With Islamic teachings, rock music and outreach to schoolchildren, ex-Indonesian premier Abdurrahman Wahid fights for a vision of moderate Islam he says was shaped in part by his experiences with an Iraqi Jewish friend.
Howard Berman and Henry Waxman of Los Angeles are backing Obama. And, as Ben Smith of Politico notes, the Obama campaign’s press release states up high that “both are respected leaders in the American Jewish community.”
Talk about being too early with a story… I filed this piece Tuesday about the Obama and McCain camps clashing over Israel. That was nothing compared to what erupted Thursday over these remarks from President Bush’s speech at the Knesset: Ron Kampeas has the story: “Obama, Democrats slam Bush on his speech to the Knesset.”
