Top U.S. officials, including former President Bill Clinton, lobbied hard against Israel increasing taxes on natural gas exploitation, Israel’s former finance minister said. More ▸
Bernard Rapoport, a major backer of Bill Clinton and of Democrats, has died. More ▸
President Bill Clinton’s foundation — whose mission is to “strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence” — posted a video on Will Farrell’s website, “Funny or Die,” starring Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Ted Danson, Jack Black Matt Damon (Maaaatt Daaamon!), Kristin Wiig and even Bill himself. The… More ▸
Sen. Joe Lieberman’s new book about observing Shabbat provides a glimpse into how religion shaped this most adamant of congressional centrists, whose stubborn hewing to his beliefs brought him within shouting distance of the vice presidency before propelling him toward the end of his political career. More ▸
President Clinton said he thinks of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin all the time, including five minutes before he walked down the aisle at the wedding of his daughter, Chelsea, to Marc Mezvinsky, her longtime Jewish boyfriend. More ▸
Chelsea Clinton is engaged to marry her Jewish boyfriend of two years. More ▸
Thousands of people marked the opening of a Holocaust museum in Skokie, Ill. More ▸
Bill Clinton will be the keynote speaker at the opening of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. More ▸
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) now says he regrets his comments last week about Sarah Palin, but maintains a McCain-Palin administration would be “anathema” to most African Americans and Jews. Georgetown University professor Jacques Berlinerblau, in the Washington Post’s On Faith blog, likes Sarah Silverman’s “The Great Schlep” video, but doubts it will have much impact… More ▸
Why hasn’t Bill Clinton started his campaigning for Barack Obama yet? Apparently, he wants to wait until after the High Holidays. Politico has the details, from an interview with Larry King scheduled to air tonight. “Senator Obama also has a big stake in doing well in the Jewish community in Florida, where Hillary did very… More ▸
