Tag: American Jewry
Iranian-American voters remain divided on Harris and Trump, community leaders say
With the U.S. presidential election just two months away and some states already mailing out ballots, Iranian-American activists and leaders told JNS that the expat Iranian community in the United States is paying close...
Long Beach synagogue honors local police with Labor Day barbecue
For the third consecutive year, the Jewish community of Long Beach and Lido Beach on Long Beach Barrier Island in New York have shown their appreciation for the Long Beach Police Department and Nassau...
Hersh Goldberg-Polin laid to rest in Jerusalem
Slain Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin was laid to rest at Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot cemetery on Monday, two days after his body was retrieved from a tunnel in southern Gaza.
Ahead of the funeral ceremony, which started at...
Harris taps Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota, as her running mate
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, to be her running mate, her campaign announced on Tuesday.
Walz, 60, is a former teacher who served 24 years in the...
The left’s post-assassination hypocrisy
The failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has occasioned much soul-searching and even more vitriol. Republicans are blaming the Democrats for the shooting, pointing to the left’s relentless attempts to paint Trump...
Manhattan Jews have marched in support of hostages every Shabbat since Nov. 4
Michelle Sarna and her family were visiting Israel to celebrate her mother’s birthday last year when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7.
The psychologist at SAR Academy, a Modern Orthodox day school in the Bronx,...
LA City Council to vote on turning $1 million Jewish security grant into $2...
The Los Angeles City Council will vote on July 31 on whether to grant $2 million to protect religious communities in the city.
The vote would replace legislation calling for $1 million specifically for Jewish...
Israeli envoy in NY: West at risk of ‘radical Muslim occupation’
Ofir Akunis was solidly entrenched in the Knesset, serving in his 15th year as a lawmaker. The popular Likud figure—formerly a party spokesman and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu—had held a number of ministerial roles...
AJC lauds Supreme Court decision to remove online hate speech
The Supreme Court cast its decision on Monday on a case challenging Florida and Texas laws, Moody v. NetChoice, restricting the ability of technology companies to moderate offensive content online.
The American Jewish Committee released a statement on Tuesday heralding...
American donor giving $5m to Israeli colleges after spurning Penn
An American-Jewish entrepreneur who has decided to reroute his philanthropy from U.S. colleges is donating $5 million to institutes of higher education in Israel.
The move comes as months of often violent antisemitic protests at...