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Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman is a writer in Seattle, Wash.

Yehuda Kaploun, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism at the State Department, hosted the Shabbat dinner at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington for ambassadors, senior administration officials and Jewish community leaders.
The retelling of David’s story should encourage Jews worldwide “not to be intimidated in the face of antisemitic violence and threats,” FOX Nation’s Jonathan Towers told JNS.
A state senator said the book was a concern, while a Jewish librarian told JNS that there shouldn’t have been an “outpouring of rage.”
The FIDF national director detailed his own post-Oct. 7 “triggers” in a conversation with JNS about PTSD, new clinics and projects for 2026.
Despite declarations of victory from anti-Israel activists, the industrial park says the sales were not a factor.
A professor, who has worked at the Philadelphia-area school for 19 years, told JNS he can’t believe it “has turned against the Jewish community in such a horrendous way.”
“CAIR’s new report claims to measure Islamophobia and free speech on campus. It doesn’t,” Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told JNS.
“It’s unfortunate that we have to live this way, but I’d rather be safe than sorry,” Robyn Markowitz Lawler told JNS.