Politics

Claudine Gay, president of Harvard University, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Claudine Gay resigns from Harvard, weeks after contentious antisemitism hearing

Gay had faced weeks of criticism and pressure from Jewish groups.

The big issues dividing the US and Israel as the Gaza war bleeds into 2024

Both Biden and Netanyahu, at odds with each other, are facing mounting political pressures at home.

A politician speaks at a podium at a state house hearing in Maine

Shenna Bellows, who blocked Trump from Maine’s primary ballot, used to run the state’s Holocaust center

In her decision, Maine’s first woman secretary of state echoed her own words about her work at the Holocaust center: that she was primarily concerned with protecting democracy.

Herb Kohl, former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and Milwaukee Bucks owner, dies at 88

Jewish groups object to GOP’s treatment of Muslim candidate for Court of Appeals seat

New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez draws fire for Christmas message comparing Jesus to Gazans

What you need to know about Dean Phillips, the Jewish congressman running for president

A day after being heckled for his Israel views, Ritchie Torres gets a hero’s welcome at Bronx Jewish school

UN Security Council adopts resolution urging aid to Gazans, stops short of calling for ceasefire

Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books, including Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’

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