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Trump book-ended his speech with references to D-Day, including salutes to troops, among them Jewish American veterans, who helped liberate Europe, and Holocaust survivors who were liberated thanks to the American-led action. The salutes earned standing ovations.
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Cory Booker speaks at a news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children at the border, at the U.S. Capitol, July 10, 2018. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images)
The senator’s rise to fame has been full of headlines. He was a heralded football player in high school and he is a former mayor of Newark who rescued a woman from a fire and a dog from freezing temperatures.
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Jared Kushner, left, and Chris Christie attend a White House meeting about opioid and drug abuse, March 29, 2017. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
“Let Me Finish” is one part love letter to Trump, nine parts score-settling, with nary a female in site.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Dome event in Columbia, S.C., Jan. 21, 2019. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Bernie Sanders has dropped hints that he’s ready to run again for president, and the one thing we know for sure is that Bernie, the sequel, will not be a retread.
Read MoreThe daughter of a mother who immigrated from India and a father who immigrated from Jamaica, Kamala Harris has some Jewish nuggets in her history.
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House Intelligence Ranking Member Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks at the Council On Foreign Relations with Andrea Mitchell, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent at NBC News in Washington, D.C., Feb. 16, 2018. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Schiff has pledged to use the committee to broaden inquiries into allegations that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election on Trump’s behalf.
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Bryant Johnson, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer, in his office in the US District Court in Washington D.C., Dec. 19 2018. (Ron Kampeas)
“If you know the justice and her relentless work ethic — sometimes I have to protect her from herself.” –Bryant Johnson
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A mourner wearing a Star of David around his neck at the Squirrel Hill memorial service for the victims of the shooting at the neighborhood's Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Penn., Oct. 29, 2018. (Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Six weeks after Pittsburgh, the American Jewish community is grappling with its consequences.
Read MoreFor the left, the idea that Nancy Pelosi is making deals with the center is crazy in the wake of an election that they believe was driven by progressive rage at Pres. Donald Trump.
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In 1992, President George H.W. Bush (left) is shown listening to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin answer questions at a joint press conference at Bush's Kennebunkport home. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
President George H. W. Bush occasionally tangled with national Jewish leaders, but is also credited with saving thousands of Jewish lives.
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The new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives will see, from left, Jewish lawmakers Jerrold Nadler and Adam Schiff in key leadership roles, upstart Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez representing the insurgent left and Nancy Pelosi in line to be speaker. (Getty Images)
Some of the key party figures who will be able to force Trump administration officials to testify are Jewish.
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