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Andrew Bernard is the Washington correspondent for JNS.org.

Rabbi Moshe Hauer. Credit: Courtesy.

FEMA grants ‘woefully inadequate’ to keep US Jews safe, OU leader says

The federal government must tackle Jew-hatred proactively, said Rabbi Moshe Hauer, executive vice president of the Orthodox Union.

November 16, 2023

Hanoch Milwidsky (left) and Boaz Bismuth, both Israeli Knesset members from the Likud Party. Credit: JNS.

Lapid ‘digging his political grave’ calling for ouster of Netanyahu, Likud Knesset members say

“It’s not going to be one of the things he will be proud of when he talks to his kids about his political career,” Hanoch Milwidsky told JNS in Washington the day after the “March for Israel” rally.

November 15, 2023

Jewish-day school students from across the United States came out in full force for the "March for Israel" rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: Prizmah.

Jewish day-school students turn out en masse to attend ‘March for Israel’

“We had complete high schools that would turn over their program and bring all their students,” said Prizmah CEO Paul Bernstein.

November 15, 2023

From left: Randall Kaplan, husband of Rep. Kathy Manning (D-N.C.); Sheila Katz, CEO of the National Council of Jewish Women; Manning; Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee; actress Debra Messing; and Jill Deutch, wife of Ted Deutch, at the "March for Israel" rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: AJC.

‘A whole lot at stake’ in US aid package to Israel, AJC head says

The rally sends the message to Washington “that we’re appreciative for the support for Israel and for the Jewish community, but that we need to see even more,” said AJC CEO Ted Deutch.

November 15, 2023

Jonathan Greenblatt, national director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, in Jerusalem, on June 5, 2017. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

Enshrine national strategy on antisemitism into law, ADL head tells Congress

“I want Congress to recognize the gravity of this moment,” said Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League.

November 14, 2023

Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, at the AJC GLobal Forum in Tel Aviv on June 12, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Lipstadt to speak at DC ‘March for Israel,’ White House says

“The unity in our community is almost unprecedented,” said Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents.

November 13, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.). Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Cotton: Investigate news outlets over freelancers ‘embedded with Hamas’

“According to reports, members of your staff were embedded with Hamas, knew about the attack and not only went along with it but accompanied members of Hamas as they carried out the attack,” Sen. Tom Cotton said.

November 10, 2023

Nikki Haley, a former ambassador and former governor, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the third Republican primary debate in Miami on Nov. 8, 2023. Source: YouTube/NBC News.

Israel takes center stage at third Republican debate

“The last thing we need to do is to tell Israel what to do. The only thing we should be doing is supporting them and eliminating Hamas,” said Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

November 8, 2023

Georgetown University's main campus. Washington National Cathedral is visible above campus, and the Washington Canoe Club is in the lower right on the Potomac River. Credit: Patrickneil via Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Concealed foreign funding of US colleges linked to antisemitism

“Qatar—one of the most vocal pro-Hamas, antisemitic countries in the world—has given over $1 billion to U.S. universities from 2011 to 2016,” said Rep. Michelle Steel (R-Calif.).

November 8, 2023