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Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is the U.S. politics editor for the Jewish Journal.

U.S. entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy speaks with attendees at the 2022 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona, Dec. 19, 2022. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

GOP tension over Israel

For those of us who care about the strength and reliability of the U.S-Israel relationship, the result was unsettling.

August 31, 2023

Antisemitic fliers found on the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara, January 2023.

Students on the front lines

As this school year commences, Jewish and pro-Israel college students deserve a safer and more welcoming campus environment than most universities will provide them.

August 24, 2023

From left: Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.). Source: Screenshot.

Dealing with the anti-Israel left

The great majority of Democrats in Congress are reliably pro-Israel. But the numbers of those who vote against the interests of the Jewish state are growing.

August 16, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference on the planned construction of a new railway line from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona to the city of Eilat, in Jerusalem, July 30, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90

Can Bibi pull a Houdini?

For the first time since he regained the Prime Minister’s Office several months ago, it appears that Benjamin Netanyahu has a plan.

August 9, 2023

The western facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building at dusk in Washington, D.C. Credit: Joe Ravi via Wikimedia Commons.

Jews and affirmative action

Affirmative action is dead, but the debate over alternatives to replace it is far from over. Let’s see how the Jewish community responds when the impact hits closer to home.

July 6, 2023

Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro, Jan. 15, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A future Jewish president?

Josh Shapiro, the newly elected Democratic governor of Pennsylvania, could break the glass ceiling.

June 29, 2023

The flags of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Credit: OnePixelStudio/Shutterstock.

The Saudi two-step

The question is whether it is better to ally with both Saudi Arabias or neither.

June 22, 2023

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks at an emergency General Assembly meeting in United Nations headquarters in New York City to vote on Jerusalem's situation on Dec. 21, 2017. Credit: Amir Levy/Flash90.

Nikki Haley makes her move

Haley has the skills and possibly the support base to mount a credible and perhaps competitive underdog campaign.

March 5, 2023

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff serves as keynote speaker during the lighting of the National Menorah near the South Lawn of the White House, Nov. 28, 2021. Photo by Dmitriy Shapiro.

The rise of Doug Emhoff

The second gentleman’s admirable example in tackling antisemitism represents an important step towards defeating this menace and its sponsors.

January 12, 2023