Good Friday morning. In today's Daily Kickoff, we preview this weekend's nuclear talks with Iran in Oman, and talk to lawmakers wary of allowing Turkey back into the F-35 program. We also spotlight a new book about the first White House Seder, and report on a new documentary about the Yeshiva University men's basketball team in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks. Also in today's Daily Kickoff: Sen. Michael Bennet, Sam Bregman and Yehuda Kaploun. 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 Jewish Insider and eJewishPhilanthropy stories, including: Lawmakers, national security experts skeptical of Trump's Iran diplomacy; Daniel Hernandez pitches himself to Tucson voters — and pro-Israel backers; and National Black Empowerment Council connects Black students to Israeli universities. Print the latest edition here. Ed. note: The next Daily Kickoff will arrive on Wednesday, April 16, in observance of Passover. Chag sameach! Spread the word! Invite your friends to sign up. 👇 |
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- Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) is expected to announce his bid for governor of Colorado today. Bennet is running for the seat being vacated by term-limited Gov. Jared Polis and joins a field that includes Attorney General Phil Weiser.
- An immigration court in Louisiana will determine today whether to continue the detainment of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate detained after his green card was revoked over his involvement in the school's anti-Israel protests last year. More below.
- On Monday, former Deputy National Security Advisor Dina Powell McCormick will appear alongside former Facebook/Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg at a bipartisan event at Stanford University promoting McCormick's new book, Who Believed in You: How Purposeful Mentorship Changes the World.
- Yale University's Poynter Fellowship in Journalism will host a trio of conservative voices in journalism and law on Tuesday for a panel discussion on the rise of distrust from the political right of higher education and the news media. The event will feature Robert Shipley, a free speech lawyer and the executive director of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education; Jonah Goldberg, a conservative commentator and The Dispatch's editor-in-chief and co-founder; and Aaron Sibarium, a reporter for the Washington Free Beacon covering law and higher education.
- On Tuesday afternoon, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America is hosting a virtual event with former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Herzog.
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Nearly a decade after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was inked between Iran and a group of Western nations, including the U.S., high-level negotiators — including White House Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff — are again preparing to engage in talks over Iran's nuclear program, Jewish Insider Executive Editor Melissa Weiss writes. But less than 24 hours before negotiations between the U.S. and Iran are set to begin in Oman, the parties have yet to agree on the format of the talks, underscoring the chasm between Washington and Tehran that could challenge even the best negotiators. Oman also served as a secret meeting ground for American and Iranian negotiators, including then-Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Jake Sullivan, who was then-Vice President Joe Biden's national security advisor, in the lead-up to the 2015 JCPOA. As recently as last night, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the talks would be direct, while Tehran is insisting that negotiations will be conducted through Omani mediators. Witkoff, the White House's go-anywhere, do-anything guy, has logged thousands of miles between the Middle East and Russia as a key cog in the Trump administration's most high-profile diplomatic efforts: Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks, Russia-Ukraine negotiations and the freeing of American detainees, and now, taking steps toward a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. President Donald Trump has said he would like to see a deal reached within two months — and voiced support for an Israeli-led strike on Iran in the absence of an agreement. The U.S. team has had just over a month to prepare for the talks, following Trump's message to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in early March threatening military action in the absence of nuclear talks. But Witkoff is a real estate lawyer and property developer, with no background in nuclear technology. He'll be dealing — indirectly or directly — with Iran's lead negotiator, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who also served as Iran's chief negotiator a decade ago, when Tehran negotiated the JCPOA with the Obama administration — a deal that Trump withdrew the U.S. from in 2018. Much has changed since 2015: Iran's formerly robust and threatening proxy network has been crippled, the Iranian nuclear program has advanced well beyond where it stood when the JCPOA was signed and Iran has deepened its alliances with Moscow and Beijing. Tehran is also facing an emboldened Trump who is looking to score his first major diplomatic win of his second term — as well as an Israel that has demonstrated over the last year it is unafraid to strike targets deep in the heart of the Islamic Republic. U.S. intelligence suggested that Israel is likely to strike Iran this year, heightening pressure on the U.S. to reach a deal, though it's hard to imagine a nuclear agreement between the U.S. and Iran that the Israelis would be happy with (despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly backing the talks). The core challenge facing negotiators is that the Israeli and Iranian objectives for these talks are fundamentally at odds: Israel, and some members of the Trump administration, want the full dismantlement of the Iranian nuclear program, while Iran wants its program to continue. How the American negotiators in Muscat, led by Witkoff, will bridge that divide remains to be seen. But before they can do so, they'll need to come to their first agreement with Iran: how to hold the talks in the first place. |
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Lawmakers remain wary of Turkey's readmission into F-35 program |
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Congressional lawmakers remain wary of efforts to bring Turkey back into the F-35 program, a move that is reportedly under consideration inside the Trump administration, Jewish Insider's Marc Rod reports. President Donald Trump is said to be open to a deal to sell Turkey the advanced weapons systems if both parties reach an agreement to render the Russian S-400 air-defense system that Turkey purchased inoperable. Its acquisition of the S-400 initially caused Turkey to be booted from the F-35 program in 2019 under U.S. sanctions law. State of play: Some on Capitol Hill emphasized that Turkey must be required to meet that basic precondition before it can be readmitted into the F-35 program. But others argue that the country, which has been an often-unreliable ally to the United States and has been increasingly aggressive toward Israel, should face higher hurdles to getting the cutting-edge system. Those opponents include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who reportedly lobbied against providing Turkey with the system during his visit to the Oval Office this week. Read the full story here with comments from Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Dina Titus (D-NV) and Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Mike Rounds (R-SD). |
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Trump taps campaign surrogate, Orthodox Jewish businessman for antisemitism envoy |
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is nominating Yehuda Kaploun, an Orthodox Jewish businessman, Chabad rabbi and Trump campaign surrogate as his administration's special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, Jewish Insider's Marc Rod reports. Kaploun helped with the Trump campaign's outreach to the Jewish community during his 2024 campaign, including a high-profile event, backed by Dr. Miriam Adelson, where Trump courted Jewish voters in Washington. About the nominee: Kaploun told Mischpacha Magazine that his work with the Trump campaign was driven by rising antisemitism and the increasingly insecure place of American Jews in society. "Just a year ago, no one would have believed that Jews would be afraid to be openly Jewish in the United States," Kaploun told Mishpacha. "The fact that Jews are afraid in progressive universities shows that the United States is going down a dark path." Kaploun said in the article that the situation of American Jews was similar to that of German Jews ahead of Kristallnacht, a situation Kaploun blamed on President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. Read the full story here. |
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New Trump WH memo cites Khalil's 'participation in antisemitic protests' as reason for deportation |
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New claims in the Trump administration's monthlong case against anti-Israel Columbia University protest leader Mahmoud Khalil state that the arrest and planned deportation are based on his "participation in antisemitic protests and disruptive activities, which fosters a hostile environment for Jewish students in the United States." The evidence, which stopped short of identifying any crimes Khalil had committed, was submitted to a federal judge overseeing the case on Thursday, Jewish Insider's Haley Cohen reports. Rubio's reasoning: A memo, signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, cited the president's authority to expel noncitizens whose presence in the country could have adverse foreign policy consequences, regardless of whether they have committed a crime. "Condoning anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protests in the United States would severely undermine that significant foreign policy objective," Rubio wrote in the two-page memo, which was first obtained by the Associated Press. Read the full story here. Round two: The House Education & Workforce Committee will hold another hearing on campus antisemitism next month, its first such hearing since the beginning of this Congress, and the next in a series of high-profile showdowns that have led to the firings of multiple college presidents, Jewish Insider's Marc Rod reports. |
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Canadian PM Mark Carney rebuked by Netanyahu over apparent anti-Israel remark |
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing backlash over comments in which he appeared to endorse a claim that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, even as he later said that he had misheard the statement. Speaking at a rally in Calgary on Tuesday, Carney, the newly elected Liberal leader, seemed to express agreement with a heckler who shouted that Israel is enacting genocide in its war with Hamas, according to video of the event posted on social media, Jewish Insider's Matthew Kassel reports. "Thank you," Carney said in response. "I'm aware, which is why we have an arms embargo." Clarification: Carney insisted on Wednesday that he had not heard the word genocide and had simply been "stating a fact in terms of" Canada's decision to restrict arms sales to Israel. "If you're up there you hear snippets of what people say and I heard Gaza, and my point was I'm aware of the situation in Gaza," he added. Still, his initial remarks drew a furious response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Thursday called on the Canadian leader to "backtrack" what he denounced as an "irresponsible statement." In Canada, meanwhile, Carney's statement also drew criticism from the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the nonpartisan advocacy arm of the Jewish Federations of Canada, which on social media accused the prime minister of stoking antisemitism. Read the full story here. |
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FROM CAMPAIGN TRAIL TO SEDER TABLE |
Passover at the Obama White House becomes a children's tale |
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Next Year in the White House, a new children's book published this spring, begins with the story of the first White House Seder, hosted by former President Barack Obama in 2009. But most of the book describes the Seder that took place a year earlier on the campaign trail, at a low point for Obama, when the refrain "Next year in the White House" felt as realistic as the prophet Elijah actually walking, in the flesh, through the front door at the end of the Seder. Jewish Insider's Gabby Deutch talked to two of the young campaign staffers responsible for organizing that campaign Seder that started an annual American tradition. American dream: "It's a feel-good story," said Eric Lesser, who organized the 2008 campaign Seder in Harrisburg, Pa. Lesser, at the time a recent college graduate, was the person who schlepped Obama's luggage everywhere. "It's a story about bringing people, especially different people from different backgrounds and different faith traditions, together. There's a degree to which it almost feels like escapism from the current moment, especially for the Jewish community that's been facing such trauma and violence in the last year and a half." Read the full story here. |
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How Yeshiva University's basketball team rebounded after Hamas attacks |
A new documentary, "Rebound: A Year of Triumph and Tragedy at Yeshiva University Basketball," which premiered on Wednesday on Fox Nation, Fox News' subscription service, documents the challenges and successes faced by Yeshiva University's basketball team, the Maccabees, in the wake of Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks in Israel, Jewish Insider's Haley Cohen reports. A team torn apart: Just two days after Hamas perpetrated the worst terror attack in the Jewish state's history, halfway across the world in New York City, it was the first day of practice for the Maccabees, a team that had been on a high from its 50-game winning streak that had ended the year prior. But now the young athletes' minds were far from wind sprints and free throw shots. Two teammates and their head coach, Elliot Steinmetz, were still in Israel, where they had traveled for the Sukkot holiday. Top-scoring guard Zevi Samet's family was stuck in a bomb shelter on that harrowing day. Senior guard Adi Markovich's friend was killed when Hamas infiltrated the Nova music festival in southern Israel. Read the full story here. Bonus: The Wall Street Journal spotlights YU's baseball team, which earlier this week won its first game in more than three years, breaking a 100-game losing streak. |
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Talking Turkey, About Syria: The Financial Times' Neri Zilber, Mehul Srivastava and Ayla Jean Yackley spotlight the de-escalation talks taking place this week between Turkey and Israel in Azerbaijan. "Turkey, which sees the presence of Kurdish militants and Isis fighters inside Syria as a severe threat, is eager for [Syrian President Ahmed] Sharaa to solidify his control. Ankara worries that Israel's interventions will hinder efforts to stabilise the country. The Israeli military is particularly concerned about the deployment of Turkish air defences, which would reduce the freedom of movement Israeli jets have had over Syrian skies for years, an Israeli intelligence official said. Israel has dismissed Sharaa as a jihadist and insisted that much of southern Syria should be a demilitarised zone to be enforced by the Israeli military." [FT] Passover in Bondage: In The Wall Street Journal, former Israeli hostage Agam Berger reflects on how she maintained her faith during captivity ahead of the Passover holiday commemorating the Jews' freedom from Egyptian bondage. "My fellow scout Liri Albag and I marked Passover together last year. Held in a small room with no natural light, we did what we could to set the holiday mood. We cleaned our room and adorned the table with napkins and other small "decorations" made from scraps of paper. As a surprise, Liri wrote me a makeshift Passover Haggadah, the text that recounts our ancestors' journey out of slavery. … 'In every generation,' the Haggadah tells us, 'a man must see himself as though he himself left Egypt.' My faith tells me that God liberated us more than 3,000 years ago from slavery to freedom and chose us to fulfill a unique role in the world. That is the same God waiting for us to choose him today. As I left Gaza on Jan. 30, I wrote in Hebrew the words that stayed with me for my entire captivity: 'I chose the path of faith and with the path of faith I have returned.' Even as a hostage I believed I would return home the same person as I was when I was taken against my will." [WSJ] The Next Pharaoh: In The Washington Post, Daniella Greenbaum Davis considers how the lessons of Passover are relevant in the present. "The Torah teaches that the Israelites originally lived in Egypt peacefully. Joseph, once sold into slavery by his brothers, rose to power and earned the trust of Pharaoh himself. It was a story of integration, even success. But then — suddenly, chillingly — 'a new Pharaoh arose, who did not remember Joseph.' That line should never be read as history alone. It's a warning. The favor of one government, one generation, one leader, does not guarantee safety in the next. Memory fades. Status shifts. Welcome can curdle into suspicion overnight. We know this pattern. We've lived it too many times. In the past year, antisemitic incidents in the United States have skyrocketed. Nationally, the FBI documented 1,832 anti-Jewish hate crimes in 2023 — the highest number in over three decades. … This is not ancient history. It is our current reality." [WashPost] |
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A worker at the Western Wall in Jerusalem inspected the complex, which had just undergone a thorough cleaning, for chametz on Thursday night ahead of the start of Passover. |
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