New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says his administration has concluded the city does not have the legal authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should he visit New York. But he lacerated Netanyahu in a two-minute video posted to social media late Tuesday and exhorted federal authorities to enforce the International Criminal Court […]
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The manager of a movie theater in suburban Portland, Oregon, is defending a cryptic marquee message about Jews and “The Odyssey” by saying modern-day antisemitism is “exaggerated” to help Israel. “Before there were the Jews, there was … ‘The Odyssey,’” said the marquee at the Lake Theater and Cafe in Lake Oswego. Local Jewish clergy, […]
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J Street is defending its decision to co-sponsor the College Democrats of America convention after critics accused the liberal pro-Israel group of endorsing the anti-Zionist streamer Hasan Piker, who was a featured speaker at the event. In a statement posted Monday, J Street said its campus arm, J Street U, spent “a couple thousand dollars […]
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This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. The last time the Pew Research Center checked, in 2020, 17% of American Jewish households include a child or adult who is non-white or multiracial. While […]
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For many Orthodox Jews, a typical winter weekday begins early: head to synagogue, gather in a minyan for morning prayers, then rush off to work. Orthodox Jewish groups say a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent could upend that routine by pushing winter sunrises — and the earliest permissible time for some prayers […]
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Two leading Jewish civil rights groups stepped up after Jewish teachers reported antisemitic harassment last year at the National Education Association’s annual convention, only to devolve into disagreement ahead of this year’s convention. The unusual public dispute between the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League brought to the fore a simmering tension […]
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Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University pro-Palestinian protest leader, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that the Trump administration had colluded with several pro-Israel groups to prosecute him for his advocacy. The lawsuit is “about exposing the network of organizations, political actors, and institutions that work together to criminalize solidarity with Palestine,” Khalil, who became the face […]
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has weighed in against antisemitism after officials in his Indiana town say a costly fire may have been caused by arson to an Israeli flag displayed on a local barn. The alleged arson broke out early Friday morning, damaging a historic home in Zionsville, Indiana, where Pence lives, and causing […]
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The New Israel Fund cited freedom of speech in pushing back Friday against a congressional investigation alleging that the U.S. nonprofit violated its tax-exempt status by funding political campaign activity in Israel in 2019. “NIF will not be deterred in our work to defend democracy, promote equality, and advance peace in Israel,” New Israel Fund […]
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About 6 in 10 Jewish adults said they feel “less safe” living in the United States than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to a new survey released Friday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll, which surveyed 1,022 Jewish adults from June 11 to June […]
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