Since his inauguration, Jewish leaders have pressed President Barack Obama to make a trip to Israel to repair and reaffirm his relationship with America's Middle Eastern ally. But as his first term comes to a close, expectations of a trip similarly diminish. Supporters and Jewish leaders mourn the missed opportunity for a president whose commitment to Israel has been questioned to assuage all doubts on the matter. “It is an error,” former New York Mayor Ed Koch said to Politico. Koch recently …More

The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee predicted that President Barack Obama would win the Jewish vote in the 2012 election. “The natural home for Jewish voters, both domestically in terms of policy and our Israel policy, is the Democratic Party and President Obama as our candidate," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told Fox News. In recent weeks, there has been speculation that Obama has lost the support of the Jewish public with some viewing the election in New York’s 9th Congressional …More