AIPAC
Votes on war force Washington Democrats to reckon with faith, conscience and politics
By Jack Jenkins — December 6, 2023
WASHINGTON (RNS) — ‘Did I want to take that vote? No,’ Rep. Greg Landsman said of his recent vote to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib.
Poll: US Jews overwhelmingly backed Democrats in midterms
By Yonat Shimron — November 10, 2022
(RNS) — American Jews have strained in the past few months under a barrage of antisemitic attacks. Fears for democracy were first on their minds.
With AIPAC funding primary campaigns, young Jewish progressives move further left
By Yonat Shimron — May 20, 2022
(RNS) — Young Jews are rejecting establishment-backed Democratic candidates supported by AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a group that supports pro-Israel candidates in both parties.
Orthodox rabbis in Bergen County, NJ, cancel all synagogue services, gatherings
By Yonat Shimron — March 12, 2020
(RNS) — The decision by the Rabbinical Council of Bergen County stipulated that all services, classes and celebrations should be canceled and that kosher restaurants under the group's jurisdiction serve only takeout.
AIPAC is a metaphor
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 26, 2020
(RNS) — AIPAC is no longer an organization. It is a symbol. And, that's not good.
Call it AIPAC-phobia
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 26, 2019
(RNS) — The season of irrational fears: of AIPAC, and of the Democratic Party. Let's cut it out.
An open letter to Democrats about AIPAC
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 22, 2019
If Democrats want to alienate supporters of Israel, they are doing a great job.
Rep. Omar apologizes for tweets on AIPAC’s influence
By Laurie Kellman — February 11, 2019
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi's public rebuke of a freshman representative who helped deliver the Democratic House majority was the latest exposure of an increasingly tense split among Democrats over U.S.-Israeli policy.
Israeli questioning of US Jews at border exposes deeper rift
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — The gulf between the country's hard-line government and liberal Jewish Americans who oppose its policies is growing.
What Ivanka’s Jewish children will learn
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 28, 2016
When Jews boo a President, they are violating Judaism.
The best thing that I learned at AIPAC
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 23, 2016
Whenever you think that the world has gone to hell, read a story like this one.
Trump at AIPAC troubles Jewish consciences
By Lauren Markoe — March 21, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Wary Jewish voters await Trump inside and outside the AIPAC conference.
Bernie Sanders won’t be addressing pro-Israel group
By David Gibson — March 18, 2016
(RNS) The only Jewish candidate in the presidential field will also be the only one not addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee next week. Scheduling conflict, the Democrat said.
Trump is speaking at AIPAC. How should Jews respond? (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 17, 2016
(RNS) America finds itself in a very difficult time. We have to do something.
Why I will skip Donald Trump’s speech to AIPAC
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 16, 2016
I helped organize my fellow rabbis to spurn the speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual conference. Sometimes silence is a scream.
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