Some progressive lawmakers used the term “apartheid” to describe Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. Our Executive Director Joel Rubin criticized the embrace of such language that fuels antisemitism. After being asked…
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Originally published in the Washington Post. Several of the most prominent U.S. Jewish organizations appealed Friday to the Biden White House to take measures to combat antisemitism after a string…
Published originally in Newsweek. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has fully embraced social media platform Gab for political power and fundraising purposes, bringing mainstream followers onto its extremist platform and…
Originally published in The Forward. As the Jewish left and more conservative communal groups dig their heels in over the use of a controversial definition of antisemitism, a set of establishment organizations…
HAARETZ: ‘Jewish Space Lasers’ Conspiracy: U.S. Jewish Groups Call for Republican Lawmaker’s Removal
Originally published in Haaretz. WASHINGTON – Jewish organizations and lawmakers are roundly calling on Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene to be punished or removed from office after it emerged she…
Originally published in Huffpost. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) is moving her office for the “safety” of her staff and herself after a tense encounter at the U.S. Capitol with QAnon-backing…
On Tuesday, January 26th 2021, the American Jewish Congress presented the findings of its Special Report “Radicalization’s Exodus.” First reported in POLITICO Playbook as an “eye-opening report,” this latest publication…
By Joel Rubin, Executive Director of the American Jewish Congress Originally published in Foreign Policy. “The explosion of white supremacist violence displayed at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 was not…
Originally published in Jewish Insider. Democratic strategist Joel Rubin, who served as director of Jewish outreach for Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign, has been tapped as executive director…
American Jewish Congress President Jack Rosen is excited to announce that the organization has hired Joel Rubin to be its next Executive Director. Rubin brings a wealth of both Jewish…
