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 Rachel Laser, the president and CEO of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, speaks at an event the organization held at St John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles on Nov. 21, 2024.

The Jewish leader taking on Christian nationalism

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is received by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (not pictured) at the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., June 25, 2024.

Gallant's Washington synagogue visit canceled over security concerns

 U.S. President Joe Biden reacts after signing a proclamation designating November 17 as "International Conservation Day", during his tour at the Museu da Amazonia in Manaus, Brazil, November 17, 2024.

Biden signs bill developing plan transferring Weitzman Museum to Smithsonian

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
 The Megiddo Mosaic.

Earliest inscription of Jesus as God now on display in Washington D.C.

Picture of Timberline HS Campus - Lacey, Washington

Parents attempt to kill teenage daughter in Washington for arranged marriage refusal

 JEWISH GROUPS gather in Times Square to mark the one-year anniversary of the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2024. With candles, prayers, and music, commemorations for the October 7 attack began in Israel’s Tel Aviv on October 6 at a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas onslaught.

Editor's Notes: US Jews reach consensus and are driven by shared purpose

 The General Assembly - JFNA

2024 General Assembly launches with urgency, determination

“Stand Together” rally at Nationals Park in Washington D.C.

Families of hostages speak to thousands in DC 'Stand Together' rally

Ambassador to U.S. Michael Herzog welcomes Secretary of State Antony Blinken upon his arrival at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Oct. 12, 2023.

Netanyahu extends Washington ambassador Michael Herzog’s term until January

 U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One, en route to Washington, D.C., at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, U.S., September 29, 2024.

US urges Israel to uphold humanitarian law amid IDF operations in Lebanon

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visits an Israel Air Force base. September 18, 2024.

Gallant heads to US as Washington weighs in IDF strike on Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Lahav 433 to investigate tweet on suspicion of incitement against Netanyahu

 Washington DC, USA - July 1, 2015: The Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery are both housed in the historic Old Patent Office Building.

Jewish federations push US leaders to transfer National Museum of American Jews

 US SECOND GENTLEMAN Doug Emhoff lights Hanukkah candles at a reception at the White House, last December.

Will Trump's hatred of Taylor Swift be his downfall?

 Museum of the Bible to debut world’s oldest Jewish book.

World's oldest Jewish text debuts exhibit at Museum of the Bible

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks after a signing ceremony in Ankara, Turkey September 4, 2024.

Turkey criticizes US-Cyprus defense agreement, citing security risks

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF
 Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Michael Herzog takes part in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, at the Nozyk Synagogue in Warsaw, Poland, April 19, 2023.

Israel's Amb. Herzog skips vigil for hostages after denied request to speak

By Walla!
THEN-US SECRETARY of state John Kerry meets with then-Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in New York City, in 2016. Zarif was present at a meeting this week between Ayatollah Khamenei and the new Iranian cabinet, the writer notes.

Why Iran and Hezbollah haven’t retaliated: Israel’s threats and US diplomacy