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Keith Ellison (r), talking 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
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,)
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 Labor Secretary Tom Perez, winning candidate to chair the Democratic National Committee, speaks during the general session of the DNC winter meeting in Atlanta, Saturday, Feb. 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
Then-Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is greeted by Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota, before speaking at a campaign rally, Monday, March 7, 2016, in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
February 25, 2017, 1:58 pm
Fractured, frustrated Democrats to pick leader in Trump era
Party chooses its new National Committee chair Saturday, with front-runners Tom Perez and Keith Ellison locked in a tight race
By Michael Mathes
US attorney Alan Dershowitz, January 4, 2015 (screen capture: BBC)
February 25, 2017, 8:35 am
Dershowitz threatens to leave Democratic party if Ellison elected DNC chair
US lawyer and Israel advocate says congressman's 'long history of sordid association with anti-Semitism' and hard-left policies make him a disastrous choice
By TOI staff
These two file photos show then Labor Secretary Thomas Perez (L) at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2014; and Minnesota Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison (R) at the National Press Club on May 24, 2016 in Washington, DC. (AFP PHOTO / Mandel NGAN AND Brendan SMIALOWSKI)
February 24, 2017, 11:33 am
Democrats set to pick leader in new Trump era
With 2018 midterm elections in sight, front-runners Tom Perez and Keith Ellison face off in DNC contest
By AFP and TOI staff
US Rep. Keith Ellison of Minnesota addresses hundreds at the Jewish Rally for Refugees in Battery Park, New York, on February 12, 2017. (Courtesy HIAS)
February 23, 2017, 11:29 am
Contender for Democratic head Ellison denounces anti-Semitism
Minnesota congressman says many Jews support him ahead of party leadership vote
By Sue Surkes
About 700 people attended a New York City rally in support of refugees organized by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, February 12, 2017. (JTA/Josefin Dolsten)
February 13, 2017, 9:59 pm
‘We were once strangers too’: Jews rally across US in support of refugees
Citing world's failure to save Jews during the Holocaust, hundreds of New Yorkers brave icy weather to 'pay it forward'
By Josefin Dolsten
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