Amid budget cuts, Congress boosts funding for antisemitism envoy
The office, run by Deborah Lipstadt, has seen its budget nearly quadruple from $500,000 to $1.75 million since 2020
The office, run by Deborah Lipstadt, has seen its budget nearly quadruple from $500,000 to $1.75 million since 2020
In a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) demanded that he restore materials on combatting anti-Semitism to the State Department website had been deleted during the transition from the Obama administration. The missing documents include a fact sheet on anti-Semitism, and issues of a newsletter put out by the Special…
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, a Democrat who represents a heavily Jewish district in New York City, has come out in opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. “I believe the inspections procedures set forth are flawed — leading nuclear experts to assert that, pursuant to these procedures, inspectors would not necessarily know whether Iran is manufacturing…
The House adopted legislation that makes the desecration of cemeteries around the world a violation of religious freedom. The Protect Cemeteries Act passed Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives amends the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the vandalizing of cemeteries as one of many infringements to the freedom of religion. The…
Grace Meng has discovered her inner Israel hawk. Meng is the New York City Councilwoman who won a Democratic congressional primary in Gary Ackerman’s district in Queens this summer. In an op-ed in the Jewish Week yesterday, Meng suggested that President Obama “could have been — and still can be — a greater friend to…
In this week?s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis talks with Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman, opinion editor Gal Beckerman and Forward fellow Naomi Zeveloff about the recent announcement that TIAA-CREF, which manages pensions and retirement funds, has sold $72 million worth of stock in the construction equipment firm Caterpillar which has been connected to Palestinian housing demolitions….
The race to replace longtime Jewish Democratic congressman Gary Ackerman could play out as a contest between Jewish and Asian constituencies in a newly shaped Queens district. Vying to replace him are State Assemblywoman Grace Meng, State Assemblyman Rory Lancman, and New York City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley. The three will face off in a primary…
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