November 7, 2012
7:14 pm

US House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor (photo credit: CC BY/Gage Skidmore/Flickr/File)

Who’s who among Jews in the next US Congress

Representation drops by two in the Senate and five in the House following defeats and retirements

By JTA Staff

November 7, 2012
6:55 pm

Mitt Romney visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem during his presidential campaign (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Jewish Republicans congratulate Obama, call for bipartisanship

RJC notes uptick in Republican support among US Jews, from 15% in 1992 to 31% in 2012

By Haviv Rettig Gur

November 7, 2012
5:45 pm

Benedict Arnold in hooker boots

Yup, when it came to the US election, I voted with my feet

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer

November 7, 2012
5:15 pm

Finally, I can say it: I’m happy about Obama

Celebrating the vote for human dignity, equality, and social solidarity

By Michael Melchior

November 7, 2012
3:17 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem. July 29, 2012. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90)

After Obama victory, political knives come out in Israel

From the web Israel Hayom: Netanyahu under fire for his apparent preference for Romney, which may have soured relations with the reelected president

November 7, 2012
3:14 pm

A T-shirt on sale in Jerusalem's old city depicts Obama donning traditional Arab headgear (photo credit: Abir Sultan/Flash 90)

Second time around, Obama victory fails to enthuse Arab world

Hamas tells president to stop favoring Israel, Iran says he should strip Israel of its ‘nuclear weapons’

By Elhanan Miller

November 7, 2012
2:56 pm

Voters stand in line to pick up their absentee ballots in Doral, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 4, (photo credit: AP/Alan Diaz)

And the winner is…

Still unknown — at least to the Israeli papers, because the votes hadn’t been tallied by press time

By Ilan Ben Zion

November 7, 2012
12:31 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, with US President Barack Obama in Washington, DC, last March (photo credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO/Flash90)

Congratulations (almost) across the board from Israeli politicians for Obama

Chorus of approval encompasses president, PM, DM, FM, and opposition leaders, but ends at Danny Danon and the National Union; Netanyahu orders Likud ministers to remain silent on US president’s reelection

By Times of Israel staff

November 7, 2012
11:59 am

What I gained when I lost my race for congress

My campaign showed that proud religious Jews can compete as viable candidates

By Shmuley Boteach

November 7, 2012
11:56 am

Muslim students pose before a throng of photographers shortly after "voting" in the mock US election at a shopping mall at suburban Quezon city, northeast of Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Nov. 7 (photo credit: AP/Bullit Marquez)

Obama’s reelection celebrated around world

From national leaders in the West to schoolkids in the East, people across the globe are caught up in US presidential fever

By Margie Mason

November 7, 2012
11:54 am

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference on September 08, 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Well done, now support our statehood bid, Palestinians tell Obama

Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt says US influence is not needed in the region

By Stuart Winer

November 7, 2012
11:33 am

President Barack Obama stands on stage at the election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (photo credit:AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama victorious despite the shadow of difficult times

After leading the country during high unemployment and the most serious economic strife since the Great Depression, president given 4 more years in the White House

By Steven R. Hurst

November 7, 2012
11:16 am

David Harris, the president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, speaking to a British journalist outside the NJDC bus in Charlotte N.C., Sept. 3 (photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

Obama wins big among Jews, with 69%-30% victory over Romney

Despite millions of dollars spent and unprecedented grass-roots work by Republican Jewish groups, exit polls of Jewish voters show only slight decline in support for Democrats