October 23, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Rep. Jeff Van Drew on why he switched parties + Reactions to last night’s debate
October 22, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Rep. Susie Lee faces a wrestler in Vegas re-election fight + Behind the scenes of ‘Surge’
October 21, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Election predictions from Dave Wasserman + Howard Mortman’s new book on rabbis addressing Congress
October 19, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The 2020 campaign trail converges on a Jewish day school dinner in Detroit
October 16, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Barbara Amiel lays it all out in new book + Interview with Manhattan DA candidate Lucy Lang
October 14, 2020 Daily Kickoff: An interview with Harry Reid + Talia Lavin goes undercover in the dark web
October 13, 2020 Daily Kickoff: With three weeks until Election Day, the key House and Senate races to watch
October 9, 2020 Daily Kickoff: A look at the race for Los Angeles district attorney + Gad Saad on the parasitic mind
October 6, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Meet the woman responsible for Snapchat registering more than 1 million voters this year
October 2, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Following Rabin event fallout, examining AOC’s reluctance to engage with New York Jewish groups
October 1, 2020 Daily Kickoff: This Jersey political scion is keen to go to Washington + How Guy Raz built his podcast
September 30, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Heard on the JI webcast with Emirati ambassadors + The unpresidential debate
September 29, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Legislators worldwide to team up to fight online antisemitism + Ali Rogin’s book on women beating cancer
September 25, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Interview with Alaska Senator Dan Sullivan + California’s ethnic studies controversy
September 24, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The 18-minute Supreme Court ceremony for Ruth Bader Ginsburg + Maison Kayser expands to Israel amid the pandemic
September 23, 2020 Daily Kickoff: 25-year-old Madison Cawthorn says he wants to be the GOP’s AOC + Gottheimer’s resolution on Palestinian payments
September 22, 2020 Daily Kickoff: New Israeli thriller ‘Tehran’ premieres in America this week — an interview with the cast and creator
September 18, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The Ambassador Edition — Ron Dermer reflects on D.C. tenure + UAE Ambassadors to join Jewish Insider webcast
September 17, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Meet the Nonoos, a prominent Bahraini Jewish family making waves around the world
September 15, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Big day & crowd on the South Lawn + How the satirist Andy Borowitz is prepping for November
September 14, 2020 Daily Kickoff: An interview with Austria’s ambassador to Washington + Rachel Levin goes buck hunting with female ‘huntstagrammers’
September 11, 2020 Daily Kickoff: An early look at the Bob Woodward book + Saban backs Biden; will host $500k ticket virtual fundraiser
September 10, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The race to succeed Peter King in Long Island + Brad Sherman slams Foreign Affairs chair rivals for their Israel records
September 9, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Elissa Slotkin is fighting to keep her seat + How the Jewish nonprofit world is planning for 2021
September 8, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Joe Cunningham’s challenge in Charleston + The founders of The Home Edit are getting their own Netflix show
September 3, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Meet Minnesota’s next Senator Coleman + Sarah Huckabee Sanders describes former colleague as ‘foulmouthed Jew’ in memoir
September 2, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Elisha Wiesel’s next stop on his religious and political journey + The Israeli running for Senate in Wyoming
September 1, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Primaries to watch in Massachusetts today + New books from Natan Sharansky and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks (We talk to both)
August 31, 2020 Daily Kickoff: New JI poll on Massachusetts 4th + Michael Oren’s fiction & a South Carolina congressman lobbies for Jews to visit Uman
August 28, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Inside the remote state-of-the-art facility safeguarding America’s largest collection of Holocaust artifacts
August 27, 2020 Daily Kickoff: New Jewish Insider MA primary poll + Kamala pledges not to condition aid as RJC tries to scoop up Jewish Dems
August 26, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Kennedy draws contrast with Markey over backers’ views on Israel + Kraft reveals first initiative against antisemitism
August 25, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Minneapolis City Councilman Jeremiah Ellison is more artist than politician + Lee Zeldin on antisemitism in the GOP
August 24, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Michael Pack, the man making waves at America’s broadcasting agency + Chuck Schumer’s political evolution
August 21, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham on his reelection bid + Rep. Meeks says he’s against conditioning aid to Israel
August 20, 2020 Daily Kickoff: In Massachusetts, Rep. Richard Neal is trying to avoid being Engeled + The Delaware rabbi addressing the DNC tonight
August 19, 2020 Daily Kickoff: This State Dept official’s first stop in America was a Queens Bais Yaakov + What’s a NYTimes movie critic to do?
August 18, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Noa Tishby’s new guide to Israel, aka ‘the most misunderstood country on earth’ + Laura Loomer’s congressional bid — stunt or reality?
August 17, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Raising the most money is no longer enough — will pro-Israel political donors adapt to changing campaign dynamics?
August 13, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Meet the award-winning Israeli portrait artist bringing the bible to life + The Bernie lawyer vying to be the Granite State governor
August 12, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The Jewish leaders close to Kamala Harris + Facebook expands its definition of antisemitism
August 11, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Behind the scenes with The New Yorker’s restaurant critic + The races and runoffs to watch today
August 7, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Elliott Abrams promoted to Trump admin’s lead envoy on Iran + An interview with the publisher of ‘Mishpacha’
August 6, 2020 Daily Kickoff: 🇯🇵 Ambassador edition — Bill Hagerty in tight Tennessee Senate primary today + Ken Weinstein receives bipartisan support
August 5, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The newest member of The Squad is from Missouri and supports BDS + Brindisi and Tenney rematch in upstate New York
August 3, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The Jewish Fashion Council’s Adi Heyman pivots to pandemic relief + An interview with Israel’s shadow coronavirus czar
July 31, 2020 Daily Kickoff: He entered Congress earlier than expected, an interview with Navy combat pilot Mike Garcia + The Orthodox Jewish vote in 2020
July 29, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Dani Dayan bids farewell + Illinois Jewish leaders on Sen. Tammy Duckworth as Biden veepstakes enter home stretch
July 28, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Freshman Rep. Katie Porter’s political power + New books from counsel Norm Eisen and comedian Judy Gold
July 27, 2020 Daily Kickoff: What the Democratic Socialist wave means for New York + An interview with Josh Kraft as he takes over his family’s philanthropy
July 24, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Rising stars edition — Orthodox DJ Matt Dubb🕺to his own beat + The Israeli-Canadian comedian Renny Grinshpan🎙️
July 23, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Brad Sherman on why he should be the next Foreign Affairs chair + NYTimes picks Meredith Kopit Levien, a BBYO alum, for CEO
July 22, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Interview with the mayor of Minneapolis, Jacob Frey, as he reflects on a tumultuous few months
July 21, 2020 Daily Kickoff: These Yale Law grads crisscrossed America and penned a book about it + Ilhan Omar skips debate
July 20, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Interview with Sir Ronald Cohen on impact investing + The member of Congress who won the lottery
July 17, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Tali Farhadian Weinstein fled Tehran at age 4. Now 44, she’s running to be Manhattan’s district attorney
July 16, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The small bank across the Hudson River powering online shopping and PPP loans
July 15, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The DNC is finalizing its draft platform today — what’s in the party’s plank on Israel + Sefaria expands to America’s founding texts
July 8, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Alaska’s Al Gross — the independent fisherman running for Senate + Beinart sours on two states, Gordis reacts
