Senate Dems blast Trump for waiving sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil

Harvard’s Kennedy School launches new Israel Program

The Harvard-Kennedy School announced this week the launch of a new program focused on Israel that its organizers say will bring a broader, policy-oriented and pluralistic approach to the study of the country and its role in the Middle East, as universities continue to grapple with intense debate over Israel and the war in Gaza.... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed, behind closed shul doors

This Daily Kickoff features a secret meeting between Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and rabbis, alongside political updates on the UN General Assembly and key D.C. events.

New House bill would allow synagogues to use security grants to hire full-time security guards

Over a year after the deadly firebombing attack targeting an Israeli hostage awareness march in Boulder, Colo., Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), who represents the city, and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced legislation to modify Nonprofit Security Grant Program conditions to allow grantees to use funding for staffing costs. Currently, synagogues and other NSGP recipients are... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed met with Temple Israel rabbis in closed-door sit-down

In the most significant sign of his efforts to make inroads with skeptical Jewish voters in Michigan’s Senate race, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee, recently met with rabbis at Temple Israel for a closely guarded conversation, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Two rabbis who were said to have participated in the conversation,... <a href="">Read More</a>

Erielle Reshef's journey from Israeli TV to MS NOW

MS NOW anchor Erielle Reshef never planned to become a television journalist. After completing a master’s degree in diplomacy and conflict studies in Israel in 2010, she happened to be watching an English-language news program whose anchors were about to go on maternity leave. Her husband wrote down the email address on the screen and... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/joel-rayburn-nominee-state-department-middle-east-post/">Read More</a>