After dismissing concerns about Obama and Israel policy, Jewish advocates of Barack Obama's candidacy are starting to be openly concerned. An article by Ami Eden carried by the JTA news service reports:  The anxious mood was easy to detect Sunday night at the annual dinner of the New York chapter of the National Jewish Democratic Council, especially during a speech by one of the night's five honorees, U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). "We need to convince Jewish voters that" Obama will "stand by Israel," said Engel, who with four other pro-Clinton Jewish congressmen from New York -- Gary Ackerman, Steve Israel, Jerrold Nadler and Anthony Weiner -- was recognized for working to bolster the U.S.-Israel relationship. [....]Even the NJDC's executive director, Ira Forman, who in past years was quick to dismiss any talk of a pending Jewish crossover to the GOP, raised the alarm.Borrowing from Charles Dickens, Forman told the crowd that it was the "best of...(Read Full Post)