Senate Advances Combating BDS Act After Shutdown Delay
The Senate voted to advance a bill that would give cover to states to pass laws banning business with BDS supporters
Senate
The Latest
-
Fast Forward -
News Will Jacky Rosen’s Stint As Synagogue President Make Her A Better Senator?
When Nevada Senate candidate Jacky Rosen was thinking about running for Congress in 2016, she called her rabbi for advice. “I thought about it and I thought about the skills necessary for someone to run for Congress,” Rabbi Sanford Akselrad of Congregation Ner Tamid, the largest Reform synagogue in Nevada, told the Forward. “I said…
-
News Conservative Jewish Groups Hail Kavanaugh As Protector Of ‘Religious Liberty’
Conservative Jewish groups affirmed their support for President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, during his first day of Congressional hearings on Tuesday, hailing him as an ally in their quest for “religious liberty.” A leader with the Coalition for Jewish Values said the 53-year-old federal court judge is a “very good, well-qualified justice” who…
-
Fast Forward Trump Nicknames Jewish Democratic Senate Candidate In Nevada ‘Wacky Jacky’
(JTA) — President Donald Trump took a swipe at the Jewish Democratic lawmaker challenging Nevada’s sitting Republican senator. Trump nicknamed Nevada Rep. Jacky Rosen “Wacky Jacky” on Saturday in a speech to the Nevada state GOP convention. Rosen, a freshman congresswoman who served as president of her suburban Las Vegas Reform synagogue, is challenging Republican…
-
Fast Forward Sanders Announces Reelection Bid: The President Is A ‘Pathological Liar’
(JTA) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, who ran for president in 2016, announced that he is running for reelection to the Senate. The Sanders campaign made the announcement on Monday. It also appeared on Sanders official Twitter page. I have some important news to share, and I wanted you to hear it from me:…
-
Fast Forward Government Should Be Judenrein—And 4 More Anti-Semitic Quotes From A GOP Leader
The candidate currently polling at second place in California’s Senate race, Patrick Little, has called for government to be “free from Jews.” If the polls hold, this means that the Republican activist will advance from the June 5 primary to the November general election against Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (who is Jewish). Here are Patrick…
-
Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Prison Reform Bill Blocked In House By Senate Heavyweights
The House GOP prison reform bill backed by Jared Kushner lost ground in the house after the House Judiciary Committee ditched their plans to vote on it Wednesday, POLITICO reported. The vote on the bill, one of the only bipartisan pieces of legislature in the pipeline in Congress, was postponed after two major senators intervened….
-
Fast Forward Did You Notice Mark Zuckerberg’s Chair Cushion During The Hearing?
Mark Zuckerberg used a cushion to boost his height while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Washingtonian reported. The Facebook CEO, who is 5’ 7”, is not the first person testifying before the Senate to need extra cushions. Hillary Clinton used a small green pillow for lumbar support during her 11-hour testimony about the…
Explore
Most Popular
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
-
Looking Forward Stumbling across Jewish history in a vintage store
-
Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
-
News A Jewish gun club teams up with the NRA, in pursuit of self-defense
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
