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Feb 3, 2026, 6:13 PM

Daniel Biss Deserves Pro-Israel Support

Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss is the frontrunner in the crowded Illinois Ninth Congressional District Democratic primary to succeed retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky. Schakowsky recently endorsed Biss, cementing his status as the leading candidate. AIPAC, likely using its super PAC, is...

Dec 21, 2025, 11:32 PM

Distinguishing Anti-Zionism from Antisemitism

Claiming that anti-Zionism is always antisemitism makes it harder to defend Zionism and harder to fight antisemitism because it muddles both terms. We need to understand anti-Zionism, antisemitism, and how to tell the difference. I am a Zionist. I worry...

Nov 24, 2025, 5:48 AM

Everybody’s Hero: A Book for Our Times

Everybody’s Hero, the new novel from Dr. Alex J. Sinclair, is narrated by a serial killer whose plans are interrupted when, by chance, he becomes a national hero, everybody’s hero, after he saves the person he was planning to...

Nov 17, 2025, 10:36 PM

Repairing the Rift on Israel and Antisemitism

The New York City mayoral election exacerbated rifts in the Jewish community that have been developing for years, especially since October 7, including the difference between criticism of Israel and antisemitism and criticism of Zionism and antisemitism. Many younger Americans,...

Nov 7, 2025, 5:56 PM

Beware of These Polls of the Jewish Vote

Wondering why polls from respected sources did not agree on the Jewish vote percentages for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump? Wondering if the polls purporting to tell us the share of the Jewish vote that went to Zohran Mamdani...

Dec 19, 2024, 5:25 PM

A Different Approach to the Weekly Portion

I try to read the weekly Torah portion every Thursday or Friday night in advance of Shul on Shabbat morning. Each year, I also read from a different Torah commentary. This year, I’ve been reading along with Volume I...

Sep 27, 2024, 12:55 AM

An interview with former Congressman Steve Rothman

Steve Rothman’s new autobiography, Congressman Steve Rothman: A Political History with Photographs, is a fascinating account of Rothman’s life in politics. Rothman represented New Jersey’s 9th congressional district from 1997 to 2013, where he distinguished himself as one of...

Sep 11, 2024, 5:44 PM

Your Republican friends need to know the facts

Only 25% of Jewish voters support Donald Trump. The question is why any Jewish voter would vote for Trump, especially considering the records Harris and Walz have compiled on Israel and antisemitism. At last night’s presidential debate, Harris reminded...

Nov 26, 2023, 3:38 PM

Perfect Enemy: A Book For Our Time

As Israel continues to battle Hamas in the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 massacre, and as the ramifications of the war continue to reverberate around the world, why should you read a suspense thriller about an Israeli scientist...

Apr 21, 2023, 7:58 PM

Book Review: Impossible Takes Longer

“The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little longer.” Daniel Gordis takes the title of his new book, “Impossible Takes Longer,” from a saying popularized in Israel by Israel’s first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion (the saying predates...

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Steve Sheffey is active in the national Jewish and pro-Israel political communities. His weekly Pro-Israel Political Update is read by thousands of subscribers across the country and around the world. The views he expresses on this blog are solely his own and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organizations he is or has been associated with.

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