Politics

Members of Congress ask TV providers to increase access to Jewish programming

The letter cited Jewish-themed television programming as a way to fight rising antisemitism.

Israeli and American rabbis call on Bennet and Biden to take climate change seriously at UN conference

A group of Israeli rabbis called on Naftali Bennet to treat climate change as a matter of “pikuach nefesh,” meaning a matter of life and death.

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and local resident Lesley Williams/

The case for reparations, according to two Jews living in the first American city to offer them

Lesley Williams is a Black Jewish activist whose father was denied housing in Evanston because of the color of his skin. Daniel Biss, the grandson of a Holocaust survivor who received reparations from Germany, is Evanston’s mayor.

Biden’s Tree of Life anniversary statement used a term that worries parts of both the left and the right

Ted Cruz defends using a Nazi salute to protest COVID-19 public health measures

Democrats are trying to make antisemitism a key issue in the Virginia governor’s race — and next year’s midterms

French essayist and political journalist Eric Zemmour arrives at a debate in Beziers, France on Oct, 16, 2021. (Chesnot/Getty Images)

A far-right Jew could make political history in France. Many French Jews say he’s dangerous.

Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

Jessica Rosenworcel set to become first woman to lead FCC permanently

Florida halts new investments in Ben & Jerry’s parent company over West Bank sales boycott

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