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Friday, August 29, 2008

Obama: GOP 'tough talk'
doesn't help Israel

The final night of the Democratic convention started out with a leading Reform rabbi delivering the invocation. In his acceptance speech, Barack Obama said more than bluster was needed to advance U.S. interests in the world. Full Story

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U.S. Sen. Barack Obama accepts the Democratic nomination for president in Denver on Aug. 29, 2008.
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Updated 08/28/2008 @ 11:09PM ET
» Barack Obama said Republican "tough talk" was not protecting Israel.
» A leading Reform rabbi delivered the invocation at the opening of the Thursday session of the Democratic National Convention.
» Police arrested two Israeli Arab students accused of being involved in plots to kill Israeli pilots and scientists.
» Reform rabbis were ordained in Holland for the first time.
» A Jewish employee of New York City's Parks Department says he was subjected to anti-Semitic taunts.
» Mahmoud Abbas said he objects to the permanent resettlement of Palestinians in Lebanon.
» Israeli scientists have bred valuable sturgeon fish eggs in Israel for the first time.
» Democrats saluted Barack Obama's great uncle, who helped liberate a concentration camp.
» John McCain appealed to the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to support his presidential run.
» Abie Nathan, whose Voice of Peace pirate radio station broadcast from a ship in the Mediterranean Sea, has died.
» Four Jewish scientists and engineers are among eight American innovators selected for the National Medal of Science.
» Ten Israeli road blocks have been removed in the Hebron area over the last few weeks, the IDF said.
» Israel's public radio station has banned advertisements criticizing the government for its blockade of Gaza.
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