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Buchenwald concentration camp survivor Elie Wiesel speaks while then-President Barack Obama and International Buchenwald Committee President Bertrand Herz listen during their visit of the former Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, June 5, 2009 (Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
January 15, 2020, 4:34 am
Linking Israel’s founding to Holocaust, once cause for outrage, is now accepted
When Obama urged Muslims to understand Israel’s importance in the context of genocide, he met hail of criticism; new GOP-led resolution on Holocaust education barely evinced a peep
By Ron Kampeas
Rep. Lee Zeldin introduced a measure that would would add language to 1970s-era anti-boycott laws that targeted the Arab League boycott of Israel. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, JTA)
January 15, 2020, 3:34 am
US House bill would penalize compliance with EU and UN boycotts of Israel
Legislation ‘protects American companies from being forced to provide information to international organizations that peddle BDS,’ Jewish Republican sponsor says
By JTA
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, right, speaks with from left Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters, a California Democrat, second from right, during a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, December 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 20, 2019, 11:24 pm
Jewish lawmakers feature prominently in Trump impeachment saga
Nadler, Schiff lead House debate for Democrats; Republicans cite US president’s support of Israel in defense; moderate Jewish Democrats who back impeachment now on hot seat
By Ron Kampeas
Spanish UN peacekeepers patrolling along the Lebanese-Israeli border pass a Hezbollah flag, in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, September 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 22, 2019, 9:47 am
240 US Congress members call on UN chief to curb Hezbollah
Bipartisan letter says terror group will ‘bear the responsibility’ for Lebanese casualties in fighting against Israel because of its placement of missiles in civilian areas
By Marcy Oster
President Donald Trump, right, greets Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., center, and his wife Diana Zeldin, left, after arriving at Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Trump is in the Hamptons to attend a pair of fundraisers before heading to his golf club in New Jersey for vacation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 23, 2019, 10:38 pm
For this top Jewish Republican, Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ jab is a bridge too far
New York Congressman Lee Zeldin is an ardent supporter of the president and party’s standard-bearer for its pro-Israel stance, but still says Trump should not use that term
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative: Rep Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks in support of LGBTQ high school students, March 21, 2019 in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
June 7, 2019, 6:25 am
Ilhan Omar joins newly formed black-Jewish congressional caucus
Minnesota Democrat, who has been accused of trafficking in anti-Semitic tropes, becomes member of bipartisan group aiming to combat white supremacism
By Josefin Dolsten
Rep. Brenda Lawrence, D-Mich., flanked by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., launches the black-Jewish caucus at the annual American Jewish Committee Global Forum in Washington D.C. on June 3, 2019. (AJC via JTA)
June 4, 2019, 6:15 am
US lawmakers launch congressional black-Jewish caucus
Group from both parties will work to bring African-Americans and Jews together to back hate crimes legislation and combat white supremacy
By JTA
Members of Congress arrive before the start of the 116th Congress and swearing-in ceremony on the floor of the US House of Representatives at the US Capitol on January 3, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
May 16, 2019, 1:46 pm
US Republicans launch bid to force House vote on BDS
Controversial bill meant to oppose the anti-Israel boycott is held up in part because Democrats say it poses a threat to First Amendment free speech protections
By Ron Kampeas
Students protest at an anti-Israel demonstration at the University of California, Irvine. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
March 26, 2019, 10:00 am
Senate Republicans to introduce two bills against anti-Semitism
One resolution highlights racist nature of questioning Jewish loyalties; some fear the second, which targets ‘discriminatory anti-Israel conduct,’ could impact freedom of speech
By JTA
Lee Zeldin, left, and Ilhan Omar have been feuding on Twitter over Omar’s support of the boycott Israel movement. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
February 1, 2019, 11:51 pm
Can a feud in Congress between Jewish and Muslim lawmakers be solved over tea?
Jewish Republican Lee Zeldin and Muslim Democrat Ilhan Omar have been sparring over Twitter in recent days, but a hateful voicemail might bring them together
By Ben Sales
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., left, Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., and other freshmen members of the House of Representatives walk to the Senate side to speak about the government shutdown on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
January 24, 2019, 3:50 am
Colleagues downplay impact of BDS-supporter Ilhan Omar on top House committee
Jewish Democrats say the Muslim Congresswoman, who backs Israel boycotts, will not influence the key Foreign Affairs Committee on the issue; Omar vows to focus on human rights
By Ron Kampeas
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
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