JFNA’s Eric Fingerhut focuses on Jewish education in first State of the Jewish Union address

Fight night in Michigan

This Daily Kickoff covers a contentious Michigan Senate debate, the cancellation of a Jewish educators' trip in Italy, and reactions to anti-Israel rhetoric at a Jerusalem conference.

First female Haredi candidate promises reform to ultra-Orthodox politics

Just don’t call it “change.” Nechumi Yaffe, a norm-shattering Haredi woman, and her fledgling political party, Hatzibur HaHaredi, may be tilting at ultra-Orthodox windmills, but they are seeking nothing less than a wholesale transformation of Haredi society. Yaffe wants to pull the community out of poverty. She wants to alter its relationship to the army... <a href="">Read More</a>

Sen. Murphy accuses admin of ‘active cover-up’ of Iran war, vows to leverage funding to end war

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) accused the Trump administration of an “active cover-up” of the costs of the war in Iran and vowed that Democrats would use funding and investigative authorities in the next Congress to force an end to the war. He also said that he’d warned Saudi officials during his visit this week that... <a href="">Read More</a>

El-Sayed dodges Rogers’ attacks on terrorism ties during heated Senate debate

In the first debate of the general election for Senate in Michigan, former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) repeatedly hit Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed over his supporters’ ties to and support for terrorist groups and El-Sayed’s comments on the Temple Israel terrorist attack — accusations that El-Sayed largely did not respond to during the deeply acrimonious... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2020/01/the-full-text-of-bari-weiss-address-to-the-no-hate-no-fear-march/">Read More</a>

JCPA urges candidates in both parties to reject antisemitism ahead of midterms

The Jewish Council for Public Affairs called on Democratic and Republican candidates on Thursday to reject antisemitism and political violence, including within their own political coalitions, ahead of November’s midterm elections, warning that conspiracy theories about Jewish influence and efforts to exclude Jews from public life have become increasingly normalized. In an open letter, the... <a href="">Read More</a>