Tag: U.S. Politics
American mediocrity
There is a certain kind of person for whom “The West Wing” was dramatic television at its finest. It featured sharp, brainy, political dialogue with a cast walking around the White House outwitting one...
Republicans to JNS: Biden ‘willing to throw Israel under the bus’
Former U.S. senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum told JNS that U.S. President Joe Biden is willing to abandon Israel to secure victory in the 2024 presidential election.
“To him, it’s all about winning elections,...
Pilip loses special election for former George Santos congressional seat in NY
A former gunsmith for the IDF paratroopers won’t be parachuting into Washington.
Mazi Pilip, an Ethiopian-born, Israeli American running as a Republican, lost a special congressional election in New York’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday...
‘Little note to Nikki: She’s not gonna win,’ Trump says after NH victory
U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump won their respective New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday, likely teeing up a 2024 rematch of the 2020 election.
With 97% of votes counted at press time,...
The race after Feinstein
In the days after Senator Dianne Feinstein’s death, the California political community’s attention has been divided between commemorating Feinstein’s remarkable career and speculating about who Governor Gavin Newsom would appoint as her replacement.
The mourning...
Congressional candidate: McCarthy meeting with Chassidim ‘waste of everyone’s time’
Mondaire Jones, who is running against Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y) for his old New York congressional seat, shared a post on X on Tuesday that members of Congress and others are slamming as antisemitic.
The...
Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist Elissa Czuker dies at 53
Elissa Czuker, who with her husband, Edward Czuker, donated to many prominent Jewish and political causes, died on Aug. 25. She was 53 years old.
The mother of nine was active in the Young Israel...
Must Jews ‘repent’ for voting for Trump?
In the weeks before the observance of Rosh Hashanah, religious Jews give a lot of lip service to the idea of repentance. That is the main point of our observance in the Hebrew month...
Indictment meltdown
I don’t know about you, but if I hear one more person, politician, or legal analyst (I am one such person) say the word “indictment,” I'm going to file a lawsuit. I'm not sure...
Nikki Haley makes her move
As the 2024 election begins to slide slowly into view, it’s now clear that barring an unforeseen health issue, Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee for president. But the Republican field has been...