Nathan Guttman

The potency of Israel as a wedge issue for Republicans was on full display during Netanyahu's U.S. visit, when what was meant to be a show of bipartisanship ended as a war of words with the Democrats.

The plan to incorporate modes of Jewish education, such as camps, day schools and more aim to better integrate Jewish education.

Right-wingers are calling for donations to be withheld from organizations that hold arts events which are, in their view, not nationalist enough.

U.S. National Security adviser opens Washington gala with a joke that left some pealing with laughter, and others perturbed.

The showcase event of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, which ended on Tuesday in the American capital, was a dizzying success.

For more than a year now, Israel has had a hard time explaining to the Jewish community the changes in Israeli policy brought on by the adoption of the disengagement plan.

In the eyes of American Jews, the church's new approach is a significant threat both to Israel's status in the United States and to the delicate fabric of relations between organized Judaism and organized Christianity there.

Karl Rove, Bush's top political strategist, was sure that this year's elections would be a turning point in terms of American Jewish political support for the Republicans.