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Huckabee: Americans ‘greatly benefit’ from close ties to Isr...ael

Israeli President Herzog calls Gov. Shapiro after arson atta...ck on Pa. governor’s mansion

Shapiro avoids ‘antisemitism’ label on arson attack in ‘Good... Morning America’ interview

From seminary to secretary: How Uri Monson balances Pennsylv...ania’s budget and keeps Shabbat

Pro-Israel Dems warn Witkoff that Iran must restore inspecto...rs’ access to nuclear sites

California school district votes to renew ethnic studies con...tract with vendor accused of antisemitism

Israel boxed in as Trump blocks Iran attack and pursues deal

Brad Sherman’s primary challenger Jake Rakov stays in step w...ith him on Israel policy

New York GOP’s gubernatorial primary could see two Jewish co...mmunity favorites face off

Police report: Arson attack against Gov. Shapiro motivated b...y anti-Israel animus

Leading voices against antisemitism at Harvard decry Trump’s... overreach, but urge reforms

Witkoff sends mixed messages on Iranian nuclear enrichment

Sen. John Cornyn fighting to fend off insurgent primary chal...lenge from Texas AG

Trump’s latest deportee: Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia’s an...ti-Israel protest ‘ringleader’

Senate Committee discusses ending biannual time changes

Reza Pahlavi: U.S. has a third path on Iran aside from diplo...macy, military strikes

Three Democrats vote with Republicans to advance Colby nomin...ation

Trump: Direct talks with Iran to start Saturday

Daniel Hernandez pitches himself to Tucson voters — and pro-...Israel backers

Netanyahu: More countries to join Hungary in leaving ICC ove...r Israel prosecutions

Senate committee advances Huckabee nomination on party-line ...vote

Gaza protester: Demonstrations against Hamas show Palestinia...ns ‘fed up’ with terror group

Iran, ISIS plan to target Jewish tourists over Passover, Isr...ael says

Columbia’s Jewish community taking a wait-and-see approach t...o new president

Trump floats Friedman, Grenell for U.N. ambassador, previews... Middle East travel plans

Trump admin reviewing billions of dollars in federal funding... to Harvard

Instagram disables Columbia’s anti-Israel group page for pro...moting violence

Senate HELP Committee launches probe of American Muslims for... Palestine

Huckabee says it is ‘better to bankrupt’ Iran th...an to bomb it, in partisan confirmation hearing

Gabbard: Iran is not currently developing nuclear weapons

Leading AI tools demonstrate ‘concerning’ bias against Israe...l and Jews, new ADL study finds

Vance voiced doubt about Houthi strikes in private messages ...with Cabinet officials

IDF prepares for long operation in Gaza with goal of fully d...efeating Hamas

Lawler challenger Jessica Reinmann says she feels a deep per...sonal connection to Israel

Dubai-based Augustus Media pushes Shopify boycott over presi...dent’s tweet supporting fair reporting about Israel

Justice Department files brief backing UCLA Jewish students,... faculty in lawsuit

ADL report finds ‘malicious’ Wikipedia editors conspired to ...impose anti-Israel bias across site

Washington Post reporter faces scrutiny over anti-Israel soc...ial media commentary

Schumer book tour on antisemitism postponed

Sen. John Fetterman to take second trip to Israel on Sunday

April 25, 2025

AJC searches for a middle ground on Trump’s campus antisemitism moves, CEO Ted Deutch says

‘We are working with the administration and giving them credit where due and we are offering our thoughtful criticism also, when necessary,’ Deutch told Jewish Insider

April 25, 2025

From Jerusalem to the Vatican: Cardinal Pizzaballa emerges as a contender for the papacy

April 24, 2025

Fashion photographer Bryce Thompson pairs Holocaust survivors with celebrities in new collection

April 24, 2025

Jewish Georgia leaders say Ossoff is making amends, but still has more work to do

April 24, 2025

She forgot Yom Hashoah – then created a movement that changed the way Israel remembers the Holocaust

April 24, 2025

Campus protests fizzle out in 2025

April 23, 2025

Boim lawsuit targets American Muslims for Palestine’s Hamas ties

April 21, 2025

Cait Conley brings deep knowledge of Middle East, counterterrorism to NY-17 primary

April 21, 2025

The quirky new VC being guided by Jewish values

April 18, 2025

From seminary to secretary: How Uri Monson balances Pennsylvania’s budget and keeps Shabbat

April 17, 2025

Israel boxed in as Trump blocks Iran attack and pursues deal

April 17, 2025

Brad Sherman’s primary challenger Jake Rakov stays in step with him on Israel policy

April 16, 2025

Leading voices against antisemitism at Harvard decry Trump’s overreach, but urge reforms

April 16, 2025

Sen. John Cornyn fighting to fend off insurgent primary challenge from Texas AG

April 11, 2025

How Yeshiva University’s basketball team rebounded after Hamas attacks

April 11, 2025

Passover at the Obama White House becomes a children’s tale

April 10, 2025

Lawmakers, national security experts skeptical of Trump’s Iran diplomacy

April 9, 2025

Lipstadt says Trump admin ‘weaponized’ antisemitism in higher ed policy

April 9, 2025

Zohran Mamdani deepens his anti-Israel antagonism in NYC mayoral race

April 7, 2025

Daniel Hernandez pitches himself to Tucson voters — and pro-Israel backers

April 3, 2025

Virginia LG candidate raising Jewish community concerns over her record on Israel and antisemitism

April 2, 2025

New Missouri group aims to emerge as political powerhouse against antisemitism in state

April 2, 2025

In embracing deported pro-Palestinian activists, Democrats struggle to acknowledge antisemitism

March 31, 2025

McCormick emerges as vocal advocate for Jewish voters in the Senate

March 27, 2025

All about ‘Qatargate,’ the scandal roiling Israeli politics

March 26, 2025

Jewish social service agencies brace for federal funding cuts amid uncertainty

March 24, 2025

IDF prepares for long operation in Gaza with goal of fully defeating Hamas

March 24, 2025

Rep. Laura Friedman criticizes Trump’s crackdown on Columbia, while expressing concern over antisemitism

March 24, 2025

Lawler challenger Jessica Reinmann says she feels a deep personal connection to Israel

March 21, 2025

Inside the Miami conference giving rabbis a safe space to be Zionists

March 20, 2025

Trump’s war on Columbia comes for Middle East studies

March 13, 2025

Pittsburgh’s mayor struggles politically amid lack of support from city’s Jewish community

March 12, 2025

Washington-area Jewish community braces for impact of mass federal layoffs

March 11, 2025

The private equity investor using the federal bureaucracy to tackle antisemitism

March 10, 2025

Rep. Abe Hamadeh brings a unique perspective to conflicts in Syria, Middle East

March 7, 2025

Joe Rogan invites antisemitic conspiracy theorists into the mainstream

March 6, 2025

Leading American pro-Israel groups diverge from Israel on Syria

March 6, 2025

Shifting priorities at the FBI raise concerns about U.S. counterterror capabilities

March 4, 2025

Israel open to talking to European far-right parties, but won’t speak with Germany’s AfD

February 27, 2025

Washington coalesces around cautious sanctions relief for new Syrian government

February 27, 2025

With Dermer, Netanyahu seeks a negotiator he can trust

February 25, 2025

Cuomo winning over Jewish voters in his nascent mayoral campaign

February 24, 2025

Trump’s embattled Pentagon pick Colby holds close ties to Obama’s foreign policy advisors

February 19, 2025

Alleged violations of Israel-Egypt peace treaty ring alarm bells in Israel

February 18, 2025

Rep. Dan Goldman wants to set partisanship aside on House antisemitism task force

February 14, 2025

The war on the pediatrics ward: Inside the American Academy of Pediatrics’ battle with antisemitism

February 13, 2025

The Jewish music teacher representing a Muslim-majority country at Eurovision

February 13, 2025

Is AIPAC’s big bet on Sarah Elfreth paying off?

February 11, 2025

New York City comptroller candidate courts anti-Israel support as he seeks higher office

February 11, 2025

The good, the bad and the ugly of USAID’s Middle East funding

February 10, 2025

Restitution project genealogists track down rightful heirs of Nazi-looted books

February 5, 2025

Middle East experts split over recent moves to slash U.S. foreign aid, USAID

February 4, 2025

Rubio’s new undersecretary of state was fired from first Trump administration over ties to white nationalists

January 30, 2025

The exclusive Chautauqua Institution wrestles with antisemitism inside its gates

January 30, 2025

Hostage’s father relearns to talk, after stroke, to advocate for his son’s release

January 28, 2025

Inside the Israeli delegation that helped fight the Los Angeles wildfires

January 28, 2025

Jewish voters in Park Slope say they are ready for a change

January 27, 2025

Parents of Nova survivor meet their son’s savior, a Bedouin Israeli, for first time

January 24, 2025

New San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie aims to turn around a city in decline

January 24, 2025

Ken Martin emerges as front-runner in DNC chair battle by maintaining big tent

January 23, 2025

Koch-affiliated policy advisor playing key role in isolationist Pentagon appointments

January 21, 2025

Israeli right still hopeful about Trump presidency despite ‘terrible’ cease-fire deal

January 20, 2025

Outgoing Israeli ambassador urges successor to continue his approach: ‘Talk to everybody across the aisle’

January 17, 2025

White House Jewish liaison Shelley Greenspan on how the kosher sausage gets made

January 13, 2025

Universities work to settle discrimination cases in waning days of the Biden administration

January 9, 2025

Jewish community in Los Angeles unites amid devastating fires

January 9, 2025

Has the Canadian left lost the Jewish community for good?

January 7, 2025

A look at the right-wing lawmakers that could constrain pro-Israel legislation in the new Congress

January 6, 2025

Officer, lawmaker, now author: MK Tur-Paz publishes his war diary