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(L) US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on July 17, 2019. (AP/Gerry Broome) (R) From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib,, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley,speak at a press conference in Washington on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Trump falsely claims Democratic congresswomen spoke of ‘evil Jews’
By TOI staff and Agencies
The president also misrepresents comments by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to assert four women of color called ‘our country and our people ‘garbage”
Andrew Silow-Carroll
AnalysisWhy did Kellyanne Conway ask a Jewish reporter about his ethnicity?
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
(L) US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Greenville, North Carolina on July 17, 2019. (AP/Gerry Broome) (R) From left, Rep. Rashida Tlaib,, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley,speak at a press conference in Washington on July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
July 20, 2019, 9:28 am
Trump falsely claims Democratic congresswomen spoke of ‘evil Jews’
The president also misrepresents comments by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to assert four women of color called ‘our country and our people ‘garbage”
By TOI staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing, July 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 20, 2019, 12:38 am
In reversal, Trump disavows criticism of ‘send her back’ chants
US president renews attacks on Ilhan Omar, says North Carolina crowd who chanted against her are ‘incredible patriots’
By Alan Fram, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Jonathan Lemire
US President Donald Trump gestures to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Williams Arena in Greenville, North Carolina, July 17, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
July 18, 2019, 11:14 pm
Trump says he’s not happy with ‘send her back’ chants at his rally
Republicans also speak out against refrain aimed at Congresswoman Omar, which followed president’s own ‘go back’ tweets; Omar brands president a ‘fascist’
By Agencies
Kellyanne Conway outside the West Wing of the White House, January 9, 2019. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images/via JTA)
July 18, 2019, 4:00 pm
Why did Kellyanne Conway ask a Jewish reporter about his ethnicity?
Responding to a query about a recent tweet by Donald Trump suggesting four lawmakers ‘go back’ to their countries of origin, the president’s aide had a puzzling question of her own
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Made in America showcase event on the South Lawn of the White House, July 15, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 15, 2019, 10:00 pm
Trump: Democrat congresswomen ‘love’ al-Qaeda, use ‘anti-Semitic’ language
US president says ‘many people agree with me’ that lawmakers Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley should ‘leave the country’ if they hate it
By TOI staff and AP
US President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 15, 2019, 6:11 pm
Trump demands ‘Radical Left Congresswomen’ apologize to Israelis
Digging in against progressive female members of Congress, US president slams their ‘foul language’ and ‘horrible & disgusting actions’
By Agencies and TOI staff
US Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York speaks during a gathering of the National Action Network in New York, on April 5, 2019. (Don Emmert/AFP)
June 24, 2019, 7:49 pm
Ocasio-Cortez clashes with Steve King over offer to tour Auschwitz with survivor
Democratic lawmaker has drawn right-wing outrage for calling US migrant detention centers concentration camps
By Marcy Oster
US President Donald Trump reacts to the crowd after speaking during his re-election kickoff rally at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, June 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
June 19, 2019, 6:17 am
Trump rehashes gripes, rips ‘radical’ Dems in 2020 launch
Mirroring 2016 campaign, US president casts himself as political outsider, tears into ‘fake news media’ and ‘unhinged’ Democrats at reelection rally in must-win state of Florida
By Jill Colvin, Jonathan Lemire and Michael Schneider
Rep. Josh Gottheimer addresses the American Zionist Movement’s Washington Forum, December 12, 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/via JTA)
June 6, 2019, 4:59 am
Rep. Josh Gottheimer pushes bipartisanship in a polarized US landscape
With his boomerang-shaped district straddling conservative rural and liberal urban enclaves, the New Jersey Democrat is a king of compromise — except when it comes to Israel
By Ron Kampeas
In this July 18, 1998, file photo, Karl Wolf raises his arm in a Nazi salute as he marches through the streets of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where scores of police in riot gear stood between parading white supremacists and protesters who jeered at the Aryan Nations marchers. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
May 26, 2019, 1:24 pm
Years after neo-Nazi group was shuttered, hate on the rise again in US northwest
Activist organization records at least 9 extremist groups operating last year in Idaho; Aryan Nations compound demolished nearly 2 decades ago in the state
By Nicholas K. Geranios
Jill Cooper Udall leads a seder aboard a US military aircraft 30,000 feet over Vietnam, April 19, 2019. (Courtesy of Cooper Udall)
May 21, 2019, 6:11 am
When 9 senators celebrated a Passover seder at 30,000 feet over Vietnam
Jill Cooper Udall, wife of Senator Tom Udall, frequently has to find a Jewish community to share holiday with while in far-flung places, but this trip posed a particular challenge
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters for women's rights march past Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to the Alabama Capitol to protest a law passed last week making abortion a felony in nearly all cases with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
May 20, 2019, 4:40 am
Hundreds protest Alabama’s abortion ban at state capitol
Marchers chant ‘my body, my choice!’ and ‘vote them out!’ days after Governor Kay Ivey signed most stringent abortion law in US
By Kim Chandler
Protesters for women's rights hold a rally on the Alabama Capitol steps to protest a law passed last week making abortion a felony in nearly all cases with no exceptions for cases of rape or incest, Sunday, May 19, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
May 20, 2019, 4:03 am
What do Jewish texts say about abortion?
As Alabama’s governor signs a bill that criminalizes nearly all abortions, bringing the issue to the forefront of US political debate, a look at Jewish teachings
By Rachel Mikva
Protesters march through the halls of the Missouri Capitol outside the House chamber on May 17, 2019, in Jefferson City, Missouri, in opposition to legislation prohibiting abortions at eight weeks of pregnancy. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)
May 18, 2019, 4:41 am
With sights set on Supreme Court, Missouri latest US state to restrict abortion
New law bans procedure from around 8 weeks of pregnancy, including in cases of rape or incest; doctors who carry out operation could face 15 years in prison
By Chris Lefkow and Charlotte Plantive
Each table at Young Israel's gala dinner was decorated by MAGA-style hats reading 'Build Israel great again.' (Ben Sales)
April 2, 2019, 4:30 pm
With red caps and kippas, US Orthodox group’s gala turns into Trump tribute
A banquet for the National Council of Young Israel synagogues has the trappings of a traditional religious Jewish gathering, but the evening is dominated by political partisanship
By Ben Sales
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