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Al Franken, left, and incumbent Norm Coleman are locked in a tight U.S. Senate race in Minnesota with major national implications.

The battle for Congress

Al Franken, left, and incumbent Norm Coleman are locked in a tight U.S. Senate race in Minnesota with major national implications. (Al Franken for Senate / Coleman for Senate) Read more »

Israel eyes regional peace push, U.S. talks with Iran

With the governments in Jerusalem and Washington set to change, Israeli leaders are reassessing policy in two key areas. They are considering a new, regional approach to Arab-Israeli peacemaking and preparing for the day when the U.S. president opens a dialogue with Tehran. Read more »

Top Stories

Obama labors to gain Jewish trust of his friends and his policies

In response to a sustained GOP campaign to discredit him on Israel, Barack Obama has touted a growing roster of pro-Israel stalwarts who support him, repeatedly insisted that Israel's security is "sacrosanct," defended Israeli military maneuvers and vowed to do everything in his power to block Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons. Read more »

Rough race takes toll on McCain image

The story of how John McCain came to be friends with a Jewish anti-war protester speaks to his ability to attract praise from across the political spectrum. These days, however, Democrats say the Arizona lawmaker is no longer acting like the maverick of p Read more »

In final days, campaigns step up bid for Pa. Jewish vote

The Obama and McCain campaigns in the stretch run are intensifying their efforts to win over Jewish voters in Pennsylvania, a possible swing state where Jewish votes are seen as crucial to victory. Read more »

A look at Obama and McCain advisers

It's easy to read too much into whom a candidate chooses to advise him before an election, but it is risky to avoid the tea leaves. Read more »

Blogs

The Fundermentalist

Rabbis tell Time that the Talmud would have spared us from this ecnomic mess

A rabbi from Yeshiva University and a rabbi from the Jewish Theological Seminary – the flagship… Read Blog »

The Telegraph

Palestinian Marranos?

Palestinians and Jews in the Holy Land may be intertwined, but with the level of intermingling and overlapping… Read Blog »

Photos and Videos

American rabbinical and Jewish education students protest plans by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to build a tolerance museum atop a Muslim cemetery in downtown Jerusalem, April 2, 2009.  (Activestills.org) Israeli President Shimon Peres (seated right) sits next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and poses with the largest Cabinet in Israeli history on April 1 at the president's residence in Jerusalem.  (Amos Ben Gershom GPO/BPH Images) Israeli President Shimon Peres (left) congratulates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before posing with the new Israeli Cabinet at the presidential residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday April 1.
 (Amos Ben Gershom GPO/BPH Images) Israeli Arabs wave Palestinian flags as they protest a march by right-wing Israelis in the Israeli-Arab city Umm al-Fahm on March 24, 2009. (Brian Hendler) Flag-waving right-wing Israelis, protected by riot police and armored buses, march in the Israeli-Arab city Umm al-Fahm on March 24, 2009. (Brian Hendler) Israeli musician Idan Raichel speaks at New York University on March 23, 2009 at an event sponsored by USD Hagshama, the student division of the World Zionist Organization. Raichel sang some of his songs and answered questions. (David Karp) Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu peforming with the Israeli jam band Aharit Hayamim on March 14, 2009 at Shemspeed Massive Live, a concert event at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca in New York City featuring various up-and-coming Jewish musicians. (Daniel Sieradski) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses a reception for 100 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, second from left, vice chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch educational arm, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, right, look on. (Chabad.org / Peter Waiser) Stanley Chesley, president of the Jewish National Fund-U.S., playing air hockey with children from Sderot on March 10, 2009 at the opening of a $5 million recreational facility in the southern Israeli city. The facility, funded by JNF-U.S., provides a respite for children in the Sderot area from Gaza-launched missiles. (Sasson Tiram) Jewish children who participate in the activities of the Jewish Agency for Israel in the Russian autonomous region of Birobidjan celebrate Purim in the snow. (Pavel Girin / Jewish Agency for Israel)

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  • American rabbinical and Jewish education students protest plans by the Simon Wiesenthal Center to build a tolerance museum atop a Muslim cemetery in downtown Jerusalem, April 2, 2009.
  • Israeli President Shimon Peres (seated right) sits next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and poses with the largest Cabinet in Israeli history on April 1 at the president's residence in Jerusalem.
  • Israeli President Shimon Peres (left) congratulates Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before posing with the new Israeli Cabinet at the presidential residence in Jerusalem on Wednesday April 1.
  • Israeli Arabs wave Palestinian flags as they protest a march by right-wing Israelis in the Israeli-Arab city Umm al-Fahm on March 24, 2009.
  • Flag-waving right-wing Israelis, protected by riot police and armored buses, march in the Israeli-Arab city Umm al-Fahm on March 24, 2009.
  • Israeli musician Idan Raichel speaks at New York University on March 23, 2009 at an event sponsored by USD Hagshama, the student division of the World Zionist Organization. Raichel sang some of his songs and answered questions.
  • Jewish reggae artist Matisyahu peforming with the Israeli jam band Aharit Hayamim on March 14, 2009 at Shemspeed Massive Live, a concert event at the 92nd Street Y Tribeca in New York City featuring various up-and-coming Jewish musicians.
  • Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper addresses a reception for 100 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries on Parliament Hill in Ottawa as Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, second from left, vice chairman of the Chabad-Lubavitch educational arm, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, right, look on.
  • Stanley Chesley, president of the Jewish National Fund-U.S., playing air hockey with children from Sderot on March 10, 2009 at the opening of a $5 million recreational facility in the southern Israeli city. The facility, funded by JNF-U.S., provides a respite for children in the Sderot area from Gaza-launched missiles.
  • Jewish children who participate in the activities of the Jewish Agency for Israel in the Russian autonomous region of Birobidjan celebrate Purim in the snow.
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