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WEBJewish Insider (JI) covers politics and policy – and the people driving it – in the U.S., Middle East and beyond. Our team of journalists are on location around the world. From the halls of Congress and the White House and State Department briefing rooms in D.C. to the campaign trail in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, our political reporters are your eyes and ears on the latest ...
A closer look at Biden’s foreign policy team - Jewish Insider
WEBJacob Kornbluh. November 24, 2020. President-elect Joe Biden announced key appointments to his White House national security team on Monday as he begins to assemble his Cabinet. Among the appointments requiring Senate confirmation are senior foreign policy advisor Tony Blinken as secretary of state; Alejandro “Ali” Nicholas Mayorkas, a ...
The error-prone Israeli government spokesman who wasn’t
WEBOct 23, 2023 · Into this sensitive area of Israel’s online messaging about the war now stands a controversial figure, Hanaya Naftali, a former member of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s communications staff. More rogue social media influencer than actual government spokesperson, Naftali has caused headaches for the government at a fraught moment.
Judaica artist Michael Aram reflects on his Armenian roots - Jewish …
WEBMay 4, 2021. Michael Aram, the artist whose metal jewelry and houseware designs are a staple at high-end department stores around the country, knows that his ethnic-sounding name presents a Rohrschach test to his diverse customer base. “I have my Persian ladies who say, ‘Of course, you’re Persian,’” Aram told Jewish Insider last week.
Inside New Jersey’s Orthodox boomtown - Jewish Insider
WEBFeb 18, 2022 · In Lakewood, the neighborhood church is a synagogue. Over the last decade, the majority-Orthodox Lakewood was the second-fastest growing city in New Jersey. Its population increased by more than 45%, or some 42,000 people, between 2010 and 2020, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
The life and legacy of Menachem Begin - Jewish Insider
WEBBy. Amy Spiro. June 4, 2021. On June 7, 1981, the Israeli Air Force — acting on the orders of Prime Minister Menachem Begin — carried out a surprise airstrike on the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq. The operation established what became known as the “Begin Doctrine,” the Israeli government’s policy of preemptive strikes against its ...
How Ayanna Pressley shifted her stance on Israel - Jewish Insider
WEBSep 30, 2021 · After a bill calling for $1 billion in additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defense system overwhelmingly passed the House of Representatives last week by a vote of 420 to 9, members of the Boston Jewish community are grappling with the fact that Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) — who upon first entering Congress in 2019 was seen as a supporter of the Jewish state — was one of ...
J.D. Vance on Trump, Israel and his chosen faith - Jewish Insider
WEBSep 9, 2021 · J.D. Vance, the venture capitalist and best-selling author of Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, got off to something of a bumpy start when he declared his candidacy in Ohio’s open-seat Senate race two months ago.Speaking at a factory in Middletown, where he grew up, the 37-year-old Republican seemed disoriented as a campaign poster unceremoniously slid from its ...
Eileen Filler-Corn announces campaign for open House seat in …
WEBOct 18, 2023 · Eileen Filler-Corn, the first woman and first Jewish speaker of Virginia’s House of Delegates, is launching a new campaign for a competitive open congressional seat in Northern Virginia, she announced in an exclusive interview with Jewish Insider. “There’s no doubt in my mind that this is the right time for me to step up,” Filler-Corn, a Democrat, said on Tuesday.