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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RJC announces 'major lobbying effort' in support of Israeli sovereignty

JTA reported on Wednesday that AIPAC, the leading pro-Israel lobby in the United States is telling lawmakers that they are free to criticize Israel’s looming annexation plans.

JUNE 13, 2020ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Men wear Trump yarmulkes while waiting for U.S. President Donald Trump to address the Republican Jewish Coalition 2019 Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas