Subscribe now to the Daily Kickoff 👋 Good Monday morning! In today’s Daily Kickoff, we examine the first quarter of fundraising reports and share the first of a special five-part investigative series looking into the mysterious 1984 murder of Rabbi Philip Rabinowitz of Washington’s Kesher Israel congregation. Also in today’s Daily Kickoff: Sen. Read more » »

Subscribe now to the Daily Kickoff 👋 Good Tuesday morning! In today’s Daily Kickoff, we interview Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about her recent trip to the Middle East as part of the Abraham Accords Caucus, and profile Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ellen Germain. Read more » »

Subscribe now to the Daily Kickoff 👋 Good Friday morning! Ed. note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the next edition of the Daily Kickoff will arrive on Tuesday morning. Read more » »

👋 Good Friday morning! In today’s Daily Kickoff, we talk to the Jewish leaders who met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in Washington yesterday, and report on the just-opened Department of Education investigation into whether U.C. Berkeley’s law school violated the civil rights of Jewish students. Read more » »

Leaders of U.S. Jewish and pro-Israel groups met on Thursday for more than an hour and a half with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on the heels of this week’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. Read more » »

Two dozen Senate Democrats huddled with leaders of around 20 U.S. Jewish groups on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, addressing a range of hot-button issues in the U.S.-Israel relationship and the Jewish community, as well as on Capitol Hill, as Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu works to form the next government. Read more » »

👋 Good Friday morning. Following Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday afternoon in Balmoral, Scotland, at the age of 96 and after a 70-year reign as monarch, attention turns to her successor, Prince Charles, who will be known as King Charles III when he assumes the throne. Below, we look at the soon-to-be king’s relationships in the U.K. Read more » »

A United Nations briefing on antisemitism became politically charged on Wednesday when a Palestinian representative to the world body criticized the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism for conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism. Palestinian Deputy Permanent Representative to the U.N. Read more » »

👋 Good Friday morning! Ed note: Wishing you all a healthy and happy Passover. The Daily Kickoff will return on Monday, April 25. Read more » »

👋 Good Friday morning! For less-distracted reading over the weekend, browse this week’s edition of The Weekly Print, a curated print-friendly PDF featuring a selection of recent JI stories, including: The quarterback scion in Zion; Ritchie Torres to Read more » »