The $2 trillion-plus stimulus bill has passed and the relief for nonprofits sought by Jewish and other groups are in.
The big news is that nonprofits are eligible to tap into the $349 billion in payroll protection loans for small businesses administered by the Small Business Administration,... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ben Chouake is an emergency physician with a side gig: He leads NORPAC, a leading pro-Israel political action committee.
I check in occasionally with Chouake to see how the New Jersey-based PAC is doing, what’s on its agenda. It’s a right-leaning pro-Israel group, taking... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Politics goes on in a time of fear and quarantine, and each shapes the other. In my world, the coronavirus outbreak has led to at least three interesting developments over the past couple of weeks:
1. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is drawing... Continue Reading ⇒
Bernie Sanders lost big for the second set of Democratic primaries in a row, including in Michigan, where his 2016 win made him a viable candidate. In a press conference on Wednesday he all but conceded the presidential nomination contest to Joe Biden.
Bernie Sanders was the bogeyman at the AIPAC conference earlier this week for skipping the event, which he called a platform for bigotry. Multiple speakers called out Sanders by name and referred to him as the leader in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
You probably don’t need this column to point you to the biggest topic of conversation in the American Jewish political world this week — everything that happened after Bernie Sanders, a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, declared on Twitter that he wouldn’t attend next week’s... Continue Reading ⇒
The Kushner plan puts AIPAC in an odd place: For the first time in its history, the largest Israel lobby in the U.S. finds itself to the left of a Middle East peace plan.
AIPAC has sustained its backing for a two-state solution, while the Trump administration... Continue Reading ⇒
Just about two weeks before the activists come to town for the largest U.S. Israel lobby’s annual conference, AIPAC has no speakers listed on its convention website.
(The formal start is March 1, but informal events will begin two days prior.)
Impeachment is over, except it isn’t: We now have Impeachment, the Retribution.“Will there be no retribution?” was a line in the official White House statement following President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate.
A number of prominent Jewish lawmakers are in Trump’s sights, chief among them Rep.... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Call it the deal of the century, the ultimate deal, the vision for peace: President Donald Trump and his Middle East team unveiled their long-awaited peace plan on Tuesday. My colleague Gabe Friedman runs down the highlights (you can also read all 181 pages here and... Continue Reading ⇒
