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Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.

A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at an Election Night party in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 4, 2025.

Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, defeats challenger who drew Mamdani comparisons

J STREET FOUNDER Jeremy Ben-Ami is flanked by Jill Jacobs of T’ruah (left) and Margo Hughes-Robinson of Partners for Progressive Israel. Ben-Ami used his platform to push divisive political resolutions, the writer charges.

WZC supposed to be about unity; J Street made it about division - opinion


J Street to present Jimmy Carter with peacemaker award

Carter is being awarded for brokering the 1979 Egypt-Israel peace.

EGYPTIAN LEADER Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Menachem Begin meet at Camp David in September 1978

Far-left Jewish groups' opposition of IHRA's antisemitism hurts us

They don’t want universities to use it. They don’t want states and cities to adopt it. And they want the federal government to stop considering it.

Plants in beds spell out the school's name on the roof of the library at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, US, November 27, 2017.

Republicans Jews say 30% voted for Trump, J-Street says only 21%

It's not only the candidates who are disputing the election results.

Israeli settlers blow the shofar as the pray for a Trump win outside the Cave of Patriarchs, Hebron. November 2, 2020

Jewish support for Biden higher than for Clinton, Obama - J Street poll

Only 22% of Jewish voters support US President Donald Trump in both states.

US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, US, September 29, 2020.

Pro-Israel groups audition Dems seeking top congress foreign policy seat

Democrats are expected to retain their majority and control of committees after the Nov. 3 election.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. January 30, 2018

Biden says Trump’s foreign policy is bad for Israel

Biden said that Trump has "put Israel in danger by tearing up the Iran nuclear deal and replaced it with nothing,” and allowing "Israel’s foes to take residence in Syria."

Vice President Joe Biden speaking at J Street

Jewish organizations mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

J Street, AJC, URJ and others issued statements mourning the passing of the first Jewish woman on the Supreme Court.

A sign with an image of late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is displayed during a vigil following her death, outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., September 19, 2020

Liberal Jewish groups back ADL after progressive coalition attack

Liberal Jewish organizations that have worked with the ADL are publicly defending its record as a Jewish civil rights organization with a long track record of standing up for marginalized communities

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C.

Jewish groups welcome historic deal with UAE as pathway to peace

"Two allies of the US now become open strategic partners in the region to thwart Iran and other Jihadists."

General view of the exterior of the Dubai mall, May 3, 2020.

JDCA: new DNC draft platform is 'strong and supportive of Israel'

The draft maintains US military assistance to Israel while opposing annexation.

Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 14, 2020.