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Sen. Bernie Sanders has yet to say if he will pull his endorsement.
“If even a few dozen, or a hundred, more Jews were willing to organize and step up into party structures like I did, imagine what could be possible,” Louis Fine, secretary of the Minnesota Republican Party’s Platform Committee, told JNS.
“The public wants you to be who you are,” the Pennsylvania governor said. “Let them know what motivates you to serve and why you do this work.”
“What they’re trying to do is more of a sham,” the source told JNS, accusing Hamas of wanting to shed the burden of governing the Strip while retaining “power and money.”
“Despite all their attempts to hijack the party, I believe these are not the values and ideas that Americans and Democrats are focused on,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer told JNS.
The departure of Mallory McMorrow, a state senator, leaves Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, who has accused Israel of “genocide,” vying for the Democratic nomination.
The American actor, writer and director said he pursued citizenship to reconnect with his family’s heritage and to spend more of his career working in Central Europe.
Jews have been targets of about 15% of religion-based hate crimes since Jan. 1, compared to 2% each for Sikhs and Muslims, and 1% for Arabs.
Israel, the first country to use the stealth fighter in combat, is expanding its fleet as the aircraft reaches a worldwide milestone.
Calling Israel a “model ally,” the prime minister emphasized the strong U.S. partnership, saying the leaders agree 99% of the time.
“A less thoughtful and more self-sabotaging statement would be hard to imagine,” Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, told JNS of one of the mayor’s comments.
The former Hamas hostage joins singer-songwriter John Ondrasik as part of the 250th Independence Day celebrations.
Sen. Bernie Sanders has yet to say if he will pull his endorsement.
The prospects for two Pennsylvania Democrats paint a dismal picture. And right now, it’s difficult to envision the party nominating a presidential candidate who supports the Jewish state.
“They are actively trying to silence people who disagree with them,” Rep. Adam Smith, of Washington state, said in an interview at the U.S. Capitol complex.
“The public wants you to be who you are,” the Pennsylvania governor said. “Let them know what motivates you to serve and why you do this work.”
Former Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile called on the candidate to “step aside” and said that he “needs time to heal, focus on his family and well-being.”
“Despite all their attempts to hijack the party, I believe these are not the values and ideas that Americans and Democrats are focused on,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer told JNS.
The departure of Mallory McMorrow, a state senator, leaves Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, who has accused Israel of “genocide,” vying for the Democratic nomination.
Neo-antisemitism ensures that the answer is no.
“A less thoughtful and more self-sabotaging statement would be hard to imagine,” Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, told JNS of one of the mayor’s comments.
Criticize its positions. Challenge its spending. Argue against its endorsements. But stop pretending that it is somehow different from every other interest group operating in Washington.
No question, we have a fight on our hands here. Yet it is one we enter into armed with hope.
Political messaging can sometimes mask deeper ideological objectives.
The progressive lawmaker joined Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Pramila Jayapal in endorsing Abdul El-Sayed, who has accused Israel of “genocide.”
“The Democrats’ priorities are not the American Jewish community’s priorities,” Sam Markstein of the Republican Jewish Coalition told JNS.
The former U.S. vice president “is almost certainly positioning herself as an anti-establishment progressive in 2028,” an election analyst at VoteHub stated.
Anti-Israel socialists rack up another primary upset in Colorado, as Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent
Melat Kiros, who said that Oct. 7 was the “inevitable consequence of apartheid,” unseated Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary to represent Denver in Congress.
“He’s tried to find that middle ground, where he can give a wink and a nod to those kinds of very violent extremist rhetoric, but without being forced to condemn it,” David May, of FDD, told JNS.
“I don’t think it’s new,” Ari Berman told JNS. “This is an effort that was there beforehand—there were some wins and some losses, and it’s important to be mindful.”
Now that the primaries are over, “we hope that everyone will come together and be united,” Christine Quinn, chair of the executive committee of the New York State Democratic Party, told JNS.
“I don’t know,” the candidate said when asked if the attacker targeted Jews during the 2025 attack. “I don’t know what his intentions were.”
“The Democratic Party as a whole, the party that we’ve known, that we’ve grown up with, is not an anti-Jewish party,” Pesach Osina told JNS. “It’s a party that reflects our values.”
The Senate rejected a resolution calling for the removal of U.S. forces from the war against Iran after U.S. President Donald Trump hammered Senate Republicans for approving a similar measure the day before.
The anti-Israel “Squad” member is backing Imraan Siddiqi’s bid to unseat a Democratic incumbent, as progressive challengers target fellow Democrats in Washington state legislative races.
“Unless we eliminate the root cause of campus antisemitism, a change in leadership will act as a band-aid,” Brandy Shufutinsky, of FDD, told JNS.
Michelle Greenberg-Kobrin will serve as a point of contact for Jewish students, advise university leaders on combating antisemitism and help oversee compliance with Columbia’s agreement with the Trump administration.
“There is work to do to spread the positive appreciation of the quality and value of Jewish day schools in places that have not yet seen the expansion experienced by the majority,” Paul Bernstein, CEO of Prizmah, told JNS.
“The teachers we have, we don’t respect and support in the way that they deserve,” Paul Bernstein told JNS. “If we’re successful and we grow enrollment, that problem only gets bigger.”
Supporters say the K-12 standards, set to take effect in the 2030-31 school year, reflect literary and historical significance, while critics argue they blur the separation of church and state.
The tenured Arabic professor alleges that the public university violated her rights over a viral video she says was taken out of context.
“I don’t think it’s new,” Ari Berman told JNS. “This is an effort that was there beforehand—there were some wins and some losses, and it’s important to be mindful.”
The government adopted a plan to expand Jewish schooling, focusing on North America, with investment expected to reach 200 million shekels.
“My sense is that John wanted to retire with the confidence that, in the absence of the first generation of Catholic and Jewish leaders who lay the foundation of friendship, these relations would grow and thrive,” the scholar Malka Simkovich told JNS.
The four students filed an amended federal lawsuit the same day, arguing Florida International University violated their First Amendment rights by punishing “private, off-campus speech.”
“When someone uses the N-word on campus, no one thinks about free speech. No one talks about, ‘Let’s understand what they’re thinking. Let’s have a discussion,’” Rep. Randy Fine said. “But somehow when it came to Jews, everyone wanted to rediscover the idea of free speech.”
“Leadership should be responding with moral clarity, not suggesting that the act of teaching about the Holocaust has somehow ‘missed the mark,’” said Kurt Schwartz, CEO of CAMERA.
Jews have been targets of about 15% of religion-based hate crimes since Jan. 1, compared to 2% each for Sikhs and Muslims, and 1% for Arabs.
The city mayor said at a press conference that the Big Apple is having its “safest start to any year on record.”
“These cannot become just another set of statistics,” Rick Chavez Zbur, a member of the state Assembly, told JNS. “They must serve as a call to action.”
Although Jews make up an estimated 3.25% of California residents, anti-Jewish hate crimes made up almost 14.8% of all hate crimes in the state last year.
An FBI affidavit alleges Ryan Thomas Griffin threatened to attack synagogues and federal employees, embraced white supremacist ideology and sought to recruit others for violence.
“This is life for Jews under the leadership of Mayor Zohran Mamdani,” advocacy group StopAntisemitism wrote.
A board member at the Orthodox synagogue told the FBI that members began attending services less frequently after Kevin Charles Pyles allegedly targeted the synagogue in separate July and August 2025 incidents.
Tarek Bazrouk was sentenced to 17 months in prison in October 2025 after attacking three Jewish individuals at different pro-Israel demonstrations in New York.
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Sweetest, kindest man,’ family says of Orthodox man gunned down in broad daylight in NYC
A month after his father was killed in a Queens park, Tzvi Yonie Itzkowitz told JNS that his family believes that the still-unsolved killing was motivated by Jew-hatred.
“Los Angeles County is experiencing an alarming increase in hate crimes, with record-high antisemitic offenses,” according to the county district attorney.
The U.S. Justice Department recognized six first responders, including members of the security team at Temple Israel who stopped a Hezbollah-inspired attacker who drove a vehicle into the synagogue.
“Posting Nazi and lynching symbols on the Jewish Community Center is pure hate and it’s disgusting,” the U.S. Justice Department said.
The former Missouri congresswoman stated that she has pledged to “bring an end to the U.S. military aid to Israel that enables genocide against Palestinians.”
An Agudah event drew Trump administration officials and members of Congress, among others.
The Israeli prime minister and foreign minister hosted U.S. Reps. Abraham Hamadeh and Marlin Stutzman in Jerusalem.
Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) said that “across the nation and around the world, Jewish people continue to face discrimination, intimidation and violence.”
Deena Margolies, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS that antisemitism in healthcare is a bigger problem than a single union or doctor and is becoming “normalized.”
“I don’t want to quit. I’m not a quitter,” Steve Cohen said. “But these districts were drawn to beat me. They were drawn to defeat me.”
“This vote isn’t about whether we should crush the Iranian regime. We should,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer stated. “This is about defending the Constitution.”
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz told JNS that it was “really important” to pass the measure, “given the explosive rise in antisemitism,” including violent attacks.
“I want to destroy their nuclear programs, their ballistic missile program, their drone programs and their terrorist proxy programs,” the congressman said of Iran. “But that said, you can’t leave the United States Congress in the dark any longer.”
“Advancing religious freedom protects a fundamental human right that underpins a nation’s security, economic prosperity and stability,” said the chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
“These are not just numbers on a page but are lived experience of all Jewish Americans,” Rep. Brad Knott said, of Jew-hatred, on the House floor.
“It is critical that we work across party lines to stop and reverse this dangerous trend,” stated Sen. Jacky Rosen, co-chair of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism.
Neo-antisemitism ensures that the answer is no.
The prime minister said he and Trump have “a way of ironing out our differences as allies who respect each other.”
Calling Israel a “model ally,” the prime minister emphasized the strong U.S. partnership, saying the leaders agree 99% of the time.
The former Hamas hostage joins singer-songwriter John Ondrasik as part of the 250th Independence Day celebrations.
The Israeli prime minister released a video message praising the U.S. alliance and declaring that freedom will triumph over tyranny.
“God bless Israel. God bless America,” the Knesset speaker said.
Israel’s prime minister congratulated the American leader ahead of the 250th U.S. Independence Day.
The partnership between Jerusalem and Washington stands as a testament to shared biblical values, liberty and moral responsibility.
The Israeli president also wrote a letter thanking Trump for his support of Israel.
Special events highlight the shared history and enduring ties between the United States and Israel.
The U.S.-Israel relationship is no exception to this rule.
Two images side by side: a republic marking a quarter-millennium of constitutional liberty and a regime defined by the burial of the ruler around whom its political order was built.
“Since the fall of the Assad regime, President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and the new Syrian government have demonstrated continued commitment to counterterrorism operations within Syria,” according to Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Joe Wilson.
The U.S.-Israel relationship is no exception to this rule.
The U.S. vice president said airstrikes secured shipping and weakened Tehran’s military and nuclear program, creating leverage for negotiations.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio are pursuing competing approaches to Iran and Lebanon. Is this a genius grand strategy or destructive chaos?
Jerusalem and Beirut recognized “that they are not at war w/ each other but with terror group Hezbollah,” the U.S. ambassador said.
In world politics as in law, only truth can be exculpatory.
Full text of the agreement signed in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2026.
Salah Salem Sarsour, accused of concealing Israeli military court convictions on immigration forms, argued his detention was part of a Trump admin effort to target the pro-Palestinian movement.
The House Appropriations Committee’s report calls for a Defense Department review of the U.S.-led Gaza ceasefire efforts and the use of U.S.-supplied military resources.
“What we’re interested in is not their press conferences,” the U.S. secretary of state told reporters in Bahrain. “What we’re interested in is whether or not ships are moving.”
One can stand with one’s people or against them.
“Here, Jews rose not because success was guaranteed, but because freedom made striving possible,” the leaders said.
“There is work to do to spread the positive appreciation of the quality and value of Jewish day schools in places that have not yet seen the expansion experienced by the majority,” Paul Bernstein, CEO of Prizmah, told JNS.
The new program will “definitely” help the many families struggling to pay rent, Eli Cohen, of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, told JNS.
“The teachers we have, we don’t respect and support in the way that they deserve,” Paul Bernstein told JNS. “If we’re successful and we grow enrollment, that problem only gets bigger.”
The government adopted a plan to expand Jewish schooling, focusing on North America, with investment expected to reach 200 million shekels.
From plants to jewelry, immigrant entrepreneurs showcase their dreams as they build new lives in Israel.
“I’m proud to see the dedication these students bring to the challenges facing our communities,” the Jewish congressman stated.
Sruly Meyer said he didn’t know what to expect, but figured that he could take the heat.
“The challenges facing American Jewry are also very profound,” Rabbi Menachem Genack told JNS. “The risk of rapid assimilation. The level of antisemitism that we’re seeing. The security challenges facing the State of Israel.”
“You can’t send an 18-year-old off to college without filling in many blanks before they leave, about why being Jewish is important,” the longtime Jewish communal leader told JNS.
“When you have something saying you can’t go to someone who uses divination, or a witch, or consults spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer, that means this is something people were doing,” Eddy Portnoy, the curator, told JNS.
“No more giving cover to our enemies at the Shabbat table,” said the founder of Antisemitism Watch.
The American actor, writer and director said he pursued citizenship to reconnect with his family’s heritage and to spend more of his career working in Central Europe.
The former Hamas hostage joins singer-songwriter John Ondrasik as part of the 250th Independence Day celebrations.
“In the old days, before you had social media and the internet, antisemites had to work to get their message out,” Alyza Lewin, of Combat Antisemitism Movement, told JNS.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said Nika Soon-Shiong’s five-year board term expired as it reviews whether Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives were misclassified as journalists killed in Gaza.
“There is nothing he hasn’t won, nothing he hasn’t achieved, nothing he hasn’t proven and yet at 100, he continues to surprise and thrill us,” said actor Josh Gad, who produced the long-awaited “Spaceballs” sequel with Brooks.
“We are conducting a full review of the names on our lists to confirm that no one who was actively engaged in combat is listed in our data,” the Committee to Protect Journalists stated.
Hundreds of mahjong players gathered at the Museum of Jewish Heritage this weekend to celebrate a game that has connected generations of American Jews for nearly a century.
Los Angeles-born Rachel Lester tells JNS that winning global public opinion requires more effective storytelling, diverse voices and discipline on social media.
“Even the promotional poster we received from the organizers was different and contained no Nazi symbols or extremist imagery,” the club’s board of directors told JNS.
Peter James Bloomfield allegedly wrote online threats to kill FBI agents and “blow up the White House,” while investigators say he also made antisemitic threats in his posts.
“Wikipedia’s administrators showed that they are above trivial details like formal charges, a designated prosecutor, basic decorum, distinction between prosecution and judge, dispassionate adjudication and so forth,” Larry Sanger told JNS.
The Qatar-owned news organization “should not be treated as an impartial or authoritative arbiter,” Kurt Schwartz, CEO of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis, told JNS.
The Fedayeen Football League plans to hold the game in the heart of the city’s World Cup activities, wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian, Iranian and Lebanese flags, to call for FIFA to expel Israel.
The shooting guard, 22, is the son of legendary Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball star Derrick Sharp.
Seattle Parks and Recreation said the Fedayeen Football League did not obtain required permits for matches at Cal Anderson Park and Green Lake Park, adding that the department does not review event marketing materials submitted by permit applicants.
The Trump administration has refused entry to a handful of delegates.
“Sports should bring communities together, not celebrate martyrdom,” Regina Sassoon Friedland of the American Jewish Committee told JNS about the Fedayeen Football League.
Katie Wilson, who promised when she was running for mayor to turn off cameras, said that she made the decision after an intelligence briefing from local and federal law enforcement.
“If there is anyone out there who sees a Jew on Friday night or even the day after asking about the Knicks, make sure you do your service and give them the update,” an Orthodox fan from Crown Heights told JNS.
Among the professional players taking part were Canadian former World No. 3 Milos Raonic and Israeli Grand Slam champions.
“We feel that Israeli athletes are doing much more than sports,” Yael Arad, Israel’s first Olympian to medal and president of its Olympic Committee, told JNS.
It’s vital to “honor the contributions—some of the many contributions—of Jewish Americans,” Katy Yaroslavsky said at a joint council meeting/honorary event.
“He informed and entertained generations of fans with a theatrical and unapologetic style that was uniquely his own,” the New York Yankees stated.
A California native, Jake Retzlaff played at Brigham Young University during the 2023 and 2024 seasons before transferring to Tulane University in 2025.
Along with a group of intellectual activists, she founded Americans For a Safe Israel.
The longtime American TV host inspired millions around the world through decades of accessible home workouts and remained deeply devoted to his Jewish roots and Israel.
The late Jewish representative from Massachusetts “approached Israel as a liberal Zionist: engaged, critical and deeply committed,” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.
“Abe believed that hearts could change,” said Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of Park Avenue Synagogue.
“He carried that experience not with bitterness but with purpose,” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, told JNS.
A passionate supporter of Israel, Joni Lamb received the Israel Allies Award in 2024.
“Doris Fisher leaves behind a legacy of deep commitment to her family and our city,” San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said.
“He informed and entertained generations of fans with a theatrical and unapologetic style that was uniquely his own,” the New York Yankees stated.
The author of “The Choice” urged others to choose hope and healing.
After Scott’s death, anti-Israel group Track AIPAC touted the possibility of replacing him with a primary opponent who accuses Israel of “genocide.”
Godoff’s four-decade career helped launch and shape the works of leading writers, including Ron Chernow, Salman Rushdie and Zadie Smith.
“Jesse was a force of nature like few others before him,” U.S. President Donald Trump wrote.