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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.

While several speakers pushed back on American liberalism and “wokeism” gone mad, the focus was kept on Jewish conservatism and education, and Israel’s future as a conservative democracy.
Mark Wilf, son of Holocaust survivors and owner of an NFL franchise, led the Jewish Federations of North America in a transformative way, both by design and out of necessity. Now he moves on to chair the board of governors for the Jewish Agency for Israel.
The Gulf state has been seen as an unlikely diplomatic partner for Israel, but is opening its borders to ticket-holders for soccer matches.
“Nothing will stop me—and I mean nothing—from fighting the discrimination in the U.N. against Israel,” says Erdan.
“They care and want to listen. It was a beautiful thing to see, and I better understand the connection of American Jews to Israel,” said 26-year-old wounded Israeli veteran Omer Mor, who experiences a chance to interact with Diaspora Jewry as part of Belev Echad.
Anti-Israel activists claimed victory after the company sold its stake in a Jerusalem factory, but the decision was pure business, it says.
He tried cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court before arguing Israel’s case to the world.
After a faculty vote to boycott Israel and a commencement speech filled with anti-Israel rhetoric, New York politicians are set to hold hearings on the matter.
The former State Department anti-Semitism envoy is on a mission to increase American philosemitism, in part by highlight Jewish contributions to the success of the United States.
The event marked the conclusion of a painful year for the organization and its founder, but also a foundation for a long-term plan.
“We have experienced a horrible uptick of violence across the five boroughs, but it has been concentrated against the Orthodox community,” said New York City Council and Jewish Caucus member Lincoln Restler.
A meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict includes a hostile Russian attack on Israel.