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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.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, speaks during a Primary Election night event at The Fuge in Warminster, Pa., on May 19, 2026. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images.
U.S. News
Jew-hatred makes everyone less safe, Pennsylvania governor says
“No one’s pain is greater or more important than others,” Gov. Josh Shapiro told Politico. “But from a data perspective, there has been a dramatic spike in antisemitism that is unmatched elsewhere, and that’s a problem.”
May 28, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Woody Guthrie
Feature
New Woody Guthrie documentary is ‘Jewish film about very non-Jewish guy from tiny little town in Oklahoma’
“I never imagined making a Jewish film about Woody Guthrie,” Steven Pressman told JNS. “We started finding out all these threads. It just opened my eyes completely.”
May 27, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Memorial candle light flame
U.S. News
‘Could happen to any of us,’ says head of new Annapolis Federation, a year after murder of Israeli embassy staffers in DC
“This is what happens when antisemitism spreads, like wildfire, and it’s not checked by responsible people in the middle and on the left and on the right,” Ron Halber, of the local JCRC, told JNS.
May 21, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
US Capitol
U.S. News
House Dems fail for third time to force Trump to get congressional approval for war against Iran
“This vote isn’t about whether we should crush the Iranian regime. We should,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer stated. “This is about defending the Constitution.”
May 15, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
US Capitol Congress DC
U.S. News
House unanimously approves annual Jewish US Heritage Month resolution
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told JNS that it was “really important” to pass the measure, “given the explosive rise in antisemitism,” including violent attacks.
May 13, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Josh Gottheimer
U.S. News
Gottheimer leads Dem effort to force Trump to get congressional approval for war against Iran
“I want to destroy their nuclear programs, their ballistic missile program, their drone programs and their terrorist proxy programs,” the congressman said of Iran. “But that said, you can’t leave the United States Congress in the dark any longer.”
May 13, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
US Capitol Congress
U.S. News
House holds discussion on annual resolution for Jewish US Heritage Month
“These are not just numbers on a page but are lived experience of all Jewish Americans,” Rep. Brad Knott said, of Jew-hatred, on the House floor.
May 12, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
Brad Cohen
U.S. News
Proud Jew has raised second most cash in Dem primary for NJ 12th district after anti-Israel, Egyptian American doctor
“I believe very much in the state of Israel and its right to exist,” East Brunswick mayor Brad Cohen told JNS. “It’s critical to me that it remains a Jewish state in the Middle East.”
May 9, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
An Israeli flag is fixed to a street sign as police stand by off Pearl Street at the scene of an attack on demonstrators calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in Boulder, Colo., on June 1, 2025. Credit: Eli Imadali/AFP via Getty Images.
U.S. News
Boulder firebomber sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole, 2,128 years for murder and 100 others charges for antisemitic attack
“Today we’ve seen the defendant held fully accountable and fully responsible for the horrific hate crime that he committed and the act of antisemitism he committed,” said Michael Dougherty, Boulder County district attorney.
May 7, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant, Jessica Russak-Hoffman
NYPD New York City Police Counter Terror
U.S. News
Jew-hatred in America a ‘trend, not blips on a screen,’ experts say after ADL releases audit of incidents
“We are more scared than ever,” Jewish activist Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi told JNS. “Despite the overall reduction in the number of instances, the severity of instances is terrifying.”
May 6, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
J.B. Pritzker
U.S. News
Jew-hatred not OK, even if you hate Netanyahu, Pritzker tells magazine
The Jewish governor of Illinois, widely thought to be a candidate for president, accused the Israeli prime minister of making it “near-impossible” to obtain peace.
May 5, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
John Sterling Getty
U.S. News
John Sterling, Jewish Yankees ‘radio legend,’ dies at 87
“He informed and entertained generations of fans with a theatrical and unapologetic style that was uniquely his own,” the New York Yankees stated.
May 4, 2026
Jonathan D. Salant
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