In Passover message, Herzog urges immediate release of hostages
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife, Michal, on Monday visited the family of twin brothers Ziv and Gali Berman, who were abducted by Hamas terrorists from Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, 2023,...
Netanyahu to Macron: Palestinian state would be ‘reward for terror’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron, warning that the establishment of a Palestinian state would be “a major reward for terrorism” and a strategic threat to the Jewish...
Trump admin freezes more than $2.2 billion in funding to Harvard
The federal Joint Task Force to Combat Antisemitism announced on Monday that it is freezing $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million worth of contracts to Harvard University, after the private Ivy League school said that...
First day of Passover sees 43% rise in Jewish visits to Temple Mount
Four hundred ninety-four Jewish worshippers ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, the first day of Passover, a 43% increase over 2024, when 345 visited Judaism's holiest site.
Hundreds of Jews took...
President Trump wishes Jews a ‘blessed Passover’
U.S. President Donald Trump published a video statement on Saturday evening wishing Jewish communities worldwide a "blessed Passover."
“I want to wish the Jewish people in America and Israel, and all around the world, a...
Yair Netanyahu to Macron: ‘Screw you’ over ‘Palestine’ recognition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair on Saturday told French President Emmanuel Macron to "screw you," following the announcement Paris could recognize a Palestinian state later this year.
"Screw you! Yes to independence of...
Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, federal immigration judge rules
Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia University graduate who the Trump administration says has terror ties, can be deported for his involvement in anti-Israel protests on the Ivy League school campus, a federal immigration judge...
Arsonist forces PA Gov. Shapiro, family to evacuate home on Passover
A man suspected of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping inside overnight Saturday, was arrested.
Shapiro, his wife, Lori, their four children, two dogs and...
Trump admin seeking judicial consent decree at Columbia over Jew-hatred
The Trump administration is seeking to put Columbia University’s agreement to combat antisemitism under the oversight of a federal judge, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Lawyers in the Department of Justice’s antisemitism taskforce are reportedly seeking...
IHRA definition of Jew-hatred used to probe social media of visa applicants
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced this week that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has begun scouring social-media posts by visa applicants for Jew-hatred. A senior spokesperson for the department told JNS that USCIS will...