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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Matt Brooks

Democratic presidential nominee US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks before planting a memorial tree on the grounds of the Vice President's residence in Washington on Oct. 7, 2024, to honor the victims and mark one year since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
October 9, 2024, 1:44 pm
71% of US Jewish voters in 7 swing states favor Harris, Democrat-affiliated poll finds
Survey shows Jewish voters put future of democracy at top of list of issues they care about, followed by abortion rights, the economy and Israel
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president in 2024, is seen in a digital ad released by the Republican Jewish Coalition on July 24, 2024. (Screen capture via YouTube, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 26, 2024, 12:06 pm
In ad, Republican Jewish Coalition slams Kamala Harris for skipping Netanyahu speech
‘Kamala snubs Israel again,’ says RJC, in first ad against US VP since she started her presidential campaign; narrator mispronounces her name throughout 45-second clip
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US President Donald Trump waves as he leaves the stage after speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting, Saturday April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 8, 2021, 1:25 am
In Las Vegas, Jewish Republican confab weighs one more roll of the dice on Trump
Speakers point to victorious Virginia race where GOP candidate kept ex-president at arm’s length, but also note support for Trump’s Israel policies make him difficult to ignore
By Jacob Magid
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., gestures as US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in support of Senate candidates Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue in Dalton, Ga., Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
January 29, 2021, 6:08 pm
RJC slams Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ‘indefensible’ Jewish space laser comments
Republican Jewish Coalition chief calls lawmaker’s anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ‘unacceptable,’ but won’t say if he will press for her to be removed from House committees
By Ron Kampeas
Blake Flayton and Lea Toubian, student fellows with the Jewish Democratic Council of America, pretend to phone one another to demonstrate a "get out the vote" tactic in a JDCA Zoom event on August 13, 2020. (Screenshot)
August 15, 2020, 4:42 am
Jewish Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: Keep an eye on Florida
Conventions hosted by both political communities differ on all topics, except the belief that Jews in the Sunshine State could sway the presidential election
By Ron Kampeas
US Rep. Steve King, Republican of Iowa, during a town hall meeting, August 13, 2019 (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
May 11, 2020, 5:16 am
Republican Jewish Coalition will support primary challenge to Steve King of Iowa
Rare move comes after congressman, who has record of inflammatory comments condoning white supremacists and anti-Semites, was removed from two House committees
By JTA
US President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting at The Venetian Las Vegas on April 6, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP)
March 11, 2020, 5:45 am
GOP Jewish group says confab and Trump speech still on
Republican Jewish Coalition declines to join other groups canceling conferences, director denies politics or Trump’s attempt downplay virus played a factor in decision
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, for the short flight to nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, July 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
July 20, 2019, 3:54 am
Most Jews want no part of Trump’s feud with Democratic congresswomen
US president’s invocation of support for Israel, opposing anti-Semitism, in his ‘send them back’ remarks does little to stop denunciations of his rhetoric by Jewish figures, groups
By Ron Kampeas
Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, addresses the group’s annual confab on March 16, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Courtesy)
July 12, 2019, 6:05 am
The man pitching Trump to American Jews
The vast majority of the US Jewish community disapproves of the president. The Republican Jewish Coalition’s executive director, however, is one of his biggest defenders
By Eric Cortellessa
Democratic presidential candidate and former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke speaks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa, April 4, 2019. (Justin Wan/Sioux City Journal via AP)
April 5, 2019, 11:17 pm
Republican Jewish Coalition calls O’Rourke comments ‘demeaning’ to Holocaust
Group’s director says Democratic presidential candidate ‘should be embarrassed’ for likening Trump’s rhetoric on immigrants to Third Reich
By AP
Halie Soifer heads the Jewish Democratic Council of America. (Courtesy of JDCA)
June 16, 2018, 2:39 pm
National security expert leads the charge to keep US Jews voting Democratic
Halie Soifer, newly elected head of Jewish Democratic Council of America, must deal with Republican challenges and a divided party in the lead-up to the November midterms
By Ron Kampeas
Paul Nehlen, a Republican primary challenger to House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaks in Janesville, Wisconsin, August 3, 2016 (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
April 12, 2018, 1:07 am
Jewish Republicans ‘very confident’ white supremacist won’t replace Paul Ryan
Republican Jewish Coalition calls on party to disavow front-runner Paul Nehlen, banned from Twitter for anti-Semitic tweets
By JTA
President Donald Trump listens to a question while meeting the media in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
August 17, 2017, 1:29 am
Republican Jewish Coalition calls for ‘greater moral clarity’ from Trump
Leaders of longtime engine of support for president urge he take stronger stance on racism and anti-Semitism after blaming Charlotteseville violence on ‘both sides’
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
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin waves to supporters at a campaign rally in Janesville, WI, on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
December 29, 2016, 12:09 am
GOP trashes Kerry speech, vows again to change tack
Ryan says secretary of state has ‘no credibility,’ while top Republicans say Trump will restore Israel ties ‘to proper place’
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
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