1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (241+ words) Jewish organizations from around the world signed the J50 Declaration on Zionism and Antisemitism in Jerusalem on Thursday, which states unequivocally that “Zionism is part of Jewish identity.” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (659+ words) On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was—as were a group of terrorists—on a plane out of Boston. I was flying to Washington, D.C., to testify before a Senate committee about the genocide and slavery then underway in…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (330+ words) As fighting continues in Gaza and Lebanon, a record proportion of U.S. voters say their sympathies lie more with the Palestinians than Israelis, according to a poll released Thursday. In the Quinnipiac University poll, 38% of voters said they were more sympathetic…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1171+ words) I always begin my annual column asking readers to play along with me and predict the events of the coming Jewish year by reminding them that as bad as things seem to be now, they can still get worse. That’s…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (205+ words) Shelly Arnoldi, a Northern Virginia congressional candidate, recently reposted videos promoting Nazi ideology, including one featuring Adolf Hitler and another defending Nazi book burnings, local outlet ARLnow reported. The reports prompted criticism from Jewish community leaders, including the Jewish Community…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (247+ words) Part of Olivia Chow’s job as mayor of Toronto is being the mayor for everyone, Brad Bradford, who is running against the incumbent, said at a mayoral forum on Jew-hatred at Adath Israel Congregation in North York on Tuesday where…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (592+ words) Even as the Democratic Party has nominated several anti-Israel candidates, two-thirds of Jewish voters said that they plan to vote Democrat in the midterm election, according to a poll released on Wednesday. The survey by the Jewish Voters Resource Center…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (600+ words) Only one conflict has animated and energized the radical left as no other—the Israeli-Palestinian conflict generally, and specifically, the Gaza war that Hamas started on Oct. 7, 2023. Ironically, the actual human and territorial impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is dwarfed…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (368+ words) U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Americans should not end friendships over political disagreements. “That is a terrible place for the United States to go,” he said. At Thursday’s White House press briefing, which Vance led while the administration searches for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (394+ words) An effort to hold a pro-Palestinian rally at the entrance to the 10th anniversary Cholent Festival (Sólet Fesztivál), held on August 30 at Budapest’s City Hall Park, was thwarted by a combination of community leadership and the Hungarian authorities. Local rapper Gergely…...