Fundraiser for ICE agent who killed Renee Good includes antisemitic attack on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey

Supporters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis last week are flocking to an online fundraiser to, in its organizer’s words, “Defend the Agent Who Stopped a Deadly Attack on America’s Border Enforcers!” Included in the fundraiser’s pitch: antisemitic language directed at the city’s […]

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Democrats compare ICE with the Gestapo as they push to curb agency’s power

The Gestapo has become a cudgel in United States politics over recent days, as Democratic lawmakers compare ICE with Nazi Germany’s secret police and the White House calls them “unhinged” and “radical” for the parallel. State lawmakers across the country are pushing legislation to curb the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which led to shootings […]

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After facing backlash, California congressional hopeful Scott Wiener says Israel is committing ‘genocide’

After declining to say whether he believed “Israel is committing genocide in Gaza” during a debate last week, California congressional candidate Scott Wiener has announced that he does, in fact, believe Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide. Wiener’s demurral during the Wednesday debate, during which his two Democratic opponents endorsed the genocide charge without […]

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Suspect charged in arson that damaged Jackson, Mississippi’s only synagogue

A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson in connection with a fire that tore through Beth Israel Congregation, the only synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, early Saturday morning, authorities said, as federal agents investigate the attack as a possible hate crime. Firefighters with the Jackson Fire Department responded to reports of the blaze at […]

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Cooper Union settles Title VI antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7

The Cooper Union has settled a Title VI case of antisemitic discrimination dating back to a highly publicized incident in which Jewish students were trapped in a school library by protesters after the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. The Manhattan engineering college has agreed to pay an unspecified sum to 10 affected Jewish students, create a […]

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Trans screenwriter Our Lady J condemns anti-Zionism in LGBTQ spaces: ‘Zionism is not a dirty word’

Prominent transgender writer, actress and producer Our Lady J took aim at anti-Zionism within the LGBTQ community in a post on Instagram Tuesday. “Until the LGBTQ community distances itself from all forms of antisemitism, including antizionism, our allies will continue to fall away, and we will remain defenseless in the face of attack,” wrote Our […]

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JD Vance continues to minimize right-wing antisemitism as fringe influencers gain ground

Vice President JD Vance again downplayed the idea that conservatives should safeguard their ranks against antisemitism, a week after his ally Tucker Carlson hosted yet another antisemitic conspiracy theorist on his web show. Vance’s latest brief comments, made Tuesday during an interview with conservative radio host and CNN pundit Scott Jennings, came in response to […]

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Peter Beinart, Elliot Cosgrove and other Jewish leaders face off over the future of liberal Zionism

For decades, liberal Zionism served the American Jewish majority as the ideological bridge between democratic and Jewish values: Support for Israel was based in, and justified by, a commitment to Jewish self-determination anchored in democracy, and animated by the promise of peace with the Palestinians.  On Tuesday night in Manhattan, a group of prominent rabbis […]

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