Tag: Democratic National Convention
‘Never see anything like that again,’ Rabbi Michael Beals says of Biden’s support of...
U.S. President Joe Biden lingered on stage as Chicago’s United Center quickly emptied on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. It was past midnight in the Windy City, and the president, whose...
As US arms sales to Riyadh resume, senators say hope for Israeli-Saudi relations
Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department announced that it had lifted a ban on selling certain weapons to Saudi Arabia.
The Biden administration “always made clear that the freeze on certain classes of weapons...
Asked why no Palestinian on DNC dais, Pelosi says speakers could’ve brought up ceasefire...
In a briefing for foreign press at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, former House speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed back at the idea that a Palestinian speaker should have been...
J Street’s two faces on pro-Hamas protesters
In public, J Street says it’s horrified by the antisemitism of pro-Hamas protesters. But in private this week, J Street’s president pressured Jewish Democrats to stop accusing the protesters of being antisemitic. Why the...
From Charlottesville to Chicago
President Joe Biden is rightly being raked over the coals by Republicans for his latest egregious display of hypocrisy, which in this case couldn’t be chalked up solely to brain fog.
In his speech on...
Harris ‘last person in room’ with Biden on foreign-policy decisions, former US envoy says
During the presidency of Barack Obama, Thomas Nides attended foreign-policy meetings as U.S. deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Just as he saw Obama include Joe Biden, then-vice president, Nides has seen...
RJC to plant 1,800 trees per DNC speaker who publicly praises Israel
The Republican Jewish Coalition has announced a new initiative during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago to monitor speakers and see who, if any, advocate for the Jewish state.
“Last week, the RJC officially challenged...
Trump to Jewish supporters: ‘Schumer is like a Palestinian
Former president and current GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke against campus pro-Hamas protests, Iranian terrorism and Vice President Kamala Harris’s seemingly tolerance of both during an Aug. 15 speech at Trump National Golf Club in...
Young Jewish Chicagoans excited, apprehensive ahead of Democratic National Convention
With the Democratic National Convention scheduled to take place from Aug. 19 to Aug. 22 in the Windy City, young Jewish Chicagoans told JNS that they worry about potential political unrest around the gathering,...
Chicago City Council enacts ‘hate-littering’ fines to deter spread of fliers
Three weeks before the Democratic Party is scheduled to hold its national convention in Chicago to name its presidential nominee, a local ordinance has moved forward to levy fines on those who spread hate via fliers.
The...