As promised, here’s a round-up of faith-related responses to President Obama’s State of the Union address last night. (I thought there would be more coverage by now, but I’ll add to it as needed — check back for more links.)

The gist: Jews are annoyed that Obama didn’t talk about Israel, Muslims are happy that he affirmed that they are part of the American family but wish he had said even more, and Christians wish he had talked more about poverty.

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Interfaith/Other:

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