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Jonathan Salant

Jonathan D. Salant

Jonathan D. Salant has been a Washington correspondent for more than 35 years and has worked for such outlets as Newhouse News Service, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, NJ Advance Media and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former president of the National Press Club, he was inducted into the Society of Professional Journalists D.C. chapter’s Journalism Hall of Fame in 2023.

A Chassidic man on a ferry viewing the New York City skyline. Credit: Caterina Pellizzer/Pexels.
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In Linden, NJ, some 40 minutes from Midtown Manhattan, growing Chassidic community at odds with local government
“I think they’re much more susceptible to being targeted if a public official wants to target them, if a community wants to target them,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer told JNS.
Oct. 15, 2026
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Cory Booker
U.S. News
Booker blames Israel for ‘colossally stupid’ Iran war, GOP challenger says Trump should be tougher on ‘settlers’
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
Oct. 9, 2026
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Josh Gottheimer
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At Edan Alexander Way, Gottheimer announces bills marking Oct. 7, withholding US aid until UN designates Hamas, Hezbollah
“We speak the truth about Oct. 7,” the Jewish Democratic congressman said on the street named for the last liberated, living American hostage. “We stand up to hate, wherever it rears its ugly head.”
Oct. 8, 2026
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Josh Shapiro
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Poll: Shapiro leads GOP challenger by 25 points in Pennsylvania governor’s race
“One of the country’s most popular governors gets a rousing endorsement from Pennsylvania’s likely voters in a race that looks like a rout,” Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
Oct. 7, 2026
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(From left to right) Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.) during a bipartisan congressional delegation to Lebanon, September 2026. Credit: Office of Rep. Josh Gottheimer.
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Lebanon has a ‘rare moment’ to disarm Hezbollah, Gottheimer says
“Many of the leadership are saying the right things,” the New Jersey congressman said. “Now, it’s a question of making it happen and making it happen fast.”
Oct. 2, 2026
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Yaniv Hayun, who subdued the suspected terrorist aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, arrives at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Sept. 30, 2026. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
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Trump recounts ‘incredible story’ of Israeli plumber who helped save flydubai flight
The U.S. president said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who told him the passenger intervened after a pilot allegedly stabbed his colleague and the plane went into a nose dive.
Oct. 1, 2026
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Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) departs the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2026. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.
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GOP rep says in debate Israel ‘completely justified,’ Dem challenger says she has criticism of Netanyahu, as she does of Trump
“We need to have their back in every single way,” Rep. Tom Kean Jr. said of Israel. “It’s not just that they need to be able to defend themselves. They need to be able to win this war.”
Sept. 30, 2026
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US Capitol Congress
U.S. News
Bipartisan report calls for targeted responses to Jew-hatred while protecting free speech, academic freedom
“Our response must also preserve the constitutional freedoms that are fundamental to our educational institutions and our democracy,” stated Rochelle Garza, chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Sept. 29, 2026
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Robert P. George
U.S. News
‘You’ve got to act’ to fight Jew-hatred, says Princeton professor on NJ civil-rights panel
“I did not expect to see in the United States of America, a resurgence of the kind of antisemitism that I myself identify with old Europe,” Robert P. George told JNS.
Sept. 28, 2026
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro attends the ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the new Fidelity Bank Corporate Center, in Scranton, Pa., Sept. 18, 2026. Credit: The office of Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Majority of Pennsylvania voters oppose more US aid to Israel, poll finds
The survey found that likely voters also viewed AIPAC unfavorably and preferred candidates who oppose additional military assistance to the Jewish state.
Sept. 25, 2026
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The parents of Omer Neutra, Ronen and Orna, at a rally calling for the release of the Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas in Gaza, marking 435 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Dec. 14, 2024. Credit: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
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For Omer Neutra’s parents, 9/11 and Oct. 7 are forever linked
“For our family, the connection to Oct. 7 is impossible to ignore: the same hatred, the same glorification of murder, and the same responsibility to stand together against it,” said Orna Neutra.
Sept. 11, 2026
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Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) speaks during a news conference on the Israel-Hamas war at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C, on Dec, 5, 2023. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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Netanyahu’s policies are making Israel less safe, Dem congresswoman says
“The sad thing is this is what the Democrats have latched onto is, just say ‘Bibi,’ and think that absolves them of Jew-hatred and antisemitism,” Rep. Mike Lawler told JNS. “Unfortunately, too many of my Democratic colleagues are more concerned about their radical leftist base than they are standing up for our greatest ally in the world.”
Sept. 11, 2026
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