Elise Stefanik booed at ADL conference for saying Oct. 7 wouldn’t have happened under Trump

NEW YORK — Elise Stefanik mostly received cheers at an Anti-Defamation League conference as she promoted President Donald Trump’s record on Israel — from praising his proposal to deport foreign-born anti-Israel students to vowing to “dismantle” the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency. But she was met with boos and a walkout from within the crowd […]

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Colleges fare better on average as ADL grades them on antisemitism for a second time

For the second time, the Anti-Defamation League is issuing grades to colleges and universities based on their handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel activism. And at a time when the Trump administration has made colleges with pro-Palestinian protests a target, the group says most schools are showing improvement. Eight schools received A’s, up from just two […]

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Everything ‘alt’ is new again: Watchdogs see a mainstreaming of far-right extremism

Remember the “alt-right”? Way back in the two-thousand-and-teens, the loose coalition of white nationalists, neo-Nazi pranksters and anti-immigrant extremists was more likely to be found in obscure corners of the internet than on mainstream conservative outlets like Fox News. Groups that monitor extremism say that has changed, and that the extremes have become mainstream.  They […]

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Andrew Tate, ‘manosphere’ influencer now in Florida, promotes antisemitism alongside misogyny on his livestreams

In returning to the United States this week from Romania, the far-right influencer Andrew Tate has re-imported his extreme brand of misogyny mixed with antisemitism. Tate and his brother Tristan had been banned from leaving Romania, where they face prosecution for rape and sex trafficking, since 2022. But Romanian officials lifted the ban, in a […]

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Orthodox pro-Israel group to honor Steve Bannon after backlash for his straight-armed gesture

An Orthodox right-wing pro-Israel group will honor Steve Bannon, nine days after the former Donald Trump adviser faced criticism for a gesture that resembled a Nazi salute.  Neither the gesture nor the rebuke fazed Israel365, whose founder calls it “Israel’s voice in the MAGA movement,” and which caters to an evangelical Christian audience. On Saturday […]

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Weeks after selling NYC building, Hebrew Union College sells part of LA campus to USC

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is selling part of its Los Angeles campus to the nearby University of Southern California, in the latest in a series of cost-cutting moves for a legacy Jewish institution facing years of declining enrollment and financial stress. Announced Wednesday, the agreement between HUC and USC will fund a major […]

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Miriam, Jared, Josh: 5 Jewish takeaways from Michael Wolff’s insider account of the 2024 Trump campaign

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, the most prominent Jews in Donald Trump’s family, categorically refused to demonstrate support for him as he floundered after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to a new book by magazine writer Michael Wolff. Wolff is known for his rollicking, literary style and speedy execution of political stories. […]

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