Democratic

Rabbi, Jewish lawyer in race for NYC Democratic primary face referendum on Mamdani, buffer zones

Stephanie Ruskay would be the first female rabbi elected to state office in US history. Her opponent is Mamdani-endorsed Eli Northrup, public defender and grandson of a Jewish civil rights lawyer.

PUBLIC DEFENDER Eli Northrup (left) and Rabbi Stephanie Ruskay face off on Tuesday.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brad Lander takes the stage during an election eve rally at Silo on June 22, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.

Former NYC comptroller Lander challenges the incumbent Goldman in Democratic primary

The liberal Zionist position represents the best approach to sustain the US-Israel bilateral relationship, former adviser to US vice president Kamala Harris and J Street official Ilan Goldenberg told the ‘Post.’

J Street’s Ilan Goldenberg: Liberal Zionism can reverse deteriorating US-Israel relationship

Director Avi Lewis and journalist Naomi Klein attend the "This Changes Everything" photo call during the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Sept. 13, 2015.

Canadian progressive party picks Jewish anti-Zionist politician as its leader


Robert F. Kennedy Jr: COVID-19 was specifically engineered to avoid harming Jews

The Democratic presidential candidate claimed that COVID-19 was a bioweapons that had been designed to keep Jewish and Chinese people safe.

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the audience after delivering a foreign policy speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., June 20, 2023.

Will judicial reform make Israel weakest system of checks and balances? - Interview

Fewer restrictions meant there was a greater chance that power could be abused to remove opposition.

 Israeli lawyers protest against the expected changes in the legal system, in Tel Aviv, January 12, 2023.

Man arrested in shootings at New Mexico Democratic officials' homes

A string of attacks against elected Democratic officials began in early December.

Albuquerque police Ford utility vehicle

Israel is not democratic, should adopt UK parliamentary system

It would be more fitting to replace Israel's non-democratic system with one similar to the parliamentary democracy practiced in the United Kingdom.

 Ballot slips in a voting booth.

Israel has an obligation to defend itself - opinion

Of course Israel has a right to defend itself. Why wouldn’t it? By even mentioning the “right,” you are welcoming a debate whether Israel does or does not have a “right” to defend itself.

Streaks of light are seen as Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercept rockets launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, May 12.

Leading Manhattan DA candidate reportedly paid no federal income taxes

Tali Farhadian Weinstein – who, if elected, would take over the investigation relating to former President Trump’s taxes – reported income as high as $107 million but paid no federal income taxes.

Tali Farhadian Weinstein entered the race for Manhattan district attorney earlier this month. The lawyer, who immigrated from Iran as a child after the Iranian revolution, describes herself as a progressive prosecutor.

Amer Zahr, national surrogate for Sanders: Don't condemn antisemitism

"Say free, free, free Palestine and nothing else."

Amer Zahr in 2017 in Dearborn.

Democratic pro-Israel group calls Jewish leader enabler of antisemitism

The DMFI attack was an expression of an increasingly fraught debate between mainline pro-Israel groups who want Biden to hew to a standard that keeps expressed criticism of Israel to a minimum

A church in Middlesboro, Kentucky, prays to a Star of David in a still from Maya Zinshtein's documentary "'Til Kingdom Come."

Quarter of Congress wants Israel-US relationship to change - analysis

But the reason that Congress is the critical linchpin in the relationship is because it is Congress that allocates US aid – not the president, not the administration.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Vice President Mike Pence take part in a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2021.

As Vienna talks resume, Senate Republicans seek a congressional review

According to the proposed bill, Biden would need to submit a review of the proposed acts regarding Iran policy to the relevant congressional committees.

Committee chairman Jim Risch (R-ID) speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US July 30, 2020.