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Jackson Richman

Between $500,000 and $600,000 was raised for Republican Denver Riggleman by a “loose functional of pro-Israel donors,” with Democratic House candidate Leslie Cockburn’s anti-Israel past a major factor.
At the state level, recent polls have shown that Jewish voters are more concerned with domestic issues, such as affordable health care, the economy, education, and social safety-net programs like Medicare and Social Security, than they are Israel.
Considering that the Israel—and increasingly, the rest of the Middle East—has become more of a partisan issue, GOP control of the Senate is key for President Donald Trump to continue his policies, many of which have clearly favored Israel.
Despite the election of certain pro-BDS candidates, the heads of committees significant for furthering policy related to the Mideast and Israel are mainstream Democrats: New York’s Eliot Engel for Foreign Affairs, and Nita Lowey, also from New York, for Appropriations.
“It seems the problem is only getting worse as a result of this campaign of hate that has been launched by JVP and SJP on campus,” said Rena Nasar, tri-state campus director of the organization StandWithUs.
Held for the second year, the event came one day after the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, touching upon the theme of anti-Semitism.
As the race for control of Congress heads down the home stretch, many experts and pundits are predicting an end to the seven-year Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
The upcoming round will include targeting Iran’s “energy, shipping and the ship-building sectors, as well as the provision of insurance and transactions involving the Central Bank of Iran and designated Iranian financial institutions,” said State Department spokesperson Rob Palladino.
Enhancements include alarm systems, impact-resistant doors and gate, lighting, access control systems, video systems, jersey walls, fencing, and fixed or handheld screening systems.
“A Jewish student at Rutgers was physically bullied and physically threatened on campus, and Jewish students were singled out and excluded from a campus event that was advertised as open to everyone,” said representatives of the Zionist Organization of America.
Accompanied by Tree of Life Synagogue’s Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the president and first lady visited the memorials outside the synagogue and lit a candle inside for each of the victims.
JNS sat down with the famed Soviet refusenik, Israeli leader and chess maven following his acceptance of the inaugural Tikvah Prize at the Jewish Leadership Conference in New York.