More than 300 rabbis formed a group to support the presidential candidacy of US Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).
"The support of rabbis nationwide is a testament to Barack Obama's strong support in the Jewish Community, and demonstrates that he shares the values and principles so important to the American Jewish Community," said a statement Wednesday at the launch of the group founded Sam Gordon and Steven Bob, two rabbis from the Chicago area, Obama's home base.
The list of rabbis attached to the release spans the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist and Orthodox streams. "When 300 rabbis agree on anything, you know something is going on," says a headline on the groups website, rabbisforobama.com.
An open letter on the website says of Obama: "We recognize that he has been inspired by Jewish values such as Tikkun Olam and the pursuit of justice, and he is deeply committed as well to a civil discourse between opposing arguments."
