Published originally in POLITICO. Six months after a shooting war in Gaza, Congress is more involved in controversies over Islamophobia and anti-Semitism than it is in resuscitating a two-state solution…
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Published originally in Jewish Insider. For progressive advocacy groups, this was supposed to be a make-or-break week on voting rights. After the Senate failed to advance the Freedom to Vote…
By Ishaan Tharoor, originally published in Washington Post. On the face of it, Germany’s main far-right party should be licking its wounds. The Alternative for Germany, or AfD, dropped about…
[New York, NY – October 18th, 2021] The American Jewish Congress is deeply saddened by the passing of Secretary Colin Powell. Throughout his life, he was a close ally of…
Originally published in Newsweek. Prominent Jewish groups have slammed Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene for another reference to Nazi Germany, after she described those who would go door-to-door to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations as…
“Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continues to prove that there is no limit to her brutal trivialization of the Holocaust for her own personal political power. The Holocaust and Jewish suffering…
Originally published in POLITICO. The rise of antisemitic incidents around the country this month has forced Democrats and Republicans alike into uncomfortable corners as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict hit a flashpoint….
Originally published in NPR. Nearly four months after condemning Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comments on antisemitic conspiracy theories, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is once again rejecting the Georgia Republican’s rhetoric…
Our Executive Director Joel Rubin discusses on i24NEWS the diplomatic efforts to reach a sustainable ceasefire between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas, and analyzes Secretary Blinken’s trip in the…
Originally published in Huffpost. Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that his fellow progressives should “tone down the rhetoric” when it comes to language ― such as “apartheid” ― used to…
