Politics

Stephen Miller waving on a runway surrounded by American flags

Stephen Miller, hardline Jewish Trump aide, to become deputy chief of staff as immigration becomes top issue

The architect of some of Trumps’ most controversial immigration policies was reprimanded by a broad spectrum of Jewish groups during his first term.

Cornell’s handling of a new course on Gaza could preview campus Israel battles under Trump

The Ivy League school’s president shares his concerns about a course on Israel and Palestine, as schools everywhere prepare for pushback from the government.

Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Jewish Democrat, narrowly wins reelection

Rosen, a former synagogue president, prevailed despite her state voting for Donald Trump

Trump to nominate Elise Stefanik, who grilled university presidents on antisemitism, as UN ambassador

‘Where are all the Jews at?’ A year after mass rally for Israel, turnout at its followup is sparse

Yechiel Leiter speaks at the Family Leadership Summit, a gathering of Christian conservatives in Des Moines, Iowa, in July 2024. (Screenshot)

Yechiel Leiter, American-Israeli former settler leader who lost a son in Gaza, to serve as next Israeli ambassador to US

Mayoral candidate at a podium waving to supporters

Daniel Lurie, Jewish political neophyte and heir to Levi Strauss fortune, wins San Francisco mayoral race

HIAS Greece translator Jalal Barezkai, right, assisting a Syrian refugee in an encampment near the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece on May 9, 2018. (Bill Swersey/HIAS)

‘Deja vu all over again’: HIAS stares down 4 more years under Trump, a president hostile to the immigrants it aids

Man carrying weapons and protest manifesto against Gaza war tried to enter U.S. Capitol on Election Day

Could Donald Trump’s win end the war in Gaza and bring the hostages home?

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