The year 2020 has truly been one for the history books. It’s with that thought in mind that we’ve chosen to try and sum up the past 12 months in 20 unforgettable headlines, presented chronologically below. We can’t lie: They make for sobering reading. But there are glimmers of joy to be found even so,…
In a Veterans Day message, Lt. Col Alexander Vindman and his twin brother, Lt. Col Yevgeny Vindman, told their story on behalf of all refugees, military and civilian. In the video for HIAS, the 139-year-old Jewish nonprofit that aids refugees from around the world, the brothers, who were smeared as disloyal by the Trump administration,…
Through much of the late fall and early winter, Representative Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, was a daily presence in the national conscience. Beloved by Democrats, cursed by Republicans, he was must-see-TV, leading the House impeachment hearings of President Trump, then arguing for his removal as lead prosecutor in the Senate trial. Not long after…
Jay Sekulow, the Bar Mitzvah boy who converted to Christianity, became one of the nation’s leading evangelical legal advocates and is now co-leading President Trump’s impeachment-defense team, said in an exclusive interview that he has no idea how he was selected for the role other than by “God’s hand.” Sekulow, who along with the White…
(JTA) — A Republican Party leader in Delaware was fired after Facebook posts that were criticized as anti-Semitic. The Sussex County Republican Party voted on Monday to oust its vice chair, Nelly Jordan, the Dover Post reported. Her Facebook comments singling out Jews as responsible for the impeachment of President Donald Trump came to light on…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) are two of the seven managers for the upcoming impeachment trial against Donald Trump in the Senate. The Forward recently named two representatives, both Jewish, to the 2019 Forward 50, our annual list of the most influential Jews in American life. Speaker of the House Nancy…
Pamela Karlan, a professor of law at Stanford University, made waves on social media Wednesday with her testimony on the impeachment inquiry before the House Judiciary Committee. Karlan, who has referred to herself as a “snarky, bisexual, Jewish” woman, spoke forcefully about how Donald Trump’s quest for a quid pro quo from the Ukrainian government…
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi attracted attention during the impeachment hearing on Thursday when he asked former National Security Council official Fiona Hill to confirm that conspiracy theories about Jewish billionaire George Soros, as well as those targeting Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, were anti-Semitic. Krishnamoorthi is in his second term representing Illinois’s 8th congressional district in the…
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