Jackson Richman
U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers the keynote address at the Celebration of Israel’s 71st Independence Day, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C., on May 22, 2019. (State Department photo by Michael Gross / Public Domain)
October 30, 2020, 12:03 pm
Pompeo: Americans born in Jerusalem can list ‘Israel’ as birthplace on passport
U.S. citizens born in the capital must request that their place of birth be listed as “Israel,” or it will continue to be listed as “Jerusalem,” says Mike Pompeo.
By Jackson Richman
Elan Carr, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, at the U.S. Department of Justice Summit on Combating Anti-Semitism in Washington, D.C., July 15, 2019. (DOJ via JNS)
October 20, 2020, 10:27 am
US envoy Carr: 1.7M anti-Semitic posts on Facebook, Twitter so far in 2020
U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism discusses the “raw hate” against Jews on social media and his causes for optimism.
By Jackson Richman
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the current Democratic Party presidential nominee. (JNS/Flickr)
August 24, 2020, 4:16 pm
Biden campaign appears to walk back apology over condemning Linda Sarsour
However, the Biden campaign disputed that Sunday's private call with prominent Arab and Muslim activists was an apology for comments about political activist Linda Sarsour.
By Jackson Richman
An illustrative view of a school board meeting of the Oakland Unified School District. In May, the school board passed a resolution stating that it supports “the California Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Draft as written," despite concerns over anti-Semitism. Screenshot from JNS.
July 17, 2020, 3:35 pm
Calif. school boards forge ahead with controversial ethnic-studies curriculum
The proposed educational directive has been accused of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel bias, with little, if any, Jewish input into what will be taught to public-school students.
By Jackson Richman
Anti-Israel protestors infiltrate a Yom HaAtzma'ut celebration of New York University students in Washington Square Park in 2019. (Photo by Toby Tabachnick)
December 18, 2019, 11:06 am
Jewish groups react to Trump’s executive order on anti-Semitism
The order, designed to protect college students from anti-Semitism, was condemned by J Street and others for infringing upon free speech.
By Toby Tabachnick and Jackson Richman
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