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
July 2, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Jersey edition — Meet Mikie Sherrill; why Josh Gottheimer has a challenger; and a slugfest primary on the shore
July 1, 2020 Daily Kickoff: A millennial mayor on the horizon in Baltimore + How a new Thelonious Monk concert recording surfaced
June 30, 2020 Daily Kickoff: How Chaim Bloom is preparing for his Red Sox debut + former U.S. ambassadors dish on their old Herzliya home
June 29, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Can this Black GOP Senate candidate capture the moment in Michigan? + Jamaal Bowman plans to ask ‘plenty of questions’ in Congress
June 26, 2020 Daily Kickoff: How Ritchie Torres built a fan base in the Jewish community + the Israeli-Arab activist leading the charge against COVID-19
June 25, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Interview with Yair Lapid, Israel’s opposition leader + How Mondaire Jones plans to fill Nita Lowey’s shoes in Congress
June 24, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Engel trailing, Torres leading, Jones ahead in early results + ‘Billion Dollar Burger’ explores kosher cell-cultured 🍔
June 22, 2020 Daily Kickoff: What you need to know from John Bolton’s book + The many lives of violinist Isaac Stern
June 19, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Is Rep. Ilhan Omar’s challenger gaining steam? + The 115 members of Congress against annexation
June 18, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Riverdale Jewish leaders rally around Engel + New podcast chronicling the rise and fall of David Duke
June 17, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Hollywood’s weak spot + Harris & Blitzer continue sports spree, is the Most Exciting Team in Sports next?
June 16, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Chaim Deutsch announced a run for Congress, then went quiet. Inside his unorthodox campaign strategy
June 15, 2020 Daily Kickoff: The congressman standing against BDS politically, professionally and philanthropically + Abe Foxman on Susan Rice for Biden’s VP
June 12, 2020 Daily Kickoff: In Virginia 5th tomorrow, deciding the GOP nominee in a church parking lot + Jonathan Chait on cancel culture in a radical age
June 11, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Will Georgia voters keep Kelly Loeffler in the Senate or is it Doug Collins’s turn?
June 10, 2020 Daily Kickoff: As Bill de Blasio’s press secretary, Freddi Goldstein has one of NYC’s toughest jobs
June 8, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Meet Moe Brown — the former Gamecocks football star running for Congress in South Carolina + ADL recruits FBI official
June 5, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Ahead of next week’s Georgia primary, a look at three Senate candidates + Serbia and Iran cozy up
June 4, 2020 Daily Kickoff: L’Chaim OG’s journey to Jerusalem + David Carlucci profile + Justice Dems changes language on Israel
June 3, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Steve King ousted in Iowa, Valerie Plame loses in New Mexico and other primary results + the future of JCCs around the country
June 2, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Is Eliot Engel in trouble? — The New York congressman’s primary challenger wants to condition aid to Israel
June 1, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Introducing JI’s new interactive election map + AIPAC cancels its 2021 policy conference
May 28, 2020 Daily Kickoff: City Hall edition — An interview with L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti + the former Treasury official running for mayor of Baltimore
May 27, 2020 Daily Kickoff: Why Orthodox Jews love this British shirtmaker — an interview with Nicholas Charles Tyrwhitt Wheeler
