Obama Confirms His Strong and Deep Commitment to Jews, Hillary Has Jewish Family Ties

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama confronted rumors that he is a secret Muslim in a conference call with the Jewish news media, JTA reported.

"It is very important for everybody to know that it is fake," Obama, a Democratic presidential contender, said Monday.

The Illinois senator spoke with the Jewish media minutes before he was due to receive a key endorsement from U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.).

Obama listed falsehoods that appeared in an e-mail campaign aimed at Jewish voters.

"I never practiced Islam. I was raised by my secular mother. I have been a member of the Christian religion and an active member of a church," he said. "I was sworn in with my hand on my family Bible and have said the Pledge of Allegiance since I was 3 years old."

In Islamic terminology, he is a declared Murtid (apostate).

Obama, who also answered questions about his Iran and Israel-Palestinian policies, concluded: "My strong and deep commitment and connection to the Jewish community should not be questioned."

“Christian” religion (to get Christian votes) and Jewish support (for money, media and resources) are the two key factors to become a President of the “Secular”, “Liberal” and one of the oldest “democracy” of the world.

And the Jewish loyalty is the main “key” of the Presidential Palace of USA.

In a 2008 Presidential Campaign, Most of the Democratic and Republican candidates are trying their best to show their loyalty to Israel and Jewish leadership.

They believe that more you will bow down to Israel, more you will have chance of winning.

In the August 8, 1999, The New York based Forward Magazine published a story with title “Hillary Clinton’s Jewish Family Ties” and disclosed some distant Jewish family ties of Hillary Clinton. According to the story, Hillary’s grandmother, née Della Murray of Aurora, IL, married a Russian-born Jew, Max Rosenberg, in the 1930s. They had one child, a girl.

"Jews will now feel that she’s almost one of their own. It will make it easier for Jews to connect with her," a New York political consultant, Hank Sheinkopf, a Democrat, told the Forward magazine. "People will feel that she's more like them and they'll be more likely to listen to what she has to say."

But Mr. Sheinkopf cautioned that "professional Hillary-haters will say, ‘why didn't she tell us sooner,’ but it won't matter. It will help her with the Jewish voters immensely. The overall impact will be favorable."

Now these “distant” Jewish family root and blood is now a matter of pride for Mrs. Clinton.

On December 11, 2005 Hilarry Clinton was awarded as “Honorary Jew” by Yeshiva University. Yeshiva UniversityNew York. Yeshiva's president, Richard Joel, and seven trustees escorted New York's senator to the podium, surrounding her in a sea of caps and gowns, regaling her with ceremonial pomp. presented Hillary Clinton with an honorary degree. Commemorating Yeshiva's 81st annual Hanukkah convocation, a 700-strong crowd of students, alumni, and friends assembled in a gilded ballroom at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in midtown, New York.

Joel touted Clinton's achievements, singling out not only her "political leadership" on Capitol Hill, but also her "commitment to peace and security for the Jewish homeland." He handed her a diploma and told her, "You are a strong advocate for religious freedom, and in so many ways an inspiration."

“Among Jewish leaders, you'd have to search far and wide to find anyone who claims Clinton isn't a friend of Israel,” writes Kristen Lombardi in the village voice.

He writes “Now, when people think about Clinton and Israel, they think about her latest trip there—a journey the senator made sure to emphasize at the Yeshiva event. She spent most of her 30-minute speech recounting her three-day visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv last November, focusing more on the personal than the political. She talked about gaining appreciation for the threat of suicide bombs in Israel when she took in the 425-mile security fence with her own eyes, and when she listened to the parents of a volunteer medic who had died in a terrorist attack.”

She praised the "deep and lasting" bonds between Israel and the United States and called Israel a "beacon of what democracy means." Her performance was enough to leave the room bewitched. People rushed to Clinton to snap her picture and offer congratulations. As the senator exited, one woman stopped her cold, leaned in, and whispered, "You did great! You said all the right things."