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This combination of photos shows Republican US presidential candidate former president Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP/Gerald Herbert)
June 28, 2024, 8:31 am
Trump calls Biden ‘a bad Palestinian’ as president’s halting debate showing rattles Dems
After US leader says Netanyahu backs ceasefire proposal laid out last month, predecessor claims Israel wants to continue the war and that it should be allowed to ‘finish the job’
By JTA, Jacob Magid and Agencies
Moderators Jake Tapper (right) and Dana Bash during a commercial break of the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debate in Sheslow Auditorium at Drake University, January 10, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)
June 27, 2024, 10:30 pm
Who are Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the Jewish moderators of the Biden-Trump debate?
The two CNN anchors, who co-host the channel’s ‘State of the Union’ segment, often include their Judaism in their reporting
By Ron Kampeas
A screenshot from security footage showing two women using stencils to spray-paint 'From the river to the sea' outside Temple Beth Zion-Beth in Pennsylvania, March 2024. (Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2024, 2:27 pm
Officials condemn anti-Israel, antisemitic graffiti at 2 Pennsylvania synagogues
PA governor, CNN anchor and community leaders decry recent vandalism of Philadelphia-area Jewish institutions with swastika, ‘From the river to the sea’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of CNN anchor Jake Tapper broadcasting from Tel Aviv, October 29, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 30, 2023, 6:34 pm
CNN’s Jake Tapper pans Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘political’ use of antisemitism
Broadcasting from Tel Aviv, anchor criticizes Georgia Republican for motion she initiated against Palestinian-American Rep. Rashida Tlaib, stresses: ‘Antisemitism is not a cudgel’
By Ron Kampeas
Pennsylvania candidate for governor, Atate Attorney General Josh Shapiro, waits to speak at an event with President Joe Biden at the Arnaud C. Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
September 17, 2022, 3:01 am
GOP candidate makes opponent’s Jewish day school an issue in PA governor race
State Sen. Doug Mastriano says Josh Shapiro attended ‘one of the most privileged schools’ and ‘has disdain for people like us’; some see an antisemitic dog whistle
By Andrew Lapin
National Security Adviser John Bolton speaks during a briefing at the White House in Washington, October 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
July 13, 2022, 9:53 am
US ex-official Bolton says he helped plan coups around the world
Ex-national security adviser doesn’t say which governments he worked to overthrow; makes comment while arguing Jan. 6 was not attack on democracy, ‘was Trump looking out for Trump’
By AFP
Stephen Colbert holds an image of Jake Tapper celebrating Passover in Kyiv, Ukraine, during a June 7 episode of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.' (Screenshot via JTA)
June 9, 2022, 10:07 am
CNN’s Jake Tapper reveals he gave Zelensky matzah for Passover
Jewish TV anchor shared his stash of Seder supplies with Ukraine’s president while covering war-torn country in April
By MADELINE FIXLER
Newsmax says host Grant Stinchfield is on a previously scheduled vacation following his comments about Israel. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 15, 2021, 8:12 am
Newsmax host who called Israel ‘home country’ of US Jews is temporarily off air
Channel says Grant Stinchfield, who was criticizing Biden’s perceived lack of support for Israel, no longer appearing due to a previously scheduled vacation
By Shira Hanau
Jake Tapper in his Washington CNN office, which is decorated with posters from losing US presidential campaigns over the decades, in 2016. (Brooks Kraft/Getty Images via JTA)
March 5, 2021, 10:40 pm
For Jake Tapper, being the ‘rabbi’ of TV news comes easy
CNN anchorman brings an unabashed Jewish sensibility to his position, where he has developed a reputation as a no-nonsense voice of reason and moderation
By Ron Kampeas
Jeanine Pirro, right, makes the Kristallnacht comparison on Fox News. (Screen shot)
January 12, 2021, 1:12 am
Top Trump backers compare social media crackdown on far-right to Kristallnacht
Republican lawmaker Steve King, Fox News commentator Jeanine Pirro decry tech companies for action against Parler app, far-right commentators over incitement to violence
By Gabe Friedman
Ice Cube speaks onstage at Magic Box on October 27, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for REVOLT via JTA)
July 2, 2020, 4:52 am
Ice Cube raps Jake Tapper for tweet calling Farrakhan ‘vile’ anti-Semite
Rapper also denies report he ordered entourage to beat up a rabbi, issues a cease-and-desist order against journalists Charles Nash of Mediaite and Marlow Stern of the Daily Beast
By JTA
Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of Islam speaks at Saint Sabina Church, May 9, 2019, in Chicago. (Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
July 1, 2020, 8:51 am
What is Fox Soul TV, the channel that announced, then nixed, Farrakhan speech?
Streaming TV channel, launched earlier this year by 20th Century Fox in order to reach Black Americans, says it won’t be airing speech by anti-Semitic leader of Nation of Islam
By Ben Sales
Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, left, speaks about his Democratic opponent Andrew Gillum during a CNN debate, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, in Tampa, Florida (Photo by Chris O'Meara-Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
October 23, 2018, 4:06 am
Israel is a hot, if not always relevant, topic in Florida’s governor debate
Ron DeSantis pivots to suggest rival Andrew Gillum is weak on Israel when questioned about returning cash from Jewish donor who made racist comments
By Ron Kampeas
Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, watches during a meeting with parents and teachers, Tuesday, February 14, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
September 30, 2018, 9:59 pm
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’
Senior White House official makes the disclosure while defending president’s embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
By AFP
This combination of photos released by Penguin Young Readers shows Alice Paul Tapper, who authored the children's book, "Raise Your Hand." (Penguin Young Readers via AP)
August 28, 2018, 6:52 pm
Jake Tapper’s daughter, 11, snags book deal
Pre-teen hopes ‘Raise Your Hand’ will inspire girls ‘to be bold and brave’
By AP
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