Many American Jewish organizations issued statements condemning the violence perpetrated by Jewish settlers in Israel, but two leading Orthodox organizations opted not to join them.
Rest assured, JTA’s D.C. duo is scrambling for the Jewish angle to the Blagojevich scandal. Thankfully, as TalkingPointsMemo points out, the person ready to play ball — Senate Candidate 5 — does not appear to be U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky. So, for now, our best take… Maybe everyone was a bit hard on Spitzer?