The Donald Trump era of American history began almost two years ago to the day, on June 16, 2015, with his announcement in New York that he was running for the Republican nomination for president of the United States. He was sworn in, in Washington, on...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS.org
• Published June 8, 2017
The most important incident during President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East took place out of view of the international press. At the time, it went unreported and unremarked upon. The president not only didn’t mention it publicly, he also...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS.org
• Published June 1, 2017
In a seminal piece for The Atlantic last September, journalist Salena Zito explained a simple truth that most people hadn’t grasped about the man who was about to be elected the 45th president of the United States. Simply put, his numerous critics took...
President’s budget threatens crucial programsAs a responsible parent, I’m careful to economize in a way that allows us to pay our bills in full and on time. Yet I would never take food from my children or jeopardize their education to do it. Trying...
The $4.1 trillion budget request unveiled by President Donald Trump’s administration last week came in a document optimistically but misleadingly labeled “A New Foundation for American Greatness.”As inspiring as that title is designed to be, the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — President Donald Trump likely will make his first visit to Israel at the end of next month.Israeli and Trump administration officials are currently in “advanced talks” about a visit on May 21, before Trump’s scheduled European...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Donald Trump got the memo on the Holocaust and the Jews.In a barrage of statements this week from the president and his aides, the Trump administration wants you to know, he gets it, he really gets it: The Holocaust describes...
President Donald Trump speaking in the Capitol Rotunda, April 25 2017. (Ron Kampeas)WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump pledged to combat anti-Semitism and Holocaust denialism and to defend Israel in a speech marking the national days of Holocaust...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Assistance to the Palestinians is one of the few areas that will remain untouched in planned massive cuts at the Trump administration’s State Department.Foreign Policy magazine on Monday posted 15 pages of proposed cuts it obtained...
(JTA) — Thousands of American Jews have signed a petition challenging the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s invitation to President Donald Trump to deliver the keynote remarks at the National Day of Remembrance.Launched Monday by Bend the Arc, a Jewish...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s “possible” that the United States will not remain in the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump said.“I believe they have broken the spirit of the agreement,” Trump told The Associated Press. “There is a spirit...
President Donald Trump delivering a statement on Syria from his Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Fla., April 6, 2017. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)(JTA) — President Donald Trump described how “six million Jews had been brutally slaughtered,”...
