Cory Booker

IKAR Rabbi jokes that Jews could learn from Cory Booker's record-breaking senate speech - opinion

The physical feat is impressive, but it’s not the point. We’d do well to consider why Sen. Booker felt such prophetic urgency in issuing this call in this moment.

Senator Cory Booker delivers a prayer at IKAR in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2024.
 REPUBLICAN SENATE candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz delivers remarks at an event in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, last week.

Dr. Oz will pay the price for his fabrications - opinion

Hundreds of Israelis gather in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 20, 2021to protest in favor of cannabis legalization and for reforms in the medical cannabis market.

US Senate democrats roll out draft bill to legalize cannabis

US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington earlier this month.

The legacy of Jewish crusade against racial injustice - opinion


Bipartisan bill seeks to promote normalization between Israel and Arab countries

The bill notes that “Despite the risk of retaliatory action, a rising tide of Arab civic actors advocate direct engagement with Israeli citizens.”

US Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speaks at the Netroots Nation annual conference for political progressives in New Orleans, Louisiana, US, August 3, 2018

Democrat Cory Booker drops out of 2020 US presidential race

The New Jersey Democrat had immediately been seen as a top contender when he launched his campaign in February 2019.

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker speaks during the fifth 2020 campaign debate at the Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 20, 2019

Getting it right after the attack

At a time when antisemitic attacks are on the rise here at home and around the world, we must stand together as a community, not fall prey to misinformation.

Three people are killed in a kosher supermarket in Jersey City by two members of the anti-Semitic Black Hebrew  Israelites movement on December 10, 2019.

Letters to the Editor December 18, 2019: Pompeo pummels US representatives

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Where does Cory Booker stand on antisemitism, Israel in 2020?

Where does Cory Booker stand on issues that matter to Jewish voters in 2020?

Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.)  is in the running to become the Democratic presidential nominee in 2020. Read on to see where he stands on Israel, anti-Semitism and other Jewish issues.

Democratic debate reveals the candidates’ differences on Middle East

Buttigieg, Biden, Sanders, Klobuchar, Harris, Booker and Castro were supportive of a US presence in Syria, while Warren and Gabbard were adamant about the US military withdrawing from the Middle East

The 12 candidates' podiums stand ready before the fourth U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio U.S. October 15, 2019.

Where do 2020 Democratic candidates stand on Israel?

Pete Buttigieg leads the pack in terms of money received from Jewish-American donors, while Bernie Sanders leads in fundraising overall.

US Democratic candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg

No Holds Barred: Cory Booker weaponizes the Torah for political gain

I had never intended to teach him Torah to be used as a parlor trick to impress Jewish or Christian audiences but to absorb its message and pursue policies based on its values.

Cory Booker

Cory Booker shows off his Hebrew, responds to Trump’s disloyalty comments

The New Jersey lawmaker added that Democrats “are no less disloyal to this country” than Republicans are.

Cory Booker

Which Democratic 2020 contenders would move embassy back to Tel Aviv?

While several candidates criticized the move, they said they didn’t think returning it to Tel Aviv would accomplish much.

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris debate racial issues as Senator Bernie Sanders listens during the second night of the first U.S. Democratic presidential candidates 2020 election debate in Miami, Florida, U.S., June 27, 2019.

Democratic candidates Booker and Biden should do more to denounce bigotry in U.S.

Both Biden and Booker must denounce racism, antisemitism, homophobia, and discrimination in all their forms, and pledge to do better and fight for equality for all.

Sen. Cory Booker, left, passes by former Vice President Joe Biden, South Carolina, U.S., June 21, 2019.