PARTISAN There is still a place for The Lord's Prayer in federal Parliament but with some caveats
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 November 2008 · page 24
IN the beginning was the word, and my word, for what it’s worth, is that I support the retention of The Lord’s Prayer in the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Uni condemns anti-Semitic slurs during elections
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 November 2008 · page 4
UNIVERSITY of Sydney’s vice-chancellor has condemned anti-Semitic slurs hurled at a Jewish candidate during campus elections recently as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obama and business Dr Leeora Black How do you see the Barack Obama election result affecting business in Australia or Australian business overseas? Deborah Blashki-marks asks Jewish business identities
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 November 2008 · page 16
“OBAMA'S election is good news for Australia’s transition to a carbon-constrained economy…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Likud: the hard facts As part of The AJN’s ongoing elections coverage, world editor Sharon Berger looks at the Likud Party, which may well be running Israel come February 2009
The Australian Jewish News · Friday 28 November 2008 · page 15
NAME: Likud YEAR FOUNDED: 1973 The Likud Party was formed from a combination of several liberal and…
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