President Joe Biden
A view of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (Shoot from WIthin)
December 14, 2024, 4:16 pm
Biden signs law that could lead to US Jewish history museum joining the Smithsonian
A new law may help ensure the survival of an institution that not so long ago faced bankruptcy.
By Ron Kampeas
Voting stickers at a polling station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
December 4, 2024, 7:54 pm
Almost one month after Election Day, here’s what we know about how Jews voted
Donald Trump won a higher percentage of Jews than in 2020, but not by the margins he predicted.
By Ron Kampeas
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive a briefing on a potential attack on Israel by Iran, Oct. 1, 2024. (Credit: Adam Schultz/White House)
November 18, 2024, 3:42 pm
Netanyahu says Biden’s counsel throughout the war was repeatedly off-mark
PM confirms that a ‘specific component’ in Iran’s nuclear program was hit in last month’s strikes, in Knesset speech repeatedly interrupted by family members of hostages
By Lazar Berman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Vice President Kamala Harris (Photo via JTA)
July 26, 2024, 11:00 am
Kamala Harris says she ‘will not be silent’ about plight of Palestinians after meeting Netanyahu
Harris said she rejects binary approaches that require alignment with one side or the other.
By Ron Kampeas
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace on the tarmac at ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 18, 2023. (Avi Ohayon, Israel Government Press Office)
July 21, 2024, 4:29 pm
Joe Biden calls himself a Zionist. His exit marks an end of an era.
It appears unlikely that another Democratic president will ever have Biden's generational and personal attachment to Israel.
By Ron Kampeas
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, May 7, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
May 31, 2024, 5:03 pm
Biden announces Israeli plan that would end war in Gaza, and urges Hamas to accept
The deal would culminate in the release of all the hostages, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and would incapacitate Hamas
By Ron Kampeas
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House, May 02, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
May 2, 2024, 1:27 pm
Biden on campus protests: ‘Dissent must never lead to disorder,’ but don’t call federal troops
Biden did not announce concrete proposals to deal with the unrest.
By Ron Kampeas
March 13, 2024, 9:39 am
Chronicle poll question
Were you pleased with President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address?
Illinois Democratic Rep. Brad Schneider speaks to reporters during a press conference in Washington, D.C., July 27, 2022. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)
March 11, 2023, 7:26 pm
Jewish Democrats call on Netanyahu to stop judiciary reforms, work with opposition on compromise
A separate letter with some overlap in signatories was sent to Pres. Biden
By Ron Kampeas
February 8, 2023, 4:34 pm
Chronicle poll question
Did you agree with President Biden's State of the Union address?
Sen. Jacky Rosen is interviewed in Dry Lake Valley, Nev., June 28, 2021. (Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images for MGM Resorts International)
December 7, 2022, 2:53 pm
125 lawmakers call for ‘whole of government’ approach to fight antisemitism
A letter sent Tuesday to President Joe Biden called for action from officials from an array of agencies.
By Ron Kampeas
Defense Minister Benny Gantz, right, presents US President Joe Biden with the wing of a drone intercepted by the Iron Beam laser defense system, as Prime Minister Yair Lapid (L) looks on at the Ben Gurion Airport, July 13, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
July 14, 2022, 9:45 am
Signing ‘Jerusalem Declaration,’ Biden vows to use all US power to stop nuclear Iran
Washington, Jerusalem commit to continue to discuss Israeli-Palestinian relations, but only Washington ‘affirms longstanding and consistent support of a two-state solution’
By Lazar Berman
Joe Biden speaks to Holocaust survivors Giselle Cycowicz, right, and Rena Quint, left, during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, July 13, 2022. (Debbie Hill/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
July 13, 2022, 4:06 pm
Biden kneels to meet with Holocaust survivors during visit to Yad Vashem
“We must never, ever forget because hate is never defeated, it only hides.” — President Joe Biden
By Cnaan Liphshiz
President Joe Biden (Photo via POTUS/Twitter)
July 13, 2022, 11:27 am
The many messages of Biden’s Mideast trip
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said during the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that this would be a “historic” week for the Jewish state.
By Israel Kasnett
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