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Anti-Israel graffiti was spray-painted over Israeli flags displayed in the storefront windows, police said.
A new poll suggests that the former New York City comptroller holds a commanding lead over incumbent, Rep. Dan Goldman, in the Democratic primary in NY-10.
“These Hezbollah-aligned officials include individuals embedded across Lebanon’s parliament, military and security sectors,” the U.S. Treasury Department said.
“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.
Jewish members of the coop “should not have to choose between local and organic food and their safety and their voice,” Kenneth Marcus, CEO of the center, said.
A U.S. district judge ruled that sanctions imposed on Francesca Albanese likely violated her First Amendment rights, despite her not being a U.S. citizen or resident.
“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.
“Wishing all who celebrate a happy Shavuot,” said the Jerusalem legation led by ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun is doing “tremendous work,” the Israeli FM said.
Counter-drone and UAV defense systems were a key area of expertise showcased at the Israeli pavilion.
Hamas’s sexual violence “cannot be denied, erased or forgotten,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry says.
“Of all the things to come after, you chose the good boys. Bold move. Wrong move,” the mission wrote on X.
A new poll suggests that the former New York City comptroller holds a commanding lead over incumbent, Rep. Dan Goldman, in the Democratic primary in NY-10.
Maureen Galindo, a Texas Democrat running for Congress, is not an outlier, but rather, a faithful representative of the monstrosity that this scourge has become.
Leading Democrats denounced Maureen Galindo for antisemitic views, as she faces a runoff in the 35th Congressional District primary, and some said a shadowy, GOP-backed PAC is supporting her.
“Primary voters are choosing bold economic populists like Chris Rabb as the new face of the Democratic Party,” stated Adam Green, of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
Barbara Feingold, a board member at the Republican Jewish Coalition, which spent $5 million supporting Gallrein who defeated Massie, told JNS that voters “don’t want someone who is a blatant antisemite.”
“I would like to see something that says, ‘And here’s what’s going to be there instead,’” Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, told JNS.
Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, told JNS that “the far-right and the far-left have decided that threats and intimidation are another way to try to either drive people out or make them so scared that they acquiesce.”
Major New York City Jewish leaders boycotted the event, to which JNS was told there was no room for it to report.
What is going on among Democratic Party leaders is a growing shift leftward on issues related to Israel, in particular, and Jews, in general, in response to pressure from the activist left.
The GOP hopeful for the governor’s mansion called his Democratic opponents answers about whether Israel is guilty of committing genocide “shocking.”
The anti-Trump congressman from Kentucky is blaming his primary woes on Israel and Zionist billionaires. And the liberal press and Jew-haters everywhere are cheering for him.
U.S. President Donald Trump, who sought to unseat Cassidy, stated that “his disloyalty to the man who got him elected is now a part of legend, and it’s nice to see that his political career is over.”
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.
The Republican pollster Frank Luntz sought to share a slide presentation about campus Jew-hatred on a panel with Democrat strategist and pollster Mark Mellman.
The Ivy League school states that the lawsuit has failed to prove discrimination, and that it has taken “sustained, institution-wide efforts” to address campus antisemitism.
The public university stated that the graduate student violated rules that were sent out prior to graduation and that several participants were removed from various ceremonies for carrying different flags, including U.S. and Ukrainian ones.
Linda McMahon highlighted student criticism of the Ivy League school’s campus culture while responding to questions from lawmakers during a House hearing on higher education policy.
“To simply acknowledge that antisemitism was widespread at Nathan Hale but taking no further action was in no way a reasonable response,” an attorney for the plaintiff told JNS.
The initiative “reflects a clear recognition that the challenges facing Jewish students and faculty must be addressed directly and seriously,” Dan Gold of UCLA Hillel told JNS.
A U.S. Commission on Civil Rights report found that Jewish students faced exclusion, harassment and disrupted religious programming during anti-Israel protests and a 2024 encampment.
Isaac Herzog made no mention of recent opposition to his receiving an honorary doctorate and addressing students in his letter to the Conservative Jewish seminary.
“At commencement this year, we want to support and uplift Palestinian students, faculty and the broader community,” per the order form. “Students nationwide have been suspended, expelled, arrested and now deported for their support of Palestinians’ human rights.”
StandWithUs stated that “some Jewish students at UC Law San Francisco already feel compelled to conceal their Jewish identity out of concern for their safety.”
Video from the rally at Columbia University shows violent activists pushing barriers and confronting law enforcement personnel.
“While our ability to provide additional information at this time is limited, we will continue to keep the community informed,” the private D.C. university stated.
Kimberly Richey, assistant U.S. secretary of education for civil rights, stated that “such institutional neglect will not be tolerated.”
Anti-Israel graffiti was spray-painted over Israeli flags displayed in the storefront windows, police said.
Hamas’s sexual violence “cannot be denied, erased or forgotten,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry says.
Cameron Patterson, 34, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for allegedly sending violent emails targeting a Jewish organization.
“Attacks targeting houses of worship and schools strike at something fundamental, not only the safety of a particular community, but the basic promise of religious freedom and human dignity,” the groups wrote in a joint letter.
Authorities are reviewing a 75-page document by two teenage suspects accused of killing three people outside an Islamic center before dying by apparent suicide.
The two men were arrested on Monday after defacing a public park bench with a swastika and the words “Adolf was here.”
Major New York City Jewish leaders boycotted the event, to which JNS was told there was no room for it to report.
Federal prosecutors allege that Zaid Gitesatani punched a Jewish man outside Adas Torah Synagogue during an anti-Israel protest and later boasted about the attack on social media.
One caller, who invoked Tucker Carlson, told Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, that “you’re the Hitler.”
Federal prosecutors allege Elias Rodriguez carried out a premeditated terrorist attack motivated by “political, ideological, national and religious bias, contempt and hatred.”
“We are shocked and deeply troubled that this hateful symbol expressing antisemitism was raised on a flagpole overlooking Washington Square Park,” a university spokesperson said.
The former Israeli envoy on Jew-hatred said that the paper’s timing “took up all the airspace” to help bury an evidence-based report on sexual violence on Oct. 7.
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.
“A lot of people working without the certainty of pay working, previously, literally without pay. It’s a really big deal,” Rep. Brian Mast told JNS.
Biden pursues peace between Israel and Saudia Arabia as he prepares to betray both.
In less than a month, I will be packing up and returning to Israel, after concluding a four-year mission in the city.
The letter was organized by Americans for Peace Now.
Israeli entry to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program depends on approval of the pilot.
For the first time in history, House and Knesset members will have “a forum to engage directly,” said the House speaker.
Connect all the dots and you will get an Israel-Saudi peace ceremony on the White House lawn, But getting there won’t be easy.
Amid reports on Saudi demands that Israel make “significant concessions” to the Palestinians before official ties are announced, Israel is signaling that the formula that worked for the Abraham Accords could work now too.
More than 50 U.S. service members will participate in this year’s exercise, according to the U.S. Defense Department.
“What I can say is they both agreed to meet in the United States later this year,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, said of President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Beyond shared values of democracy and equality, the two countries have shared interests: the advancement of science and technology, health care, water, agriculture and security.
It’s important to pay attention not just to the explicit expressions of critique but the subtler nuances of diplomatic conduct.
Gen. Michael Kurilla met with senior Israeli security officials in Tel Aviv.
The U.S. president called Xi’s pledge not to send military equipment to Tehran “a big statement.”
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping also agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open.
The Pennsylvania state senator, who faced past criticism over ties to antisemitic figures and Holocaust-related rhetoric, has since backed legislation combating Jew-hatred and expanding Holocaust education.
Will Washington impose consequences on countries that finance, protect or shelter terrorists, even when they are American allies?
“Any award to Francesca Albanese only shames those who bestow it,” tweeted Amb. Mike Waltz.
Pakistan reportedly allowed the Islamic Republic to shelter military aircraft on its territory.
JINSA, the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, reviewed the data and found that the U.S. had redirected 62 vessels. The number continues to grow.
“I would call it the weakest right now after reading the piece of garbage they sent us,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
“The targeting of U.S. service members and partners will not go unanswered,” the U.S. State Department said.
The secretary “expressed appreciation for Qatar’s partnership on a range of issues,” his office said.
Russia-Iran trade on the northern route has grown to bypass the U.S. blockade of the Persian Gulf.
When Americans are threatened overseas, “nine out of 10 times you scratch the surface of that threat, and three nanometers later, you find Iran,” Sebastian Gorka, the White House counterterrorism head, said.
“Wishing all who celebrate a happy Shavuot,” said the Jerusalem legation led by ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee.
“In many ways, speaking openly about faith can actually feel more natural outside of Washington,” Arielle Roth, administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, told JNS.
Following the reception, participants gathered at Decatur House for a kosher Shabbat dinner.
In a break with longstanding practice, the New York City mayor does not plan to join the parade this year.
Isaac Herzog made no mention of recent opposition to his receiving an honorary doctorate and addressing students in his letter to the Conservative Jewish seminary.
“It is under Israel’s sovereignty that people of all faiths have access to their holy sites,” the American diplomat stated.
Korn stated that the vote came a “consequential moment for the Jewish people and the State of Israel.”
The president’s call for a national Shabbat “celebrates our religion and it refocuses on our job to become a light unto the nations,” Rabbi Steven Burg of Aish told JNS.
The Israeli consul general in New York told JNS that this year was the first time the Jewish state held an Independence Day celebration in New York City under a mayor who doesn’t recognize it.
Miriam Adelson’s “commitment to the security and unity of our people is more vital than ever during these challenging times,” said Elan Carr, CEO of the Israeli-American Council.
“Ambassador Mike Huckabee is a true hero and friend of the United States, the State of Israel, the Jewish people and all people,” said Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University
“Today we stand shoulder to shoulder with our indispensable partner,” said the American envoy to Jerusalem.
“Of all the things to come after, you chose the good boys. Bold move. Wrong move,” the mission wrote on X.
The former Israeli envoy on Jew-hatred said that the paper’s timing “took up all the airspace” to help bury an evidence-based report on sexual violence on Oct. 7.
“It’s both a Jewish story and an American story at the same time,” a curator at the Washington, D.C., museum told JNS of a series by Mitch Epstein.
“Despite the attacks on our coverage from opposing directions on a near-daily basis, we will not let critics or advocacy campaigns deter us from such independent reporting,” a spokesman for the paper told JNS.
It comes as the Israeli Foreign Ministry claimed that the paper published a “shameful attack” on the Jewish state before the release of a report on sexual violence on Oct. 7.
The creator of Captain America, the Avengers and the Hulk is “widely recognized as the most prolific and arguably most important creator in the history of the comic book,” an American Jewish Historical Society exhibit says.
“Israel will fight these lies with the truth—and the truth will prevail,” tweeted Israel’s Foreign Ministry.
The opinion piece, written by columnist Nicholas Kristof, parroted “cartoonishly evil Hamas propaganda that would make Goebbels blush,” Eitan Fischberger, a Middle East analyst, stated.
The missing person wasn’t identified until a hospital staffer recognized her from a post on Facebook.
The crowdsourced encyclopedia hasn’t repaired the “content contamination” that the banned editors left behind, according to Shlomit Lir, of University of Haifa.
Online critics accused the bestselling author, who is a supporter of the BDS movement, of “normalizing” Israelis over a brief reference in her book, Taipei Story.
“No sane person ‘advocates’ for the murder of children or civilians,” the U.S. ambassador said. “Even the allegation is sick and evil.”
“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.”
“Anytime we can show well and try to prove that we’re a competitive team, I think we’ll influence guys who are on the fence,” said first baseman Matt Mervis, of the Washington Nationals.
Though the Jewish state and the Netherlands were already out of contention, the “sense of urgency” in the dugout to win impressed Israel’s manager.
“You just gotta correct the record and just let people know that you’re proud of your heritage, you’re proud to coach this team,” Kevin Youkilis told JNS.
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.”