United States

Joe Biden joins Clinton and Trump among AIPAC speakers

The vice president has been the go-to official to calm the waters during the many periods of tension between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Jewish trans woman named senior White House LGBT liaison

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan, a Honduras native who was raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, by Jewish parents, will serve as the White House’s “lead point of contact” for LGBT groups.

Israel emerges as campaign issue ahead of voting in 3 big Jewish states

Last week's Republican debate saw the campaign's most extensive discussion of Israel to date, just days before some large Jewish communities go to the polls.