Jane Eisner

Hanukkah comes at a time of antisemitism this year, but a little bit of light can dissipate the darkness.

Guests debate how the Trump Administration policy has changed U.S. relations with Israel and Palestine.

The U.S. Department of Education reopened a case at Rutgers claiming discrimination against Jewish students, and the department's framing of Judaism as an ethnicity.

'The problem is not Clinton, the problem is not Obama. The problem is the problem.'

A look at what's ahead after President Trump announced that the U.S. will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

How Israeli and Palestinian media are reacting to President Trump's trip to the Middle East.

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate David Friedman, a hard-liner on Israel, as ambassador to the country.

The GOP's platform on a two-state solution for Israel, the hope that Trump's racist remarks will blow over, and reasons why they probably won't.

2016 marks the first time in 800 years that Jews will be allowed to eat foods like rice and beans during Passover.

All 5 presidential candidates addressed U.S.-Israeli relations in speeches yesterday. The Forward's Jane Eisner analyzes each candidate's proposals for future relations.

The GOP front-runner will attempt to ease the minds of Jewish leaders, many of whom are uneasy with his candidacy.

Jewish Americans on the right and the left will be watching to see what kind of government is formed after the election, set to be held Tuesday.

Two New York Times correspondents in Cairo and Jerusalem, along with The Forward's editor-in-chief, discuss the two dominant stories out of their respective bureaus this week.

Yesterday in lower Manhattan, 30,000 (organizers say 50,000) Haredi Jews gathered to protest an Israeli government proposal to remove the exemption ultra-Orthodox have from military service. Jane Eisner, editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, discusses the protest and the larger context of the ultra-Orthodox in Israel and the US today.

An edited version of this segment aired as part of a best-of Brian Lehrer Show on Friday, November 29, 2013. The original conversation aired live on October 4. 

A recent Pew survey of American Jews found that there’s less identification with the Jewish religion, even as cultural ties remain. Jane Eisner, the editor of The Jewish Daily Forward who suggested the survey, shares her thoughts on this finding.

On Day 3 of the DNC we get analysis on some of last night's speeches. Featuring:

• Robert Menendez, U.S. Senator from New Jersey
• Dennis Kucinich, U.S. Congressman from Ohio
• Jane Eisner, editor of The Jewish Daily Forward
• Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist

Jane Eisner, editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, talks about the celebration at the Meadowlands of all those who've read the Talmud, one page per day, over the last 2,711 days.

The document that marks our Independence Day is, of course, the Declaration of Independence. But there’s another document worth looking at today, written by another founding father, t...

Jane Eisner, editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, talks about yesterday's meeting between the U.S. president and the Israeli prime minister, and their positions vis a vis Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Forbes managing editor, Bruce Upbin and Jane Eisner, editor of The Jewish Daily Forward, talk about casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson, in light of his support for Newt Gingrich and other conservative causes.