Top Democrats blast Trump for threat to destroy Iranian civilization

College Democrats’ Jewish Caucus condemns the group’s hosting of Hasan Piker

The College Democrats of America’s decision to platform far-left, antisemitic influencer Hasan Piker at its recent conference was “a direct threat to Jewish safety and inclusion,” the group’s Jewish Caucus said on Tuesday.  Piker, who has a long-standing history of antisemitic rhetoric — including justifying Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks, calling Orthodox Jews “inbred” and asserting that America deserved 9/11 — was announced on Friday as the convention’s “surprise speaker,” just hours before it began. CDA is the official collegiate arm and student outreach branch of the Democratic National Committee In his speech on Saturday, Piker distanced himself from the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Mamdani’s arrested development

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Washington state’s Jewish Democrats fight for a place in a party they no longer recognize

SEATTLE — David Kaplan has been attending Washington state Democratic conventions since he was 6 years old.&nbsp; He was brought to his first convention in 1960 by his mother, who was, as Kaplan put it, a “Warren Magnuson Democrat,” while his father was a “Henry Jackson Democrat.” The two legendary former Washington senators who served... <a href="">Read More</a>

Why Israel is sitting out America's fight with Iran — for now

In recent weeks, following the collapse of the memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran has fired dozens of times on Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. At the same time, it has sustained fire from the U.S., whose military... <a href="">Read More</a>

Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Jewish liaison says his old boss is promoting antisemitism

ASPEN, Colo. — Joel Rubin, a former State Department official who led Jewish outreach for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign, is now excoriating his former boss and the movement he has built for elevating stridently anti-Israel candidates — most notably former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. The anti-Israel and antisemitic wave that’s taken... <a href="">Read More</a>