US increases funding for UNRWA
The U.S. State Department has allocated more than $220 million for UNRWA this year despite its schools' curriculum that glorifies violence and terrorism and an agreement that conditions funding on the prevention of teaching hate...
DeSantis: Iran ‘only understands strength’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis gave Israel Hayom an exclusive interview on Thursday—his first to an Israeli outlet as an official candidate in the 2024 U.S. presidential race. He discussed a whole range of issues, while attacking...
Federations, JCPA depart Combat Antisemitism Movement over video row
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the Jewish Federations of North America have reportedly distanced themselves from the Combat Antisemitism Movement, a coalition of some 700 organizations that reaches about 4 million people.
The two groups...
Israeli students visit NY, Boston to strengthen ties with American Jews
Graduate students at the University of Haifa’s Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies recently returned from a trip to New York and Boston, in which they met with Jewish leaders, diplomats and scholars.
Jay Ruderman,...
Michael Jordan to sell majority Hornets stake to Jewish-led investor group
The Charlotte Hornets announced recently that Michael Jordan will sell his majority stake in the team to a group led by Gabe Plotkin and Rick Schnall. The latter two are Jewish and are generally referred to...
Giving ‘progressive’ antisemites the benefit of the doubt
Can you oppose antisemitism while at the same time make common cause with Jew-haters, their organizations and the ideas that propel them forward? The answer from the Biden administration and their allies that control...
Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices
The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary...
Report: ‘Radical roots’ of California ethnic-studies curriculum
Two radical organizations dominated by “ideological perspectives that are hostile to American democratic ideals” are behind California’s ethnic studies curriculum. The state will require the curriculum starting with the 2030 high school graduating class.
That’s...
Oceangate CEO’s wife descended from famous Jewish ‘Titanic’ passengers
The wife of Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO whose submersible, Titan, vanished on June 18 during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, is a direct descendant of two famous Jewish passengers who perished when...
Pew: Americans worry more about international terror than unemployment
Both domestic and international terrorism ranked low on a list of items that concern Americans in a recent Pew Research Center report. But more Americans said that domestic (34%) and international (30%) terrorism are a...