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The U.N. General Assembly. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

US Jewish groups packed their schedules during UN General Assembly

Iran, domestic antisemitism, Holocaust restitution and advancing the Abraham Accords were on the table in high-level meetings with world leaders.

September 26, 2023

Acting Consul General of Israel attends the Anti-Defamation League's annual “Walk Against Hate” in Van Cortland Park in New York on Aug. 20, 2023. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

Israel’s lead man in New York City heads home after five tumultuous years

“A crisis is always an opportunity,” says veteran diplomat Israel Nitzan, who has led Israel’s critical consulate through COVID-19 and political turmoil in Jerusalem and Washington.

August 23, 2023

Nathan Diament, the Orthodox Union's executive director of public policy, speaks alongside Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at a New York City press conference calling for an increase in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program to $360 million, so more synagogues, other houses of worship and nonprofits at risk of attack can improve building security, Jan. 26, 2022. Credit: Orthodox Union.

Proposed slashes to US security-grant program cause concern across aisle

“We’re going to be fighting over the next few weeks to make sure there isn’t a cut,” said Nathan Diament, executive director of the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.

August 2, 2023

Former President Donald Trump speaks at an event where he received a Keter Yerushalyim (Crown of Jerusalem) Award, July 10, 2023. Credit: Israel Heritage Foundation.

Charges ‘reminiscent’ of Nazi Germany, Trump campaign claims

Jewish organizations condemned the statement widely.

August 2, 2023

The American and Israeli flags are screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City as a welcome to U.S. President Joe Biden on July 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

American Jewry’s dangerous intervention in an Israeli culture war

U.S. organizations throwing in with the opposition to judicial reform aren’t defending democracy. Rather, they are treating the majority of Israeli Jews with contempt.

Jonathan S. Tobin

July 26, 2023

Anti-judicial reform protesters and activists clash with Israeli police as they block Begin Road near the Knesset in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

Politicized Tisha B’Av sermons won’t save Israel

The battle over Israeli judicial reform can’t be settled by faux piety about unity that doesn’t answer the question about who are the real modern-day Zealots.

Jonathan S. Tobin

July 24, 2023

A vote on the reasonableness bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Following first stage of judicial reform passage, US Jewish groups pick sides

The American Jewish Committee referred to the democratically passed law as “pushed through” the Israeli legislature.

Menachem Wecker and David Swindle

July 24, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the background, July 19, 2023. Credit: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

American Jewish groups celebrate Herzog’s speech to Congress

The Jewish Federations of North America referred to the Israeli president’s “warm reception across party lines,” which it called “a testament to the relationship these two nations share and the eternal bonds that unite us.”

July 19, 2023

UJA-Federation of NY names new president, board chair

Linda Mirels and Marc Rowan will guide the world’s largest local philanthropy.

July 10, 2023