Several nominees for President Joe Biden’s national security team said on Tuesday that the United States isn’t yet ready to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint …
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By the JNS
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1/21/21
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Joe Biden filled the months before Inauguration Day lining up a slate of Cabinet secretaries, assistants and advisers, many of them Jewish.
Biden’s choices reflect a diverse cross-section of …
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By the JTA
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1/21/21
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If we are looking for a passage that best speaks to the current American moment — a shaken American polity and still threatening pandemic — look no further than George Washington’s …
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By Rabbi Stuart Halpern
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1/21/21
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President Joe Biden, in his inaugural address on Wednesday, told a strife-ridden nation that “we must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural vs. urban, conservative vs. …
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1/21/21
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The political pendulum has begun to swing, and rather rapidly at that. Whatever one’s personal feelings about President Donald Trump, his plan to isolate Iran …
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By Sarah N. Stern
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12/30/20
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With the balance of power in the Senate hanging on the dual Senate runoff in Georgia on Jan. 5, Georgia’s Jews have not escaped the national political divide.
Many worry about the long-term …
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By Larry Brook, JNS
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12/30/20
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I have never criticized former President Barack Obama publicly — neither during my time in the Knesset nor anywhere else — despite my having disagreed with many of his policies. I am of …
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By Rabbi Dov Lipman
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12/10/20
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After Joe Biden won the presidency, my liberal friends — mostly Ashkenazi Jews with deep roots in America — were aghast that over 70 million Americans voted for Trump.
My Syrian, …
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By Mijal Bitton
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11/25/20
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Under the stewardship of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration took new approaches to American foreign policy, particularly in the Middle East.
The results have been profound, …
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By Alex Traiman, JNS
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11/25/20
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Tony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of state, is the stepson of a Shoah survivor whose stories shaped his worldview and subsequently his policy decisions, including …
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Backgrounder by Gabe Friedman, JTA
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11/25/20
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