Gabby Deutch

East Coast United States, United States

Senior National Correspondent at Jewish Insider

Senior national correspondent @J_Insider | get in touch: [email protected] | twin, Florida woman, outdoors person

Articles

For Persian Jews, Trump's Iran policy is personal — and confusing

6 days ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh was born and raised in Los Angeles, but her childhood revolved around Iran. Her parents taught her Farsi, the language they used to wistfully discuss their native country. “Just wait till you try the watermelon in Iran,” Rabizadeh’s mother used to say whenever she ate a piece of the fruit.
Vance: Iran can have ‘civil nuclear power’ but no weapon

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Vice President JD Vance said at a conference in Washington on Wednesday that Iran can have a “civil nuclear program” but not a “nuclear weapons program,” offering yet another confusing signal about the Trump administration’s position on Iran’s nuclear capabilities as negotiations with the Islamic Republic are set to enter their fourth round this weekend.
In this NJ election, antisemitism could decide the race - while dividing a Jewish community

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Like so many other Jews living in the diaspora, Tamar Warburg experienced an awakening of sorts after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel. She lives in Teaneck, N.J., where Orthodox Judaism flourishes and more than a dozen synagogues dot the suburban landscape. But when a pro-Israel resolution that came before the town council soon after Oct.
Trump campaign staffer Martin Marks serving as White House Jewish liaison

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Martin Marks, who oversaw President Donald Trump’s efforts to win over Jewish voters in the 2024 election, has recently begun serving as the White House liaison to the Jewish community, a White House spokesperson confirmed to Jewish Insider on Thursday. Marks’ appointment to the role is a shift for Trump, who did not appoint a Jewish liaison in his first term, instead opting for son-in-law Jared Kushner to informally serve in that role, alongside former antisemitism special envoy Elan Carr.
Lawmakers press Wikipedia to clarify and enforce editorial oversight to prevent anti-Israel bias

2 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

A bipartisan group of 23 members of Congress sent a letter on Thursday to the foundation that oversees Wikipedia, expressing concern about antisemitism and anti-Israel bias on the platform and seeking answers about how the influential online encyclopedia will work to combat prejudice and abuse by editors. The letter, authored by Reps.
Far-right Israeli minister scores first meetings on Capitol Hill, none with Trump administration

2 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s firebrand national security minister, was in Washington on Monday to promote President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza — and, in particular, to try to garner support for moving Arabs out of the embattled enclave. But while Ben-Gvir has branded himself a loyal soldier for Trump’s message, the far-right politician has yet to receive an invitation to discuss the matter with anyone in the Trump administration. “We did not meet with anybody from the Trump administration.
Turning the page: how a former Jewish nonprofit exec found her superpower in storytelling

2 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

It’s an unlikely origin story for a comic-book superhero: standing at the front of a boardroom in a snazzy blazer, delivering an important presentation until it’s derailed by … a hot flash. That’s when she begins to discover her superpower. Meet Mina, the star of Holy Menopause: Adventures of a Middle-Aged Superheroine, a new comic book published by Bunny Gonopolskaya, the pen name of Elana Broitman, a former Jewish communal executive.
Mark Mellman steps down as president of DMFI

3 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Democratic Majority for Israel’s founder and president, Mark Mellman, a pollster and decades-long fixture of Democratic politics who sought to counter a rising generation of Democratic politicians critical of Israel, is stepping down from his leadership of the pro-Israel organization six years after its founding. The organization did not give a reason for his departure, which will come at the end of this week.
State Department shake-up keeps antisemitism office in place

3 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

A new organizational chart released by the State Department on Tuesday shows major changes to the department’s structure, including the elimination of the office where the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism’s team is located. Despite this, internal department communications affirmed that the office of the special envoy is still a department priority and will continue to exist.
Obamaworld cheers Trump’s diplomacy with Iran

3 weeks ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

As nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran continue this week, foreign policy hawks who opposed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action are worried about the prospective nuclear deal, which former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley dubbed “Obama 2.0” on Saturday. They aren’t wrong to spot the similarities between what President Donald Trump’s team is reportedly negotiating now and what former President Barack Obama achieved a decade ago.