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Rebecca Szlechter

Rebecca Szlechter

Rebecca Szlechter is a reporter at JNS based in New York City.

“When someone is only condemning the policies of Israel and not saying a word about the policies of Sudan or Somalia or Iran or Iraq or Syria or Turkey, then one has to become suspicious that it’s really Jew-hatred,” Morton Klein told JNS.
The Michigan Democratic Senate primary reflected anti-establishment sentiment but did not diminish the strength of pro-Israel Democrats nationwide, according to Brian Romick.
The pro-Israel lobbying group said more than 215 candidates it has supported this election cycle have now secured nominations, while pledging to oppose Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in November.
Alyza Lewin, president of U.S. affairs at the Combat Antisemitism Movement, stated that El-Sayed’s victory “should raise alarm bells for Jewish Americans across the country and everyone who believes in civil rights for all.”
Mark Treyger called for a broader citywide strategy to combat hate after new NYPD data showed Jewish New Yorkers continued to be targeted in the majority of reported hate crimes in New York City.
Authorities said Dawood Faisal, 22, targeted Bagels & Co. in two acts of vandalism in May and is currently being held without bail on charges stemming from an unrelated fatal crash that killed a member of Queens’ Jewish community.
“I remain deeply concerned and very troubled by the unacceptable spike in hate crimes, particularly driven by those targeting Jewish New Yorkers,” New York City Council speaker Julie Menin told JNS.
Oak Park “remains committed to fostering a community where all residents feel safe, welcome and respected,” city officials said.
After JNS noted the reference on the city of Goshen’s website, a city spokesman said that it had “no policy regarding the matter.”
Lior Auvgang told UJA young leaders that “they tried to destroy us. They did not.
“Israel will do everything in our power to disarm Hamas,” Danny Danon said during a U.N. Security Council debate. “The question is, when will you?”
“When people are all together, the yeshiva, the secular, that’s a beautiful thing,” Rabbi Yitzchok Dinovitzer, of Baltimore, told JNS.