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Obama won the Jewish vote without winning over the pro-Israel mainstream
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Fraught record on issues of race and anti-Semitism? Check.
Much-hyped meeting to get Benjamin Netanyahu’s hechsher? Check.
Stirring speech at AIPAC to quiet the naysayers? Check.
Jewish validators galore? Check. Administration top-loaded with Jewish staffers? Check.
Welcome to Inauguration Day
President-elect Barack Obama walked into the White House eight years ago with a Jewish profile that bears similarities to the one tucked away in Donald Trump’s baggage.
There are key differences, of course, and how Obama handled his relationship with the Jewish community could provide a blueprint for Trump as he goes forward – both in emulating Obama’s successes and avoiding his failures.
Obama’s presidency was one that thrilled majorities of Jewish voters with its portent of an American reconciliation that would set aside once and for all the intimations of alienation that have haunted non-Christians and non-whites since before the republic’s dawn.
It was also a presidency that often left the Israeli government and much of the U.S. Jewish establishment feeling shunned and shunted aside.
Obama could work a crowd: His galvanizing speech on “one America” at the Democratic convention in Bo
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Yair Lootsteen was re-elected in June of this year to a second three-year term as Chairperson of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism - the Israeli Reform Movement (IMPJ). He has been on the IMPJ Board since , and currently also serves on the IMPJ Board’s Congregational Development Committee and as a member of the Reform Movement's Israel Religious Action Committee Steering Committee.
Born in London, England, Yair grew up in Toronto, Canada. He made aliyah in and has since resided in Jerusalem.
A lawyer, Yair served in the IDF's Military Advocate General Corps for 23 years, completing his term of duty in with the rank of Colonel. During his military career he held several challenging positions, the last being that of the Legal Advisor to the IDF in Judea and Samaria. Previous positions in the IDF included that of the Staff Judge Advocate for the General Staff Command and the Legal Advisor to the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
Since completing his regular IDF service, Yair has invested much of his time on issues relating to Jewish pluralism in Israel. From to he served as president of Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem's largest Reform synagogue. Yair also serves ex officio on the Executive Board of the World Union of Progressive Judaism and is a member of the I