Jerry leaves Ben & Jerry’s, progressive Jewish ice-cream giant, as company battles owner on Israel speech

Jerry Greenfield, one of two founders of the iconic progressive ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, has stepped down citing political pressure from the brand’s parent company, Unilever. The Ben & Jerry’s brand has clashed with Unilever over Israel in recent years, and Greenfield’s co-founder Ben Cohen has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war […]

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A record $10M federal grant to Tikvah has some Jews celebrating and others crying foul

Earlier this year, the National Endowment for the Humanities was shedding staff and canceling hundreds of grants to the museums, libraries and scholars that have traditionally relied on federal funding to help Americans engage with history, culture and ideas. The Trump administration said the agency was a waste of taxpayer money and suggested eliminating it […]

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California lawmakers approve narrowed bill targeting antisemitism in schools

Just before going into recess on Saturday, California lawmakers approved legislation to create new mechanisms to address antisemitism in public schools, sending the measure to Gov. Gavin Newsom after closed-door negotiations that saw its provisions significantly pared down. If enacted, California would become the first state to create a statewide antisemitism prevention coordinator for public […]

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GOP Rep. Nancy Mace to Jewish progressive: ‘I have a good surgeon if you ever want to get your nose done’

A Republican member of Congress who has been a vocal opponent of campus antisemitism told a progressive Jewish Democrat on Wednesday to “get your nose done.” Rep. Sara Jacobs and multiple progressive watchdogs denounced Rep. Nancy Mace’s comments as antisemitic. Mace directed the comment at Jacobs, a California congresswoman, on the social network X, in […]

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Antisemitism flares and ‘Reichstag’ mentions soar online in wake of Charlie Kirk assassination

No alleged shooter has yet been identified in the assassination Wednesday of right-wing icon Charlie Kirk. But President Donald Trump is blaming the left and vowing vengeance, while antisemitism is flaring among extremists online who said they believed the Jews and Israel were responsible. “Charlie Kirk was assassinated by jews,” tweeted an account called Greatest […]

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After Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah, Jewish and Israeli leaders call for prayers and end to political violence

Israeli and pro-Israeli U.S. Jews were among those expressing concern after Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who founded Turning Point USA and emerged as a leading voice of the pro-Trump right, was shot Wednesday during an appearance in Utah. Kirk was confirmed to have been killed about two hours after the shooting, which occurred around […]

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In Epstein’s birthday tribute, traces of his Jewish upbringing surface alongside lurid tales

When Jeffrey Epstein turned 50 in 2003, his then-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell assembled a 238-page tribute album to mark the occasion. The so-called birthday book, handed over by Epstein’s estate to the House Oversight Committee and made public this week, is lurid and unsettling: filled with crude drawings of women’s bodies, tales of sexual conquest, and […]

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Spurning Jewish Voice for Peace as insufficiently radical, new Jewish group joins ‘student intifada’

An anonymous group of Jewish student activists has broken away from Jewish Voice for Peace to form a new national organization, the Anti-Zionist Jewish Student Front, that pledges to escalate campaigns against Zionism on college campuses. In a statement released this week, the group framed itself as part of what it termed a global “student […]

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