Posts Tagged: Jack Lew
Jewish Groups, Democrats Welcome Biden Pick for US Ambassador to Israel While Republicans Criticize Record
US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday that he will nominate former US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as his ambassador to Israel in a move...
Biden Nominates Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as US Ambassador to Israel
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew as his nominee for ambassador to Israel, the White House said in a...
New Sharansky Book Discloses Strains Between Netanyahu, US Jews
“Liberal American Jews really don’t like Israel,” a frustrated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told then-Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky in 2015, according to an account...
Obama’s Jewish Enablers
Normally when the UN Security Council passes a resolution, a vote is taken and the result recorded. And that's the end of it. But something unusual...
Congressman: Why Is Obama Using Labeling of Israeli Goods to Pressure the Jewish State?
An Open Letter to The Secretary of the Treasury Dear Secretary Lew, As I am sure you are aware, the recent “reissuance” of the West Bank country...
Kerry Tells Senate Better Iran Deal is ‘Fantasy,’ Corker Says Administration Has Been ‘Fleeced’
A better alternative to the current Iran nuclear deal is a "fantasy," a fiery Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on...
Jack Lew to Make First Trip to Israel as U.S. Treasury Secretary
JNS.org - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew will make his visit trip to Israel in his current position next week to discuss...
Treasury Secretary Lew, Nobel Laureate Aumann Among 2013 ‘Orthodox Jewish All Stars’
JNS.org - Jew in the City, an organization working to connect Orthodox Judaism with digital media, has named 10 individuals as 2013's "Orthodox Jewish All...
Israel, Peace Process Discussed During Meeting Between Lapid and Biden
JTA - Yair Lapid, the Israeli finance minister, met with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials. Lapid, who was in Washington to...
Obama Names Penny Pritzker and Mike Froman for Top Cabinet Posts
JTA - President Obama nominated Penny Pritzker to be commerce secretary and Mike Froman as the U.S. trade representative. Both candidates tapped Thursday have ties in...
Jack Lew Confirmed as Treasury Secretary
Washington Post - The Senate confirmed Jack Lew as Treasury Secretary Wednesday, giving him broad responsibilities over the U.S. economy just as the country...
The 2012 Jewish Year in Review
We're in the middle of 5773, but turning the corner on 2012 and saying goodbye to a year of making history. January brought us the 10th...
Opinion: A Response to Senator Lautenberg’s Attack on the Republican Position on Israel
I consider Senator Frank Lautenberg a personal friend and a distinguished Jewish leader. My criticism, therefore, of his furious attack on Republican attitudes toward Obama...
Obama Administration Continues High Level Communication with Jewish Leaders
In a continuing series of White House meetings with high level Jewish leaders conducted by the President and members of his administration, Secretary of Homeland...