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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a speech while attending a ceremony in Tabriz, Iran in August. (Photo by Presidency of Iran / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
U.S. government officials warn Jewish communities across the country to be on the lookout for threats that could originate with Iran or its proxies,
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Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.): “[Disloyalty is] a word that I wouldn’t use, with a long history of being used by others who have a hatred towards Jews and Israel." (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Since the president dropped the “disloyalty” bomb, a number of Jewish conservatives have defended the use of the term.
Read MoreLongtime Maryland congressman criticizes President Trump for making Israel a partisan issue.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (C) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speak while South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens during the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Democratic candidates for the party’s presidential nomination united in condemning President Donald Trump’s record on race.
Read MoreCivil right icon opposes the anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanction movement, but believes in the right to boycott.
Read MoreThe U.S. House of Representatives voted to condemn the boycott Israel movement on July 23, 2019.
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The Squad: (left to right) Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) listen as Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) pauses while speaking at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol. (Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
Orthodox group issues statement in the wake of President Trump’s racist tweets.
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Former Pink Floyd bandleader Roger Waters is shown here at a news conference in Rome in 2018. He is a leading celebrity in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. (Ernesto S. Ruscio/Getty Images)
D.C. area Jewish leader call the film’s screening a “leadership failure.”
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Sen. Kamala Harris (R) (D-CA) and former Vice President Joe Biden (L) speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) looks on during the second night of the first Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida on June 27, 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Tensions with Iran, which featured prominently on June 26, came up only a handful of times on June 27.
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Democratic presidential contenders Elizabeth Warren, Tim Ryan, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders (left to right). All five, along with several others, delivered video messages at the American Jewish Committee’s 2019 Global Forum. (Getty Images/JTA Montage)
Some candidates started by decrying anti-Semitism. Others started by holding up the U.S.-Israel relationship. A couple didn’t mention Israel at all.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a ‘Make America Great Again’ campaign rally at Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville, Pa., in 2019. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images, via JTA).
A generic Democrat would score 67 percent of the Jewish vote in the presidential election, while Trump would get just 23 percent.
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