WASHINGTON -- Three of the four Republican presidential candidates said the United States should make a more explicit threat of military action against Iran. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich agreed in the CNN debate on Wednesday in Arizona...
WASHINGTON -- Newt Gingrich will address the AIPAC policy conference. The former U.S. House of Representatives speaker, who is trailing in the race for the Republican presidential nod, is the first in the GOP field to announce his participation. No date...
WASHINGTON -- If Rick Santorum secures the Republican nomination, expect to hear this mantra from his Jewish supporters: In times of crisis, social issues don’t matter. The former Pennsylvania senator, who is leading in national polls in the race for...
WASHINGTON -- Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will meet top Congress members and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on his U.S. visit. Lieberman, who arrived Monday in Washington, is scheduled during his three-day visit to meet with...
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has sent a letter declaring his intent to run for Congress in New Jersey's newly formed 9th District. Boteach sent the letter of intent to the offices of the Bergen County Republican Organization by the Jan. 31 deadline. But he...
NEW YORK -- Susan G. Komen for the Cure has backed down from its decision not to fund Planned Parenthood. In a statement posted Friday morning on its website, Komen's founder and chief executive officer Nancy Brinkner said the organization was revising...
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won the Florida primary by a wide margin. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, finished with 47 percent of the vote on Tuesday to easily outdistance former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, who had 32...
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney was projected to win the Florida primary by a wide margin. Major media outlets handed the state GOP primary race to the former Massachusetts governor as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m. eastern time Tuesday. With 74 percent of...
WASHINGTON—Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich put the blame for the impasse in Middle East peace talks squarely on the Palestinians. The candidates were responding a a question at the latest GOP debate Thursday night, in Jacksonville, Fla., from an audience...
WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney for president. The former Utah governor will make the announcement that he is ending his campaign Monday in South Carolina, the Washington Post reported, five days ahead...
Standing by Gov. Perry's zero-budget proposal Notwithstanding the fact that I'm a Jewish-American and a fervent supporter of Israel, I unequivocally endorse GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry's plan for a zero budget proposal for all countries...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published December 28, 2011
Ron Paul's unlikely rise in the Republican presidential race has Jewish conservatives on edge. The Texas congressman had been regarded as a fringe figure whose views, especially on foreign policy-including his opposition to the U.S.-Israel alliance-put...
