Antisemitic incidents in the United States increased once again in 2024, the Anti-Defamation League reported, reaching a new all-time high and providing the latest indicator of a continued surge in antisemitism following Oct. 7, 2023. The report, released Tuesday, recorded 9,354 antisemitic incidents across the country, marking a 5% increase from the previous year. That […]
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Last week, a coalition of 10 large Jewish groups released an open letter decrying the Trump administration’s approach to antisemitism. Hours later, Eric Fingerhut, the CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, released his own letter. Writing privately to leaders of local Jewish federations, he said the anti-Trump letter did not adequately “reference the […]
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Dozens of rabbis and cantors who graduated from Brown University have a message for their alma mater’s president: “Do not cede control to those who weaponize antisemitism.” Their message comes in an open letter to President Christina Paxson as she weighs how to respond to a $500 million funding cut threatened by the Trump administration, […]
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A fundraiser with Itamar Ben-Gvir to be held at Brooklyn’s Jewish Children’s Museum was abruptly cancelled Friday, shortly after being announced. The event featuring the far-right Israeli minister was to be hosted by Beis Shmuel Chabad, a Crown Heights synagogue, as a benefit for Chabad of Hebron, in the West Bank. Following a Jewish Telegraphic […]
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio promoted an interview this week with a conservative influencer who has praised Hitler online, in the latest example of a Trump official conversing with a white nationalist figure. Michael Benz, who served in the State Department in Trump’s first term, revealed in 2023 he was the author of “Frame Game,” […]
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Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro revealed on Thursday that investigators had managed to retrieve ritual Passover items from the dining room that was heavily damaged by an arsonist’s fire shortly after his family’s seder on Saturday night. “Some just required a dusting and a cleaning,” he said outside a Harrisburg firehouse where he and his wife […]
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The Texas House of Representatives signed off Thursday on a $1 billion school voucher program, in a move that some Jewish groups are hailing as a win for school choice while others are expressing dismay over potential losses for Texas public schools. Texas is home to 20 private Jewish schools whose students and families stand […]
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One of the men who allegedly beat two Jewish DePaul University students after one showed support for Israel last November has been charged with a hate crime. Adam Erkan, 20, has been charged with two counts of aggravated battery and hate crime, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office announced this week. The arrest comes as […]
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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. I am Jewish, but Christianity has filled my life. The earliest memory I have going to school in Arkansas involves reciting a prayer about Jesus before […]
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As Donald Trump took office in January, many who have kept a close eye on Israel’s efforts to blunt Iran’s nuclear ambitions believed the timing was ripe for a decisive strike. Iran had been deeply weakened by Israel’s direct attacks and wars with its proxies, and Trump was seen as open to being convinced to […]
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