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Mike Huckabee, President Donald Trump’s nominee to be ambassador to Israel, told senators that while he personally supports Israel annexing the West Bank, he wouldn’t be directing the president’s policy in the region. 

He…

Nearly 80 members of Congress from both parties are calling for the Trump administration to end a freeze on security funding for religious institutions.

The halt to the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, or NSGP, began recently…

When she was 5 years old, Kitty Saks’ home in Vienna was commandeered by the Nazis, leading her family to flee to Brussels, where she was hidden in a convent until the Allies liberated Belgium. Twenty-seven members of her…

It was supposed to be a major moment for New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and the Jewish community.

The Senate minority leader, who’s also the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history, was set to appear at the…

A U.S. Justice Department task force will seek redress for victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in the latest Trump administration move aimed at demonstrating support for Jews and Israelis.

The task force,…

On Sunday, The New York Times published a sprawling, multipart interview with Chuck Schumer that covers everything from his take on the Democrats’ future to his anxieties about antisemitism and how Oct. 7 changed the landscape…

Nita Lowey, a Jewish Democrat from New York who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 32 years, has died at 87.

Lowey’s family announced her death on Sunday, four years after she retired from Congress. She had…