Officials in the Obama administration have decided that they will be cutting the guest list in half for this year’s Chanukah party at the White House.
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Over the past year, the Obama administration has given the Jewish community a number of reasons to fear that it takes its votes for granted. For instance, there is the administration’s pressure on the Israeli government over settlements. And many Jews are concerned with the selection of Mary Robinson -- a leader of the Durban conference boycotted by both Israel and the United States for its anti-Israel bias -- to win a Medal of Freedom. In addition, the administration attempted -- but eventually backed away from -- to put Israel critic Charles Freeman at the head of the National Intelligence Council.
The administration’s move, as Politico noted, "comes on the heels of Obama's cancellation of an appearance before the General Assembly of North American Jewish Federations."
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