At AIPAC confab, sequester looms large

Published on March 5, 2013

Imminent threats threading through the rhetoric at AIPAC conferences is hardly new, but this year’s alarm raising had a unique wrinkle: In addition to the prospect of a nuclear Iran, the other danger AIPAC targeted was domestic -- sequestration.

Congress passes more expansive Violence Against Women Act

Published on March 1, 2013

Congress approved the more expansive version of an extension of the Violence Against Women Act that an array of Jewish groups had backed.

Opinion: The Post-Kumbaya President

By Marty Kaplan
Published on January 21, 2013

Four years ago, while Democrats danced at inaugural balls, Reps. Cantor and Ryan dined at The Caucus Room, a Capitol Hill steakhouse, along with other top Republicans, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and Sens. Jim DeMint, John Kyl and Tom Coburn.

Brad Sherman makes Forward 50

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 13, 2012

Congressional races: Republican Jewish hopefuls defeated, new faces for House Dems

Published on November 7, 2012

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is no closer to having a minyan. The majority leader will remain the sole Jewish member of his party’s caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives.

August 26, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on August 26, 2012

GOP, Democratic conventions will gain Jewish focus for similarities and gaps

Published on August 21, 2012

Get set for a political double feature with much of the same plot, but with different outcomes for the issues that tend to preoccupy Jewish voters.

Romney names ‘Jewish Americans’ campaign group

Published on August 1, 2012

Mitt Romney launched the "Jewish Americans for Romney" coalition and continued to defend his citation of culture to explain the economic disparity between Israelis and Palestinians.

Pelosi and Cantor spar over Republican Jewish outreach

Published on July 30, 2012

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that Republicans exploit Jewish voters for political gain.

Senate affirms commitment to Israeli military’s qualitative edge

Published on July 2, 2012

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation that reaffirms U.S. security commitments to Israel.

Political tidbits: Another Jew in the House

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 6, 2012

'Ask Her When She's Sober'

By Marty Kaplan
Published on March 26, 2012

Until Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach and her unborn child were murdered by Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean and buried in his backyard, her congressman, Mike Turner, had a record like any other garden-variety Republican warrior on women. With his 100 percent perfect opposition to women’s freedom of choice over their reproductive systems, Turner’s Dayton, Ohio-area constituents had been represented by just the kind of disciplined hard-core conservative that John Boehner and Eric Cantor rely on.

Cantor endorses Romney

Published on March 5, 2012

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) endorsed Mitt Romney for president and said that he is not interested in the vice-presidency.

Cantor vows to raise Iran issues on Middle East trip

Published on January 6, 2012

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, said he will raise the dangers posed by Iran during a Middle East tour.

Cantor: U.S. must signal intolerance for Israel vilification

Published on December 15, 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said the Obama administration must clearly signal to emerging Arab governments that vilifying Israel and Jews is unacceptable.

Cantor, Ehud Barak to address Reform biennial

Published on November 22, 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will address the Union for Reform Judaism's biennial.

Can Obama be trusted on Israel?

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on October 10, 2011

Museum of Tolerance and political group to hold ‘provocative’ 9/11-themed event

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 6, 2011

Zuckerberg, Bibi head list of Top 50 Jews

Published on July 26, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg and Benjamin Netanyahu head The Jerusalem Post’s second annual list of the world’s 50 Top Jews.

The Demonization of Eric Cantor

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Published on July 19, 2011

Weiner should resign, Cantor says

Published on June 7, 2011

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the U.S. House of Representatives majority leader, called on Congressman Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to resign. Cantor's call Tuesday came a day after Weiner admitted to having innapropriate Internet relationships and lying about a lewd photo posted to his Twitter account.

Cantor advises Weiner to ‘come clean’ in Twitter flap

Published on June 2, 2011

Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the Republican majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, called on Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) to "come clean" about a controversy over a lewd photo. Cantor made his comments in a television interview on Thursday, as Weiner endured a fourth day on the receiving end of questions about a photo of a man in his underwear that was sent from his Twitter account. The photo was sent to a 21-year-old female college student who is a Twitter follower of Weiner's.

Eric Cantor thanks Bush for Bin Laden killing

Published on May 1, 2011

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) tonight issued the following statement regarding the news that Osama Bin Laden has been killed:

Man who threatened Cantor gets 2 years

Published on April 8, 2011

A man who threatened to kill Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), speaking of his "final Yom Kippur," was sentenced to two years in prison. The Washington Post on Friday quoted prosecutors as saying Norman LeBoon, 33, of Philadelphia, must also complete three years of supervision after his sentence is complete, including no Internet access.

Top 10 Jews of Year - 2010

By JewishJournal.com
Published on December 23, 2010

Our Annual (well, from now on) Top Jew of the Year list features Jews who embody the best in Jewish values. And you don't have to be Jewish to win: see our "Honorary Jew of the Year."

Cantor elected majority leader

Published on November 18, 2010

Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives elected Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) their majority leader in the next Congress.

GOP will ‘check’ Obama, Cantor tells Netanyahu

Published on November 11, 2010

The new GOP majority will "serve as a check" on the Obama administration, Republican leader Eric Cantor told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

GOP sweep makes one Jew a star, unseats and disempowers many others

Published on November 3, 2010

A historic Republican sweep of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday has propelled Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the minority whip, to the verge of becoming the highest-ranking Jewish lawmaker in U.S. political history.

Cantor’s foreign aid ‘gimmick’ is dangerous

Published on November 1, 2010

This election season in the United States has not been a great one for the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Cantor: Take Israel out of foreign aid

Published on October 25, 2010

A Republican Congress would seek to remove funding for Israel from the foreign operations budget, a GOP leader said.

McCain campaign checks out sole Jewish Republican Congressman as possible VP

By Ron Kampeas
Published on August 5, 2008

As recently as May, the only Jewish Republican in the House discounted suggestions that he would place on the ticket, giggling as he told JTA that such speculation was "ridiculous."

Names to Watch on Way Up, Down in ‘06

By James D. Besser
Published on December 29, 2005

Here are a handful of people to watch in the coming 12 months -- some on the way up; some on the way down.