Tag: U.S. Congress
Newly formed Black-Jewish Caucus gets first members, flurry of interest
A week after the launch of the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations, nearly 10 members of Congress are planning to join, have expressed interest in doing so or are reviewing the group.
The creation of the Black-Jewish...
Should Jews formally band together in Congress?
There is no question that individual Jews have a lot of clout in Congress. Four of the 28 Jewish members of the House of Representatives hold important committee chairmanships.
They are Democrats Eliot Engel on...
Pennsylvania Rep. Susan Wild: Steeped in foreign affairs, knowledge of Israel, concern over anti-Semitism
Democratic Rep. Susan Wild defeatedRepublican Marty Nothstein in Pennsylvania’s redrawn 7th Congressional District (previously the state’s 15th Congressional District) in the 2018 midterm elections to replace Republican Rep. Charlie Dent, who retired in May, leaving...
12 pro-Israel groups call on Pelosi, Engel to remove Omar from House Committee
Twelve pro-Israel groups delivered a letter on Monday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), urging for the removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the committee amid the...
Omar adds to dual-loyalty accusation against Jewish lawmakers
On Sunday, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) defended her remarks last week accusing her “Jewish colleagues” for attacking her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) for labeling every criticism of theirs as anti-Israel because of the faith of...
Are Jews shutting down Ilhan Omar?
Perhaps you thought Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had been so thoroughly rebuked by the media and fellow Democrats for her anti-Semitic tweets that her campaign against Israel and its supporters had been put on...
‘What must be said:’ An enduring anti-Semitic trope
When the late German writer Günter Grass decided, seven years ago, to publicly denounce Israel as the greatest threat to the planet’s existence, he chose the medium of poetry to do so. Starting from...
The limits of American anti-Semitism
Does Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) get to make this all go away with just an apology? That’s what many on the left and a lot of Democrats agree. Following a tongue-lashing from House Speaker...
Maryland Congressman David Trone is no stranger to the Jewish state or tackling anti-Semitism
Democratic Rep. David Trone, 63, defeated Republican and former Deputy Under Secretary of the Army Amie Hoeber in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District in the 2018 midterm elections to replace John Delaney, who is running for president in 2020.
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Pennsylvania Rep. John Joyce vows to support a ‘strong Israel,’ BDS supporters need to...
Republican Rep. John Joyce, 61, defeated Democrat Brent Ottaway in Pennsylvania’s newly created 13th Congressional District in the 2018 midterm elections.
Previously, he served in the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia during the 1991...