Former secretaries of state Antony Blinken and Mike Pompeo both downplayed the potential end of American military aid to Israel on Sunday, insisting such a development would not harm U.S.-Israel ties during a joint appearance in Washington. Speaking at the Jewish Federations of North America’s annual General Assembly, both men also defended Israel’s security and […]
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PHILADELPHIA – A bicycle ride promoting the boycott of businesses in Center City Philadelphia that organizers claim are complicit in Israeli military actions is drawing scathing criticism from state leaders. Jewish groups in the city are calling the ride blatantly antisemitic, noting that it targets Jewish-owned businesses on Nov. 8, the eve of the 88th […]
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Jewish American voters listed the future of democracy as their top issue in the 2026 midterm elections, with antisemitism ranked third, according to a new national survey by J Street on Thursday. The liberal Jewish Middle East policy group released its poll of national Jewish voters, which surveyed 800 people from Oct. 28 to Nov. […]
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DETROIT – The “Jews For Abdul” in the room at the Michigan Democratic Party’s election night watch party were beaming as vote tallies rolled in, pushing Abdul El-Sayed closer to his eventual victory in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race. “It’s actually hard to put into words what this night, and this moment, means to our movement,” […]
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A local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League issued a blistering critique of a progressive Jewish congressman-elect as soon as his race was called on Election Night, prompting a reproach from the politician, Daniel Biss. “It saddens me to watch the ADL, once a preeminent civil rights organization, devolve into an entity that traffics in fear, […]
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YPSILANTI, Michigan – A Black conservative group is distributing signs and paying for billboards in Michigan encouraging Black voters to support Jews and Israel, in the days before a contentious U.S. Senate race in which the Democratic candidate has struggled to shore up both voting groups. The Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), a […]
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ANN ARBOR – Shortly before an Oct. 24 rally featuring Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and former President Barack Obama in Detroit, 250 rabbis from across the country urged them both to take their concerns more seriously about El-Sayed’s position on Israel. The rabbis were speaking on behalf of a group called Nonnegotiable Michigan, […]
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A tight race in Ohio may play a pivotal role in determining which party controls the U.S. Senate, with the two campaigns serving as a proxy battleground for two Israel lobbying groups with different ideologies. While Republican Sen. Jon Husted is technically the incumbent, in the eyes of many voters, so is Democrat Sherrod Brown. […]
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On a recent weeknight, a local Jewish federation official met with a small group of Jews in suburban Chicago for an election organizing event. Leaders of the group preemptively barred journalists, and anyone they deemed could be a journalist, from entry on Zoom. Chicago Jewish leaders were quietly organizing an effort with big implications: how […]
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Georgia Jews will choose between a Democratic politician who wants to limit arms sales to Israel and a Republican with ties to white nationalists when they head to vote Tuesday in a Senate race that will help determine which party controls the chamber. The race pits incumbent Jewish Sen. Jon Ossoff – widely expected to […]
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