Andrew Bernard
ARTICLES BY: Andrew Bernard
House Democrats Introduce Bill to Award Congressional Gold Medal to American Holocaust Rescuers
Five House Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Americans who aided or rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Led by...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Sabbath Observance Case With Major Impact For Religious Jews, Experts Say
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Groff v. DeJoy, a religious accommodation in the workplace lawsuit with significant ramifications for observant Jews,...
Progressive Democrats Demand Biden Conditions Aid to Israel
14 progressive Democrats on Thursday sent a letter to the Biden administration condemning the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and demanding that the...
Report: Chemical Attacks on Iranian Students Cross 300 Mark
The number of recorded chemical attacks on Iranian students, mostly targeting girls’ schools, has crossed the 300 mark, according to a database of the attacks...
Orthodox Jewish Group Urges Pulitzer Board Not to Reward NYT for Hasidic Schools Coverage
Agudath Israel of America, an umbrella organization representing Orthodox Jews, on Monday sent an open letter to the Pulitzer Prize board urging them not to...
NYPD Seeking Trio of Suspects for Antisemitic Attacks in Queens
The NYPD is seeking three teenaged suspects for menacing and aggravated harassment for a pair of attacks over Passover. According to police, the group threw rocks...
Biden: ‘This Scourge of Antisemitism Must Stop’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday published a pre-Passover op-ed warning of the growing threat of antisemitism in America and outlining his administration’s response. Writing for...
‘Political Warfare Against Israel’: 60 NGOs Sign Letter Opposing UN Adoption of IHRA Antisemitism Definition
60 human and civil rights organizations on Tuesday released a joint open letter urging the United Nations not to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance...
State Department Denies Canceling NASA Scientist’s Israel Trip Over Israel Protests
The US State Department has denied canceling a NASA astrophysicist’s trip to Israel for a physics conference on Monday due to unrest in the wake...
Jewish Leaders Launch Committee to Support Iran Protests
A bipartisan group of Jewish leaders in politics, philanthropy, and policy on Friday announced the launch of the Jewish Committee to Support Woman Life Freedom...
‘We Will Win’ Ukrainian Ambassador Tells American Jewish Committee Seder
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US on Wednesday said that the American Jewish community has supported Ukraine “every day” since Russia’s further invasion of her country...
‘Crossed a Red Line’: Israeli Right Slams Biden Comments on Judicial Reform as War of Words Escalates
Members of Israel's Knesset from the governing right-wing coalition slammed President Biden’s criticism of Israel’s judicial reforms on Wednesday, as rhetoric continued to escalate from...
‘Turning Crisis into Opportunity’: Amidst Chaos in Israel a Constitutional Path Emerges, Analysts Say
After a chaotic day that ended with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing that he was pausing his judicial reform agenda until the Knesset reconvenes after...
Biden Administration Welcomes Pause on Israeli Judicial Reform Package After Chaotic Day in Israel
The Biden Administration on Monday welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that he would put Israel’s judicial reform package on hold until the Knesset...
