NYJW Opinion

AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby that holds its annual national conference this coming week in Washington, has a longstanding policy of inviting every major presidential candidate to address its delegates in an election year. It’s a logical position for a group that champions its bipartisan approach to politics, believing that the U.S.-Israel relationship is best served […]

Among the many reasons this year’s presidential campaign is unique, consider this one: Running on the Democratic side we have a socialist Jew with non-Jewish grandchildren, and in the Republican race, the front-runner is a billionaire Presbyterian with Orthodox Jewish grandchildren. And of course there’s also the former secretary of state with a Jewish son-in-law […]