Jewish lobby

Mamdani calls AIPAC ‘monsters’ in rally ahead of NY primaries

He described the major pro-Israel lobby as an organization “for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.”

|ByKELLY HARTOG/JTA
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx on Friday. The writer asks: Does Mamdani still not understand that anti-Israel rhetoric has generated a sharp spike in antisemitic violence?
(L-R): Josh Gottheimer, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Norman Brownstein

No. 24: Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Josh Gottheimer: Lobbying for Israel in DC

Norman Brownstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and Josh Gottheimer all provide extensive pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill.

|ByCORINNE BAUM, LEO FEIERBERG BETTER
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference

AIPAC-backed candidates win big in US elections, strengthening pro-Israel presence in Congress

Pro-Israel political action committee AIPAC has aided 318 Zionist candidates to win so far in the recent US elections. Other PACs and private donors also played significant roles.

|ByCOREY TUSAK
AIPAC's longtime executive director Howard Kohr.

How Howard Kohr made AIPAC a pro-Israel powerhouse while keeping out of sight

Allies said that under Kohr, earthquakes within the lobby were the exception rather than the rule.

|ByJTA/RON KAMPEAS

Kurds hope Israel can nudge US to support independence

“They say that Israel has a strong lobby, and the ear of [US President Donald] Trump, and that they would be very happy if we could help,” she said.

AUGUST 16, 2017ByHERB KEINON
KURDISTAN REGIONAL Government President Masoud Barzani gestures during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq, in April.

Israeliness is the answer

How Israeli-Americans can solve the ‘Pew Problem’

MAY 5, 2016ByADAM MILSTEIN
Independence Day Festival in Los Angeles.

No holds barred: Why AIPAC must migrate from private influence to public agitation

AIPAC must regain its stature as the most powerful foreign policy lobby.

NOVEMBER 12, 2015BySHMULEY BOTEACH
A man waits for the start of the evening's speeches at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington

Le B'nai B'rit: action et réflexion

Après les terribles attentats de Paris et à l’heure où la menace islamiste est de plus en plus forte, la loge Robert Gamzon du B’nai B’rit tiendra son 8e colloque sur le thème de la liberté d’expression

JUNE 3, 2015ByJOHANNA AFRIAT
Rassemblement après l'attentat de Charlie Hebdo