Michele Bachmann's presence at a Yom Kippur service in Chicago last week caused quite a stir. [Huffington Post] Costco issues a recall on lox. Oy vey! [Forward] Albert Einstein's "God letter" will go on auction on eBay later this month. Opening bid: $3 million. [Forward] An Iranian official mocks Benjamin Netanyahu's UN address. [Ynet] A Likud hardliner is arrested at the Temple Mount. [Times of Israel] Jordan's new ambassador to Israel was warned by his tribe not to take the job. [Times of Israel] The …More

Whole barbecued pigs, cheerleaders and elegies to skinny-dipping farmers’ daughters. That was the organized noise Sunday night at the opening bash of the Republican National Convention at Tropicana Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg. For those seeking Jewish content, a noted rabbi was set to kick off the formal proceedings on Tuesday, and scattered through the rain-drenched towns of Tampa Bay were a number of events addressing the pro-Israel community’s …More

The evidence that circumcision is helping prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa is being forgotten in the circumcision debate. [Bloomberg Buisnessweek] The man in the CCTV footage being identified as the Bulgarian bus-bomber is an unlikely suspect, and MK Hanin Zoabi makes a controversial statement about why Israel is a terror target. [Israel Hayom] The CIA considers Israel the top counterintelligence threat in the Near East Division. [Israel Hayom] Aly Raisman is known for more than just her “Hava …More

We suppose it was only a matter of time, but Howard Stern has finally weighed in on President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of same-sex marriage. And the self-anointed King of All Media is pulling no punches. "I wish the president actually had gone further. I wish he said he was going to back some legislation on the national level," Stern told a group of reporters during a press conference about his new job as judge on “American’s Got Talent.” Obama stopped short of recommending …More

An Israeli politico has spoken out, saying that whoever the head of the new Egyptian government turns out to be, a peaceful relationship with the Jewish state will be in the nation’s best interest. [Israel Hayom] A young female cadet has received an honor from the Israeli Defense Forces, thanking her for her efforts in saving passengers during a bus bombing in 2011. [Israel Hayom] Michele Bachmann has sent out a Passover greeting to her “friends in the pro-Israel community.” [Times of …More

Ron Paul has deliberately not been invited to join the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum, sponsored by the Republican Jewish Coalition, because of his “misguided and extreme views,” RJC Executive Director Matt Brooks told Washington Jewish Week. Brooks explained that the organization rejects Paul’s views. "He's just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organization," Brooks justified, added that inviting Paul would be like inviting President Obama to the …More

Israel received ample attention last night at the Republican presidential debate on national security at Constitution Hall. Michele Bachmann, Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum each weighed in on hot button issues like Iran and the Patriot Act during the two-hour forum, mediated by Wolf Blitzer. Each of the eight candidates expressed strong support of Israel, and for the most part accepted the possibility of a military strike against Iran.  When …More

In the jam-packed ballroom where the Zionist Organization of America held its annual gala dinner this week, the Holocaust was breaking news, a developing story, tomorrows banner headlines, an ongoing catastrophe that is somehow happening simultaneously, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Although there was no mention of the Holocaust in the program handed out to participants, it was the underlying theme, the common thread, the text and the subtext that connected the speakers to each other and to their attentive …More

The Zionist Organization of America held their annual dinner Sunday night at the Grand Hyatt in Manhattan, New York. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the crowd in a prerecorded video, praising the ZOA and Glenn Beck, who was later honored with the Defender of Israel award. Six congressmen were in attendance, including presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann. She pushed Iran as a top priority for Israel and America, and called on President Obama “to accelerate covert operations and cyber …More

Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann joined the chorus of voices demanding that President Barack Obama apologize for his comments critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Reporters overheard the comments through an open microphone during the international G-20 summit last week in France. French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly said that he couldn’t stand Netanyahu and called him a liar. Obama responded through a French interpreter, "You are sick of him, but I have to work …More

Joe Lieberman is retiring from the U.S. Senate, because he's a widely hated troll with no chance of winning another term, but before he goes he's going to take every opportunity possible to do what he feels G-d Himself sent him to Congress to do: Annoy liberals. Today, he gives an interview to the National Review in which he lavishes praise on two Republican presidential candidates. Lieberman, the "model purple senator" and avowed champion of moderation, is surely praising centrist Republican Jon Huntsman and …More

Could presidential candidate Mitt Romney really be losing campaign contributions to Michele Bachmann because donors mistakenly think she’s Jewish? One Romney fund-raiser told the New York Post that this is “a real problem” and that the campaign is “working very hard in the Jewish community because of Obama’s Israel problem.” Romney, a Mormon, has tried to take advantage of the growing rift between President Obama and Jewish voters by portraying himself as a strong supporter of …More