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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 9, 2016. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Three US presidential campaigns respond to Biden’s Netanyahu snub

The lack of an invitation to the Oval Office for the Israeli prime minister reflects the “bankruptcy" of the administration’s Israel policy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told JNS.

Menachem Wecker

August 14, 2023

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) speaks at the Hands Off Budget rally in Washington, D.C. on May 24, 2017. Credit: AFGE/Wikipedia.

Germs, race and newfangled hatreds

Jew-hatred comes in many sizes, shapes and colors, a vast cornucopia of contempt.

Thane Rosenbaum

July 24, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the demonstration against the vaccine passport introduced in Italy to combat the Covid 19 pandemic on Nov. 13, 2021 at Arco della Pace in Milan. Photo by Renato Murolo 68/Shutterstock.

RFK Jr. and the unintentional bigotry of sloppy thinkers

Is Kennedy the latest exemplar of this bizarre, new, phenomenon: the pro-Israel anti-Semite?

July 19, 2023

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. Photo by Flash90.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: ‘Bobby Kennedy is not in any way an antisemite’

Meanwhile, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) tweeted that RFK Jr. is an antisemite, and “a disgrace to the Kennedy name and the Democratic Party.”

July 18, 2023

Robert F Kennedy Jr. and sign language interpreter at the Arizona March for Medical Freedom at the State Capitol building. Rally to protect medical rights. Photo by In The Light Photography/Shutterstock.

‘It’s clear to me now that I need to be much more careful,’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells JNS

The Democratic candidate for president presented himself as a strong supporter of Israel and Jews in an exclusive, nearly 40-minute interview.

Menachem Wecker

July 17, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a demonstration in Milan against the vaccine passport introduced in Italy to combat COVID, Nov. 13, 2021. Credit: Renato Murolo 68/Shutterstock.

Did RFK Jr. cross the line between unwise and antisemitic?

Though he may not have intended it, the Democratic candidate’s outrageous claim that the coronavirus was engineered to spare Jews invokes classic tropes of Jew-hatred.

Jonathan S. Tobin

July 17, 2023

Robert Kennedy Jr. and his third wife, actress Cheryl Hines, at the Los Angeles premiere of "Wild" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, Calif., Nov. 19, 2014. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock.

Why RFK Jr. flunked the Roger Waters test

COVID controversies helped realign U.S. politics as foes of government power on both left and right found common ground. But tolerance for antisemitism can’t be ignored.

Jonathan S. Tobin

June 2, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. affirms: ‘I support Israel’

The Democratic contender for president deleted tweets in support of musician Roger Waters.

June 1, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy and 2024 Democratic candidate for president, in 2017. Credit: Wikipedia.

‘Not good enough,’ says RJC’s Brooks of Kennedy Jr. explanation of tweet supporting Roger Waters

The Pink Floyd musician dressed as an SS officer at a recent concert in Berlin.

May 29, 2023