Back to ‘kishkes’: Obama defends his Israel commitments, touts his Jewish ties in a closed-door meeting with select Jewish leaders
The Times of Israel: WASHINGTON (JTA) — The so-called “kishkes issue” — what does President Obama, deep down, really feel about Israel — is now being addressed at the highest level by Obama himself.
Obama dropped in on a White House meeting Tuesday of Conservative Judaism lay and rabbinical leaders and Jack Lew, the president’s chief of staff. During his 20 minutes at the hourlong meeting, Obama emphasized his affection for Judaism and Israel, and like Vice President Joe Biden last week in a similar meeting with organizational leaders, his frustration with perceptions that he is cool toward the Jewish state.
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