Seriously, for a White House struggling to shake off criticism of being too hospitable to extremists and anti-Semites on the margins of its support base, the Trump administration’s reluctance to fill the of anti-Semitism envoy is starting to raise concerns.
Did Donald Trump expect that his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria—a decision made spontaneously following his phone call with Turkish president Erdogan—would create such a stir?
In the roller coaster known as the Trump presidency, nothing lasts forever, and the president’s recent decision to pull American troops out of Syria is seen as a diplomatic and strategic blow to Israel.
Regardless of whether the anti-BDS law gets attached and becomes law, the debate it triggered can serve as a useful map of pro-Israel politics on the Democratic side.
Standing on a cold December night in what seemed to be a never ending queue outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, visitors waiting to enter the embassy’s annual Hanukkah reception had plenty of time to commiserate.
With a class of politicians more diverse than American politics has ever seen, Democrats feel better positioned now to claim the mantle of representing the new America: young, feminine, of many races, ethnicities, genders and faiths.
For all its political sophistication and savviness, the Jewish community still takes great interest in the bottom line: How many Jews got in?
This is the new normal for many members of the Pittsburgh Jewish community: splitting their time between mourning the dead and protesting the hate that brought about the tragedy.
New York’s 1st Congressional District hosts this election cycle’s most Jewish race, and one that provides valuable insight into a question on the minds of many Republicans.
No pressure, but the fate of Democratic dreams to win control of the U.S. Senate in November may hinge on one Nevada freshman congresswoman, whose previous experience in public life was as president of her synagogue.
At AIPAC conferences she wins over the crowd which responds with lengthy standing ovations no other speaker can dream of receiving.
