Politics

Washington-area rabbi refers to Monsey attack in last prayer of decade in Congress

Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff delivered the prayer to the House of Representatives wearing a tie decorated with menorahs; It was his 16th prayer in Congress, the most by any rabbi.

Jewish groups and lawmakers laud legacy of John Lewis after he announces pancreatic cancer diagnosis

The longtime Georgia congressman, 79, has enjoyed close ties to mainstream Jewish groups going back to the ’60s civil rights movement.

A security guard stands outside the rabbi's house where Saturday's stabbing took place. (Ben Sales)

Trump calls Monsey attack ‘horrific’

Several of the Democratic presidential candidates also condemned the attack, including Bernie Sanders at a Hanukkah ceremony in Iowa.

2 years after tweeting an anti-Semitic article, Valerie Plame is attending synagogue

The Tell: This year in Jewish politics was bananas

The Jews who defined the 2010s

Rudy Giuliani says he is ‘more of a Jew’ than billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros

Stephen Miller says Democrats are trying to demonize a Jewish White House staffer

Illinois Republicans trying to push out neo-Nazi from party primary for House seat

In Hanukkah greeting, Trump says he will ‘stand with the Jewish people’

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