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Michigan Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus during the party's nominating convention in Lansing, Michigan, August 29, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 30, 2026, 4:19 am
Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for past remark seen as justifying Temple Israel synagogue attack
‘I made a mistake,’ anti-Israel Democratic US Senate nominee says in meeting with Michigan’s Jewish Democratic caucus; also refuses to endorse two-state solution in Holy Land
By Andrew Lapin
An anti-Israel protester in New York City, September 23, 2025. (Luke Tress/ Times of Israel)
July 24, 2026, 7:53 pm
Why are US politicians so focused on Israel, when voters say it’s not a priority?
Polls show that, when asked open-ended questions about political priorities, Israel and foreign policy don’t make the cut, even though the Jewish state seems to be everywhere
By Luke Tress
A Jewish supporter of US President Donald Trump holds a Trump kippah in front of Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, November 6, 2024. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
July 15, 2026, 8:49 pm
New York Republicans make pitch to Jewish voters: ‘You have a home with us’
GOP campaign connects Democratic leaders to inflammatory rhetoric from Mamdani, compares Democratic Socialists to Nazis
By Luke Tress
Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander arrives with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for an election night watch party in New York on June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
June 25, 2026, 3:29 am
5 takeaways from the NY primaries: Shifting Jewish power centers, King Mamdani and more
Wins by candidates backed by NYC’s anti-Zionist mayor shake pro-Israel Democrats and leave Jewish groups divided over where party is headed on Israel
By Andrew Lapin
From left, Democratic congressional candidates Brad Lander, Claire Valdez, Sen. Bernie Sanders, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier on stage during a rally ahead of New York's primary election, June 18, 2026, in Brooklyn. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
June 23, 2026, 4:16 pm
Israel, AIPAC and Zohran Mamdani take center stage in Tuesday’s NY primaries
From country’s most Jewish congressional district to left-wing challenges against incumbents, contests will test where Democrats stand on Jewish state
By Joseph Strauss
Supporters of New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani celebrate during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
November 5, 2025, 7:31 pm
Exit poll finds one-third of NYC Jews backed anti-Israel Mamdani; Cuomo took Jewish areas
CNN polling shows Cuomo received 63% of Jewish support in Tuesday’s mayoral election, compared with 33% for the mayor-elect and 3% for Sliwa
By Luke Tress
Mandana Dayani speaks at the UN on sexual assault of women on October 7 in New York City, December 4, 2023. (Perry Bindelglass/ NCJW)
May 22, 2024, 2:26 am
Jewish activist who fled Iran sees shades of the fall of the shah on US campuses
I Am A Voter co-founder and pro-democracy advocate Mandana Dayani has turned her focus to America’s surging antisemitism – an issue she sees as inalienable from her core mission
By Jordana Horn
An 1806 French print depicting Napoleon Bonaparte emancipating the Jews. (Public domain)
November 8, 2022, 11:29 pm
Opening on Election Day, NYC exhibit traces global history of Jews’ civil rights
‘How Jews Became Citizens’ at NYC’s Center for Jewish History gives access to a trove of ancient documents showing the ever-changing status of local Jewish communities
By Cathryn J. Prince
Then-US President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting, on Saturday, April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas, NV. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
June 18, 2021, 7:51 pm
Trump says US Jews ‘don’t love Israel enough,’ because they didn’t vote for him
Former US president tells ultra-Orthodox magazine that he finds it ‘strange’ he got such a small chunk of the Jewish vote after doing so much for Israel
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A voter, right, checks in with an election worker before casting her ballot in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 26, 2020, 4:18 am
How US Jewish groups are protecting voting access in 2020
Mobilizing legal teams to report voter suppression, educating voters and helping people get signed up, the organizations say they are united in fighting minority disenfranchisement
By Ron Kampeas
2018 midterm elections at the CNN Bureau, Washington, DC. Harry Enten is now a senior writer and analyst for CNN. (Courtesy of CNN)
July 28, 2020, 3:48 am
CNN election forecaster Harry Enten on the Jewish vote, why he says Shalom on TV
In a wide-ranging conversation, in which Enten recites part of his Torah portion, he recalls his bar mitzvah at Masada — and explains why no one should count Trump out
By Stephen Silver
An attendee wears a 'Make America Great Again' kippah before US President Donald Trump speaks at an annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
February 5, 2020, 1:49 am
How deep is Trump support among US Orthodox Jews? New poll says it’s complicated
What may be the most robust survey of America’s most religiously observant Jewish demographic reveals that even within subgroups, there are massive differences in political opinion
By LAURA E. ADKINS and Ben Sales
Supporters of Donald Trump hold signs in Hebrew and English as the president speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images/via JTA)
February 5, 2020, 1:49 am
‘I think it’s Israel’: How US Orthodox Jews became Republicans
America’s most religiously observant Jewish voters have undergone a diametric shift in the last 20 years — but it may be the political parties themselves that have changed
By Ben Sales and LAURA E. ADKINS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his dog Dilyn as he leaves from a polling station in central London on December 12, 2019, as Britain holds a general election. (Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP)
December 13, 2019, 3:28 pm
Echoing Trump, helped by Corbyn unpopularity, Johnson smashed Labour ‘red wall’
The ‘bagel belt’ backs Boris as leading Jewish Labour MP ousted in Tory attack on opponents’ heartlands
By Robert Philpot
A diverse population votes at the Indianapolis Jewish Community Center on November 8, 2016. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
December 4, 2019, 2:22 pm
Israel isn’t a top consideration for American Jewish voters. Here’s why
Like most in the electorate, Jewish Americans tend to vote on issues that directly affect them — though many claim to care about the Jewish state deeply
By Ron Kampeas
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