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Orthodox Jewish leaders move toward Cuomo as concerns grow over Mamdani’s Israel stance

2 days ago | jewishinsider.com | Matthew Kassel

With just under three weeks until New York City’s mayoral primary on June 24, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo is slowly but surely securing commitments from a range of key leaders in the Orthodox Jewish community, a large and politically influential voting base whose widespread support is seen as crucial to his pathway to the Democratic nomination.
Influential Far Rockaway Orthodox coalition backs Cuomo for NYC mayor

2 days ago | jewishinsider.com | Matthew Kassel

An influential coalition of Orthodox Jewish leaders in Far Rockaway, Queens, is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo for mayor of New York City, Jewish Insider has learned, the first official demonstration of support from a major Orthodox group in the race.
Trump doesn’t request an increase in funding for nonprofit security grants

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Josh Kraushaar

President Donald Trump’s full budget request to Congress on Friday recommended Congress hold the Nonprofit Security Grant Program at its current level of $274.5 million, in spite of chronic funding shortages and pressure from both lawmakers and the Jewish community for substantially increased funding at a time of rising antisemitism.
Jake Sullivan applauds Trump approach to Iranian nuclear negotiations

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Josh Kraushaar

Former National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan praised President Donald Trump for his strategy of engagement with Iran on their nuclear weapons program and predicted that the Trump administration would reach a deal that “is going to look and feel pretty similar to the” 2015 nuclear deal reached by former President Barack Obama.
46 lawmakers urge Trump to support increased security funding after museum shooting

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Marc Rod

In response to the shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum last week, a bipartisan group of 46 House members wrote to President Donald Trump on Friday urging him to support expanded funding for key security programs in his full budget request to Congress, expected as soon as Friday afternoon.
Prominent Orthodox leader backs Cuomo for mayor

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Matthew Kassel

Leon Goldenberg, a prominent Orthodox Jewish leader in Brooklyn, is endorsing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for New York City mayor, he confirmed exclusively to Jewish Insider on Friday. “I am fully endorsing Gov. Cuomo,” Goldenberg said. “I think he’s the best candidate by far. He’s accomplished for the city and the state.
22 House progressives push unprecedented new restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Marc Rod

A group of 22 left-wing House Democrats introduced legislation pushing for a series of sweeping and unprecedented new restrictions on U.S. aid to Israel, requiring specific authorizations from Congress for each transfer of numerous key weapons and guarantees from Israel about their use.
‘The challenge attracted me’: Julio Frenk brings the fight against campus antisemitism to UCLA

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Gabby Deutch

Julio Frenk was sitting at a Miami Hurricanes football game on Oct. 7, 2023, when he learned the details of the terror attacks in Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw over 250 taken hostage. Frenk, a public health scholar and sociologist who was then the president of the University of Miami, knew immediately that he had to weigh in with an unequivocal condemnation of the violence. “I had no question that I had to respond and say something.
Rep. Landsman: Murder of Israeli Embassy staffers was the culmination of a ‘trajectory’ toward antisemitic violence

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Marc Rod

For Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH), the murder of two Israeli Embassy employees outside the Capital Jewish Museum last week brought to life fears he has harbored for months, amid rising extremism in anti-Israel demonstrations. The Jewish Ohio congressman told Jewish Insider in an interview on Wednesday that days before the shooting, while attending a public event in downtown Cincinnati, he had a “really vivid image of being shot in the back of the head.
How Congress became impotent on foreign policy

1 week ago | jewishinsider.com | Matthew Kassel

For decades, Jewish and pro-Israel groups invested significant resources in building bipartisan relationships with key members of Congress to steer legislation, while helping secure foreign aid and blocking unfavorable initiatives concerning the Middle East.