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Kamala Harris speaks at a press conference.
Kamala Harris listens to pro-Palestinian activists, then silences them  
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Harris met with pro-Palestinian activists in Detroit, a metropolitan area thought to house the largest concentration of Arab Americans
Kamala Harris speaks at a press conference.
August 9, 2024, 11:50 am
Kamala Harris listens to pro-Palestinian activists, then silences them  
Harris met with pro-Palestinian activists in Detroit, a metropolitan area thought to house the largest concentration of Arab Americans
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Kamala Harris speaks at a press conference.
July 26, 2024, 10:47 am
Kamala Harris says ‘I will not be silent’ about plight of Palestinians
The vice president met on Thursday afternoon for 40 minutes with Netanyahu
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with President Donald Trump
July 24, 2024, 9:33 am
Netanyahu to meet Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
The Israeli prime minister's relations with Democrats and Republicans have been troubled
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
The logo for the Democratic National Convention is displayed on the scoreboard at the United Center during a media walkthrough in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024. (Scott Olson/Getty Images via JTA)
July 18, 2024, 11:16 am
Democratic Party latest manifesto boosts Israel funding, blames Hamas for war
As election gears up, Biden's political party sees 'a strong, secure, and democratic Israel' as vital to the interests of the United States
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
The debate in Atlanta Thursday night, moderated by CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, was the first of two scheduled for this presidential election. The nominees faced each other in two debates in 2020. 
June 28, 2024, 10:49 am
Trump calls Biden ‘a very bad Palestinian’ as Israel, antisemitism feature in a disjointed debate
The CNN debate left many Democrats wondering whether Biden should remain the party’s candidate in November.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, June 10, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office via JTA)
June 19, 2024, 10:56 am
Netanyahu accuses Biden of withholding weapons. White House: We ‘do not know what he’s talking about’
Back and forth statements are the latest development in long-running debate over American weapons shipments to Israel
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
Pic: Pearl Berg
February 5, 2024, 4:35 pm
World’s oldest Jew dies in California, aged 114
Pearl Berg was the ninth oldest person in the world and third oldest in the US
By Michelle Rosenberg
There is concern in Washington over Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition and its ongoing efforts to hobble Israel’s judiciary.
July 20, 2023, 10:33 am
Isaac Herzog assures Congress Israeli democracy is ‘sound, strong, and resilient’
There is concern in Washington over Netanyahu’s coalition and its efforts to hobble Israel’s judiciary, after far-right and strictly-Orthodox ministers complained about judges.
By Adam Decker
Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2013. (Photo By Matty Stern/State Department/Sipa USA)
July 18, 2023, 2:02 pm
Joe Biden finally invites Benjamin Netanyahu to meet in US, after months of tension
The invitation was extended and accepted during a phone call between the two leaders on Monday.
By Ben Sales (JTA)
A fire at Congregation Beth Israel in Austin, Texas set on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 damaged the sanctuary, historic front doors and stained glass windows at the Reform synagogue. (Austin Fire Department)
April 10, 2023, 1:27 pm
Man pleads guilty to hate crime in 2021 arson that damaged Austin, Texas, synagogue
Investigators found antisemitic and racist material as well as bomb-making supplies in Franklin Barrett Sechriest’s car. He faces up to 20 years in prison.
By Philissa Cramer (JTA)
Michael Epstein, highlighted in the bottom row, and Abe Rosenberg, highlighted in the top row, pictured in their classroom in a displaced person's camp in 1947. The two were reconnected by a chance encounter 76 years later. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Abraham Rosenberg)
March 21, 2023, 11:58 am
Holocaust survivors and former classmates reunited after 76 years
Michael Epstein, 87, and Abe Rosenberg, 82, embrace at emotional reunion in New York.
By Julia Gergely JTA
Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich and and Arnon Ben Dor, Chairman of the Histadrut hold a joint press conference in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 3, 2023, 11:05 am
White House refuses to meet with Smotrich when he visits US
Israeli finance minister who called for a Palestinian village to be “wiped out” is visiting the United States next week to meet with leaders of Israel Bonds.
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
22nd Oct, 2022. New York Congressional candidate George Santos Credit: SOPA Images Limited/Alamy Live News
January 30, 2023, 11:34 am
US congressman George Santos once praised Hitler on Facebook
Republican who lied about being a descendant of Holocaust survivors seemed to praise Hitler and joke about killing Jews in a newly unearthed, years-old Facebook post.
By Andrew Lapin (JTA)
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
January 26, 2023, 3:48 pm
Half of America’s 25 most generous philanthropists are Jewish – and few give to Jewish causes
George Soros, Michael Bloomberg and Mark Zuckerberg feature in the poll by Forbes, yet almost none of the names listed prioritise the Jewish community.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA)
Israeli designate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in conversation with right-wing Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir during the swearing-in ceremony for the new Israeli parliament.
December 23, 2022, 11:42 am
300 rabbis to block extremists in Israeli government from visiting their communities
Open letter circulating across communities in the United States says they will not invite members of the bloc “to speak at our congregations and organisations".
By Ron Kampeas (JTA)
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