Obama taps chief of staff with strong ties to Jewish community President Obama named as his new chief of staff a security official, Denis McDonough, who has strong ties to the Jewish organizational community.
Lew meets N.Y. Jewish officials, talks Israel and Iran Jack Lew, President Obama’s chief of staff, met with Jewish leaders in New York and fielded questions about U.S. differences with Israel.
JFNA lauds Obama on charitable deduction backtrack The Jewish Federations of North America commended the Obama administration for maintaining the deductibility rate of charitable donations.
