October 12 2008

Broadcast Date: 
Oct 12 2008

Whom do Jewish voters support for President and will it matter; and a look from the ground up at the mortgage crisis with housing advocate Sarah Ludwig.

Episode segments
  • Whither the Jewish vote?
    National Politics, Electoral
    Ami Eden is the editor-in-chief of the Jewish Telegraph Agency (JTA).
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Are Jewish Republicans (or Democrats) just Republicans (or Democrats) who happen to be Jewish, or do they have particular Jewish reasons for their choice? Are Jewish voters more or less likely to vote for Obama/Biden than they were for Kerry/Edwards in 2004?  And will the Jewish vote matter to the outcome anywhere?  These are some of the questions we ask JTA's editor-in-chief, Ami Eden.

  • We know who wants to bail out Wall Street, but who will bailout homeowners?
    New York Politics, National Politics
    Sarah Ludwig is the Co-Director of the Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, a Manhattan-based organization that advocates for low-income communities.
    Esther Kaplan and Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark

    Although common sense suggests that mortgage lenders (not to mention homeowners) will be better off if they restructure loans rather than foreclosing on them, foreclosure rates continue to soar.  We talk with NEDAP's Sarah Ludwig, about the impact of the financial crisis on homeowners and what they can do to protect themselves from the lose of their homes to creditors and unscrupulous scam artists.