Barack Obama

Barack Obama denounces antisemitic conspiracy theories and the celebrities who post them online

Obama’s callout in Pittsburgh came days after the fourth anniversary of the deadly synagogue shooting that took place there.

The Tell

A quick history of Joe Biden’s Middle East policy

Told through moments and relationships with three key figures: Golda Meir, Menachem Begin and Barack Obama.

Analysis

A decade ago, linking Israel’s founding to the Holocaust started a firestorm. Today it’s accepted.

A message that President Obama pushed at a 2009 speech in Cairo provoked a wave of criticism. Now it’s the basis of a Republican-written congressional resolution.

The Tell

The Tell: 2 senators reach across the aisle to tackle the Syria nightmare

Ideas

AIPAC must get tough with the anti-Israel left

United States

Police investigating suspicious package at the office of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

United States

ADL head calls on Barack Obama to again denounce Louis Farrakhan

Editor's Column

Does the Obama-Farrakhan photo matter? Does anything?

Politics

Photographer says his photo of Obama and Farrakhan was suppressed at request of black lawmakers

United States

Obama used to joke with staff that he’s ‘basically a liberal Jew’

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