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Officials said the move could accelerate joint infrastructure projects and deepen regional cooperation on energy security and innovation.
“Don’t let the background noise confuse you. The U.S.-Israel alliance is strategic, long term, and stronger than ever,” said Ambassador Yechiel Leiter.
Edward Arthur Owens Jr. had faced twice as much jail time for telling the unnamed official to “go back to Israel or better yet, exterminate yourself and save us the trouble.”
Rep. Chip Roy questioned Bryan Fair, the center’s president and CEO, about the criteria used to determine what is included in SPLC’s interactive map tracking hate and anti-government groups.
“Endorsing terrorism is disqualifying for visa purposes. We’re asking the government to apply the law that it already wrote,” an attorney with the advocacy group told JNS.
The Los Angeles Police Department told JNS that there were 46 antisemitic hate crimes in the first five months of the year. Last year, it recorded 98 such incidents.
“Last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” the president wrote. “The United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”
Nithya Raman, who has supported calling Israel an apartheid state and its actions in Gaza as “genocide,” stated that she is “incredibly honored” to advance to the general election in November.
Eduardo Martinez “is a flagrant antisemite who used his platform to push hatred and misinformation against our community,” Tali Klima of the Bay Area Jewish Coalition-Action told JNS. “We are not sad to see him go.”
“This should not be welcome in the Democratic party,” the New Jersey senator said.
“The outrage only exposes how the press and those poisoned by anti-Israel propaganda will twist anything to blame the Jews,” Lizzy Savetsky told JNS.
Pro-Israel groups sponsored 14 congressional trips to the Jewish state, accounting for more than a quarter of the $1.62 million spent on such travel through April.
P.A. head Mahmoud Abbas’s reluctance to have the P.A. fight terrorism emphasizes the fact that his role as a possible peace partner expired long ago.
James Cavallaro also said House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) was “Bought. Purchased. Controlled” by pro-Israel groups.
The Biden administration has reportedly proposed the release of a non-binding statement that Washington would support.
It cost $10,000 to kill a 6-year-old—and the terrorists have the money.
Sen. Dick Durbin, the chamber’s assistant majority leader, also criticized Netanyahu’s right-wing allies for seeking “to sabotage any possible two-state peace agreement with the Palestinians.”
She is the first Republican to officially toss their hat into the primary ring against former President Donald Trump.
While Washington’s response is “understandable,” the Americans know that Israel’s government is “committed to the settlements,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
“We strongly oppose these unilateral actions which will only serve to exacerbate tensions between Israelis and Palestinians,” said France, Germany, Italy, the U.K. and U.S. in a joint statement.
Russian state nuclear energy company Rosatom will now be permitted to profit in the Islamic Republic without facing sanctions.
Israel’s foreign minister shouldn’t pay Ukraine’s price for a photo op with Zelenskyy.
Ruth Cohen, 92, volunteers at the Holocaust Museum and met the vice president and her husband last year.
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz and other experts tell JNS they would disband the U.N. agency.
The prominent Jewish Democrat says she will use her “seniority and clout” in a district that has long elected Black representatives.
The congressman said he plans to resign his seat rather than face expulsion from the House.
“If you believe this is a pathway forward to victory in the Republican Party, I want to make sure that you’re proven wrong,” the senator said.
The Pew study lacked sufficient data on Jewish voters to determine how, if at all, synagogue attendance rates correlated with voting choices.
“Congress certifies our great election victory today—a big moment in history,” President-elect Donald Trump said.
“The governments of Iran and Russia have targeted our election processes and institutions and sought to divide the American people through targeted disinformation campaigns,” a Treasury Department official stated.
“In this election, we have seen how Jewish values vote, and increasingly, they vote red,” stated the analytics firm behind the report.
“Another outstanding addition to President Donald Trump’s America First team,” wrote congresswoman Elise Stefanik of Howard Lutnick.
The New York congresswoman tweeted that the pro-Israel lobby’s “wildly unpopular agenda” pushed voters away from the party.
The Jewish Electorate Institute’s survey indicates that Democrats lost a modest share of the Jewish vote compared to 2020, but within typical historical margins.
“Trump won because of us, and we’re not happy,” co-founder of Muslims for Trump and a Philadelphia investor said.
The president-elect’s picks suggest that his administration will “take the region, the Middle East, the threats confronting Israel seriously,” Blaise Misztal, of JINSA, told JNS.
Record participation in the Tel Aviv University contest included students from the United States, China, Singapore, Brazil, the Netherlands and Egypt.
Mika Hackner of the North American Values Institute told JNS that “particular attention should be paid to the ‘local institutions’ tasked with carrying on” the foundation’s programs.
“Many of these faculty helped to create an atmosphere where Jewish, Zionist and Israeli faculty and students felt excluded, unwelcome and even physically threatened,” Raeefa Shams of the Academic Engagement Network told JNS.
“In addition to criminal proceedings, we will immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences,” a university official said.
A New York district court judge ruled that the janitors, who were subjected to anti-Jewish slurs, could not prove that the protesters occupied the campus building.
“This is what antisemitism looks like when people get comfortable,” said an Arizona state representative, who sits on the same school board. “This is what hatred looks like when it finds a seat at the table.”
“No student in Nebraska should ever have to hide their faith, their heritage or who they are out of fear,” Jim Pillen said.
The state’s education department, rather than its coordinator under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is also responsible for reporting annually on incidents of antisemitism.
Lori Lowenthal Marcus, of the Deborah Project, told JNS that the settlement requires of Sequoia Union High School District “policies of transparency, unbiased decision-making and concrete protections from antisemitic indoctrination and bullying.”
Advocates from more than two dozen North American campuses arrive on a two-week mission “to see the truth with their own eyes.”
District leaders ought to be “ashamed of themselves for giving such a dangerous group unfettered access to their schools and students,” Casey Ryan, of Defending Education, told JNS.
The public university “inexplicably took no serious action whatsoever” as “Jewish and Israeli students risked physical assault” during the 2024 anti-Israel campus protests.
The Los Angeles Police Department told JNS that there were 46 antisemitic hate crimes in the first five months of the year. Last year, it recorded 98 such incidents.
The New Haven Police Department told JNS that Paul Smith is accused of targeting three Jews, shoving a fourth person who tried to intervene, throwing a rolled-up newspaper at them and of having “pointed at the yarmulke one of the victims was wearing and slapped it off his head, causing it to fall on the ground.”
“Those who seek to advance the objectives of foreign terrorist organizations should expect a swift and coordinated response from federal law enforcement,” stated the U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey.
The senior counsel appointment gives him a “green light” to develop new policies and initiatives, including a national antisemitism awareness tour, the longtime civil-rights attorney told JNS.
Police charged the man with three counts of malicious mischief after a witness provided photos and videos allegedly showing him vandalizing multiple cars.
“Policymakers should ask whether the hotline is translating into tangible support for victims, or simply redirecting people to organizations that are already doing that work,” the director of the American Jewish Committee’s Seattle office told JNS
“The victim was choked, thrown to the ground, punched, beaten and had her hair ripped out as passengers attempted to intervene too late,” the Combat Antisemitism Movement stated.
“In addition to criminal proceedings, we will immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences,” a university official said.
“It underscores the fact that we have a lot more to do to ensure the safety and inclusion of all New Yorkers, including Jews, who continue to be the number one target,” Mark Treyger, CEO of the JCRC of New York, told JNS.
The group praised Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who killed Karen Diamond and injured 28 others in an attack in Boulder last year.
Organizers of the festival said there will be “proactive and precautionary” security for the event, as county officials encouraged the community to attend an unveiling of a memorial stone marker.
An alleged Keta’ib Hezbollah commander pleaded not guilty to plotting to attack a Manhattan synagogue, telling the court that he is not guilty because he is “in a war situation.”
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.
“One has to wonder how that humble pie tastes for the Democrats today,” Sam Markstein of the Republican Jewish Coalition told JNS.
Washington is “fighting this war side-by-side with a country, whose potential nuclear weapons program the U.S. government officially refuses to acknowledge,” the lawmakers wrote to the U.S. secretary of state.
“Don’t let the background noise confuse you. The U.S.-Israel alliance is strategic, long term, and stronger than ever,” said Ambassador Yechiel Leiter.
Braslavski thanked the president, calling him “my hero” for helping end his 738 days of Gaza captivity.
History shows that when Jerusalem has folded under American pressure, it has earned contempt, while when it has insisted on its sovereign security needs, it has earned respect. If history is our guide, Israel has no choice but to act independently in the fateful campaign for its future.
Pro-Israel groups sponsored 14 congressional trips to the Jewish state, accounting for more than a quarter of the $1.62 million spent on such travel through April.
The president said he told the Israeli premier to “do what’s right,” but to “stop as quickly as you can.”
“Israel may like that; they may not like that,” he said of the diplomatic talks with Tehran.
Dubious leaks about the Jewish state spying on America signify an effort to break up a valued alliance by those whose motives are rooted in antisemitic conspiracies.
Michel Issa, who was born in Lebanon, said the U.S.-brokered talks would resume in Washington.
The president’s statement came amid U.S. efforts to prevent further military escalation in the region.
William Daroff said he was grateful to meet with the Israeli prime minister together with Betsy Berns Korn.
Countries fighting terrorist tactics, including the United States, increasingly face legal restrictions at the international level.
“Endorsing terrorism is disqualifying for visa purposes. We’re asking the government to apply the law that it already wrote,” an attorney with the advocacy group told JNS.
“Israel may like that; they may not like that,” he said of the diplomatic talks with Tehran.
“Iran & its proxy agents of evil want to incinerate America & Israel,” the U.S. ambassador to Israel tweeted.
Words from the White House might be music to the ears of the murderous mullahs and IRGC thugs.
The United States and Europe are closely monitoring the situation—not to tip the scales, but to ensure that Russia’s nefarious interference tactics are unsuccessful.
Prosecutors allege that Jamshid Ghomi acquired and shipped U.S.-made security and encryption equipment to sanctioned Iranian entities, using the proceeds to build a mansion in California.
For the Iranian regime, the purpose of negotiations is to force America to surrender.
“The time has now arrived for us to move from aid recipient to partner,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in support of the measure.
Let’s stop pretending their demands are merely “policy changes.” The logical conclusion is far more sweeping.
“I’d like to meet him,” the president told the New York Post. “I’d love to meet everybody.”
Section 224 of the National Defense Authorization Act “simply adds transparency and improves efficiency by designating a single official to coordinate existing initiatives,” Rep. Mike Rogers said.
Israel should not be asked to endure Hezbollah’s military presence merely to placate diplomats.
“Equal protection under the law demands consistency, not selective application,” Jayne Zirkle of EndJewHatred told JNS.
Record participation in the Tel Aviv University contest included students from the United States, China, Singapore, Brazil, the Netherlands and Egypt.
“It used to be that most of the people who called us were in their 50s, 60s and 70s,” David Greenfield told JNS. “We’re getting calls from people in their 20s now who can’t find jobs, who need help.”
“Every marker matters,” Michael X. Garrett, chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, said. “Because remembrance worthy of sacrifice must be careful, humble and exact.”
“The Jewish community and our allies have been asking for a proactive, visionary effort to not only scale the fight against antisemitism but to also address it in all its contemporary forms,” stated Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee.
“Especially in today’s times, it’s more important than ever to show up, proud and loud,” Allie Levine, who attended the parade in Manhattan, told JNS.
“Israel’s under a lot of fire, and it’s important to celebrate,” Emma Gurvichkin, of Queens, N.Y., told JNS.
Jewish War Veterans agreed to pay $210,000 to resolve allegations it improperly obtained pandemic relief loans for which it was ineligible.
“If we marginalize ourselves from the mainstream of our people, the Jewish people and the Jewish state will continue without us,” the senior rabbi of Stephen Wise Free Synagogue said at the event.
The protest was “a powerful show of solidarity,” Jayne Zirkle of the Lawfare Project told JNS. “To condemn people for attending such an event is to condemn the very principles of freedom our nation was founded on.”
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, of Park Avenue Synagogue, told JNS that he will address “Yizkor, memory and revelation,” rather than politics, during Shavuot morning services.
“As a Democrat, it’s my responsibility to call out antisemitism in my own party, just as I hope that Sen. Lankford calls out antisemitism in his party,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin said at the event.
“The outrage only exposes how the press and those poisoned by anti-Israel propaganda will twist anything to blame the Jews,” Lizzy Savetsky told JNS.
Rami Feinstein, a Jewish musician who has organized discussions for disappointed fans, said the statement failed to address what he called Matthews’s repeated promotion of anti-Israel falsehoods.
“It is troubling that a stadium supported by taxpayer dollars would openly subsidize an event led by an artist known for pushing this dangerous, hateful rhetoric, especially with Florida having one of the largest Jewish populations in our country,” Sen. Rick Scott stated.
The rapidly expanding media organization has won 65 Rockowers since 2019.
Kurt Schwartz of CAMERA told JNS that editors on the site commit “errors of omission” when they hide Piker’s “indifference to and even denial of Hamas’s sexual assault.”
“Platforms must invest in proactive moderation, expert-informed guardrails and consistent enforcement,” the executive director of the group stated.
Makan Delrahim dismissed allegations that the acquisition threatens press freedom, saying some opposition is rooted in antisemitism and political “fear-mongering.”
The artist claims she was improperly dropped from the rapper’s North American tour after urging audiences to support Gaza and calling for a “free Palestine” during her performances.
“The Michelin star proves that talent and dedication will be recognized for what they truly are,” Michael Werzberger, an investor in Mutra, told JNS.
Such an investigation is necessary when NGOs claiming human rights advocacy promote falsehoods with no repercussions, wrote members of the board.
“If I didn’t tell their stories, they’d be lost,” says M.R. Manheim, whose debut book chronicles the lives of his father and two uncles—three Jewish brothers from Philadelphia who served in active combat.
A letter to the New York Times Company seeks an inspection of documents meant to investigate whether the paper bypassed its corporate governance.
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.
“I went to see them. They are actually quite a good team as well,” said Gianni Infantino.
The 25-year-old forward erupted for 41 points and a clutch three-point play as he carried Portland past Phoenix in the play-in to reach his first NBA postseason.
The team said that the person it banned purchased tickets, which were used by people who performed a Nazi salute.
Baseball fans can find certified kosher food at 13 MLB stadium locations this season, though stands remain closed on Shabbat and Jewish holidays and do not offer Passover items.
The U.S. president’s remark follows Iran’s sports and youth minister stating that the “corrupt” U.S. government has “created extreme insecurity.”
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.
Rabbi Josh Joseph, executive vice president and COO of the Orthodox Union, said that he “can’t imagine an American Jewish world without the impact and influence of Rabbi Julie Berman.”
Christine Todd Whitman, a former New Jersey governor, stated that Zimmer “was a friend and a principled elected official.”