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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

pro-Israel advocacy

Participants march during the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue on Sunday, June 2, 2024, in New York. (Jordana Horn)
June 3, 2024, 1:53 am
Determination and grit at a somber NYC Israel Day parade, led by families of hostages
45,000-strong show of Jewish unity down Fifth Ave., normally a jubilant affair, reflects eight months of war, 120 hostages still held by Hamas, and skyrocketing global antisemitism
By Jordana Horn
US Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, at a house in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, March 31, 2024. (Gabriel Sod, Courtesy of UJA-Federation)
April 11, 2024, 8:59 am
Ritchie Torres’s Israel activism sparks controversy at home – but in Israel, he’s a star
Progressive Bronx congressman’s support for the Jewish state has brought harassment from opponents, but a recent visit to the Holy Land saw him signing autographs for fans
By Ron Kampeas
Lizzy Savetsky wears a Star of David top ahead of the United Jewish Appeal Generosity Gala in New York City, March 14, 2024. (Courtesy)
March 21, 2024, 5:08 pm
Modern-day ‘Queen Esther’ Lizzy Savetsky gets real about her Israel activism
The social media star, former beauty queen, New York socialite and proud Zionist talks about her nonstop work and how she’s learned to drop the haters and empower fellow Jews
By Jordana Horn
Yoav Harlev and hundreds of others demonstrate on behalf of the Hamas-held hostages on the El Curtola highway overpass on the 100th day of the Israel-Hamas war, January 14, 2024. (Thomas Smith/Bay Area Telegraph)
March 3, 2024, 4:23 am
Bay Area Jews come together with grassroots effort to fight post-Oct. 7 anti-Israel bias
Stepping up against antisemitism on the streets and in schools, Jewish Californians and Israeli expats discover a dormant community that was waiting to be galvanized
By Natan Galula
Members of a delegation of International Christian Embassy Jerusalem pastors tour what's left of Kibbutz Nir Oz in January 2024. (ICEJ)
February 19, 2024, 6:59 am
Turning the other cheek on extremist Jews’ incitement, Christians flock to Israel
Delegations and solidarity trips of hundreds of supporters from churches around the world are touring the sites of carnage wrought by Hamas while bolstering the survivors
By Canaan Lidor
Aidan Bloomstine with Maccabee Task Force guide Reut Ben Shlomo in Israel, January 2024. (Courtesy/Nir Rotman)
January 25, 2024, 9:06 am
Allies of Jewish US students visit Israel after Oct. 7 – and come back armed with info
The Maccabee Task Force brings pupils together to combat antisemitism and disinformation on American college campuses – a place where Israel supporters have fewer friends
By Cathryn J. Prince
Noah Schnapp addressing his pro-Israel views, in a TikTok video posted January 16, 2024. (TikTok screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 19, 2024, 12:31 pm
Actor Noah Schnapp says views on Israel-Hamas war were ‘misconstrued’
‘Stranger Things’ star sends message of peace, hope for hostages to be freed and end to bloodshed, following criticism of footage of him with stickers reading ‘Zionism is sexy’
By Michael Horovitz
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters poses for photographers during a press conference to present 'The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains,' in Rome, January 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
June 22, 2023, 4:37 am
Wish you weren’t here: In Toronto, a group takes a stand against a Pink Floyd exhibit
The Abraham Global Peace Initiative counters anti-Israel messaging from the rock group’s co-founder Roger Waters with its own exhibition preaching tolerance and inclusion
By Aviva Engel
Stu Moss, left, and David Bogatz at Team Israel's game against Puerto Rico, Monday, March 13, 2022, at the World Baseball Classic in Miami. (Jacob Gurvis/ JTA)
March 16, 2023, 2:19 am
US Jews — and allies — turn out to support Israel at the World Baseball Classic
While brought to the Miami tournament by love of the game, supporters of the Jewish state agree – their love for the Israeli team is about more than just baseball
By jacob gurvis
Eric Alterman is the author of 'We Are Not One,' a history of the debate over Israel in the United States. (Maresa Patterson; Basic Books via JTA)
January 24, 2023, 5:20 am
What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel
In his new book ‘We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel,’ Prof. Eric Alterman examines how defending Israel has shaped Jewish – and public – discourse in the US
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks on a video from Israel to the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
January 10, 2023, 10:57 pm
AIPAC gathering aims at 2024 game plan for electing pro-Israel candidates
Two-day meeting of 1,000 political leaders, lobby’s first in-person confab in DC since COVID, intended to discuss strategies ahead of next major election cycle; closed to press
By Ron Kampeas
Leonard Leo, head of the Marble Freedom Trust, speaks at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC, April 23, 2019. (Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post via JTA)
August 23, 2022, 8:41 am
Secretive donor to pro-Israel causes gave $1.6 billion to US conservative nonprofit
Barre Seid made huge injection of funds to Marble Freedom Trust, an organization credited with helping get conservative majority on Supreme Court
By Ron Kampeas
Attorney Bakari Sellers, a South Carolina lawyer and former state lawmaker, speaks with The Associated Press on Oct. 28, 2021 in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
June 1, 2022, 3:11 am
New super PAC aims to elect pro-Israel Black Democrats including challenger to Tlaib
Group endorses 5 Black Democrats who have positions that are friendly to AIPAC, and is spending heavily to defeat Rashida Tlaib, Israel’s most strident critic in Congress
By Ron Kampeas
The web page of AIPAC's new United Democracy Project, or super PAC. It does not mention AIPAC or Israel. Taken March 21, 2022. (Screen grab via JTA)
March 22, 2022, 7:44 am
Israel not mentioned in AIPAC’s new pro-democracy project
The United Democracy Project aims to support ‘democracies around the world’ and strengthen the involvement of the pro-Israel community in politics
By Ron Kampeas
Cherry blossoms on the University of Washington Quad in Seattle, March 14, 2010. (Brewbooks via Creative Commons)
March 2, 2022, 6:14 pm
Washington U ‘committed’ to Israel Studies, after returning pro-Israel donation
University says keeping gift from philanthropist who sought to prevent political remarks by faculty would have had a ‘long-term negative impact’
By Andrew Lapin
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