
Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email [email protected].
Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email [email protected].
Rep. Nicole Malliotalkis of New York described a trip she took earlier this month to Israel with her colleagues on the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a refreshing moment of bipartisanship in sharp contrast to Washington politics. One of the members of the committee who was not on the mission was Rep. Ilhan Omar of…
Nikki Haley, the former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. during the first two years of the Trump administration, cautioned the Biden administration against returning to the nuclear deal with Iran, in a speech to supporters of Israel on Sunday. Iran’s prime goal, by funding its proxies in the Middle East region, is to target the…
After a year of a global pandemic that has sickened and isolated millions of people under lockdown, Stacey Prussman proposes a unique recovery program for New Yorkers. “I want to bring fun back into New York City,” Prussman, a longtime Jewish comedian from Brooklyn, said in a recent interview. Art, culture and food is what…
David Harris, the longtime chief executive of the American Jewish Committee, announced on Thursday that next year he will be stepping down as head of one of the oldest Jewish advocacy groups in the country. Harris, 71, joined the organization in 1979 and became its executive director and CEO in 1990. “Now, after more than…
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump advised former President Donald Trump to hold up a Bible in a photo-op outside a church that was damaged by a fire during the nationwide racial justice protests last year, against the advice of his close aides and allies, a new book claims. “Holding the Bible in the air like…
Eight in 10 American Jews approve of President Biden’s performance during his first six months in office, according to a new poll published on Tuesday, and most support his management of the recent conflagration between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and the broader Mideast conflict. Another key finding: 25% of American Jews…
Several mainstream Jewish groups and a prominent pro-Israel Republican are defending a nominee who would be the most senior Muslim American in the administration over the attacks of Republicans trying to sink his chances. Letters of support from the Jewish groups come ahead of a crucial vote on Tuesday on the nomination of Dilawar Syed…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer pledged on Sunday to keep fighting to bring a two-year-old child fighting for her life to leave the U.K. for treatment in the U.S. in the coming days after a British court ruled against measures that would keep her alive. Earlier this month, Schumer – the highest politically ranking Jew…
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