President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Jared Isaacman, a Jewish entrepreneur who has traveled privately to space himself, to helm NASA. Trump nominated Isaacman for the role in December and a confirmation hearing was scheduled for this week. But Trump rescinded the nomination on Saturday, citing what he said on Truth Social was a […]
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Six people were burned and injured in Boulder, Colorado, at least one critically, in a firebombing attack on people who had gathered to draw attention to the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. The victims were all senior citizens, aged 67-88, according to the FBI. Four have been transported to Boulder-area hospitals, and […]
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The board of Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream company founded by two progressive Jews, is reportedly calling Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide” in a new statement. The statement comes four years after the board sparked a bitter legal battle with parent company Unilever over an earlier pledge to stop selling its products in […]
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Rep. Elise Stefanik said a federally funded scholarship should rescind its award to a 2025 recipient who she called a “pro-Hamas, antisemitic student.” Stefanik, a New York Republican who is a close ally of President Donald Trump and an outspoken pro-Israel voice, was recently appointed to the board of trustees of the Harry S. Truman […]
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Following the fatal shooting last week of two employees of the Israeli embassy outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. on May 21, Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee offered a prayer. “Our modern American Jewish chronicle of pain has a new locus: Pittsburgh, Poway, Monsey, Jersey City, and now Washington,” it […]
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Last week the Trump administration, citing its desire to curb campus antisemitism, escalated its war with Harvard University by barring the school from admitting any international students. Now a federal judge has blocked the effort, clearing the way for Harvard to maintain its international student body — including its Israeli population as well as other […]
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A Michigan man who allegedly yelled antisemitic threats at families entering a synagogue in 2022 pleaded guilty Tuesday to the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the Department of Justice. In December 2022, Hassan Chokr, 37, of Dearborn, Michigan, drove through the parking lot of Temple Beth El in […]
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A potential breakthrough arrived earlier this month in California’s years-long debate over ethnic studies, in which Jewish groups fought to ensure that a curriculum mandate would not lead to teachers presenting Jews unfairly or singling out Israel. For the first time, influential lawmakers from several racial and ethnic caucuses offered to help the effort — […]
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Rabbi Doug Alpert did not utter the name of the man accused of killing Sarah Milgrim as he presided over her funeral on Tuesday. But before reciting El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer memorializing the dead, Alpert appeared to address the alleged gunman. “What a horrible disservice to not see her for who she was and […]
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A dual U.S. and German citizen has been charged for allegedly attempting to attack the U.S. embassy’s Tel Aviv branch office with molotov cocktails, according to the Department of Justice. The suspect, Joseph Neumeyer, 28, of Colorado, allegedly traveled to Israel and then approached the embassy office on May 19. He spat and cursed at […]
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