https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to sheldon adelson en https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/25/hagee-calls-obama-most-anti-semitic-president-ever At the Zionist Organization of America’s gala Sunday night, Republican megadonors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson bestowed an award on Christians United for Israel founder John Hagee. In his remarks, Hagee called President Barack Obama “t he most anti-Semitic president ever.”… Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:47:53 EST Sarah Posner 9a4081b3-c63a-4fd6-b2da-1b23ed86140a https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/12/will-growing-alliance-christian-zionists-split-american-jewish-establishment Peter Beinart, writing about Sheldon Adelson’s remarks at the inaugural conference of the Israeli American Council (which I wrote about here), argues that Adelson’s comment ” I don’t think the Bible says anything about democracy” “lobbed a grenade at the… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 02:44:04 EST Sarah Posner 17feff70-3c53-4be5-84d3-6ac01ab5d99c https://religiondispatches.org/2014/11/12/israel-votes-limit-sheldon-adelson A bill titled a ” law for the advancement and protection of written journalism in Israel” passed a preliminary hurdle in the Knesset today. Although it doesn’t say so explicitly, the bill is aimed at limiting the free distribution of… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 08:38:11 EST Sarah Posner 77060774-cec8-4fca-869f-19876d360414 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/06/05/sheldon-adelsons-long-game The Forward editorializes this morning on Politico reporter Ken Vogel’s new book with the clunky title, Big Money: 2.5 Billion Dollars, One Suspicious Vehicle, and a Pimp—on the Trail of the Ultra-Rich Hijacking American Politics, an insidery look at the… Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:26:05 EDT Sarah Posner 865a5c6e-6ec9-4937-878f-aad33c5076d9 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/08/01/updated-dr-oz-thinks-anti-muslims-sugar-daddy-sheldon-adelson-not-so-bad The doctor dances with settlers. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:49:12 EDT Garibaldi 2840b46f-ce26-4d3d-a622-adea36ef8c57 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/05/electionpocalypse-part-ii-mythical-jewish-vote There is no “Jewish vote.” Jews vote. A small number of them vote for Republicans. Most of them vote for Democrats. Every cycle the Republicans try to improve on their last performance, but Jews are overwhelmingly liberal. So Republicans try to draw them in by talking about Israel, an issue very few of them vote on, but an issue that has the added benefit of helping Republicans shore up their evangelical base. Mon, 05 Nov 2012 06:43:22 EST Sarah Posner 8c6c66d9-c44a-475e-80a0-2b7b101d57e9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/10/03/romney-and-jews Israel doesn’t win him votes, but picking Ryan was a loser for him. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:05:54 EDT Sarah Posner 8a6ee2c1-b7ad-4c7f-ab58-c38b477ab600 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/09/27/videos-and-billboards-and-yiddish-oh-my The Republican Jewish Committee’s push for the Jewish vote. Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:20:39 EDT Sarah Posner bc430af0-c7b1-4ab3-b7f0-240668d77444 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/08/08/gingrich-israel-and-assassinate-obama-comments What’s to come when a right wing billionaire funnels money to Newt and a columnist jokes about killing the president? Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:41:37 EDT Shalom Goldman 7ca9f464-92c6-4475-ae46-0de8f90ae8d3 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/14/iran-israel-and-republican-presidential-campaigns-myth-versus-reality The first episode of my new Bloggingheads show. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:15:39 EST Sarah Posner b5b34415-8018-44d1-b39d-8f883e19d7b1 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/29/gingrich-downplays-adelson-money-stokes-fear-second-holocaust-florida-church Florida campaign stop focuses on the culture wars and getting out the Christian vote. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:39:14 EST Sarah Posner b10fc74a-f3f1-4c4d-bdf5-3195a25fd7de https://religiondispatches.org/2012/01/27/third-jihad-adelson-and-gingrich Who’s fighting a war on religion? Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:39:52 EST Sarah Posner ff536c2e-23ea-4f5b-b052-ac22ffa29649