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The U.S. vice president defended his relationship with the conservative commentator, who has faced criticism over his anti-Israel rhetoric and interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
“Though every form of antisemitism is repugnant, its spread within healthcare settings is particularly enraging,” Kenneth Marcus of the Brandeis Center said, citing the threat it poses to patients and medical professionals.
“It is more important than ever that a new generation of New Yorkers understands what happened that day and carries forward the stories of those we lost,” council speaker Julie Menin said.
Many Jewish lifelong Democrats plan to vote for Blakeman because they see him as ‘the bully that’s going to stop Mamdani,” a mental health worker told JNS.
Sen. Edward Markey, 80, beat Rep. Seth Moulton, who called for generational change.
The governor spoke to JNS at one of the distribution sites, where the Met Council is giving more than 2 million pounds of kosher food ahead of Rosh Hashanah, amid what its CEO says are rising costs and unemployment.
The Los Angeles County district attorney said that his office “will not tolerate threats motivated by hatred, and individuals who choose to engage in hate-driven crimes will be held fully accountable.”
The discussion came after a Washington meeting earlier this year with the foreign affairs minister of the UAE.
“Disruptions like this have a chilling effect,” Hali Spiegel of CAMERA told JNS. “Students should not have to weigh whether attending an event will mean being mobbed, intimidated or forced to leave under police protection.”
“We have holy things to do,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs told JNS. “We have a community that is also about celebration, joy, pride in being Jewish.”
“Instead of helping students succeed, teachers’ unions are injecting a dangerous, anti-American agenda into our classrooms,” stated Sen. Bill Cassidy.
“It is deeply alarming that our community continues to be the primary target of hate in this city,” Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
GOP Jews want to support their party’s possible 2028 candidate, and he wants their backing. But if he won’t disavow Tucker Carlson and his followers, then they can’t trust him.
The U.S. vice president defended his relationship with the conservative commentator, who has faced criticism over his anti-Israel rhetoric and interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
“Just because you’re Jewish doesn’t mean you’re Israeli, and there’s been a lot of discrimination against Israeli-Americans,” Keith Sonderling told JNS.
“American higher education institutions should not participate in discriminatory boycotts targeting Israel or any other American ally,” said Kenneth Marcus, CEO and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.
Many Jewish lifelong Democrats plan to vote for Blakeman because they see him as ‘the bully that’s going to stop Mamdani,” a mental health worker told JNS.
Sen. Edward Markey, 80, beat Rep. Seth Moulton, who called for generational change.
“We have holy things to do,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs told JNS. “We have a community that is also about celebration, joy, pride in being Jewish.”
Its systemic problem with pro-terrorist and anti-American activities is making it difficult on the local and national levels.
The family of a Sept. 11 victim and Muslim and Catholic activists are among speakers slated for a Sept. 8 “Unite against Terror Rally” near the NYC-DSA headquarters, at the corner of Essex Street and Straus Square in Downtown Manhattan.
Under pressure to support El-Sayed, Michigan’s Jewish Attorney General betrayed her people by urging Jews to sacrifice their survival in favor of “the needs of the world.”
A new study shows more about what young people don’t know than what they do—or why.
“The story was one of saving the Jewish people and standing up to one of the world’s largest antisemites, who was trying to use political machinations to destroy us,” Rabbi Steven Burg of Aish told JNS.
“There has been an exodus and a trickle of folks over the last several election cycles who have seen the warning signs about what we’re now seeing in the Democratic Party,” the Republican Jewish Coalition CEO told JNS. “Now the floodgates are open.”
“People having to pay for extra security, for community events, for family events, it’s just completely unacceptable to me,” he told JNS.
Democrats want their Michigan Senate candidate to disavow his podcaster pal. The problem is that most on the political left have already embraced his Jew-hatred and lies.
Getting involved in races is a calculated risk, but when a leading candidate is anti-Israel and anti-Jewish, it’s generally worth taking.
Politicians who promote misinformation against Jews and Israel are either ignorant or malicious.
She has pledged to uphold her brother’s foreign policy legacy, including support for Israel, backing the Trump administration in the war against Iran and opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The hard-left faction is organizing and winning elections, even if many in the party don’t agree with them or share their antisemitism. They will take it over in 2028 if not stopped now.
Just 14% thought that the Jewish Democratic governor is too supportive of the Jewish state, according to a new survey.
The Michigan Senate candidate insists that he stands against antisemitism. His words, judgment and embrace of Hasan Piker tell a different story.
“We’re probably the only city in the state and in the country that raised the Israeli flag on our City Hall, next to our state flag, next to the American flag, and it stayed there for four months,” the mayor-elect told JNS.
“Abdul El-Sayed has shown only contempt for Jews as a people,” Rabbi Asher Lopatin said.
Far-right followers of Tucker Carlson are failing across the board with Republican voters. In most Democratic contests, antisemitic DSA candidates continue to thrive.
“It is more important than ever that a new generation of New Yorkers understands what happened that day and carries forward the stories of those we lost,” council speaker Julie Menin said.
“Disruptions like this have a chilling effect,” Hali Spiegel of CAMERA told JNS. “Students should not have to weigh whether attending an event will mean being mobbed, intimidated or forced to leave under police protection.”
“Instead of helping students succeed, teachers’ unions are injecting a dangerous, anti-American agenda into our classrooms,” stated Sen. Bill Cassidy.
The Columbia University undergraduate college is reviewing its Curricular Practical Training protocols after federal officials warned schools they could lose authorization to enroll international students for improperly approving work programs.
Aneesa Johnson, who was fired for hateful social media posts about Zionists and Orthodox Jews, has seven days to explain to the judge why the Jew-hatred watchdog should not be dismissed from her lawsuit.
“I think they allowed it to go on too long—the protests, everything,” Jonathan (“Jay”) Sures, one of 26 regents of the public school system, told JNS.
“Tomorrow, or perhaps even today, targets may include anyone in the United States who exercises their freedom of speech to simply express opinions the government does not like,” U.S. District Judge Noël Wise wrote in her ruling.
Karen Paikin Barall told JNS that “the American public has a right to know who is funding our universities, particularly when that funding may influence academic programs, what is taught and who is teaching it.”
“A swastika is not a harmless doodle or a joke,” the Jewish Federation of Detroit told JNS “It is an enduring symbol of hate and can have a profound impact on Jewish students and families.”
“Harvard certified compliance, drew billions on those certifications and broke them,” Mark Goldfeder of the National Jewish Advocacy Center told JNS. “The law treats that as a debt owed for money taken on a promise that wasn’t kept.”
The association says that some Democrats are wavering on backing Israel under party pressure, “but it does not mean that they are not ripe for education and supporting Israel outside of this momentary season.”
“What we found is not the work of a few bad actors,” Jonathan Greenblatt of the Anti-Defamation League stated. “It is a structural and cultural failure.”
The Los Angeles County district attorney said that his office “will not tolerate threats motivated by hatred, and individuals who choose to engage in hate-driven crimes will be held fully accountable.”
“It is deeply alarming that our community continues to be the primary target of hate in this city,” Evan R. Bernstein, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
“In Canada, my right to survive has been subcontracted to the government,” Gad Saad told JNS.
“If you don’t release the counterterrorism funding, you’re betraying every family that lost someone on 9/11,” the New York governor said. “You’re betraying every police officer and firefighter who puts their lives on the line every single day.”
“The fact of the matter is that showing up for this, which is a matter of justice, is something I can do and something anybody else can do,” Glenn Richter, the group’s founder, told JNS.
Larry Montes “poses a continued threat to the synagogue and its congregants,” the U.S. attorney wrote.
The suspect was released on bail and barred from possessing dangerous weapons, consuming alcohol or going within 1,000 feet of the camp.
Both suspects allegedly threw bags of motor oil at synagogues in Queens on July 16.
“Jewish families will not be told to accept fear as the price of practicing their faith,” Jessica Tisch told worshippers at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue one week after an alleged hate-motivated attack disrupted Shabbat services.
Rabbi Gavriel Koskas of Magen David Congregation of Surfside-Bal Harbour told JNS that it appeared to be an “isolated incident” that shouldn’t define the beach town.
“Jewish Americans should never have to choose between exercising our constitutional right to worship and protecting ourselves from antisemitic violence,” Jayne Zirkle, communications director for the Lawfare Project, told JNS.
One of the tour’s goals is to put “indirect pressure” on cities whose leaders aren’t protecting Jewish residents, the chair of the Justice Department’s task force on Jew-hatred told JNS.
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.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill says fewer than 400 of those improperly registered cast ballots as the White House renews its push for proof-of-citizenship voting legislation.
The measure would require the director of national intelligence to produce a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, including an unclassified summary.
“It’s a very important role for the federal government to play to protect workers and religions of all faith, and that’s what you have my commitment to do,” Keith Sonderling said.
The U.S. vice president defended his relationship with the conservative commentator, who has faced criticism over his anti-Israel rhetoric and interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
Tectonic shifts are taking place in the rival bloc.
Israel vigorously defended its decision to attack the Abu al-Duhur Airbase, with its defense minister taking issue with criticism by the U.S. ambassador to Turkey, which he called “full of inaccuracies.”
It may look like it sometimes, but these companies are actually gaining, not losing, value for Israel.
The association says that some Democrats are wavering on backing Israel under party pressure, “but it does not mean that they are not ripe for education and supporting Israel outside of this momentary season.”
Getting involved in races is a calculated risk, but when a leading candidate is anti-Israel and anti-Jewish, it’s generally worth taking.
The Jewish, Italian, Irish and British “pioneers and people who built this city” want Bible-based American values, the Israeli consul general in New York told JNS. “They don’t want the Sharia laws.”
Diplomatic restraint is narrowing Israel’s freedom of action before its enemies have been disarmed.
“Will I have the opportunity on Rosh Hashanah to have a quiet Rosh Hashanah? Our enemies don’t rest,” Yechiel Leiter told JNS.
Will Trump’s Middle East vision collide with Israel’s post-Oct. 7 security doctrine?
Ambassador Tom Barrack clarified his comments regarding Israeli control of the strategic plateau after drawing rebukes from Jerusalem and Capitol Hill.
Youth movements, teachers, municipalities and civil-society organizations could join forces with Jewish camps, foundations and educational institutions abroad.
We are faced with the almost insoluble question of how to avoid the unthinkable.
Today, it seems hard to fathom that Japan was an unyielding adversary of the West; it surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945, when World War II officially came to an end.
The Treasury secretary said Tehran must dismantle its nuclear program, surrender enriched uranium, end support for regional proxies and keep the Strait of Hormuz open before Washington negotiates.
The American ambassador to Turkey continues to be forced to walk back his anti-Israel distortions.
“Under President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, suspected terrorists will never be allowed to remain in the United States,” Dylan Johnson, of the U.S. State Department, said.
The veep informally began his 2028 campaign with a fundraiser hosted by Tucker Carlson’s financier. His critics may think it’s not too early to start trying to stop him.
“Political terrorism has no place in our society,” Scott Bessent, U.S. treasury secretary, stated.
The Jewish Heritage of Syria Foundation called the decision “an important step toward Syria’s reintegration and recovery.”
“For too long, this designation was another wall separating the Syrian people from the investment, enterprise and opportunity necessary to rebuild their nation,” said Tom Barrack, U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special presidential envoy for Syria and Iraq.
Ambassador Tom Barrack clarified his comments regarding Israeli control of the strategic plateau after drawing rebukes from Jerusalem and Capitol Hill.
The U.S. Treasury said the network moved up to “hundreds of millions of dollars” to Hezbollah through couriers traveling on commercial flights between Lebanon, Iran, Turkey and the UAE.
The career diplomat was sworn in as assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs amid tension in the region and close advisers to the president overseeing Mid East portfolios due to vacant U.S. envoy posts.
The governor spoke to JNS at one of the distribution sites, where the Met Council is giving more than 2 million pounds of kosher food ahead of Rosh Hashanah, amid what its CEO says are rising costs and unemployment.
“We have holy things to do,” Rabbi Rick Jacobs told JNS. “We have a community that is also about celebration, joy, pride in being Jewish.”
“The story was one of saving the Jewish people and standing up to one of the world’s largest antisemites, who was trying to use political machinations to destroy us,” Rabbi Steven Burg of Aish told JNS.
Jarred tzimmes, revamped matzah ball soup and a Jewish dating show are part of the 135-year-old family-owned brand’s effort to stay relevant.
The bills, AB 395 and AB 1836, now go to the state governor, who has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto them.
A $1 million grant will help convert the former Sioux City Jewish Community Center into 24 apartments with on-site case management and supportive services.
“I know that the only way that I can have some measure of success is with God’s blessing, providence, direction and wisdom,” the rabbi, of Suburban Orthodox Toras Chaim in Baltimore, told JNS.
“Deploy law enforcement, counterterrorism or military forces, as appropriate, to synagogues and other locations hosting services or events,” the U.S. agency told its diplomatic missions worldwide to pass along to host governments.
The Jewish, Italian, Irish and British “pioneers and people who built this city” want Bible-based American values, the Israeli consul general in New York told JNS. “They don’t want the Sharia laws.”
“Will I have the opportunity on Rosh Hashanah to have a quiet Rosh Hashanah? Our enemies don’t rest,” Yechiel Leiter told JNS.
Allison Rahmani, 40, called for help after her vehicle fell into her pool in Hewlett, N.Y., but died on the way to the hospital.
Zibelman, a former New York Public Service Commission chair, has connections to the state’s Jewish community, including participation in a Jewish Climate Network event focused on New York’s clean-energy transition.
“Gloria was iconic,” Ruth Messinger, a former Manhattan borough president, told JNS. “This is a sad day for women.”
The U.S. vice president defended his relationship with the conservative commentator, who has faced criticism over his anti-Israel rhetoric and interview with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes.
Jarred tzimmes, revamped matzah ball soup and a Jewish dating show are part of the 135-year-old family-owned brand’s effort to stay relevant.
“Tomorrow, or perhaps even today, targets may include anyone in the United States who exercises their freedom of speech to simply express opinions the government does not like,” U.S. District Judge Noël Wise wrote in her ruling.
Steve Schuster will direct three storied Jewish publications in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
“From the beginning, I have told them that I strongly disagreed with this decision, and at this rising time of antisemitism, it had served as a gut punch to the Jewish community,” the speaker of the New York City Council said.
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.
An arbitrator ruled that the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting “ill-timed” comments about Kirk’s killing.
“I’m an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, so antisemitism is why I’m here in the first place,” the mother told JNS. “To see it out in full effect in the daylight is awful.”
“Not only should CPJ apologize for laundering terrorist psychological warfare, news outlets should issue a sweeping wave of corrections and retractions,” HonestReporting said.
New online study tracks migration of antisemitic language from fringe forums to mainstream platforms
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue tracked what it called “lexical laundering,” the process by which extremist vocabulary enters mainstream discourse while retaining its original meaning among insiders and becoming more “deniable” to outsiders.
Max Blumenthal, who was in Iran to cover the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and called the assassination of the Iranian leader a “crime,” alleges that “the government was targeting and punishing him for his views and journalism,” the complaint states.
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.
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.
“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.
“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.