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By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — WASHINGTON — There are 34 Jews in the incoming Congress, with a 35th likely to join in April. Should that candidate, Florida State Sen. Randy Fine, win his special election in Florida, that would mean … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — In many ways, Tuesday’s primary in Missouri’s First District resembles the June primary in New York’s Westchester County that saw Rep. Jamaal Bowman lose his seat. In both races, a more centrist Democrat is challenging … Read More
By Luke Tress (New York Jewish Week) — George Latimer defeated Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the Democratic primary in New York’s 16th Congressional district on Tuesday, a significant setback for progressive critics of Israel in a closely-watched race with national … Read More
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint meeting of Congress, offering a diplomatic lifeline for the Israeli leader who is facing the prospect … Read More
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bill that would enshrine a popular and contentious definition of antisemitism passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a wide margin. The Antisemitism Awareness Act mandates government civil rights offices to adopt the … Read More
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The House and Senate are rushing competing bills to the floor with massive aid for Israel, with votes expected as soon as this week. The question is whether the bills in the Republican-led House … Read More
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) – Sally Kornbluth is different from the other university presidents with whom she has been thrust into the antisemitism spotlight. For one thing, the president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology still has her job. This … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor You’d think that anybody who rises to be president of Harvard, MIT or the University of Pennsylvania would have enough savvy not to botch testifying before a congressional subcommittee exploring antisemitism on college campuses. But … Read More
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives censured Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian-American Democrat, for her rhetoric in the wake of Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, including using the phrase “from the river to … Read More
By Philissa Cramer and Ben Sales (JTA) — A powerful House Democrat walked back her description of Israel as a “racist state” after she faced backlash from her colleagues and party leadership. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington, D.C., chair of … Read More
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