Carl Levin, longtime Jewish senator from Michigan, dies at 87
Carl Levin, first elected to the Senate in 1978, served 36 years, becoming his state’s longest-serving senator.
Jared Kushner to leave politics to set up investment business with Israel focus, report claims
Jared Kushner will base his business in Miami and will open an office in Israel that will promote business ties between Israel, India, Persian Gulf.
White House: Antisemitism monitor to be named ‘in the coming weeks’
Jewish organizations have been pressuring the Biden administration to name someone to the job for months.
AIPAC-affiliated congressional trips to Israel set for August delayed over Delta variant concerns
The AIEF trips, usually organized in nonelection years for freshmen, are seen as key to building support for Israel in Congress.
Republicans are trying to brand Mark Zuckerberg as ‘Zuckerbucks.’ Antisemitism watchdogs aren’t happy.
Republican lawmakers who use the term are “dangerously enabling” an antisemitic trope, the ADL said.
Survey: A quarter of U.S. Jews agree that Israel ‘is an apartheid state’
Agreement with harsh criticism of Israel was higher among Jewish voters under 40.
AIPAC cancels 2022 policy conference, citing lingering pandemic concerns
AIPAC’s 2020 conference took place just as the pandemic began and some of its participants were among the first to have contracted the virus.
Marvin Miller, the influential Jewish MLB union chief, will finally get his Hall of Fame induction — on Rosh Hashanah
Miller transformed the game by effectively launching free agency. A rabbi called the Hall of Fame timing a “scandal.”
Esther Bejarano, member of Auschwitz orchestra, dies at 96
“You knew that they were going to be gassed, and all you could do was stand there and play,” Esther Bejarano once said.
Biden taps Eric Garcetti to be envoy to India
President Joe Biden nominated Los Angeles’ Jewish mayor, Eric Garcetti, to be his ambassador to India.