NJDC Blog

Alexis Rice — January 5, 2009 – 8:26 pm | Stop the Smears

NBC Cancels Coulter’s Today Show Appearance, but Now there’s CBS…

Today, the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) commended the decision by NBC to cancel Ann Coulter’s appearance on "The Today Show" tomorrow, January 6, 2009, to promote her latest book, Guilty: Liberal 'Victims' and their Assault on America. "NBC made the right decision to cancel given Ann Coulter’s history of… Read More | Comments (0)

Aaron Keyak — January 2, 2009 – 12:27 pm | Stop the Smears

HuffPo: “Petition to NBC: Stop Helping Coulter Sell Her Books”

Today, Ira Forman posted a piece on the Huffington Post titled, "Petition to NBC: Stop Helping Coulter Sell Her Books." Ira begins with the following. On "Hannity & Colmes" Ann Coulter revealed that she will appear on NBC's "Today" show on January 6, 2009 to promote her newest book, "Guilty:… Read More | Comments (0)

Steve Sheffey — December 30, 2008 – 4:39 pm | Israel

Democrats Support Israel’s Gaza Actions

Support for Israel's actions in Gaza is bi-partisan, most notably from leading Democrats. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stated that "when Israel is attacked, the United States must continue to stand strongly with its friend and democratic ally."  House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) noted that "Israel is… Read More | Comments (0)

Aaron Keyak — December 30, 2008 – 2:19 pm | Israel | Obama | Terrorism

Israel Has Right to Self-Defense, Saddened by Loss of Life

Today, Ira N. Forman, Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) released the following statement:Israel has a right to self-defense against the reign of Hamas's constant terrorist attacks, and NJDC has confidence in President-elect Obama's Middle East priorities.NJDC is saddened by the loss of life in this current… Read More | Comments (0)

Steve Sheffey — December 29, 2008 – 1:07 pm | Israel

Israel and Gaza

Israel’s actions against Gaza are fully justified. Hamas has fired thousands of rockets into Israel from Gaza as a protest against…as a protest against what? Israel does not “occupy” Gaza at all. There are no “settlements” in Gaza.  But rather than live in peace with Israel, Hamas has chosen to… Read More | Comments (0)

Aaron Keyak — December 24, 2008 – 10:58 am | Energy | Environment | Obama

Last Few Obama Cabinet Picks

Before heading to Hawaii for vacation, President-elect Barack Obama rounded out his cabinet by selecting the head of Transportation, Labor, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Obama chose superb individuals to lead the Department of Transportation, the Department of Labor, and SEC. Obama’s selection of Representative Ray LaHood (R-IL) as… Read More | Comments (0)