Statements

Yesterday, 103 House Democrats — nearly half of the Democratic caucus — supported an amendment introduced by rabidly anti-Jewish Republican Thomas Massie that would have eliminated all $3.3 billion in annual U.S. security assistance to Israel. The measure failed, with 98 Democrats voting no and 10 voting present. There is nothing progressive about an arms …

Today’s Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship is a win for the constitutional promise that belonging in this country is not determined by any single government. The Court rejected the racist attempt to take away citizenship from babies born on American soil, reaffirming a commitment this country has kept since the 19th century. As Chief …

Last night, in Democratic primaries in New York City, Jewish identity was used as a political liability. Candidates were targeted for their associations with Jewish communal organizations. Zionist identity was treated as disqualifying. The “Good Jew / Bad Jew” dichotomy was leveraged for power. And a candidate with no legislative record, whose public profile was …

Last week, the Mayor of New York City called Jewish activists “genocidal” “monsters” who work to “turn people against each other.” He said it in a Knicks jersey, at the one moment New York City felt united, implying that Jewish New Yorkers weren’t welcome in the collective celebration. Facing deep concern, Mayor Mamdani responded with …

We stand in heartbroken solidarity with the Muslim community of San Diego after three people, including a heroic security guard, were murdered in what police are investigating as a hate crime. As Jews and as Zionists, we know how it feels to be targeted for who you are, what faith you practice and what ethnicity …

Black Americans built this country. They were denied its promises for centuries — through slavery, through Jim Crow, through systematic disenfranchisement that was not accidental but engineered. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a hard-won recognition of that history and a commitment to never repeat it. Yesterday, the Supreme Court moved our country backward …