By Steve Sheffey Voting Republican means voting to keep assault weapons legal, voting to make abortions illegal, and surrendering our democracy. Thursday’s hearing demonstrated not only Donald Trump’s perfidy, but the complicity since then of the entire Republican Party except Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Liz Cheney (R-WY). Find me…

By Steve Sheffey Let’s start with the good news: The U.S.-Israel relationship is stronger than ever. President Biden said upon landing in Israel last week that “every chance to return to this great country, where the ancient roots of the Jewish people date back to biblical times, is a blessing…

By Steve Sheffey A nuclear-armed Iran would be disastrous for the United States and for Israel. It would wreak havoc in the region. The debate about how best to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons is about which policy is most likely to succeed, not whether the threat is serious…

By Hon. Ron Klein and Steve Sheffey For decades, the U.S.-Israel relationship has been based on shared values and shared strategic interests. In his recently published book, Barak Ravid, one of Israel’s most respected journalists, described the contempt with which Donald Trump and his administration held Israel’s leaders. Ravid’s book…

By Halie Soifer Vice President Kamala Harris recently spoke to a political science class at George Mason University about democracy and voting rights. When a young woman questioned the use of taxpayer money to support Israel, the Vice President told the student that her “voice, perspective, experience, truth should not…

By Steve Sheffey Pro-Israel Republicans have a choice: Do they stand with the bipartisan support for Israel that they claim to support, or do they stand with Republican members of Congress who abused congressional procedures last week to misrepresent strong Democratic support for Israel. Too many chose the second option…

By Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America The Senate impeachment trial ended on Saturday largely as predicted — 10 votes shy of conviction, with the vast majority of Republicans refusing to hold Donald Trump accountable. It was a betrayal of the American people who deserve better…

By Halie Soifer, JDCA CEO Sadly, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump ended as we predicted — he was acquitted by a vote of 57–43 — with only seven Republicans voting with all 50 Democrats to convict, because Republicans lack the political courage to do what’s right. …

By Michael Rosenzweig The horrific and deeply disturbing violence at the Capitol last week obscured a profoundly important moment — the election of Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock to the United States Senate from the State of Georgia. …