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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

An array of organizations representing mainstream American Jewry claim Morningstar can do more to root out systemic anti-Israel bias in its financial ratings.
Received warmly as a headliner at the Christians United for Israel Summit, she tells JNS that the United States must have Israel’s back if a strike on Iran is deemed necessary.
UN Watch report says the P.A. and Hamas routinely torture human-rights activists, women, members of the LGBT community, political opponents, “collaborators” with Israel and Palestinians who sell land to Jews.
“It’s not just about winning military battles. It’s about having moral footings that come with being a believer in following a religious path,” said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman.
A statement from the Illinois Investment Policy Board deems its investigation into Chicago-based Morningstar closed. However, the chair of the board’s Israel committee says that isn’t what the board voted for.
“We vehemently stand against the Zionist movement within CUNY that aims to criminalize and demonize Palestinian students and workers,” reads the statement.
The new Kosovo-Israel Chamber of Commerce was born of the ties between the Balkan country and American Jewry.
“We don’t have an official season yet. We need more people—50 or 60 is the goal,” says Isaac Giro.
“Many, many years ago when Israel was established, it was a very risky investment. And today, Israel’s economy, prosperity and GDP are growing,” says Dani Naveh.
The Blue Card is set to host its annual summer retreat, giving an all-expenses-paid week-long vacation to up to 40 Holocaust survivors, many Isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A former NBA announcer is taking 14 students and a small group of mentors to Israel in a pioneering effort to broadcast the Maccabiah Games, Olympic-style.
Ahmed Shaheed presented a first-of-its-kind anti-Semitism report to the United Nations. Now, he’s looking to move beyond facts and figures with action.