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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

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Gene Sperling, the chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, speaking at the Reform movement's Consultation on Conscience on April 23. (Photo credit: Courtesy Religious Action Center)
April 25, 2013, 5:36 am
White House turns to Jewish groups for budget battle help
As sequestration looms, the Obama administration is seeking support to break the Congressional deadlock, warning that Jewish interests will feel the pinch too
By Ron Kampeas
US President Barack Obama speaks at a White House reception honoring Jewish American Heritage Month on May 31, 2012. (photo credit: The White House/JTA)
April 4, 2013, 11:16 pm
Sequester cuts White House Jewish heritage reception
Ceremony, held at end of May in past three years, will not take place because of congressional budget cuts
Iranian Jews eligible to immigrate to the US because of the Lautenberg Amendment arrive at Los Angeles International Airport in 2009. (Courtesy of HIAS via JTA)
March 20, 2013, 12:28 am
Lifeline for US law that aided Soviet, now Iranian Jews
Jewish groups are among those advocating a stronger status for effort to shelter persecuted religious minorities
By Ron Kampeas
The Iron Dome missile defense system in action, November 15, 2012 (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
March 6, 2013, 1:50 am
Sequester cuts set to cost Israel $155 million
Pro-Israel groups plan to push back against reductions to foreign assistance funding
By ToI Staff and JTA
US President Barack Obama waves after his ceremonial swearing-in at the US Capitol during the 57th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 2, 2013, 9:15 am
Obama calls budget cuts ‘just dumb’
US president signs order authorizing the sequester; puts the blame squarely on Republicans
By Steven R. Hurst
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be one of the high-profile no-shows at next week's AIPAC policy conference in Washington. (Robert J. Saferstein/JTA)
February 27, 2013, 7:26 pm
AIPAC agenda omits Obama, Netanyahu and the Palestinians
Pro-Israel lobby’s annual conference, set for next week in Washington, will be first in seven years without US or Israeli leader
By Ron Kampeas
A volunteer teaches English on behalf of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, one of dozens of Jewish organizations that may be severely harmed if budget negotiations remain at an impasse in Congress. (Steve Latimer for HIAS via JTA)
January 17, 2013, 4:21 am
US Jewish charities brace for congressional budget deadline
Facing severe cuts, groups urge politicians to reach a deal on government spending
By Gil Shefler
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