Republican Jewish Coalition

JD Vance's Jewish chief of staff and confidant to leave role shortly

Reses, who’s been in his role since Vance and President Donald Trump took office in January 2025, is perhaps the closest Jewish official in Vance’s orbit.

Jacob Reses, second from the left, accompanies JD Vance to a meeting with Senate Republicans at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Nov. 16, 2022.
Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Washington DC, Jan. 9, 2026.

Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson threat diminished, others fear presidential run

REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brandon Herrera speaks during a campaign rally at the Constantino S Pizza restaurant on February 26, 2026 in Somerset, Texas.

Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 23 January 2026), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, met with US Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA).

Netanyahu met Republican US Senator Ernst at Jerusalem Office, PMO says


Republican Jews call on GOP candidate for PA governor to stop using Gab

Doug Mastriano has 38,000 followers on Gab, a self-proclaimed “free speech” platform that hosts content prohibited on more mainstream sites.

 Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano gives a victory speech at his election-night party in Chambersburg, Pa., May 17, 2022

RJC PAC endorses Ron Johnson, senator blocking advancement of Deborah Lipstadt

"We never make decisions based on what outside individuals or organizations think," Matt Brooks, RJC's CEO said in a text.

Republican Jewish Coalition members listen to a prerecorded video from Donald Trump, in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2021.

Former Ambassador David Friedman elected to RJC's Board of Directors

'As US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman was instrumental in strengthening the US-Israel relationship under President Donald Trump.'

 (L-R) TBN President Matt Crouch and David Friedman in Jerusalem

Nikki Haley's pandering to Jewish Republicans is bad for Israel - opinion

What Haley and so many partisans like her fail to understand is that working across party lines is the secret of Israel’s success on Capitol Hill.

Then-US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses the 2017 AIPAC policy conference in Washington.

Some Jewish Republicans have Trump fatigue, but can't quit him - analysis

Donald Trump haunted a conference that was supposed to focus on helping the party recover from his loss and the turmoil he spurred in its wake.

Republican Jewish Coalition members listen to a prerecorded video from Donald Trump, in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2021.

Nikki Haley to RJC: AIPAC takes bipartisanship too far

Nikki Haley criticized AIPAC for what she called an overemphasis on bipartisanship in its outreach to Democrats.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley addresses AIPAC, March 2018

Donald Trump among Republican Jewish Coalition conference attendees

Presidential contenders appearing at the conference include Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, and the former president, Donald Trump.

Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 28, 2021.

Leading Jewish Republicans split over a Biden human rights nominee

Elliott Abrams, a longtime foreign policy maven with experience in a number of Republican administrations, has come to her defense.

Freedom House President Mark Lagon (R) testifies as Washington Director Human Rights Watch Sarah Margon (L) listens during Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on "Corruption, Global Magnitsky and Modern Slavery - A Review of Human Rights Around the World", on Capitol Hill in Washington, July

Republican Jewish Coalition PAC endorses reps from diverse backgrounds

The RJC-affiliated political action committee endorsed a number of Latino and Asian relative newcomers to the US House of Representatives.

U.S. House of Representatives votes on Trump impeachment on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 19, 2019.

Do Jewish conservatives have a home in the post-Trump Republican Party?

Whatever Republican leaders decide, the party’s Jewish members will have to consider the post-election tumult as they make their own choices about what they do next.

Attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting hold up signs while waiting to see President Donald Trump speak at The Venetian Las Vegas