Dubowitz: $6b ransom to Iran will lead to more terrorism, hostages
Washington reached a deal with Tehran on Thursday to release five Iranian Americans, whom the Islamic Republic detained evidently on trumped-up charges. In exchange for the five being released to house arrest, the United...
New York City subway attacker pleads guilty to antisemitic hate crime
A New Yorker who assaulted and berated a Chassidic Jew in 2021 on a New York subway has accepted responsibility for his antisemitic actions.
Bradley Werner pleaded guilty to a hate crime earlier this week, reported The Forward....
As wildfires rip through Hawaii, Jewish leadership on ground offers relief
As of Thursday, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have claimed 36 lives and left thousands homeless (on Friday, Aug. 11, that number had climbed to 53 fatalities), as emergency workers searched through...
With $9.5m grant, Federations to focus on training, retaining leaders
The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation has given the Jewish Federations of North America a $9.5 million grant to develop and train leaders.
"The grant will support the recruitment of top talent from across...
In Israel, House Democrats reaffirm ‘solidarity with the Jewish state’
Two dozen Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives—led by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)—are in Israel for a six-day trip that started earlier this week, sponsored by the American...
Orthodox Jewish mayor of Florida town receives neo-Nazi death threat
Shlomo Danzinger, the Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla., is reportedly under police protection following a neo-Nazi death threat against him and his family.
Danziger received a threatening email on Aug. 4 from someone who...
Israel on Campus Coalition summit in DC has its staff talking about the weather
So much for the conspiracy theory of Jews controlling the weather.
Some intending to go to the Israel on Campus Coalition National Leadership Summit this week had difficulty getting to Washington, due to intense storms and even...
Jeffries: US support for Israel above judicial reform
U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Monday in Jerusalem that judicial reform should have no bearing on American military support for Israel.
Speaking to Israeli journalists about the divisive domestic debate...
Whole Foods offers expanded selection of kosher items
Haddar Sesame Tahini, Manischewitz Matzo Ball Mix and Heaven & Earth Almond Butter Bites in Coconut Date and Coconut Hazelnut are among the products in an expanded partnership between one of the biggest suppliers...
Tlaib spoke at art show in Detroit advocating Israel’s destruction
Reports have circulated that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spoke at an art exhibit in Detroit held from May 26 to June 17, though the featured works didn’t represent any classic school or style.
Instead, a...