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$Abdul El-Sayed, a US Senate candidate from Michigan, at a campaign event at Michigan Technological University on Oct. 22, 2025. \$

El-Sayed’s conspiracies are winning votes

Last week, the Maine campaign of the Nazi-tattooed Graham Platner crashed and burned in the wake of new sexual-assault allegations. But his exit from the midterms doesn’t eliminate the most … more

By Jonathan S. Tobin | 7/15/26

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington on March 6, 2018.

The sleight of hand of the anti-AIPAC crusade

A coffee shop in Brooklyn recently turned a cup of coffee into a moral X-ray. Rep. Dan Goldman entered Poetica Coffee with his daughter, after which the shop said it would have … more

By Moshe David | 7/1/26

Bill Maher told his “Real Time” audience on HBO that “we really could, someday soon, have the tiki torch ‘Jews will not replace us’ crowd and the queers for Palestine people working together to elect the next Hitler.”

Maher mauls Democrats on Jews

Bill Maher marked Israel’s 78th birthday by accusing Democrats of ducking a moral test. In a blistering May 15 monologue, the host of “Real Time” on HBO observed that antisemitism … more

By The Jewish Star | 5/20/26

AIPAC is a challenge for Democrats in midterm races

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become a wedge issue in Democratic midterm primaries, with progressive candidates, even beyond the far-left flank, seeing it as a point of pride to … more

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen, JNS | 3/25/26

The cover of the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of The Jewish Star.

Why everyone hates AIPAC

Every major diaspora community in America has lobbying arms, many of them far better funded than AIPAC. Yet only AIPAC is treated as a threat to the republic. … more

By Micha Danzig | 12/3/25

AIPAC supports elected officials and challengers who support Israel, funneling funds to aid Congressional candidates from the left, right and center, both Democrat and Republican. Pictured: Pro-Israel Democratic Rep. Grace Meng of Queens at the 2019 AIPAC policy conference in Washington.

AIPAC doubles down on its mission

Imagine that you run an organization devoted exclusively to a woman’s right to have an abortion. At election time, you identify candidates most committed to your cause and do whatever you … more

By David Suissa | 8/10/22

Right-wing columnist backs AIPAC, hits anti-Dem orthodoxy among the Orthodox, warns US Jews: Don’t give up on bipartisanship!

Former Ambassador to the United Nations and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was preaching to the choir when she fired a shot over the bow of AIPAC at the annual conference of the Republican … more

By Jonathan S. Tobin | 11/10/21

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s conference in Las Vegas on Nov. 6.

GOPers tout pro-Israel cred, take shots at Dems

About 750 boisterous Jewish supporters of the Republican Party gathered in Las Vegas this past weekend to hear from potential Republican presidential candidates, along with current elected officials, … more

By Josh Hasten, JNS | 11/10/21

AIPAC cancels its 2022 Policy Conference in Washington

Because of continued uncertainties caused by the unresolved coronavirus pandemic, AIPAC announced on Monday that it was canceling its in-person annual policy conference for the second year in a … more

7/15/21

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, President Reuven Rivlin and ministers pose for a group photo of the country’s 36th government, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on June 14.

US groups, some cautiously, cheer new Israeli government

Following a vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday, leaders of American organizations with an interest in Israel sent congratulations to the new democratically elected Israeli leaders while … more

By Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS | 6/17/21