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President Joe Biden meets with his top Cabinet and National Security officials to discuss Irans attacks on Israel, at the White House, April 13, 2024. (White House)

Iran’s attack draws Israel and US closer together after weeks of growing tension

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 13, 2024
Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from Lebanon, as it seen over the Hula Valley, April 12, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Iran launches dozens of drones at Israel, risking an escalation in the Israel-Hamas war

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published April 13, 2024
Palestinian workers transfer the bodies of the volunteers from the World Central Kitchen who were killed from an Israeli airstrike, from Al-Najjar Hospital, to Rafah crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 3, 2024. (Mohammed/Flash90)

Israeli military fires 2 officers in the wake of World Central Kitchen killings: ‘A serious failure’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 5, 2024
People gather around the damaged car used by U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen, that was hit by an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images)

Israel says its strike killed 7 World Central Kitchen humanitarian aid workers in Gaza

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 2, 2024
Rep. Tim Walberg, a Michigan Republican, leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club, Feb. 28, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images)

Michigan congressman says he wasn’t advising nuclear war after telling Israel to approach Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 1, 2024
Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, speaks at a press conference on the introduction of the Senate ETHICS Act outside of the U.S. Capitol Building, April 18, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Democrat Senator lambasted for advancing a ‘blood libel’ linking Easter and Israel criticism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published April 1, 2024
Security cameras hang across the street from the Park East Synagogue in New York City.

Major U.S. Jewish groups object to federal security funding cuts

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 27, 2024
Joe Lieberman in 2005.

Joseph Lieberman, centrist senator and first Jew on a major presidential ticket, dies at 82

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published March 27, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin Meets With Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant At The Pentagon, March 26, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant emphasizes importance of US-Israel ties during DC visit

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 27, 2024
Howard Kohr, CEO of AIPAC, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C. March 12, 2019. (Astrid Riecken/Getty Images)

Howard Kohr, longtime AIPAC director, announces retirement

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published March 27, 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on April 10, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90)

Netanyahu is unpopular in Israel but not for the reasons you might think

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 21, 2024
Left to right, George Krupp, Liana Krupp and Liz Krupp attend Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation Seventh Annual Fall Symposium & Luncheon at The Pierre Hotel in New York City, Nov. 14, 2016.

Prominent Jewish names join letter to Biden from progressive donors warning against ‘unconditional’ support for Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 20, 2024
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. 19, 2023.

Trump says any Jew who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 18, 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address during a joint meeting of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol, March 07, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

In State of the Union, Biden tells Israel that humanitarian aid is not a ‘bargaining chip’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 8, 2024
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the 59th commemoration of the Bloody Sunday’ Selma bridge crossing in Selma, Alabama, March 3, 2024. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris cheered, after calling for 6-week ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 4, 2024
US blocks UN Security Council resolution blaming Israel for dozens of deaths during humanitarian aid delivery

US blocks UN Security Council resolution blaming Israel for dozens of deaths during humanitarian aid delivery

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published March 1, 2024
Police take security measures and investigate the crime scene after 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, an active-duty member of the US Air Force, set himself on fire Sunday outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

U.S. airman dies sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published February 26, 2024
Rep. Ritchie Torres, a New York Democrat, speaks during Governor Kathy Hochuls announcement that Manhattan congestion project will move forward, at New York University, June 27, 2023. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Pro-Israel Rep. Ritchie Torres left the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Or did it leave him?

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published February 22, 2024
Contrails of Israeli Iron Dome anti-missile defense system strike Hamas rockets overhead as Hamas militants in Gaza continue fire into Israel, despite being targeted by more than 14,000 strikes during eight weeks of Israeli bombardment and a ground offensive, in Sderot, Israel, Dec. 4, 2023. (Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Joe Biden is pressing Congress to send $14B to Israel. What is the emergency aid for?

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published February 20, 2024
Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his Two-State Solution Act on Capitol Hill, Sept. 23, 2021. He is flanked by, from left: Hadar Susskind, the president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami. (Ron Kampeas)

Liberal Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu to merge

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published February 15, 2024
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

US House votes to impeach Jewish Cabinet Secretary Mayorkas

Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Published February 13, 2024
House votes down standalone bill giving funds to Israel

House votes down standalone bill giving funds to Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published February 6, 2024
Israeli tanks secure the area while Palestinians fleeing from the fighting parts of Khan Yunis to Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 30, 2024.

US is ‘hopeful’ for a truce in Gaza as Netanyahu says ‘total victory’ is the only option

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published January 30, 2024
More countries cut funding to UNRWA over allegations of involvement with Oct. 7 attack

More countries cut funding to UNRWA over allegations of involvement with Oct. 7 attack

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published January 30, 2024
Hamas terrorists allegedly kidnapping Israelis and taking them into Gaza, as seen in pixelated video from social media, Oct. 7, 2023.

Hamas reportedly rejects 2-month ceasefire as talks remain ‘serious’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published January 23, 2024
People wave Palestinian flags and hold a picture of a watermelon as they gather for a Global South United protest to demand freedom for Palestine in Berlin, Oct. 28, 2023.

How the watermelon wound up on Jennifer Garner’s daughter’s sweatshirt as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published January 5, 2024
Freed Palestinian convict arrives to his home in East Jerusalem, after being released earlier today as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, Nov. 28, 2023. Photo (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

A poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7.

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published December 20, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy summit at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2023.

The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published December 13, 2023
A menorah sits on the mantle of the Second Gentleman’s office, Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.

This Hanukkah, the vice president will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published December 7, 2023
Thousands of people attend the March for Israel on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2023.

5 major Jewish groups team up to advocate for Israel and push for ‘accurate’ coverage of Israel-Hamas war

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published December 5, 2023
Biden administration restricts entry to extremists over settler violence concerns in Israel

Biden administration restricts entry to extremists over settler violence concerns in Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published December 5, 2023
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Jewish Democrat who is the majority leader, delivers a speech on antisemitism in the U.S. Capitol, Nov. 29, 2023.

Sen. Schumer to American Jews: ‘Ultimately, we are alone’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 29, 2023
Sen. Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, runs out of a Senate room where there was a screening of the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, in the U.S. Capitol, Nov. 28, 2023.

US senators left in tears and silence after Oct. 7 raw footage screening

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 28, 2023
Families of the hostages, and their supporters call for the release of all the hostages during a demonstration outside The Kirya ahead of the war cabinet meeting on the fifth day of the temporary truce, in Tel Aviv, Nov. 28, 2023.

10 Israelis, including teen with her dog, freed as ceasefire goes into overtime

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 28, 2023
Hamas hands over 11 Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City, Gaza on November 27, 2023.

Hamas releases 11 Israeli hostages as truce set to extend

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 27, 2023
Members of U.S. Capitol Police push protesters away from the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee during a demonstration against the war between Israel and Hamas, on Capitol Hill, Nov. 15, 2023.

Members of Congress evacuated as police arrest Jewish anti-Israel protesters outside Democratic HQ

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 16, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 19, 2023.

Polls show American Jews approve of Biden’s handling of Israel-Hamas war while Americans do not

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 16, 2023
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, left, and Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden, right, answer questions during the daily press briefing at the White House, Aug. 29, 2023.

White House antisemitism strategy ‘under pressure’ due to Israel-Hamas war

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 8, 2023
Supporters of Israel protest near the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 13, 2023.

National Jewish groups put out the call for a massive ‘March for Israel’ in DC on Nov. 14

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 6, 2023
Deborah Lipstadt speaks at a conference arranged by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, May 26, 2022. (Shahar Azran)

Antisemitism experts demanding ‘necessary security assistance’ for Jews

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 6, 2023
The Jewish federation building in Detroit sits in the Bloomfield Hills suburb.

Man with pellet gun arrested outside Detroit Jewish federation building

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published November 2, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy summit Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., June 05, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Protesters disrupt Blinken as he asks Senate for emergency wartime funding for Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 31, 2023
Messages reading Glory To Our Martyrs and Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now, along with others, are projected onto the side of a building on George Washington Universitys campus in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023. (StopAntisemitism via X)

Biden officials set a 2-week deadline for a plan to combat spike in campus antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 30, 2023
Ori Megidish, center, poses with her family after her rescue from the Gaza Strip, Oct. 30, 2023. (Israel Security Agency)

Israeli forces rescue kidnapped soldier

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 30, 2023
Jake Tapper poses in the CNN studio in Washington, D.C. (CNN)

‘This s— is not a game’: On CNN, Jake Tapper tells Marjorie Taylor Greene not to use antisemitism to score ‘political points’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 29, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 19, 2023.

Biden on 5th anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Hamas invasion is ‘deepening the wound’ of antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 27, 2023
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, on the left, hands the gavel to newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, after the House of Representatives held an election in the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 25, 2023.

House votes 412-10 to overwhelmingly pass resolution condemning Hamas

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 25, 2023
Samantha Woll, president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit, welcomes attendees to the congregation’s centennial celebration and groundbreaking on a major renovation project, Aug. 14, 2022.

No indication of hate crime in murder of Detroit synagogue president, police say

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 23, 2023
A photo of Natalie and Judith Raanan appearing on social media.

Hamas releases two American hostages from Illinois to Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 20, 2023

Israel evacuates Kiryat Shemona, town of 20,000 near Lebanon

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 20, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House, Oct. 19, 2023. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

‘An inflection point in history’: Biden says assisting Israel and Ukraine is necessary to preserve democracy

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 19, 2023
People call for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023.

American Jewish giving to Israel spikes as a ‘tangible’ way to express grief after Hamas attack

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 18, 2023
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace on the tarmac at ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 18, 2023.

Following Biden’s visit, Israel will allow humanitarian relief to enter the Gaza Strip

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 18, 2023
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sept. 20, 2023.

Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to give support and address humanitarian concerns

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 16, 2023
Republican presidential candidates left to right, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina participate in the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.

Spurred by Israel-Hamas war, GOP makes Republican Jewish Coalition a partner in the next presidential debate

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 16, 2023
An undated photo of Wadea Al-Fayoum, the 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in a Chicago suburb on Oct. 14, 2023.

6-year-old Palestinian-American boy killed in Illinois in apparent hate crime

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 16, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, Oct. 11, 2023.

Biden: ‘I have not given up hope’ on rescuing hostages held by Hamas

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 11, 2023
A large billboard thanking US President Joe Biden for his support with Israel, above the Ayalon Highway in Ramat Gan, Oct. 11, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Jewish White House staffers get emotional during briefing on response to Israel’s war

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 11, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering health care costs in the East Room of the White House July 7, 2023.

Biden: Hamas attack is moment when ‘a pure, unadulterated evil is unleashed upon the world’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 10, 2023
The front page of the State Department website on Oct. 9, 2023. (Screenshot)

US reports at least 9 Americans dead in Hamas invasion of Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 9, 2023
An undated photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin. (Jon Polin)

Stories of Americans missing or dead in Hamas invasion begin to emerge

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 8, 2023
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken appears on NBCs Meet the Press, Oct. 8, 2023. (Screenshot)

US tracking reports of Americans killed and abducted in Hamas invasion of Israel

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 8, 2023
Israeli security forces search from Hamas Militants in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Oct. 7, 2023.

‘It was utter chaos’: Families and survivors describe the horrors of Hamas’ invasion

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 7, 2023
Israeli border police stand guard near Orthodox Jews in the Old City’s Christian quarter, after an incident in which Haredi Orthodox Jews spat at a Christian procession carrying a cross through Jerusalems Old City.

Israeli police arrest 5 Jews for allegedly spitting on Christians

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 4, 2023
Rep. Jamaal Bowman arrives at the U.S. Capitol, June 22, 2023.

NY Rep. Jamaal Bowman condemns his team for recommending calling GOP reps ‘Nazis’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published October 3, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering health care costs in the East Room of the White House July 7, 2023.

Biden tasks eight cabinet departments with extending civil rights protections to victims of antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 28, 2023
Republican presidential candidates left to right, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy and U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina participate in the FOX Business Republican Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Sept. 27, 2023.

Israel gets no mention in second Republican debate

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 28, 2023
Travelers at Ben-Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv in 2018 (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

US lets Israel into visa waiver program, easing travel for Israeli citizens

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 27, 2023
More than 120 Jewish activists call on advertisers and app stores to drop Twitter/X

More than 120 Jewish activists call on advertisers and app stores to drop Twitter/X

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 26, 2023
President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Sept. 20, 2023.

Biden and Netanyahu meet for the first time this year, signaling friendship amid disagreements

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 20, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with reporters prior to flying to the United States, on the tarmac at Ben-Gurion Airport, Sept. 117, 2023.

What to expect during Benjamin Netanyahu’s first US trip since his return to office

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 18, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris address a Rosh Hashanah celebration at her residence in Washington, DC, Sept. 12, 2023.

At Rosh Hashanah reception, Doug Emhoff and Kamala Harris talk about putting antisemitism plan ‘into action’

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 13, 2023
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends an observation of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations, May 15, 2023. (

Mahmoud Abbas peddles falsehoods about the Holocaust ahead of US bid to revive Israel-Palestinian talks

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published September 7, 2023
Israeli security at the scene of a truck ramming terror attack near Maccabim in central Israel, Aug. 31, 2023.

Palestinian rams truck into group of soldiers, killing one and injuring five

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 31, 2023
The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze sails in the Mediterranean Sea during a joint military exercise with the Israeli Defense Forces, Jan. 24, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal)

In Israel’s political turmoil, the Biden administration eyes a threat to US security interests

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published August 17, 2023
An aerial image shows destroyed homes and buildings burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii, Aug. 10, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish groups continue relief effort for Maui as island’s Jews are among the evacuated

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 11, 2023
A Texas Department of Public Safety reward announcement for information leading to the arrest of Hardy Lloyd, May 20, 2022. (Screenshot)

White supremacist man arrested for allegedly threatening jurors, witnesses in Pittsburgh shooting trial

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 10, 2023
Donald Trump speaks during an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 15, 2022. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Jewish groups condemn Trump’s comparison of indictment to Nazi persecution

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 2, 2023
Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, Oct. 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, four days after 11 Jewish worshippers were killed during services there. The alleged shooters trial begins April 24, 2023. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Jury gives Pittsburgh synagogue shooter death penalty

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 2, 2023
Police at the scene of a terror attack in the Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, outside of Jerusalem, Aug. 1, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinian gunman shoots 5 at hamburger restaurant before being shot dead

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published August 1, 2023
The Tree of Life Synagogue is the site of the 2018 mass killing that was the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in U.S. history, seen in Pittsburgh on April 21, 2023. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter dismayed he didn’t inspired more attacks on Jews

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published July 30, 2023
El Al Airlines plane is seen at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2022. (Photo credit: Jakub Porzycki/Getty Images)

For the first time, most Palestinian Americans will be able to use Tel Aviv airport

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published July 20, 2023
Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress at the U.S. Capitol, July 19, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Speaking to Congress, Herzog laments growing divides in U.S.-Israel relationship

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published July 19, 2023
A view of Rabat, Moroccos capital city. (Getty Images)

In a first, Israel’s prime minister will visit Morocco

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published July 19, 2023
Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with President Joe Biden at the White House, July 18, 2023. (Haim Zach, Israel Government Press Office)

Herzog: Israel should take Biden’s concerns about judicial overhaul into consideration

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published July 18, 2023
Mourners visit the memorial outside the Tree of Life Synagogue, Oct. 31, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, four days after 11 Jewish worshippers were killed during services there. The alleged shooters trial begins April 24, 2023. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman eligible for the death penalty

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published July 13, 2023
A Resetting the Table Town Square held in the Harlem JCC, New York City, March 4, 2019. (Gili Getz)

Evangelical churches are turning to a Jewish nonprofit to help them have hard conversations

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published July 11, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event about lowering health care costs in the East Room of the White House July 7, 2023.

Biden slams Israel and the Palestinian Authority in CNN interview

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published July 9, 2023
Stock photo of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Joe Daniel Price/Getty Images)

Jewish quotas were at the heart of Supreme Court affirmative action ruling

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 30, 2023

Pittsburgh trial: Defense claims shooter had brain abnormalities

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 28, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to Wolfspeed, a semiconductor manufacturer as he kicks off his Investing in America Tour in Durham, North Carolina, March 28, 2023. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Survey: Jewish voters strongly favor Biden over Trump in possible 2024 rematch

Ron Kampeas
Published June 26, 2023
Lyricist Sheldon Harnick poses for the animation movie Aarons Magic Village , circa 1995. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Sheldon Harnick, the lyricist who wrote ‘Sunrise, Sunset’ dies at 99

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 23, 2023
Passengers wearing protective masks arrive at Ben Gurion airport, Dec. 13, 2021. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

65 senators urge Israel’s entry into the Visa Waiver Program by end of September

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 21, 2023
A screenshot from a video on woke-ism

Major Jewish groups leave Combat Antisemitism Movement after video blaming ‘woke-ism’ for antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 21, 2023
Likud MK Amichai Chikli speaks at the Federation of Local Authorities conference in Tel Aviv, Dec. 7, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Senior Biden administration official: Israel’s Diaspora minister ‘does not understand the American Jewish Diaspora’

RON KAMPEAS, JTA
Published June 13, 2023
An image of Amichai Chikli, the Israeli Diaspora minister, posted b y the Israeli expatriate group UnXeptable and retweeted by J Street, on June 7. (Twitter)

Israel’s Diaspora minister calls J Street ‘hostile’ after group tweets negatively about him

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 12, 2023
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

A Jewish guide to Chris Christie’s presidential campaign

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 8, 2023
An exhibit on Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the new Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C.;, June 1, 2023.

New Jewish museum highlights many Jewish lives from a Confederate spy to RBG

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 5, 2023
Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands while giving joint statements at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016.

Netanyahu adviser changes his tune on Trump and Biden

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 5, 2023
MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Protester files police report filed against Israeli lawmaker Simcha Rothman in NYC

Ron Kampeas, JTA
Published June 4, 2023
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