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I grew up inside a political machine. My father ran one, his friends ran one, and in 2010, I defended it. So believe me when I tell you what I watched win this week, and why it is worse.
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“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.”
“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.
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“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.
“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.
Norm Coleman, who helped shepherd the nomination of Pete Hegseth to be U.S. defense secretary, will serve as vice chair of a panel that advises top Pentagon officials.
The platform, approved at the party’s May convention, endorses the internationally recognized definition while Minnesota has yet to adopt it into state law.
Incoming Prime Minister Janez Janša ordered the immediate removal of the PLO flag from the government complex and signaled a historic realignment with Jerusalem.
In Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Party, only those who bend the knee to antisemitic ideology have a place. Is this the end of an era for American Jewish life?
Benny Gantz, JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan S. Tobin, Gilad Erdan, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Nissim Black and leading voices in security, diplomacy, media, law and Jewish communal affairs headline the summit’s third day in Jerusalem.
I grew up inside a political machine. My father ran one, his friends ran one, and in 2010, I defended it. So believe me when I tell you what I watched win this week, and why it is worse.
It’s “absurd and tragic that there are U.N. experts who are supposed to care about the rights of women, especially to combat sexual violence, and she’s one of the world’s major deniers of sexual violence against Israeli women,” Hillel Neuer told JNS.
Los Angeles-born Rachel Lester tells JNS that winning global public opinion requires more effective storytelling, diverse voices and discipline on social media.
A change in Austrian law could allow survivors who remained in the country after World War II while searching for relatives or awaiting visas to receive long-denied benefits.
“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.”
“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.
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.
“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.
Hate crimes, Jew-hatred down in New York City in April, NYPD says
New York City Police Department data suggested 39 hate crimes in the city from April 1 to 26. In April 2025, there were 76 hate crimes recorded.
A New York City Police Department officer, Nov. 17, 2023. Credit: Caroline Rubinstein-Willis/Mayoral Photography Office.
(May 3, 2026 / JNS)
Hate crimes overall, and antisemitism in particular, was down in April compared to prior years, even though Jew-hatred rose in the earlier part of the year, Jessica Tisch, commissioner of the New York City Police Department, told attendees of the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council annual legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn on Sunday.
“Since Oct. 7, 2023, the NYPD has dealt with thousands of protests, many of them aimed at our Jewish community,” Tisch said. “You have been the target of some of the most vile and detestable rhetoric that I have heard. Under the First Amendment, we cannot and we don’t police speech, no matter how offensive, but we will never tolerate threats, harassment or violence.”
Jews make up some 10% of city residents, face more than half of all hate crimes, according to Tisch.
“We understand what that means for families, for houses of worship and for communities like this one,” she said. “That’s why the NYPD is relentless in investigating every complaint and confronting hate in any form, led by our hate crimes task force, the premier unit of its kind in the nation.”
“After a rise to start 2026, we are now down this year, so far, in both antisemitic and overall hate crimes year-to-date,” she said. “These crimes tear the fabric of society through both the acts themselves and the underlying hatred that seeks to divide us.”
According to NYPD CompStat data from April 1 to 26, the city recorded 39 hate crimes, and 183 hate crimes in the city since Jan. 1—down 7.1% from the 197 in the same span in 2025. It wasn’t clear if the 2026 data included reported but not confirmed hate crimes, as the NYPD has twice changed the way it reports hate crimes this year, after the city recorded a 182% increase in Jew-hatred in the first month of Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral term.]
NYPD reported 76 hate crimes in the city in April 2025, up 31% over the prior year (58). Of the 76 hate crimes, 41 (54%) targeted Jews, a 41% increase over the prior year, when there were 29 anti-Jewish hate crimes.
The NYPD hate crimes dashboard hasn’t yet updated with data from April.
Tisch told attendees that the impact of Oct. 7 has been “magnified by rising tensions amid the war in Iran. The threat of international and domestic terrorism, including threats aimed at Jewish communities around the world, has put us all in a state of ongoing, heightened alert.”
“In fact, I have not seen a threat environment quite like this one in my 18-plus years in government, which started in counter terrorism work,” she said. “Rhetoric has shifted from outrage to incitement. Slogans are becoming direct calls for violence, and when people are already on the edge, they only need a spark.”
“It is our job to snuff out these sparks before they catch,” she added.
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New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and council members attend a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin and council members attend a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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Letitia James, attorney general of New York, at a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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Mark Levine, New York City comptroller, at a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin (second from left) and council members attend a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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(From left) New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, New York City Council speaker Julie Menin and city comptroller Mark Levine at a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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A man wears a kippah referring to the “king messiah” at a Crown Heights Jewish Community Council legislative brunch at Congregation Anshei Lubavitch in Brooklyn, May 3, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales/NYC Council.
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