Keith Ellison

Jeremy Slevin, center, standing next to Ilhan Omar, left, at a protest in Washington on March 15, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)

April 2, 2019, 4:38 am

Building bridges, Jewish Ilhan Omar aide brings nuance to anti-Semitism brawl

Soft-spoken communications director Jeremy Slevin praised for attempts to temper anger directed at freshman lawmaker accused of stoking anti-Jewish sentiment

By Ron Kampeas

The two volume Koran once owned by Thomas Jefferson that will be used in the swearing in ceremony of incoming Congress woman Rashida Tlaib, seen here in the ceremony of Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to Congress, during his swearing in ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

January 3, 2019, 5:05 am

Rashida Tlaib to be sworn in to US Congress with Jefferson’s Quran

Democratic representative, whose parents are from a West Bank village, has also said she will wear a traditional Palestinian gown

By TOI staff

A Pewter Swastika Pendant Necklace marked "currently unavailable" at amazon.com on August 5, 2018

August 6, 2018, 1:27 am

After complaints, Amazon removes swastika pendants, onesies with burning crosses

Advocacy groups say retail giant’s ‘weak and inadequately enforced’ policies allow racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic groups to generate money and spread ideas

By AP

Minneapolis Representative Ilhan Omar delivers a speech at the 162nd General Assembly of BIE, in Paris, on November 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

July 8, 2018, 6:05 pm

Woman running for Congress in Minnesota rejects anti-Semitism accusations

Ilhan Omar, who has blamed Israel for ‘evil doings’ in Gaza and accused it of apartheid, says her critics are rooted in ‘bigotry’

By TOI staff

In this Dec. 2, 2016 file photo, US Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., listens during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party, in Denver (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

June 6, 2018, 7:41 am

First Muslim in Congress wants to take on Trump in court

Keith Ellison files to run for Minnesota attorney general, saying it was state legal officials who ‘led the fight against the Muslim ban’

By Kyle Potter

Keith Ellison (R) talks to reporters as he leaves a House Democratic caucus meeting at the US Capitol, February 8, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via JTA)

March 19, 2018, 8:49 pm

Keith Ellison says he never had a relationship with Farrakhan

Democratic deputy head alludes to his association with Nation of Islam, but disavows its virulently anti-Semitic leader

By JTA

In this Dec. 2, 2016, file photo, Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison listens during a forum on the future of the Democratic Party in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski,)

February 14, 2018, 8:59 am

Keith Ellison says he met Rouhani to advocate for captive American

Democratic lawmaker pushes back at criticism over dinner that was also attended by Louis Farrakhan

By JTA

Democratic National Committee Deputy Chair Rep. Keith Ellison (Democrat - Minnesota), right, talks to reporters as he leaves a House Democratic caucus meeting at the US Capitol, in Washington, DC, February 8, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)

February 13, 2018, 8:41 am

Senior Democrat Keith Ellison dined with Iranian president, Louis Farrakhan

Top DNC official and two other congressmen attended private dinner on the sidelines of 2013 UN General Assembly in New York

By Stuart Winer

January 5, 2018, 7:18 pm

Ellison tweet on Antifa handbook and Trump draws criticism

Deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee poses with ‘Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook,’ that encourages violence in confronting neo-Nazis

By AP

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives for a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 13, 2017. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)

June 29, 2017, 11:30 pm

US lawmakers urge Tillerson to help Palestinian going on trial in Israel

Issa Amro is facing charges connected to protests he organized in Hebron against the Israeli army and settlement expansion

By JTA

Issa Amro, who leads the 'Youths Against Settlements' organization, criticizes the Israeli government and Hebron's Jewish settlers in the old city, on November 5, 2015. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

June 5, 2017, 11:32 pm

Democrats want US to pressure Israel over treatment of Palestinian activist

Four lawmakers want IDF to drop indictment charges for Issa Amro, citing freedom of expression

By JTA

Sebastian Gorka participating in a discussion during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2017. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/JTA)

May 2, 2017, 12:20 am

5 reasons why Sebastian Gorka may be on his way out of the White House

Possibilities extend beyond the Trump adviser’s affiliation to the Nazi-allied Vitezi Rand

By Ron Kampeas

US Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks as he debates with Democratic presidential candidates former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during their MSNBC Democratic Candidates Debate at the University of New Hampshire on February 4, 2016 in Durham, New Hampshire. ( Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP)

February 26, 2017, 1:01 am

6 members of Congress, 4 MKs, 1 Palestinian negotiator, no top Republicans at J Street confab

Liberal group’s first conference of Trump era features Bernie Sanders, Saeb Erekat, Joint (Arab) List leader MK Ayman Odeh

By Eric Cortellessa

Former US labor secretary Tom Perez, winning candidate to chair the Democratic National Committee, speaks during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, February 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

February 25, 2017, 11:15 pm

Tom Perez elected to chair DNC, names defeated Keith Ellison as his deputy

After contentious race in which Ellison’s record on anti-Semitism and Israel played a role, ex-Obama Labor sec. narrowly wins key Democratic Party post

By Eric Cortellessa and AP

Keith Ellison, left, and Tom Perez lead the race to become the next head of the Democratic National Committee. (Getty Images/via JTA)

February 25, 2017, 2:31 pm

‘Rebuilding’ efforts overshadow Jewish issues in DNC election

Israel and anti-Semitism are burning problems for Jewish Democrats, but in the party overall, battered by electoral defeat, other domestic concerns take precedent

By Ron Kampeas