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Dmitriy Shapiro

Dmitriy Shapiro

Dmitriy Shapiro is the Washington, D.C., correspondent for JNS.

According to one source, Israeli Prime Minister Bennett wanted to demonstrate that he can be “prime ministerial” like his predecessor, while President Joe Biden needed to show that despite the Afghanistan crisis, the United States is still important in the Middle East.
The Philadelphia Free Library said that it would be auditing its social-media posts, which with all its branches was going to be time-consuming; update its blog guidelines and social-media policy; and meet with members of the Jewish community to help guide the library in the future.
The two men met twice, discussing everything from a coronavirus booster and the Amtrak train system to the threat the terror groups and an Iran that seems to be headed for a nuclear weapon poses to the Middle East and the world.
Jonathan Schanzer at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies says the meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet and U.S President Joe Biden represents a chance to affirm the strong U.S.-Israeli relationship—something to show that America has the trust of its friends in the Mideast.
“The fact is, when there are new leaders, you have to renew those ties—you have to build the relationship,” said Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO for the Jewish Federations of North America.
For months, the bill was condemned by the international community, which saw it as another attempt to wipe out responsibility to restore the property confiscated from its Jewish community during the years of World War II and the Holocaust.
After 10 years at the helm of New York, the soon-to-be vacating governor is described by Jewish politicos in the state as someone not endearing, and that the relationship, though productive, was one of necessity for both Cuomo’s political ambitions and the Jewish community’s needs.
“He is an observant Jew; he’s done the job before; he has a quiet competence, even in the face of a lot of noise that comes up from time to time,” said Jarrod Bernstein, who held the liaison’s position in the Obama administration.