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...Great Schlep—a movement started by the Jewish Council for Education and Research to encourage Jewish grandchildren to visit their grandparents in Florida and convince them to vote for Obama—Silverman asserts that the targeted demographic won’t vote for Obama for a number of reasons. These bubbes and zaides may think “his name sounds scary; it sounds Muslim,” among other superficial issues...
...quite serious. Now more than ever, even Jews who support—and will vote for—Obama and the Democrats, have taken extra impetus to do so, not just because of Obama’s Muslim-sounding name. According to a 2008 annual survey by the American Jewish Committee, Obama has 57 percent of the American Jewish vote , the lowest Jewish support for a Democratic candidate since Carter’s feeble 45 percent in 1980 against Republican challenger Ronald Reagan. And by ignoring the fundamental issues that older Jews have with Obama, Silverman weakens her case...
...discussion of the candidates’ foreign policies at the Harvard Hillel. And because of Obama’s devotion to Israel’s right to self-defense and his liberal attitudes on social issues, the JCER wholeheartedly supports Obama as the right candidate for the Jewish people...
...precisely Jews like Dershowitz and Grossman who my parents will blame if Obama gets elected, because they fail to recognize signs that perhaps Obama is not quite the messiah for whom the all Jewish people have been waiting. Despite Obama’s official stances on most Israel policy issues, it is hard to ignore my family’s contention that it is sheer negligence for Jews to elect a candidate who may not have a consistently pro-Israel policy...
...meeting, Zafran outlines the group’s precinct captain system, which promotes personal contacts between the captains—who are in charge of certain dorms—and student supporters. The Dems are also reaching out to partner with other campus groups like the BGLTSA, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, and Harvard Supporters for Israel. A recent canvassing trip to New Hampshire was co-sponsored by the Environmental Action Committee...