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By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Maher Bitar, a former U.S. National Security Council staffer who was a leader of Students for Justice in Palestine, is back in the Jewish senator's office.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Republican-led legislature will "have our allies' back," vowed John Thune, who chided Democrats for "struggling" to support Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"This critical legislation will make our nation and world more secure as we support our friends who are defending themselves against terrorists like Hamas," Joe Biden said.
“History settles every account. And today, on the value of American leadership and strength, history will record that the Senate did not blink,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
GOP leaders, who proposed stand-alone Israel funding, said the Senate bill is “dead on arrival,” for insufficiently addressing the immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Forty-eight of 100 lawmakers in the upper chamber joined the call.
The White House is still snubbing the Prime Minister of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Doing so would “significantly increase the potential for both tourism and business travel,” they say.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell led American lawmakers to the Jewish state.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
California man left an expletive-ridden message on the Senate majority leader’s voicemail.
Elizabeth Frawley Bagley’s nomination was long stalled due to remarks about Jewish influence.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The resolution cited numerous industries where Israeli-Americans have made a positive impact, including health sciences, pharmaceutics, disaster relief, astrophysics, mathematics, chemistry, aerospace engineering, biotech, agriculture and internet technologies
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Agudath Israel of America believes vote would undermine the historical and moral “underpinnings” of traditional marriage.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
They warned that a downgrade would undermine U.S. national security, as well as risk the peace and stability of Israel and the PA.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled in the Senate.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The bill also includes the annual $3.3 billion in military assistance for Israel as part of the 10-year Memorandum of Understanding signed between the United States and Israel under the Obama administration.
An interview with David Schoen, Donald Trump’s orthodox impeachment lawyer.
Trump praised the victory and his supporters.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Several Jewish congressional members are expected to retain prominent leadership roles in the 117th Congress
“He is a committed Jew and pro-Israel advocate, and is smart as a whip. He is an extremely successful prosecutor,” said AEPi executive director Andy Borans.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The political action committee of the left-wing Israel group J Street batted just under 43 percent on Tuesday night, as most of their endorsed candidates in competitive races wound up losing their bid.
By JNi.Media
Senator Cruz's resolution proposes that the Senate condemns any past, present, or future efforts at UNESCO to delegitimize Israel through attempts to rewrite and deny the history of Jerusalem.
By JNi.Media
The new Senate sanctions bill, with 48 co-sponsors, imposes sanctions on anyone connected to Iran’s ballistic missile program, including corporations doing business with the program.
Friedman is expected to quickly leave for Israel where he has long maintained a residence in Jerusalem.
Marco Rubio said what needed to be said at the David Friedman hearing.
Friedman: As Ambassador I will represent this administration's policies not my own; and I will welcome all Americans, of every political view, when they visit Israel.
By JNi.Media
The law allows the heirs six years to sue in US court from the day they become aware of the existence and location of the looted object.
By JNi.Media
Trump's view on third-trimester abortion conflicts with mainstream Jewish halakha.
By JNi.Media
"If we are helping to radicalize Yemenis against us ... how can that be in our security interest?" Senator Murphy asked.
A bipartisan committee has been tasked with investigating political organizations that are funded with money from foreign governments, such as the V15 organization.
Cardin and Schumer called on their colleagues in both chambers to quickly advance the legislation when Congress reconvenes in September.
By JNi.Media
Republicans in both houses have launched parallel efforts to compel the State Department to go on the record with who qualifies as a “Palestinian refugee.”
By JoeSettler
How do you fight an opponent who wins by manipulating through media and drowning out opposing voices?
I and members of Congress are working and fighting vigorously with every discovery of BDS and boycott of Israel, Ryan emphasized.
The Vice President bared his heart and emotions in a packed synagogue, saying the biggest factor is if he has the "emotional energy."
Oregon's Jeff Merkley announced he is backing the nuclear deal, leaving Obama only three shy of a veto-proof majority.
He will arrive Sunday and will be "updated on strategic issues," meaning Iran.
Politicians always remember you when they need you, and no one remembers better than President Barack Obama.
Las Vegas Sun newspaper owner Brian Greenspun hosted the fundraiser for a Democratic party candidate to replace retiring Sen. Reid.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Maryland's Senators have not yet decided whether or not to join Schumer and Menendez and vote against ObamaDeal.
The Obama administration also promises not sell F-35 to any other Middle East country - but for how long?
State Dept. claims Congress is "looped in," but IAEA head refuse to testify at Senate hearings.
Sen. Ben Cardin: "Israel's security issues are of major concern. We don't want to see an arms race in the Middle East, so it is a factor. "
The Senate voted 62-37 Tuesday night to pass a House bill that resumes clauses in the Patriot Ac t that expired Sunday night and left the NSA without power to collect phone data of suspected terrorists. The bill revises the Patriot Act and ends the freedom of the NSA to collect data on everyone, even […]
The Senate allowed the Patriot Act, designed to help the government combat terrorism, act at midnight Sunday, but it is preparing a revised bill for the "Freedom Act" that likely will be passed. The House of Representatives already has approved the Freedom Act, parts of which are opposed by civil rights champions. Until the Senate […]
The non-binding vote approves funds for imposing sanctions if Iran violates a deal.
h/t Washington Free Beacon And for good measure: Post by Senator Tom Cotton.
By JoeSettler
Netanyahu's decisive victory has important ramifications beyond who gets to sit int he coalition.
Republican senators say they have a veto-proof majority for a bill allowing Congress to review a deal with Iran.
Because of its tax-exempt status, OneVoice is legally prohibited to campaign against Netanyahu directly.
U.N. Security Council's lifting of sanctions and endorsement of a deal might make Congress irrelevant.
A proposed law would require the Senate to approve the deal. Obama threatens to veto it.
Democrats did not sponsor but also did not try to block the resolution.
Jordan renewed bombing of suspected Islamic State (ISIS) sites in Syria Thursday, two days after the terrorist organization burned alive a captured Jordanian pilot alive. King Abdullah has asked the Obama administration for more weapons earlier this week before rushing back to Jordan after the barbaric murder. He spoke with several U.S. Congressmen in Washington […]
Senator Marco Rubio had something very important to say about Israel's battle with Gaza.
By Rachel Levy
A US president faces outraged lawmakers and public questions over swapping jailed Taliban terrorists for a hostage soldier.
By JTA
The U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the plight of Holocaust survivors in the United States. Both Republicans and Democrats on the committee said at the Wednesday hearing that survivors are better off aging at home. “The emphasis on caring for aging survivors must be on creating a safe space surrounded […]
The 26 senators basically made a stand against President Obama.
By JTA
Members of the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation to award Israeli President Shimon Peres the Congressional Gold Medal. Spearheading the push to award Peres the medal are Ezra Friedlander, a New York-based lobbyist, and Rabbi David Baron of the Temple of the Arts in Beverly Hills. Should the legislation pass, Peres, who turns 90 on […]
By JTA
The immigration overhaul passed in the U.S. Senate includes provisions that protect a visa program used by Jewish summer camps and that makes permanent a law that facilitates immigration for victims of religious persecution. The bipartisan bill passed Thursday by the Senate, 68-32, creates a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented workers […]
The proposed immigration bill now in the Senate has been altered to t remove requirements that would affect Israeli and other foreigners wanting to work temporarily in Jewish summer camps, but the House may block its passage. Provisions for the J-1 non-immigrant visa for exchange visitors now “allow an important cultural exchange” between American youth […]
New Jersey’s Republican Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday a special primary election will be held August 13, followed by general elections Oct. 16, to fill the seat left vacant by the death on Monday of Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg. By law, he could have appointed a temporary replacement. “I want to have an elected senator […]
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey died Monday at the age 89. His life was a classic Jewish rag-to-riches story of a young man who worked his way to business and political success.
By Bruce Walker
There are good reasons for Republicans to be hopeful about the 2014 midterm election.
Two Jewish organizations have joined the Interfaith Alliance in calling on the U.S. Senate to include a ban on religious profiling in its immigration reform bill. Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and Nancy Kaufman, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women, joined other religious leaders in criticizing […]
Vice President Joe Biden met with Jewish, Muslim Christians, Sikh and other religious leaders Monday to encourage them to back gun control as matter of morals. He met for two and a half hours with rabbis, pastors, nuns and other religious leaders before the gun control bill comes up for a Senate vote. "The conversation […]
Unlike the militarization of civilian law enforcement, military drones are not a threat to Americans.
Congratulations, JStreet, you won before you even started! Perhaps you can save your breath, energy and George Soros' and god knows who else's money and go home.
By Daniel Pipes
Extra thoughts that could not make the main text of "When AIPAC Went AWOL."
It's not always clear what the Israel Lobby's accomplishments really consist of.
Four Republican senators voted in favor of Hagel, including Rand Paul of Kentucky.
By Barry Rubin
A secretary of defense should not just be a “yes-man.” He should represent an independent point of view and also represent his department’s interests.
By Daniel Pipes
You expressed having had "genuine concerns" about Hagel prior to your White House meeting with him; now is the moment for you to follow the dictates of your conscience.
My alarm bells went off when the President chose Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense.
By Daniel Pipes
Odd that CUFI is out there swinging and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is silent.
Morsi, who all but expressly said Jews control the Western media, would find a comforting embrace in the anti-Semitism of some Westerners.
If Schumer buys Hagel's transformation so will a majority of senators.
The burden is now on Senator Hagel to persuade the Senate, the American people, and the leaders of Iran that he is fully supportive of the President's commitment to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
I fear that if Israel ever faces existential danger such as that threatened by Iran, Hagel might just say that he is not the Defense Minster of Israel.
The Obama administration has succeeded in making the issue of Hagel all about Israel and Jews.
New York’s Republican party has little to celebrate Thursday, seemingly close to losing control of the state Senate in addition to losing the state for the presidential election.
Former Councilman Simcha Felder is the new State Senator for the newly cobbled “super Jewish district,” having won 65 percent of the vote against the GOP incumbent Senator David Storobin. Felder, an Orthodox Jew, has been endorsed by the Jewish Press, to represent a district that includes Borough Park, Midwood and Homecrest. Although he was […]
.In the congressional race in the 9th CD (Englewood, NJ) Rabbi Shmuley Boteach gets our support. Though he has gained notoriety as a celebrity rabbi, he possesses a formidable intellect and a deep grasp of a wide range of issues. There can be no doubt that when it will come to dealing with matters of concern to our community, he will be there for us.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON – During his 30 years in the clubby confines of the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter never lost his acerbic prosecutorial zeal, friends and associates say.
By JTA
The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly endorsed language that sets a red line for Iran "nuclear capability."
By JTA
Republican senators plan to introduce a non-binding resolution pledging military, economic and diplomatic backing for Israel should it strike Iran.
During the Yom Kippur War, when the IDF was running out of ammunition in the middle of the fighting, and there was a need for an airlift but Nixon and Kissinger where not quick to respond at first, Wolfson employed every resource he had in the House and in the Senate, enormous resources. He later told me that he even desecrated Shabbat for the sake of his effort, anything to save the nation of Israel.
By JTA
(New Jersey Jewish News) – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed into law new sanctions against Iran that prohibit public contracts with any company or person that invests in Iran’s energy and finance sectors. Christie shared the announcement of the new legislation in remarks at a gala in Whippany on Tuesdasy celebrating the merger that […]
By JTA
More than 20,000 people in various venues in London attended the British Zionist Federation’s “Minute for Munich” program that was promoted via social media. A short memorial service at the Israeli Embassy that was organized by the Zionist Federation was streamed live online Friday, according to the London Jewish Chronicle. About 200 people marked the […]
On Thursday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined Members of Congress in observing a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli Olympians and coaches murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics, 40 years ago this summer. Nadler urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open its ceremony tomorrow with a moment of silence to remember […]
The United States has drifted into lawlessness, into laws that are the guns of government. Want to force everyone to buy health insurance? Pass a law. Ignore any questions of legality because legality doesn't matter. If people come out to protest, send out your SEIU thugs to beat them. If you lose your Senate majority, use Reconciliation to pass it. If the Supreme Court threatens to investigate the Constitutionality of the law, threaten the Court.
By JTA
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein accepted the endorsement of J Street's political action committee. Feinstein (D-Calif.) joins Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Rep. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) as Senate candidates who have received JStreetPAC’s endorsement for the 2012 election cycle. "Senator Feinstein joins a long and growing list of American politicians who recognize […]
On recent occasions we have noted that several of President Obama’s public actions reflect a disdain for the traditional American view of the governmental process. Most stunning perhaps was his threat to the Supreme Court that it had better come out his way on Obamacare, or else. Having steamrolled the legislation through Congress (urging, it will be recalled, violations of longstanding procedures if necessary) he issued his challenge to the Supreme Court despite its constitutional duties to pass on the law’s constitutionality.
By Jason Maoz
Lawrence Hoffman is a politically liberal Reform rabbi who writes about his favorite Jewish books in his own recently released book, titled, not altogether unexpectedly, One Hundred Great Jewish Books.
It has largely passed under the radar screen, but Stephanie Rose, who was the deputy chief of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in northern Iowa at the time of the Agriprocessors immigration and Rubashkin prosecutions, has been nominated by President Obama to be a federal judge.
NY1 News reports that Councilman David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) is about to denounce the creation of the so-called Super Jewish state Senate seat, merging portions of six senate districts into one. Greenfield will argue that the Senate district lines as currently proposed will dilute the voice and power of Borough Park and Midwood. Greenfield will […]
Yaalon contrasted Obama's stance with that of France and Britain.
We do not mean to denigrate the impressive military support and cooperation the Obama administration has directed toward Israel.
September 11, 2026 
