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People attend a vigil for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a public event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. (Melissa MAJCHRZAK / AFP)
September 11, 2025, 11:35 am
PM, ministers mourn ‘lion-hearted’ Charlie Kirk; some warn of copycat killings in Israel
Netanyahu joined by cabinet members, opposition leaders in grieving death of conservative activist gunned down at Utah campus; major US Jewish groups ‘horrified’ at shooting
By ToI Staff and JTA
Former congressman Denver Riggleman in his barrel barn, where he ages spirits from the Virginia distillery that he co-owns with his wife, Nov. 20, 2020. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images /JTA)
February 4, 2021, 4:30 am
Ousted by far-right, US lawmaker now works with Jewish groups against extremists
Virginia Republican Denver Riggleman, whose district included Charlottesville, says he can’t understand why more party members don’t oppose clear anti-Semitism on display
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. John Lewis speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on the Voting Rights Advancement Act, Deember. 6, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images via JTA)
December 31, 2019, 8:46 am
After cancer announcement, praise for US congressman who built Jewish-black ties
John Lewis lauded for his decades of work campaigning for civil rights; Anti-Defamation League calls Democratic lawmaker ‘our nation’s moral compass’
By Ron Kampeas
Barbara Griffiths, age four (Courtesy Barbara Klemens Griffiths)
September 10, 2019, 3:46 pm
How a missing girl and an atmosphere of hate brought a blood libel to US shores
In 1928, 4-year-old Barbara Griffiths got lost in a NY town. In his new book, Edward Berenson examines how the incident became America’s first, and only, blood libel case
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A cartoon depicting Israeli soldiers as war-mongers appeared in a New York State exam in January 2017, prompting an apology from the local Department of Education (Twitter)
February 10, 2017, 1:29 pm
NY State apologizes for ‘anti-Israel’ cartoon on exam
Authorities say depiction of 3 soldiers with guns drawn, identified by Star of David, does not represent Education Dept. views
By JTA
Illustrative: Hola Hillel is an offshoot of University of Miami's Hillel House, geared specifically towards Jewish-Latin relations. (Janu Mendel)
February 3, 2017, 11:23 pm
Jewish-Latin fusion seeks to kick democracy up a notch
The unlikely allies have teamed up in the defense of American pluralism — and Israel
By Cathryn J. Prince
Members of the UN Security Council vote in favor of condemning Israel's settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday, Dec. 23, 2016 at United Nations Headquarters. (Manuel Elias/United Nations via AP)
December 28, 2016, 4:44 pm
After UN vote, US Jewish group urges congressional review of foreign policy
American Jewish Congress says Obama administration must answer ‘serious questions’ for enabling adoption of anti-settlement resolution
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press in response to US Secretary of State John Kerry's speech on the Israeli government and his vision for peace between Israel and the Palestinians. December 28, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 28, 2016, 1:45 pm
Netanyahu: Kerry merely paid ‘lip service’ in condemning terror
PM says secretary drew ‘false moral equivalence’ between Jerusalem building, Palestinian terrorism, insists he has ‘incontestable’ evidence US was behind UN vote; Abbas conditions peace talks on settlement freeze
By Marissa Newman
Delegation of global mayors in Tel Aviv (Courtesy)
November 17, 2016, 4:41 pm
Visiting mayors slam UNESCO holy sites stance
In Israel, 20 heads of cities across the world object to UN cultural body’s resolution ignoring Jewish, Christian links to Jerusalem
By Raoul Wootliff and Shoshanna Solomon
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca Raton, Florida, March 13, 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
March 14, 2016, 8:59 am
US Jewish advocacy poll gets ‘Drumpfed’
American Jewish Congress survey lists ‘Donald Drumpf’ as presidential runner-up due to rogue web app
By JTA
New York mayor Bill de Blasio (Courtesy BilldeBlasio.com)
October 9, 2015, 10:30 pm
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio to visit Israel, talk anti-Semitism
Mayor to be keynote speaker at conference of international mayors sponsored by American Jewish Congress, other Jewish groups
By JTA
Richard Dreyfuss arrives at an Oscar Viewing Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on February 26, 2012 in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo Credit: Richard Dreyfuss image Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com)
February 23, 2015, 2:59 am
Richard Dreyfuss to play Bernie Madoff in ABC drama
Series based on book ‘The Madoff Chronicles: Inside the Secret World of Bernie and Ruth’ by network’s investigative correspondent
By JTA
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan weara a keffiyeh during a July 22, 2014 AKP party meeting as a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people (photo credit: AFP/Adem Altan)
July 24, 2014, 11:01 pm
US Jewish group wants Turkish PM to return award
American Jewish Congress says Erdogan is ‘arguably the most virulent anti-Israel leader in the world’
By AP
March 28, 2014, 5:18 am
Phil Baum, longtime American Jewish Congress leader, dies
Former champion of Israel among American Jews, son of immigrants and a WWII vet, passes away in NY in his 90s
By JTA
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
March 20, 2014, 12:15 pm
Hillary Clinton: Test Iran, wait on new sanctions
Rumored presidential hopeful tells American Jewish Congress gala that she is ‘skeptical’ of Tehran’s commitment
By JTA
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