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Trenton City Council President Kathy McBride, at podium, with council members, from left, Santiago Rodriguez, George Muschal, Marge Caldwell-Wilson, and Robin Vaughn at a recent press conference. Courtesy Office of Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora
September 18, 2019, 12:39 pm
Trenton City Council member under fire for using anti-Semitic slur
Second council member criticized for calling it ‘statement of speech’
By Jed Weisberger
Illustrative image: Israelis celebrate the 71st Independence Day on Tel Aviv beach. Getty Images
September 18, 2019, 12:14 pm
Asking for a healthy debate on Israel, without the slings and arrows
By Martin J. Raffel
New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman lays a wreath at Yad Vashem during a 2017 trip to Israel. Photos courtesy office of Bonnie Watson Coleman
September 18, 2019, 12:07 pm
NJ representative supports boycotts, not BDS
Watson Coleman explains rationale for voting against House’s anti-BDS resolution
By Jed Weisberger
Stephen M. Flatow
September 11, 2019, 12:51 pm
Dear Israeli voters: a counterpoint
NJ attorney responds to column on U.S. Jews on eve of Israeli elections
By Stephen M. Flatow
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sept. 8. ABIR SULTAN/AFP/Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 12:37 pm
Will Israel’s do-over election change anything?
By NJJN Editors
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a news conference Tuesday as he vowed to annex the Jordan Valley should he win the Sept. 17 election. Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 12:25 pm
Cost of living, cost of annexation
For Israeli voters, pocketbook issues collide with security, questions about democracy
By Michele Chabin
CBS national correspondent and reporter Jim Axelrod, a 20-year member of Temple Ner Tamid in Bloomfield, led the discussion with New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on Sept. 9. Photos by Jed Weisberger
September 11, 2019, 11:20 am
Murphy acknowledges ‘alarming’ increase in anti-Semitism
Governor also touches on BDS, peace process, immigration in appearance at Ner Tamid
By Jed Weisberger
Campaign billboards show President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu with the slogan “Netanyahu — another league,” suggesting that only Bibi has the access to world leaders that will help keep Israelis safe. Getty Images
September 11, 2019, 11:09 am
Bibi-Trump ties too close for comfort?
Prime minister’s access to world leaders as a selling point put to the test
By Nathan Jeffay
Illustrative image: Israelis celebrate the 71st Independence Day on Tel Aviv beach. Getty Images
September 4, 2019, 1:01 pm
A go-between gets political fatigue
By Orli Santo
Martin J. Raffel
September 4, 2019, 11:54 am
Open letter to Israeli voters
By Martin J. Raffel
Jonathan S. Tobin
August 21, 2019, 12:39 pm
The price Israel will pay for banning Tlaib And Omar
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Members of the “Squad ”— Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib, left, Ayanna Pressley , Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez — at a press conference in July denouncing President Trump’s tweets as racist. The president called out their anti-Israel positions. Getty Images
August 21, 2019, 12:29 pm
Bibi’s blunder
By NJJN Editors
“I would expect my prime minister to give more thought to Jewish opinion in the U.S.,” said World Zionist Organization diaspora affairs chief Gusti Yehoshua-Braverman. Photo Courtesy WZO
August 21, 2019, 12:15 pm
On ban, criticism from an unlikely source
WZO’s diaspora affairs chief fears serious damage as Israel becomes polarizing issue in Congress
By Nathan Jeffay
US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 20, 2019. Getty Images
August 21, 2019, 11:15 am
Trump: Jews who vote Democratic are ‘disloyal’
By Shira Hanau
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, left, and Rep. Ilhan Omar. Members of the Modern Orthodox movement disagree whether Israel was correct in barring entry to them. Getty Images
August 21, 2019, 10:46 am
Decision on Tlaib, Omar splitting Modern Orthodox
Serious debate playing out as movement struggles to navigate political winds
By Stewart Ain
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