Five Things to Know This Week: Trump and Bibi Bargain on Syria Move
Did Donald Trump expect that his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria—a decision made spontaneously following his phone call with Turkish president Erdogan—would create such a stir?
Five Things to Know This Week: Is Bibi Losing Trump?
In the roller coaster known as the Trump presidency, nothing lasts forever, and the president’s recent decision to pull American troops out of Syria is seen as a diplomatic and strategic blow to Israel.
On Hannukah, Washington’s Jewish Power Players See Who’s In and Who’s Out
Standing on a cold December night in what seemed to be a never ending queue outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, visitors waiting to enter the embassy’s annual Hanukkah reception had plenty of time to commiserate.
Donald Trump’s Jewish Advisers: A Primer
Days before Rosh Hashanah, President Donald Trump gathered some of his closest Jewish advisers to sit next to him in the Oval Office as he conducted the traditional presidential High Holiday conference call with rabbis and Jewish leaders. Here are some of the members of the American Jewish community with whom the president consults.
Opinion | Israel’s Vote Goes to the GOP
The Israel picture, while barely a trifle to most Americans, is almost everything to us. We consider only one question: Will the next Congress be supportive of Israel, and of President Donald Trump’s support for Israel?
Jewish Groups Take on Family Separation
“You take a child away from their parents, from their home, from everything they know, and they are never the same.”
Opinion | Inside the Republican Jewish Coalition
The 2018 midterm elections will test a still-fragile accord with Trump.
Why Do Israeli and American Jews See Trump So Differently?
In the nearly 20 months since the 2016 elections, two competing images of Trump have emerged in the Jewish world.
Opinion | Symbolic, But Destructive
President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and direct the State Department to begin moving the U.S. embassy there has given rise to a slew of commentary.
What Will Trump’s Jerusalem Decision Mean?
"Let's be honest about what occurred: This was a political decision."
Opinion | The Anti-Semite-in-Chief
Despite Ivanka and Jared (and Steven), President Trump spells trouble for the Jews.
Opinion Interview | Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams, darling of the neoconservative right, was back in the news earlier this year when President Donald Trump considered him for deputy secretary of state, the second most important job in the State Department.