Democrats Do Israel, As White Supremacist Threat Looms
Democrats Go on AIPACIsrael Trip, Donald Trump and White Supremacy, Jewish Vote in 2020...
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After Texas and Ohio, Echoes of Pittsburgh
Five things to know this week from the nation's capital. Sign up here to get DC Dispatch delivered to your inbox every Monday. 1. White Supremacy Rears Its Head. Again A tragic Saturday morning at an El Paso Walmart reminded many in the Jewish community that white supremacy, with...
Democratic Debates and Israeli Elections, Round Two
Democratic Debates and Israeli Elections round two, Trump squad insults increasingly alarming tinge, Jewish donations to Democratic candidates have surprising findings....
Five Things to Know This Week: The Political Battle Over BDS and Free Speech
1. Trump triples down, makes Israel main reason for racist attacks Though it’s been more than a week since President Trump launched his tirade against four progressive Democrats, all women of color and known as “the squad,” little has changed. Trump, true to form, vehemently denied...
Baltimore Jews Vow ‘Never Again’ in Protest Against ICE
In temperatures nearing 100 degrees, the Baltimore Jews Protest Against ICE rally marched through the annual Artscape festival in midtown Baltimore on Sunday to protest current immigration policy on the national and local levels....
Five Things to Know: Trump Tirade’s Dangerous Israel Tie-In
1. When does making Israel a political football cross the line? The short answer is: Right now. Donald Trump’s latest barrage of tweets, suggesting that progressive non-white members of Congress should “go back” to their countries and then justifying the racist tweet by claiming these lawmakers “hate...
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump’s Israel Team Rallies Evangelical Base at CUFI Summit
Christians United For Israel Summit in Washington, DC hosted high level Trump Administration speakers, including John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt...
Five Things to Know This Week: Republican, Democrat Jewish Groups Prepare for Election Season
1. Where’s the Jewish community’s political energy? With Donald Trump’s June 18 launch of his reelection campaign and after the first round of Democratic presidential debates, it’s safe to say we are officially in election season. So there’s no better time to take a look at just...
How Should We Use the Term ‘Concentration Camp’?
When Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York used the term “concentration camp” last week to describe the current situation on the U.S. southern border, she sparked a vicious debate that became less about the crisis at the border and more about what the term...
Five Things to Know This Week: As Bahrain workshop launches, expectations couldn’t be lower
Early criticism of the Bahrain Economic workshop, preview of the upcoming democratic debates and AOC's border camps comments...