Nathan Guttman, staff writer, was the Forward’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the staff in 2006 after serving for five years as Washington correspondent for the Israeli dailies Haaretz and The Jerusalem Post. In Israel, he was the features editor for Ha’aretz and chief editor of Channel 1 TV evening news. He was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In a rare rebuke of Israeli government policy, two major Jewish American organizations are publicly expressing their concern over a plan to deport thousands of African asylum seekers. ״As American Jews, one of our greatest concerns is the well-being and security of Israel; we want to see it prosper and overcome all of the challenges…
It is not often that George Soros speaks publicly. But after being targeted for months by Hungarian right-wing authorities, Soros is shooting back. In an interview with the Financial Times, the 87-years-old Jewish billionaire points to what he views as a disturbing trend in Europe and around the world. “It’s déjà vu all over again…
President Trump may have come under fire for his comment referring to Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries,” but for white nationalists, he struck just the right tone. The Anti Defamation League collected some of the reactions in the far-right twittersphere, where Trump’s remarks were yet another reason to celebrate the president. For alt-right…
As the one year marker for Donald Trump’s presidency approaches, a new poll shows he holds an anemic 26% approval rating among Jews. Support for Trump by Jews dipped by 1 percentage point, part of an across-the-board decline in support. It indicates that Trump has lost backers in all electoral blocs – from liberals to…
Only few Republicans chose to stand up for President Trump after news broke of his derogatory comment, referring to immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and Africa as coming from “shithole” countries. Among those speaking out in Trump’s defense was New York Republican Lee Zeldin, one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress. “Pres @realDonaldTrump wasn’t elected…
Missouri governor Eric Greietens may have hoped that news of his extramarital affair will end up with no more than public shaming, but he will now also have to face a criminal investigation. The investigation, announced Thursday, will look at allegations that Greitens blindfolded and bound his lover before taking her photo in order to…
“Stick a fork in him.” This tweet from Missouri state senator Rob Schaaf (R-St. Joseph) encapsulated what many in the Show-Me State were thinking Thursday morning after hearing the news about Republican governor Eric Greitens – he’s done. Local TV station KMOV reported on Wednesday night that Greitens had an extramarital affair in 2015, and…
A lawsuit filed in U.S. district court in California alleges that YouTube has unfairly restricted access to videos produced by Prager University, a group founded by conservative pundit Dennis Prager. Among the videos YouTube had censored, according to Prager’s lawsuit, is a five-minute clip in which Harvard law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz explains the legal…
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