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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

American politics

One Mitzvah A Day founder Mandana Dayani. (Jojo Korsh)
January 16, 2025, 1:34 am
New project urges US Jews and allies to spur change via one ‘good deed’ text per day
Jewish American activist Mandana Dayani says bipartisan One Mitzvah A Day can help mobilize pro-Israel activists, fight antisemitism, and show gratitude to supporters
By Jordana Horn
Sid Rosenberg speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump's speech at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, October 27, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 2, 2024, 1:05 am
Shock jock Sid Rosenberg has become one of Trump’s most aggressive Jewish surrogates
After speaking at a NYC campaign rally Sunday panned by critics as ‘misogynistic, bigoted and crude,’ the radio host doubles down on the only candidate he sees as good for the Jews
By Luke Tress
US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (R) shakes hands with former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
October 24, 2024, 3:15 am
How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ (and agree) on Middle East policy
The candidates have used Israel as a wedge issue ahead of the Nov. 5 election, each accusing the other of not being supportive enough – and US Jews have reasons to believe both
By Ron Kampeas
Suzan Lopatin shows her 'Never Again' tattoo before canvassing for Vice President Kamala Harris in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 20, 2024. (Ron Kampeas/JTA)
October 23, 2024, 11:09 am
In Philadelphia’s suburbs, an army of canvassers targets Jewish voters
Coming from as far as Chicago, NYC and DC, volunteers with both parties seek to convince their coreligionists in the integral swing state that their candidate is best for the Jews
By Ron Kampeas
Jacob Reses, left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 16, 2022. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 1, 2024, 4:15 am
Meet JD Vance’s Jewish chief of staff, Jacob Reses
Modern Orthodox day school alum, 33, quietly becomes one of most influential conservatives in US after his boss was chosen as Trump’s running mate; interned for Hillary Clinton
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Maryland State Del. Joe Vogel, a Jewish gay Latino Democrat, campaigns with State Sen. Cheryl Kagan in Gaithersburg, Maryland, April 14, 2024. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images/JTA)
May 26, 2024, 3:32 am
This Jewish Gen-Zer wants to be the next progressive pro-Israel US congressman
Joe Vogel, who identifies as Jewish, LGBTQ and Latino, is notable on the national scene, even aside from his young age, while his coreligionists laud his courageous stance on Israel
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., holds a small Israeli flag as he heads to the chamber for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
March 24, 2024, 4:30 pm
Democrat John Fetterman’s Israel support brings fans on the right, critics on the left
Many US progressives feel stunned and betrayed by the Democratic senator’s outspoken backing of the Jewish state since Oct. 7, while Republicans are also surprised – pleasantly
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Jewish Democratic Council of America activists join the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice outside the US Capitol, May 17, 2022. (Jewish Democratic Council of America via JTA/ File)
March 12, 2024, 5:01 pm
The Jewish Democrats’ plan to get Joe Biden reelected by targeting independent voters
JDCA notes high Jewish turnout and that in swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, number of Jews who voted Biden in 2020 was larger than his margin of victory
By Ron Kampeas
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Summit, January 11, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
January 13, 2024, 3:34 am
Nikki Haley a favorite for Jewish Republican donors seeking credible Trump alternative
Lauded as ‘staunchly pro-Israel’ and a supporter of women’s rights, the long shot candidate has gathered a who’s who of Jewish backers as she tries to unite the anti-Trump vote
By Ron Kampeas
Sen. Herb Kohl, a Wisconsin Democrat, during the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on the administration's fiscal 2005 budget for the Department of Homeland Security, on Capitol Hill, February 10, 2004. ( Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images via JTA)
December 29, 2023, 4:59 pm
Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88
He was known for his soft-spoken approach in philanthropy, business and politics, an outlook he said he learned from his Jewish immigrant parents
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate US Rep. Dean Phillips (Democrat of Minnesota) during a campaign stop, October 31, 2023, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
December 28, 2023, 1:12 am
What to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for US president
The disarming Democrat from Minnesota is friends with Ilhan Omar while staunchly supporting Israel – and praises Joe Biden while competing against him for a long-shot nomination
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US President Bill Clinton looks on as the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. (GPO)
September 14, 2023, 3:48 am
Why the Oslo peace process failed – and what it means for future negotiators
30 years ago, the Israelis and Palestinians signed an agreement many thought was set in stone. Now, as it lies battered and seemingly done for, here are the lessons we can draw
By Aaron David Miller
Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at an event with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in New York on July 25, 2023. (Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
July 27, 2023, 3:28 am
RFK Jr. on people to blame for COVID: ‘We know who they were and they weren’t Jewish’
The anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and Democratic presidential candidate responds to backlash against his claim that the virus was ‘targeted’ to avoid Jews and Chinese people
By Jackie Hajdenberg
People leaving the venue that hosted the Moms for Liberty meeting argue with demonstrators in Philadelphia, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
July 9, 2023, 4:24 am
How a US Jewish group and the right-wing Moms for Liberty shared a conference hotel
When the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs learned the conservative group supporting book bans would share their space, it was too late to change plans – but cooler heads prevailed
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Jeff Sharlet’s 'The Undertow' explores the religious landscape of the far right. (Jeff Goodwin via JTA)
May 12, 2023, 2:26 am
A Jewish journalist takes sides in America’s ‘slow civil war’
In his book ‘The Undertow,’ Jeff Sharlet chronicles his trip across the US interviewing far-right nationalists and conspiracy theorists who are still in thrall to Donald Trump
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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