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Rep. Chris Smith holds an award he received at the 36th annual Bet El gala dinner in New York, Dec. 2, 2018. Joining Smith, from left, are Dr. Joseph Frager, Duvi Honig and Pete Hegseth, co-host of “Fox and Friends.” (Courtesy of American Friends of the Bet El Yeshiva Center)
December 5, 2018, 5:50 am
At NY gala supporting Israeli settlements, plenty of love for Trump to go around
The profile of Beit El rose when the past president of its American Friends group, David Friedman, was named US ambassador to Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
US Rep. and US Senate candidate Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is interviewed after rallying supporters at a get-out-the-vote canvass launch at a Nevada State Democratic Party field office on November 4, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rosen is trying to unseat Republican Dean Heller in a tight Senate race. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
November 7, 2018, 1:02 am
12 Jewish (or Jewish-adjacent) races to watch in US midterms
In several key races Jewish candidates and Jewish issues will be central to which party wins and loses when the votes are counted
By Ben Sales
Jewish Republican Congressional candidates running in the 2018 midterms, from left: David Kustoff from Tennessee, Lena Epstein from Michigan, and Naomi Levin and Lee Zeldin from New York. ((Illustration by Lior Zaltzman/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 17, 2018, 8:53 am
A guide to the Jewish Republican House candidates in the 2018 midterm elections
From pro-Israel stalwarts and Trump endorsees Lee Zeldin and David Kustoff, to long-shot activists and even conspiracy theorists in blue districts
By Ron Kampeas
Iranian students protest at the University of Tehran on December 30, 2017. Students protested in a third day of demonstrations, videos on social media showed, but were outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
January 2, 2018, 9:07 pm
Iranian protesters win bipartisan support in Congress
One senator urges Trump to remove Iran from travel ban to send a tangible signal of US support
By Eric Cortellessa
Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin attends a reception at the Hamptons International Film Festival 2016 in East Hampton, New York, on October 8, 2016. (Matthew Eisman/Getty Images for Hamptons International Film Festival via JTA)
November 28, 2017, 7:24 pm
Jewish congressman defends having Bannon headline fundraiser
Lee Zeldin touts controversial former Trump aide’s pro-Israel credentials, says he has gotten a ‘bad rap’
By JTA
Thousands of immigrants and supporters join the Defend DACA March to oppose the President Trump order to end DACA on September 10, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images/AFP)
September 13, 2017, 4:19 am
Mostly lost amid outcry, Jewish Dreamers also facing expulsion from US
Number of Jews living in US under program for young immigrants is ‘not huge but not negligible,’ says one activist, reflecting diverse makeup of cohort fighting deportation
By Ron Kampeas
Jewish Republican Lee Zeldin, a US Representative for New York's 1st congressional district. (Courtesy JTA)
August 16, 2017, 8:49 pm
Jewish GOP congressman defends Trump’s response to Charlottesville
Lee Zeldin says the president was correct in ‘acknowledging the fact that criminals on both sides showed up for the purpose of being violent’
By Eric Cortellessa
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2015 Policy Conference, March 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. (photo credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
June 29, 2017, 9:48 pm
AIPAC leaders meet PM, highlight ‘dissident, discordant voices’ in US over frozen Western Wall deal
NY Congresswoman Nita Lowey urges Netanyahu to honor original agreement for permanent pluralistic prayer area
By Eric Cortellessa and TOI staff
President Donald Trump, left, with senior adviser Jared Kushner during a meeting in Rome with Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni of Italy, May 24, 2017. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
June 23, 2017, 11:39 pm
Lawmakers urge Trump to appoint White House Jewish liaison
Administration reportedly not planning to fill position; anti-Semitism monitor in State Department also not appointed
By JTA
The US Embassy building in Tel Aviv, December 28, 2016. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)
May 31, 2017, 10:27 pm
Trump risks ire of millions of pro-Israel voters by keeping embassy in Tel Aviv
Pastor John Hagee: ‘Trump’s promise was of critical importance to millions of Christian Zionists’ who voted for him. ‘They will be watching closely’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
US President Barack Obama speaks to CNN on August 7, 2015 about the Iranian nuclear deal. (Screenshot/CNN)
May 6, 2017, 6:09 pm
House launches probe into claim Obama hurt national security to seal Iran deal
Following Politico story, House and Senate members demand documents on Iranians freed or let off the hook to reach nuclear accord
By TOI staff and JTA
Israeli and American flags seen in Chicago, Illinois, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
April 28, 2017, 5:38 pm
Lawmakers introduce resolution to honor Israeli-Americans
Republican and Democrat representatives affirm community’s ‘immense contribution’ to American society
By JTA
US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after the UN atomic watchdog verifies that Iran has met all conditions of the July 2015 nuclear deal, in Vienna, Austria, on January 16, 2016. (AFP/Kevin Lamarque/Pool)
April 26, 2017, 4:19 am
Obama administration dialed back counterproliferation efforts to secure Iran deal
Politico reports January 2016 prisoner swap included dropping charges against 14 people believed procuring nuclear matériel for Tehran
By JTA
David Friedman, nominated to be US Ambassador to Israel, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
March 16, 2017, 8:43 am
With Friedman’s confirmation looming, US Jews range from despondent to exhilarated
While left-wing J Street says the ambassador-designate shows ‘breathtaking disdain for the vast majority of American Jews,’ the right-wing ZOA says he reflects ‘widely-held views of the American public’
By Eric Cortellessa
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on February 24, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
February 27, 2017, 12:43 am
At Las Vegas confab, Republican Jews find reasons to like Trump
Amid skepticism over president, Jewish conservatives rally around shared support for Israel, embrace Pence
By Ron Kampeas
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