Friends, at 5:30PM EST, pls join us in lighting your menorah at your home while we light at the The White House so, together, we light up the 4th night of Hanukkah as one community. Pls register here and feel free to post pics! pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…

Saddened to hear of the passing of my former boss Senator Bob Dole this morning. A war hero whose passing marks the end of an era... May he rest in peace...

Some of Shmuel Herzfeld’s stuff is whack or a bissel meshug. But I think maybe not this. Michelle Boorstein washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/…

So proud of my friend @JaysonHarpster who is STILL fighting for too many brave Afghans. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… Washington Post Opinions

Why is this year’s Passover matzah different from any other? Much of shmurah matzah in the US comes from Ukraine. This is why we call matzah the bread of affliction in the Haggadah. It’s about the Jews 1000s of years ago and it's about Ukraine today. religionnews.com/2022/04/13/why…

Do three state level GOP official Passover greetings featuring hametz add up to a plague yet?

Spotted at tonight's White House screening of "The Survivor": Deborah Lipstadt, Rick Jacobs, Ann Lewis, Eric Goldstein, Stu Eizenstat, Adam Lehman, Susie Stern, Steve Rabinowitz

I congratulate Julia Gordon on her confirmation to serve as HUD’s Assistant Secretary for Housing & the Federal Housing Administration Commissioner. She is a respected, well-qualified leader. I look forward to working with her to expand access to affordable, sustainable housing.

Declassified Israeli notes of first Netanyahu-Clinton meeting, June 1996. This was also the meeting where the President exasperated by Netanyahu walked out to aides exploding "Who's the f-----g superpower here." Haaretz הארץ אמיר אורן - Amir Oren haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Netanyahu Is a Serial Promise Breaker, but This One He'll Have to Keep - Haaretz Today haaretz.com/israel-news/ha…

I’d known him longer but 30 years ago on a press bus, I’d heard him called Bill Plantay. So he was forever then known to me as Plantay. Synonymous with the best. I’m so sad.

By Aaron David Miller - I gotta agree re Nixon and Truman, who took risks for Israel in a way Trump never did - In many ways, Trump’s actions weakened both Israel’s security and that of the Jewish community in the United States. foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/19/tru…

.Katie Hobbs wins the AZ gubernatorial campaign in a sign that sanity has now almost fully returned to my home state. Praise God.

Re: Ron DEE-Santis … I have long believed people get to mispronounce their names however they want.

.Capital Jewish Museum will be the region’s first of its kind. Among its exhibits is one on the late Justice @RuthBaderGinsburg. washingtonpost.com/religion/2023/…

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and his wife Vice President Kamala Harris attended services at Adas Israel Congregation in Cleveland Park on Saturday, the first day of Rosh Hashana, according to Steve Rabinowitz, who’s a congregant. Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagan was also there.

.@SecondGentleman asked White House staff about how they would mark the High Holidays and what they’re looking forward to in the new year. Shana Tovah to all those who celebrate.

“If Jesus had been at Kfar (G)Aza three months ago today, he would have been captured or killed by Hamas.” -The Rev. Dr. Jay Moses of St. Marks Presb. Church at the weekly hostage rally in front of the Red Cross

Breaking: Shameful statement by Netanyahu in presser now. Says he needs no encouragement to pursue the release of the 136 hostages held by Hamas &goes on to say that rallies&demonstrations that call on hie govt. to do more to release the hostages play into hands of Hamas

Powerful video message from Hillary Clinton, played at tonight’s Tel Aviv Hostage Square solidarity rally. #BringThemHomeNOW