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At least 12 individuals were killed and more than 300 were wounded in a strike that hit a passenger terminal at King Khalid International Airport.
“There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,” the Jewish Georgia Democrat said.
“We expect the University of Oregon to hold students, faculty and staff responsible for intimidation and hate speech,” said Lenny Steinberg, executive director of the Oregon Hillel Foundation.
“The ICC is not a court,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. “It is a political body that poses a mortal threat to law-abiding democracies worldwide and to the very idea of national sovereignty.”
“No injuries have been reported and there are no arrests,” the police department told JNS.
“This large check is emblematic of the respect that we have for UJO for the incredible work that you are doing for the community,” the New York City Council’s first Jewish speaker said.
Matthew Arndt was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct as a hate crime for allegedly confronting the Israeli, who had an anti-Hamas bumper sticker on his car.
“If somebody listens to our stories and gets themselves the training, then go for it,” Audrey Glickman told JNS as one of 10 participants in a Secure Community Network initiative to record testimonies from survivors of antisemitic attacks and other dangerous situations to help others stay safe.
Just one-third of voters approve of Trump’s prosecution of the war against Iran, which is down from 37% in March, according to the Pew Research Center.
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
“We tried to make it clear to them that this is a memorial that was built for those who died in a horrible terrorist attack,” Lawrence Puccini told JNS.
“We light this candle in memory of the hostages who never came home,” Maya Regev, who was kidnapped with her brother on Oct. 7, told attendees.
“For Jewish families, this means the chance to give their children an education rooted in who they are, without being priced out,” stated Sydney Altfield, of the Orthodox Union.
The New York Public Library chose to host a man who demonizes Zionism and Israel.
“There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,” the Jewish Georgia Democrat said.
“The ICC is not a court,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. “It is a political body that poses a mortal threat to law-abiding democracies worldwide and to the very idea of national sovereignty.”
“No injuries have been reported and there are no arrests,” the police department told JNS.
“This large check is emblematic of the respect that we have for UJO for the incredible work that you are doing for the community,” the New York City Council’s first Jewish speaker said.
Matthew Arndt was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct as a hate crime for allegedly confronting the Israeli, who had an anti-Hamas bumper sticker on his car.
Just one-third of voters approve of Trump’s prosecution of the war against Iran, which is down from 37% in March, according to the Pew Research Center.
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
U.S. President Donald Trump said former Republican congressman Mike Rogers, a “great American patriot,” had “completely obliterated” the “jihadist lunatic who hates our country, the black people of Detroit and wants to see the U.S. fail.”
“And the lesson of that is?” Errol Louis of NY1 told the mayor. “I mean, that’s a description of what happened.”
“So much of the New York Oct. 7 story is the role that the New York Jewish community played in fighting for the return of the hostages,” Hindy Poupko of the UJA told JNS.
“There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,” the Jewish Georgia Democrat said.
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
Electing “progressives” like El-Sayed requires more than just normalizing antisemitism and antisemitic candidates. It also means telling Jews to shut up.
“One of the country’s most popular governors gets a rousing endorsement from Pennsylvania’s likely voters in a race that looks like a rout,” Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
The congressman and GOP nominee for governor spoke with JNS about Israel, Iran, the 2028 election and his pitch to Jewish voters in the Sunshine State.
If polls and pundits are to be believed, they don’t have to swallow their pride and vote for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed since Democrats are favored to win the Senate.
Misleading claims that Jews—and not Palestinian terrorists—are the aggressors in the territories might be the wedge that the next Congress uses to start unraveling the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Rethinking the diesel export ban can save the midterms for the Republicans and benefit all American consumers.
Power-hungry Democrats, as well as Tucker Carlson, regard support for an antisemitic Senate candidate as an imperative. Are liberal Jews ready to normalize hatred directed against themselves?
“Four years after Kathy Hochul won the governor’s race by single digits, she appears positioned, at the moment, to have a wider lane on the road to being reelected,” the poll assistant director stated.
In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in 24 years, the poll finds that 66% of likely voters, including 37% of Republicans, think that Gov. Kathy Hochul will win.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238
“For Jewish families, this means the chance to give their children an education rooted in who they are, without being priced out,” stated Sydney Altfield, of the Orthodox Union.
“If Michigan Hillel wants to remain the center of Jewish life on campus, it cannot retreat from one of the central and challenging parts of being Jewish there,” Seth Mendel, of CAMERA, told JNS.
“We expect the University of Oregon to hold students, faculty and staff responsible for intimidation and hate speech,” said Lenny Steinberg, executive director of the Oregon Hillel Foundation.
“No injuries have been reported and there are no arrests,” the police department told JNS.
“We tried to make it clear to them that this is a memorial that was built for those who died in a horrible terrorist attack,” Lawrence Puccini told JNS.
Richard Sandler of the Milken Family Foundation told JNS that it’s important to recognize those who pass on Jewish values.
“Due to the ongoing property destruction and other reported crimes, officers have activated their body-worn video,” the police department stated.
“We are not asking universities to suppress speech,” Sagit Sade Attia, of the council, told JNS. “We are asking them to govern their campuses.”
“If Swarthmore has in fact turned a blind eye to such provocation, using the most horrific acts of violence against Jews since the Holocaust as a propaganda tool, someone is asleep at the wheel,” the U.S. Education Department said.
“The most disturbing lesson Jewish students are learning in school today may be how quickly the adults look away,” Steve Rosenberg of the North American Values Institute told JNS.
Sophie Shabot experienced “verbal harassment, being chased, being pushed and shoved, being spat on, yelled at, blocked from entering a building,” according to her lawyer.
“The charging by the FBI of Haverford College associate professor Guangtian Ha for harassment and intimidation of a Jewish Israeli professor closes the dotted line between verbal acts of harassment and actionable violence which, when Jews are the recipients, is far too often ignored,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus of the Deborah Project told JNS.
“No injuries have been reported and there are no arrests,” the police department told JNS.
Matthew Arndt was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct as a hate crime for allegedly confronting the Israeli, who had an anti-Hamas bumper sticker on his car.
Surveillance video shared with JNS showed two people tearing down U.S. and Israeli flags at a private residence, placing a Palestinian flag and vandalizing the property.
“The largest Jewish city in the world has learned to live with antisemitic hate crime as the baseline three years after Oct. 7,” Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
The vandalism comes after anti-Israel protesters demanded that Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson end the city’s relationship with Beersheva in Israel.
In videos posted to Instagram displaying his guns, Duncan Fraser MacDonald allegedly said, of Hitler, that “the Austrian painter was correct.”
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
In her ruling, Katharine Hayden wrote that the alleged victims may have interfered with one of the defendant’s right to protest.
Rabbi Etan Tokayer told JNS that security grants and educational programs are welcome, but the New York City mayor must first address rhetoric from his own office.
“I hate injustice,” Catherine Hanaway told JNS. “That’s a big part of why I’m attracted to public service, and to law enforcement specifically.”
Ignoring the connection between anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred “is a big evasion, very disappointing,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I think that the mayor knows better.”
Antonio Reynoso, Brooklyn borough president, stated that he was “appalled” and that “we cannot tolerate attacks on our Jewish neighbors.”
“Congress must honor his extraordinary courage, and we must be clear that this was an act of terrorism and an attack on the safety of international air travel,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer stated.
“We must do far more to combat the scourge of antisemitism and to ensure synagogues, temples and community centers have the resources to ensure they are safe,” Rep. Joe Neguse stated.
“Today is a monumental day for peace,” stated Sen. Darline Graham, sister of the late senator.
The measure, which heads to the House, takes aim at Russia’s energy sector and could extend to sanctions on Iran.
Rep. Max Miller said he would file for a House Ethics Committee investigation on himself after his ex-father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno, called for him to resign over allegations of domestic abuse.
Sen. Ted Cruz and Reps. Brad Knott and Tom Suozzi plan to introduce the Right to Worship Act, which would establish a 100-foot buffer zone around houses of worship during religious services.
Reps. Josh Gottheimer and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) led the legislation, calling on the U.S. secretary of state to designate the Polisario Front.
Madeline Fox signed a 2025 letter denying a “rampant crisis of antisemitism” and accusing Congress of mounting a “far-right authoritarian attack on higher education.”
Emily Hilliard of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told JNS that the agency “will take appropriate action whenever there is evidence of fraud, abuse or other violations of federal requirements.”
“Every community deserves a seat at the table when healthcare policy is being shaped,” Eveline Shekhman, CEO of the American Jewish Medical Association, told JNS.
The Jewish state senator had more than $1.2 million cash on hand, compared to $360,000 for Connie Chan.
“You know that’s the other Jewish guy named Josh, right?” the New Jersey congressman wrote, after Rep. Summer Lee appeared to confuse him with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
“After a term of intensive work, we have achieved full recognition of Israel’s status as a global leader in the fight against human trafficking,” the Jewish state’s deputy prime minister stated.
“Today is even more special to me, because my own parents are some of those who the Iron Dome protects, along with 250,000 other American citizens who call Israel home,” stated Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
The American leader wished the Israeli premier well and condemned Hamas atrocities.
Facing pressure abroad and the threat of revolt at home, Tehran may see escalation against America and Israel as its last escape route.
“Protecting civilians and preserving the ability of our nation to defend itself requires us to defend the truth when the laws of war are being distorted to make false charges of genocide,” more than 75 signatories wrote in an open letter organized by JINSA.
“Texas stands with Israel and the Jewish community and will always honor the lives lost that day,” Gov. Greg Abbott said.
McGurk refuted recent reports, including from Hebrew daily “Haaretz,” that Hamas had signaled within a day of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre that it was prepared to release all civilian hostages.
The finance minister outlined his territorial agenda at Jerusalem’s first NatCon conference, three weeks before Israel’s election.
The Michigan Democrat says Capture Systems has “no place” in the state and should not receive public funding for its planned Sterling Heights facility.
The erasure of Jews and treating them as villains cannot be ignored. The post-Oct. 7 surge of antisemitism is not a misunderstanding that will fade if Netanyahu is defeated.
Their growing acceptance fuels conspiracy theories and undermines decades of joint policy.
“We need to have their back in every single way,” Rep. Tom Kean Jr. said of Israel. “It’s not just that they need to be able to defend themselves. They need to be able to win this war.”
“The ICC is not a court,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated. “It is a political body that poses a mortal threat to law-abiding democracies worldwide and to the very idea of national sovereignty.”
“The administration is giving its middle finger to the Congress,” Sen. Chris Murphy told reporters, after he was denied access to U.S. military facilities in the Gulf.
“The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world, or resigns itself to a future of atrophy and servitude and decline,” the secretary of state said.
“It is regrettable that Amb. Huckabee is peddling Benjamin Netanyahu’s talking points,” Meshal Hamad Al Thani wrote.
At worst, it’s anti-Jewish and anti-Israel, and says a lot about the way the party is moving.
Their growing acceptance fuels conspiracy theories and undermines decades of joint policy.
The missing strategy for the democratic transition in Iran.
“I can understand moving from other parts of Iraq, but that would be the one place I would have stayed,” Michael Makovsky of JINSA told JNS of the U.S. departure from Iraqi Kurdistan.
It was round two of a show that opened in Beijing in May. And it delivered exactly what round one should have taught anyone to expect.
“The threat environment in the UK is getting worse,” Edmund Fitton-Brown, of FDD, told JNS. “That’s partly because of the political choices that governments have made.”
The greatest risk in Gaza is that “what we have now becomes the permanent situation,” the diplomat Nickolay Mladenov said at an American Jewish Committee event.
How the Middle East revolted against an anti-Western bloc within the alliance led by Russia and China.
“For Jewish families, this means the chance to give their children an education rooted in who they are, without being priced out,” stated Sydney Altfield, of the Orthodox Union.
“This year, instead of finding a decline since last year, there was a leveling off or new normal of engagement in Jewish life,” Mimi Kravetz of the Federation, which commissioned the study, told JNS.
Richard Sandler of the Milken Family Foundation told JNS that it’s important to recognize those who pass on Jewish values.
“Now, funds go to Jewish Family Services, the kosher-food pantry, the Jewish day school, youth organizations, synagogue programs and college scholarships,” Dennis Feinberg, president of the Hebrew Orphans Society, tells JNS.
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
“Ultimately, through the continued pressure of legislative action, legal action and strategic communications, we think that we can turn the tide,” the North American Values Institute told JNS.
“The fact that Newsom chose to sign the Eid law before the law that protected other religious observance speaks volumes about the direction he is moving as he eyes a 2028 run for the presidency,” the chair of Jewish engagement for the California Republican Party told JNS.
“This support helps ensure that the American Jewish experience is recognized for what it has always been: an essential part of the American story,” Jacqueline S. Glodstein at the Weitzman told JNS.
“Both bills are currently on the governor’s desk,” David Bocarsly, of Jewish California, told JNS.
“We blessed the mayor that he should be a uniter and bring New Yorkers together,” Rabbi Yaacov Behrman told JNS.
Rabbi Steven Burg, of Aish, told JNS that beneath Jews searching for the perfect lulav and etrog for the holiday is “a really lovely idea” of “trying to find the most beautiful object they can use to serve God.”
“Daniel Levenson exemplifies what it means to be a true partner in keeping our communities safe,” FBI special agent Ted Docks said.
“The level of artistry is very high among Israelis. It’s almost therapeutic,” Anis Modi, vice president of development at ChaiFlicks/Menemsha Films, told JNS.
“These people are demonic. Disrupting the truth, disrupting stories of tragedy and heroism. They should be ashamed of themselves,” Phelim McAleer, who wrote the play with his wife, Ann McElhinney, told JNS.
“It’s pretty normal in all communities, including Jews, to use visual arts as a way of processing current events, especially in times of trauma,” the scholar Steven Fine told JNS.
“Someone’s obviously going to make a lot of money selling condos,” Katie Wilson said during the book discussion, referring to Christian Zionist support for plans to redevelop Gaza.
“These edits aren’t so much about Kraft or CAMERA,” board chair Carol Greenwald told JNS. “They are about how Wikipedia has been hijacked by anti-Israel activists to promote the ‘genocide’ libel.”
“It’s yet another example of the Wikipedia editors’ anti-Israel bias,” Alyza Lewin of the Combat Antisemitism Movement told JNS.
“I’m very excited to be able to participate in a stamp dedication that is something that is representative of a joyous, celebratory Jewish tradition,” Carrie Rieger Brownlie told JNS.
“We hear you, Sunkist Fruit Gems fans,” the brand stated. “The good news. Sunkist Fruit Gems are not going anywhere.”
“The Nazi campaign to steal art treasured by Jewish families and others targeted by the regime was about more than a pilfering of property. It was a deeply personal theft and an act of inhumanity,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal stated.
“When I was a little kid, all the Barbies looked like women I couldn’t relate to at all,” Bryce Gruber, a shopping editor, told JNS.
“I can’t think of many bar or bat mitzvahs that I’ve attended where these candies were not thrown and given out,” Dani Klein, of YeahThatsKosher, told JNS.
“Gaza’s media ecosystem has been contaminated by proximity to Hamas and its allies,” HonestReporting told JNS. “This is something CPJ simply refuses to admit despite being shown, repeatedly, to be complicit in helping the system to perpetuate while placing the blame on Israel.”
“The First Amendment protects nearly all speech,” Anthony Sabatini, an attorney for Jay Brown, who waved the flag at a heavyweight kickboxing match between Israeli-American Jewish fighter Ben Azoulay and Paul Nicholas Miller, told JNS.
The Jockey Club changed the race-winner’s name after critics online pointed out that other proposed names for the horse included “My Struggle” and an apparent reference to the Nazi leader’s birthplace.
“He literally just was one of the guys,” YU head coach Elliot Steinmetz told the New York Post.
The activist ran onto the diamond in the Bronx after the stadium marked a quarter-century since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
Jewish “Super Girls” take to the water and the weather.
Galbut, 19, competes for Duquesne University while maintaining Orthodox Jewish observance, including no playing or traveling on Shabbat.
“For 20 years prior, secretly, I was learning Torah, I was learning the Bible, the biblical understanding of history, and I wanted to go to a place where I can live and also play,” the NBA legend said of his time playing in Israel.
The Jewish investor and the former Disney CEO are set to take control of the NBA franchise, pending league approval, just one year after businessman Mark Walter acquired it for $10 billion.
Rabbi Yosef Langer of Chabad of San Francisco told JNS that blowing the shofar has been “bringing people together since the beginning of time, and baseball is a sport that brings all peoples together.”
Former Israeli national team player Zev Moore becomes the second practicing Orthodox Jew to play professional baseball.
Despite falling short in the series, Team Israel celebrated a historic performance, new friendships and valuable preparation for the European Championship.
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.
Rabbi Yisroel Rubin “leaves behind a tremendous legacy, serving as a Chabad emissary for the Capital Region for 52 years and playing an instrumental role in shaping the capital region’s Jewish community,” the governor told JNS.
“He literally just was one of the guys,” YU head coach Elliot Steinmetz told the New York Post.
“Gloria was iconic,” Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president, told JNS. “This is a sad day for women.”
US President Donald Trump announced that he would lower the American flag nationwide for one week in honor of the star of sound and stage.
She helped turn JINSA into the “very significant face of the American Jewish community to the US military,” the JNS publisher said.
“Friends like Lindsey Graham come along once in a generation,” stated William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
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.