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Apr 5, 2020, 8:31 AM

I Guess I’m an Adult Now?

Instead, of being in Milan right now, I’m sitting in the one-bedroom apartment my wife, toddler and I have basically not left in three weeks, drinking a quarter-decent bottle of Montepulciano. We were supposed to take a long layover...

Dec 17, 2019, 5:22 AM

Mike Pence for President

Many self-declared one-issue voters like what President Donald Trump has done vis-a-vis Israel. If you’re one of them, I’ve got an offer you can’t refuse and it’s just two words: Dump Trump. Think about it, wouldn’t it be nice...

Nov 2, 2018, 4:54 AM

Trump will dog whistle to the precipice

Last week, during a live interview on a station that does little to hide its pro-Israel/Jewish leanings and on which I am privileged to appear occasionally, I was called a “globalist.” In the moment, I thought it was funny...

Jan 4, 2018, 3:46 PM

Stop the Delusion: Trump’s Art of the Deal and its Israeli Discontents

Much like the kindergartner coming back from Winter Break needing to relearn how to behave, President Donald Trump returned to Washington from his golf vacation in Florida with proverbial ants in his pants. His multiple tweets over the last...

Nov 15, 2016, 6:42 PM

Dear Jared Kushner

Jared Kushner speaking at the Bloomberg Commercial Real Estate conference in New York, Nov. 9, 2011. (Peter Foley/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

A plea to his old schoolmate to use his influence for good: 'I beg of you to be on the right side of history'

Nov 6, 2016, 3:12 PM

Why I’m (Still) With Her

Disclosure: I spent the first eight months of 2002 working in former President Clinton’s small Harlem office. I had a handful of brief, superficial encounters with then Senator Clinton. The good news is that by the time you finish reading...

Apr 15, 2016, 10:27 PM

Why I’m with her

(Disclaimer: I spent the first eight months of 2002 working in former President Clinton’s Harlem office. I had a handful of brief, superficial encounters with then Senator Clinton). For the last six or eight presidential elections, the state of New...

Mar 14, 2016, 11:35 PM

How could you, AIPAC?

Late last week, the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) announced that Donald J. Trump would be presenting one of the keynote addresses at its annual Policy Conference. The Policy Conference is the largest pro-Israel gathering in Washington, expected...

Jul 30, 2015, 2:37 PM

A gross misallocation of precious resources

Several prominent Jewish and Israel advocacy organizations have undertaken a -- potentially -- quixotic $20-40 million effort. The goal is essentially to convince Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) and ten other democrats (based on his public...

Jul 3, 2015, 4:22 AM

I’m a poster boy and proud of it

First, let me state unequivocally that everything between me and my wife is perfectly fine. We enjoy a loving heterosexual marriage. Second, this post in no way shape or form should be considered a “halakhic pesak” (Jewish legal opinion)...

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About Me

Elie Jacobs is a NYC-based public affairs and public relations consultant and a political partner with the Truman National Security Project. VIEWS EXPRESSED DO NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF ANY ORGANIZATION AND ARE SOLELY HIS OWN