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Biden names Marc Stanley, prominent Texas Jewish Democrat, as envoy to Argentina

August 9, 2021Mark Hershlag

Biden names Marc Stanley, prominent Texas Jewish Democrat, as envoy to Argentina – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Lessons From Defeat

August 6, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

On Tuesday, Ohio’s heavily Democratic 11th Congressional District, which includes much of metropolitan Cleveland and Akron, held a special primary election to determine the likely successor to retiring Rep. Marcia Fudge. The more centrist, establishment-backed candidate, Cuyahoga County Council Member Shontel Brown, defeated former State Senator Nina Turner—a champion of Medicare For All, a critic […]

Israel to name Michael Herzog, the president’s brother and a longtime adviser to peace negotiators, as US ambassador

August 6, 2021Mark Hershlag

Israel to name Michael Herzog, the president’s brother and a longtime adviser to peace negotiators, as US ambassador – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Biden chooses Obama alum Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish community

August 5, 2021Mark Hershlag

Biden chooses Obama alum Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish community – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

In upset, pro-Israel backed candidate wins key Cleveland area Democratic primary

August 3, 2021Mark Hershlag

In upset, pro-Israel backed candidate wins key Cleveland area Democratic primary – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

The Anti-Defamation League and Hillel are now working together to document antisemitism on campus

August 2, 2021Mark Hershlag

(JTA) — Over the last year, Jewish college students took it upon themselves to combat antisemitism at their schools. Now, two major Jewish organizations are working together to play a stronger role in fighting antisemitism on campus. Some of the student activists documented incidences of antisemitism at colleges nationwide, often submitted anonymously, while others have […]

Trump mandated some settlement products labeled as being from Israel. Some GOP senators want it to become law.

July 30, 2021Mark Hershlag

Trump mandated some settlement products labeled as being from Israel. Some GOP senators want it to become law. – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement

Wound is the Origin of Wonder

July 30, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

I’m often skeptical of how etymologies appear in poems. All the ways of knowing and being with language not privileged in official historical records—vernaculars, slangs, the riffs and revisions intimacies encourage—are cast aside as the poet unveils an etymology with the self-satisfied flourish of exposing a latent Truth. But when I encountered Maya C. Popa’s […]

When Cruelty Builds Community

July 30, 2021David Rutman, Meghan Froy

Adam Serwer, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of the most astute observers of the tide of nativism and hatred that powered Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency. (He’s also a fellow product of Temple Sinai in Northwest Washington, DC, which my parents still attend, and a mensch.) His essays dismantle the argument that economic anxiety […]

Jared Kushner to leave politics to set up investment business with Israel focus, report claims

July 28, 2021Mark Hershlag

Jared Kushner to leave politics to set up investment business with Israel focus, report claims – Jewish Telegraphic Agency Skip to content Advertisement Advertisement