The pastry lovers of the US succeeded this month where the political pundits and public opinion pollsters failed. Intermountain Jewish News readers got a taste of the cookie politics before the election.
As midnight arrived on the East Coast, it appeared increasingly likely that Donald Trump would retake the presidency — a victory that would reshape the US and that could change its relationship with Israel while ushering in an administration whose domestic priorities do not match those of most American Jews.
Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who burst into national view after calling Republicans “weird,” will be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the November Democratic ticket. Jewish Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro had been one of the names in the running to take the spot.
An upcoming fundraiser for Donald Trump dropped commentator Candace Owens from its guest lineup on July 23, following blowback over Owens’ record of embracing anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denial.
One day after President Joe Biden ended his campaign, leading Democrats have coalesced around Vice President Kamala Harris — and begun speculating about her running mate. At least two Jewish governors are thought to be top contenders: Pennsylvania’s Josh Shapiro and Illinois’ J.B. Pritzker.
Coming down the stairs in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City in 2017, Kamala Harris saw the Western Wall and knew what she had to do. Harris, then a California senator, reached into her pocket and pulled out a blue kippah and clips she had prepared for the occasion. She told her Jewish husband, Doug Emhoff, to bend down a bit and fastened the kippah to his head.
With pressure mounting followed a disastrous debate performance on June 27 against former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden on Sunday ended his reelection campaign and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris.
Jewish and Israeli leaders and lawmakers condemned the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, as did Gabrielle Giffords, the former Arizona congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt.
Days before Republican voters began casting their presidential primary ballots this week, Nikki Haley was hoping that she could pull off an unlikely win over Donald Trump.
By Jackson Richman As President-elect Joe Biden forms his upcoming administration, certain positions should spark interest in the Jewish and pro-Israel community. Whoever is nominated would likely signal the direction …
WASHINGTON — On Joe Biden’s first day as president, he plans to launch a task force to reunite children and parents separated at the country’s southern border. It’s one of …
WASHINGTON — JTA spoke with half a dozen people who saw the Biden-Israel relationship up close during the years that Biden served under President Obama as vice president. What emerges …
NEW YORK — Rayne Lunger had known for some time that many in her community supported Donald Trump for president. But it was just in the last few weeks when …
NEW YORK — The 19-year-old man alleged to have plotted to kill Joe Biden was the son of a prominent Jewish attorney who helped broker the first meeting between a …
NEW YORK — American Jews are anxious. They’re worried about COVID-19, which already has killed a quarter million Americans and is spreading more rapidly as winter approaches. They’re nervous about a …
WASHINGTON — George Soros may draw some of the most vociferous criticism, but he’s hardly the biggest political donor in this cash-heavy election cycle — Democrat or Republican. In fact, …
By Dan Pine, j. The Jewish News of Northern California SAN FRANCISCO — Aaron Keyak started out in Democratic Party politics as a kid, stuffing envelopes for campaigns in his …
WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s website now includes “Joe Biden’s Agenda for the Jewish Community.” On Iran, Biden told the Council on Foreign Relations a year ago, Trump has “no viable …
WASHINGTON — Monday, April 27, was supposed to have been a good news day for Joe Biden: The venerable New York congresswoman Nita Lowey convened hundreds of women on a phone …
NEW YORK — Amy Klobuchar likes to say that she can get things done in Congress. Her appeal as a moderate who can muster support in the middle of the …
WASHINGTON — After a season of maybes, the media magnate and former New York mayor who got the phrase thrice-elected into his bio is entering the presidential race with a …
WASHINGTON — Since announcing his presidential run in May, Michael Bennet has been polling between zero and 1%. He didn’t qualify for the latest Democratic debate and he’s a long …
WESTERVILLE, Ohio — The fourth Democratic presidential debate revealed fissures among the candidates on whether to keep US troops in the Middle East. The 12 hopefuls on the stage Tuesday …
NEW YORK — As he talks about the recent string of attacks on Jews in Brooklyn, Yosef Rapaport points to a small scar above his right eye. It’s the remnant …