Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on October 23, 2012

For Lynn University Students, a Front-Row Seat at Crucial Presidential Debate

Students Anne Marie Van Casterin and Aura Cruz spoke about the experience of having the final presidential debate at their university. Foreign policy was the main subject of the debate, though the candidates also discussed the economy. Even before the debate ended the spin began, from Republicans such as New Hampshire Senator Kelly Ayotte and Democrats such as Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Israel Basketball Team Holding Tryouts in Davie

This is the fourth year that a pro basketball team from Israel is holding tryouts on American soil, right here in South Florida.

Billboards around South Florida imply that President Barack Obama has been bad for Israel helping to stoke a local debate with just two weeks left until the election.

One billboard, which shows an Iranian missile headed toward Israel, says Friends dont let friends get nuked and adds, Stop Obama!

"They simply are not telling the truth, Mitch Caesar says.

Caesar, who is chair of the Broward Democratic Party and is Jewish, quoted Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in defense of the president.

Barak "has said that the relationship between this government under the Obama administration and Israel has been at the highest, strongest level ever, Caesar said.

But celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach said that Obama has been a very unreliable steward of the America-Israel relationship."

Excerpt from:
Obama's Record on Israel a Hot Topic

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