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Barney Frank speaks during PFLAG National's Love Takes Justice event at AFT Headquarters on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
May 20, 2026, 6:17 pm
Barney Frank’s final message on Israel: US should support opposition to Netanyahu
In interview days before passing, Jewish ex-congressman long supportive of Israel urged Democrats to condition arms sales to Netanyahu gov’t, though he opposed other litmus tests on social and economic policy
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro greets members of the crowd after speaking at a Clinton County Democratic Party event at the Avenue 209 coffee shop, April 11, 2026, in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. (AP/Marc Levy)
April 24, 2026, 12:48 pm
Jewish Democrat Josh Shapiro tests political muscle in Pennsylvania’s midterms
Moderate pro-Israel governor, vocal about his faith, widely seen as 2028 presidential hopeful; his party’s performance in swing state this year is chance to show voters he can win
By AP and ToI Staff
Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan, rehearses her party's response to US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of congress in Wyandotte, Michigan, March 4, 2025. (Paul Sancya/AP)
March 5, 2025, 8:43 am
Elissa Slotkin warns of recession as Democrats respond to Trump’s address
Jewish senator with a pro-Israel voting record chosen to rebut US president’s first joint congressional speech; warns he didn’t lay out a ‘credible plan’ to address rising costs
By Agencies
The son of Jewish parents who fled the Nazis for safe harbor in the United States, Sen. Ron Wyden shares lessons from 40-plus career in politics in a new memoir. (Grand Central Publishing via JTA)
February 6, 2025, 1:19 am
Sen. Ron Wyden says the Democrats need ‘chutzpah’ to return to power
The senior Oregon legislator’s new memoir, ‘It Takes Chutzpah,’ draws on his Jewish background to explain his approach to life and governing
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Vice President Kamala Harris, right, holds a ceremonial swearing-in for Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., left, joined by his wife Eve M. Schiff, center, at the Capitol in Washington, December 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
December 10, 2024, 5:31 am
Adam Schiff sworn into Senate on 1490 edition of Maimonides’ legal code
Spokeswoman for California Democrat says he chose volume in part due to concerns about state of the rule of law as Trump returns to the White House
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Josh Gottheimer speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
November 16, 2024, 1:17 am
Jewish Democrat Josh Gottheimer declares bid for New Jersey governor
A pro-Israel moderate, US House member pledges that he would use law enforcement ‘against the antisemites who are harassing Jewish or any other communities all over this state’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Rep. Elissa Slotkin speaks during an election night watch party, Wednesday, November 6, 2024 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
November 7, 2024, 12:23 am
Jewish Democrat Elissa Slotkin narrowly wins Michigan Senate seat
Slotkin’s win gives Democrats a bittersweet victory in swing state Trump managed to snag for a second time
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
A protester sits on a cot on the side of the road near the driveway of Ohio Democratic Representative Greg Landsman's Cincinnati residence wearing a sweatshirt that reads "Resistance is justified when people are occupied #Free Palestine," October 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
October 8, 2024, 5:12 am
Anti-Israel activists set up encampment outside Jewish Democrat’s Ohio home
Greg Landsman says he and his family had to secure police escort to enter and exit safely after being harassed by demonstrators on eve of Oct. 7 attack
By JULIE CARR SMYTH
A viral visual Hebrew pun on Kamala Harris's name, among other new merchandise, is resonating with Jewish Democrats. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)
August 16, 2024, 12:41 am
Kamala Harris’s Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark
A new graphic offers a visual pun and a guide to properly pronouncing the candidate’s name, but it also reflects a resurgence of Jewish enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket
By Jackie Hajdenberg
File: Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a New Jersey Democrat, and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Florida Democrat, attend a vigil for Israeli victims of Hamas's October 7 massacre on the steps of the US Capitol Building, October 12, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via JTA)
May 10, 2024, 9:55 pm
‘We cannot undermine our ally Israel’: 26 Democrats pan Biden’s hold up of weapons
In letter to White House, pro-Israel legislators concerned about the message it sends to Iranian proxies; in contrast, progressive Jewish Senator Sanders applauds measure
By JTA and ToI Staff
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
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, Democrat-California, front left, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Democrat-New York, and other House impeachment managers, walk to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 16, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP)
January 20, 2024, 5:48 am
Group of Jewish Democrats in US House slam Netanyahu for rejecting Palestinian state
Fifteen lawmakers say they ‘strongly disagree’ with PM for opposing Palestinian sovereignty and that two-state solution ‘is the path forward’
By Ron Kampeas
US Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks during the final US House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on December 19, 2022. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
November 19, 2023, 5:44 pm
2 more US Jewish Democrats join growing calls for a Gaza ceasefire
Jamie Raskin, Sarah Jacobs join fellow party members whose positions have shifted following protests by critics and Jewish anti-Israel groups held at lawmakers’ offices
By Ron Kampeas
In this March 13, 2014, file photo, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
September 30, 2023, 7:05 pm
Women of the Senate remember Dianne Feinstein as tireless fighter, true friend
Republican and Democratic colleagues share warm memories of the long-serving Jewish senator who died Friday
By MARY CLARE JALONICK
FILE - Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
September 29, 2023, 4:53 pm
Dianne Feinstein, the US Senate’s longest-serving Jewish member, dies at 90
San Francisco-born Democrat was known for breaking gender barriers and championing liberal causes during her decades-long political career, while also striving for bipartisanship
By Ron Kampeas
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