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All members of Congress are invited to pre-record remarks; Joel Griffith of Heritage says “this unjustly allows her to rehabilitate her image.”
An article New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries wrote in college defending his uncle recently came to light.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “has freely and openly carried out plots targeting citizens across the E.U.,” say the Congress members.
JINSA head Michael Makovsky hopes the letter will “galvanize” Democrats and Republicans to give Israel the military tools it needs.
In his recent clash with Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) flip-flops on the question of whether antisemitism is a unique challenge.
“Now Congress is one step closer to holding its most corrupt member accountable,” tweeted Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.).
Among funding requests are support to protect Jewish communities and to aid Holocaust survivors.
Newly-elected Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s grandfather may have served as a soldier for Nazi Germany.
Every Democrat opposed; one Republican voted present.
Refugees in China and Japan a focus of the annual event.
U.S. Rep Lois Frankel tells JNS that “The message that antisemitism and hatred is wrong, and that the Holocaust was real, is an important message.”
Republicans have a slim majority in the House, while Democrats maintain control of the Senate.
