130 US lawmakers urge EU to give terrorist stamp to IRGC
A bipartisan group of 130 U.S. lawmakers on Monday sent a letter urging the European Union to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.
The letter, addressed to E.U. foreign policy chief...
Biden administration floats Iran agreement that would ease some sanctions
Move over JCPOA. There could be a new Iran nuclear deal in town.
Biden administration officials have been floating a proposed agreement with Tehran among European and Israeli partners. The terms “would include some sanctions...
Jewish family sues Michigan high school for scheduling graduation on Shavuot
For the last decade, the family of 18-year-old Minaleah Koffron says it shared advance notice of Jewish holiday schedules with the Portage Public Schools—a school district in southern Michigan almost halfway between Chicago and...
Blue square emoji symbolizes fight against antisemitism
A brand-new $25 million initiative to battle antisemitism called #StandUpToJewishHate launched this week, using a blue square as its main feature.
Created by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism—founded by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft in 2019—the...
Robert Kraft and Brandeis University team up to respond to antisemitism
The Robert Kraft Family-Brandeis Collaboration on Antisemitism, a multi-tiered effort aimed at combating hatred of Jews, debuted this month. It is a collaboration of the university in Waltham, Mass.; the Kraft family; and the...
Non-Jewish day-school students to compete in ‘JewQ’ knowledge championship
How many Jewish holiday foods can you name? In what city did King Solomon build the Beit Hamikdash, the Jewish Temple? What did Rabbi Akiva see that made him realize he could, at 40,...
New ADL ‘audit’ finds 2022 had highest levels of antisemitism in 44 years
The 3,697 antisemitic incidents stateside that the Anti-Defamation League recorded in 2022 represent a 36% increase over the 2,717 it tracked in 2021 and “the highest number on record since ADL began tracking antisemitic...
Pennsylvania announces first Jewish Legislative Caucus
For the first time, Pennsylvania’s state legislature has created a Jewish Legislative Caucus to advance issues of concern to the keystone state’s Jewish community. State Rep. Dan Frankel (D-Allegheny) and State Sen. Judy Schwank...
US ‘extremely troubled’ that Knesset rescinded parts of disengagement law
The Knesset voted 31-18 on March 21 to repeal articles of the 2005 Gaza Disengagement Law, which banned Israelis from entering and living in four communities in northern Samaria. Hours later, a spokesman for the U.S....
Dershowitz: ‘Judicial reform will not undercut democracy’
U.S. attorney Alan Dershowitz said the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program does not endanger Israel’s democracy and might even enhance it, speaking on Wednesday during an online debate with Professor Eugene Kontorovich.
The rare respectful...