Jake Tapper recalls his Jewish upbringing - Jewish Insider
February 20, 2018. CNN host Jake Tapper joined The Axe Files with David Axelrod where he recalled his Jewish upbringing and how he views his Judaism today: “My mom converted to Judaism and my dad was raised conservative-Jewish, but probably not really all that observant. They divorced when I was about 7 or 8, and around that time my dad ...
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5 days ago · California lawmakers are condemning news that a Jewish resident of Oakland, Calif., and his 5-year-old son were harassed and forcibly removed from a local cafe by its anti-Israel owner for wearing a hat that brandished a Star of David.. Video of the incident, which began circulating online on Tuesday, shows Abdulrahim Harara, the owner of Jerusalem Coffee House in North Oakland, speaking to ...
Is Politico rebelling against Axel Springer’s Israel policy?
Mar 13, 2024 · The ongoing Israel-Hamas war is casting a spotlight on latent editorial tensions between Politico and its parent company, the German publishing giant Axel Springer, whose unique mission statement has long promoted unwavering support for the Jewish state.. In recent months, however, the tenor of Politico’s coverage has tacitly challenged that commitment, a review of stories published over the ...
Is a shift in China’s rhetoric on Israel a policy change, or ‘wishful ...
October 11, 2024. A recent, slight shift in the Chinese Communist Party’s rhetoric has Beijing watchers in Israel wondering if the IDF’s successes in Lebanon are impacting China’s policies. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning commented on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel in her press conference on Tuesday ...
Three new polls offer three different takeaways on the Jewish vote …
September 13, 2024. Three new polls released in recent weeks show different results with respect to Jewish voter sentiment in the presidential election, raising questions about how a key voting bloc could shape the closely-contested race. The Jewish Democratic Council of America this week released a national poll of 800 self-identified Jewish ...
Israelis from Tel Aviv to Haifa brace for Hezbollah attacks
September 25, 2024. Carmel Shama-Hacohen started Wednesday morning like any other: Checking WhatsApp in bed. The mayor of Ramat Gan, one of Israel’s most populous cities, abutting Tel Aviv, was reading messages from residents, when Hezbollah shot a missile towards central Israel. An air raid siren went off and he moved to his home’s safe room.
New Chicago education board president has history of antisemitic, …
6 days ago · October 29, 2024. Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, the newly appointed president of the Chicago Board of Education, has a lengthy history of posting inflammatory antisemitic, anti-Israel and pro-Hamas content on social media, according to a review of Johnson’s public and private Facebook posts following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks last year.
Jewish community slams Chicago Mayor Johnson after shooting of …
6 days ago · October 29, 2024. Chicago’s Jewish Community Relations Council, Anti-Defamation League and American Jewish Committee chapters slammed Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday for failing to “acknowledge the Jewish community” in a statement after a Muslim man shot a Jewish man walking to synagogue on Saturday in West Rogers Park, home to one of ...
After securing New Jersey Senate nomination, Andy Kim calls for ...
Marc Rod. April 2, 2024. Rep. Andy Kim (D-NJ) said that he supports an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas, days after effectively securing the Democratic nomination for New Jersey’s Senate seat and putting himself on a glide path to the Senate. New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy exited the race last week ...
Daily Kickoff: Jewish women gather in D.C. - Jewish Insider
Mar 9, 2023 · Also in today’s Daily Kickoff: Dana Hyde, Lloyd Austin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Yesterday evening on Capitol Hill, Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Kathy Manning (D-NC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Sara Jacobs (D-CA), as well as Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the State Department’s antisemitism envoy, addressed a ...