Republican Jewish Coalition

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

“Trust President Trump,” the Republican Jewish Coalition told its followers Thursday, becoming the most notable Jewish group to support Trump’s memorandum of understanding.

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JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.
Jacob Reses, second from the left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Nov. 16, 2022.

JD Vance's Jewish chief of staff and confidant to leave role shortly

Reses, who’s been in his role since Vance and President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, is perhaps the closest Jewish official in Vance’s orbit.

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Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Washington DC, Jan. 9, 2026.

Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson threat diminished, others fear presidential run

Carlson has said that politics is “not what I do,” adding, “The whole idea of, ‘I’ve been a successful cable news host, I should be president!’ - that whole way of thinking is disgusting to me.”

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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brandon Herrera speaks during a campaign rally at the Constantino S Pizza restaurant on February 26, 2026 in Somerset, Texas.

Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’

“Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the US House,” the president wrote on his social network Truth Social.

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Republican Jews, including Trump’s Israel ambassador, back Dr. Oz in Pennsylvania

Oz squeaked out a win in the primary, assisted by an endorsement from Trump.

AUGUST 19, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Pennsylvania Republican US Senate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks at his primary election night watch party in Newtown, Pennsylvania, US, May 17, 2022.

Republican Jews call on GOP candidate for PA governor to stop using Gab

Doug Mastriano has 38,000 followers on Gab, a self-proclaimed “free speech” platform that hosts content prohibited on more mainstream sites.

JULY 23, 2022ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano gives a victory speech at his election-night party in Chambersburg, Pa., May 17, 2022

RJC PAC endorses Ron Johnson, senator blocking advancement of Deborah Lipstadt

"We never make decisions based on what outside individuals or organizations think," Matt Brooks, RJC's CEO said in a text.

MARCH 22, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Republican Jewish Coalition members listen to a prerecorded video from Donald Trump, in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2021.

Former Ambassador David Friedman elected to RJC's Board of Directors

'As US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman was instrumental in strengthening the US-Israel relationship under President Donald Trump.'

JANUARY 15, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
(L-R) TBN President Matt Crouch and David Friedman in Jerusalem

Nikki Haley's pandering to Jewish Republicans is bad for Israel - opinion

What Haley and so many partisans like her fail to understand is that working across party lines is the secret of Israel’s success on Capitol Hill.

NOVEMBER 10, 2021ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD
Then-US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses the 2017 AIPAC policy conference in Washington.

Some Jewish Republicans have Trump fatigue, but can't quit him - analysis

Donald Trump haunted a conference that was supposed to focus on helping the party recover from his loss and the turmoil he spurred in its wake.

NOVEMBER 8, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Republican Jewish Coalition members listen to a prerecorded video from Donald Trump, in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2021.

Nikki Haley to RJC: AIPAC takes bipartisanship too far

Nikki Haley criticized AIPAC for what she called an overemphasis on bipartisanship in its outreach to Democrats.

NOVEMBER 7, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses AIPAC, March 2018

Donald Trump among Republican Jewish Coalition conference attendees

Presidential contenders appearing at the conference include Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, and the former president, Donald Trump.

NOVEMBER 5, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

Leading Jewish Republicans split over a Biden human rights nominee

Elliott Abrams, a longtime foreign policy maven with experience in a number of Republican administrations, has come to her defense.

MAY 5, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Freedom House President Mark Lagon (R) testifies as Washington Director Human Rights Watch Sarah Margon (L) listens during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on "Corruption, Global Magnitsky and Modern Slavery - A Review of Human Rights Around the World", on Capitol Hill in Washington, July

Republican Jewish Coalition PAC endorses reps from diverse backgrounds

The RJC-affiliated political action committee endorsed a number of Latino and Asian relative newcomers to the US House of Representatives.

APRIL 30, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
U.S. House of Representatives votes on Trump impeachment on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 19, 2019.