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Editorial: Choosing Party Over Principle
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (453+ words) Every election, we are told, is too important for principle. It was an extraordinary formulation, but a familiar political temptation. El-Sayed has now apologized more fully for his response to the March terrorist attack on Temple Israel outside Detroit. After…...
US House Passes Bill Stripping Federal Funds from Universities that Boycott Israel
1+ week, 1+ day ago (642+ words) Sharon Udasin | JTA The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent federal funds from going to academic institutions that participate in commercial boycotts of Israel. The HR 4795 bill, co-sponsored by North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx…...
JD Vance Refuses to Disavow Tucker Carlson
1+ week, 1+ day ago (360+ words) Joseph Strauss | JTA Vice President JD Vance acknowledged that he has “political disagreements” with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News personality who has spread antisemitic conspiracy theories and sparked a rift within the Republican Party. But that won’t impact their…...
Editorial: When the Right Defeats Itself
1+ week, 3+ day ago (386+ words) Sometimes political change comes through a great ideological realignment. Sometimes it comes because politicians who cannot stand one another refuse to sit in the same room. Israel may be witnessing the latter. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pleading with…...
Opinion: Maryland Jews Safer at High Holidays Thanks to Bipartisan Leadership
1+ week, 3+ day ago (796+ words) Jody Goldsmith and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi As we approach the High Holidays, we have much to celebrate and, understandably, reasons to worry. Fortunately, Jews in Baltimore and the Greater Washington area have long benefited from strong Jewish federations and Jewish…...
Report Alleges History of Antisemitism, Limited Consequences at Arlington School
3+ week, 4+ day ago (579+ words) A Virginia investigative report alleged persistent antisemitic incidents at an Arlington high school with inadequate administrative response, according to a national news outlet. The Free Press reported on a 39-page summary of evidence it said former Virginia Attorney General Jason…...
‘We’re Still Carrying,’ Maryland Synagogue Security Volunteers Say
3+ week, 5+ day ago (963+ words) Jessica Russak-Hoffman | JNS An Orthodox Jewish security volunteer in Silver Spring, Maryland, told JNS that he brought his gun to synagogue on Aug. 1 as usual, despite a new Montgomery County ordinance barring guns within 100 yards of houses of worship and…...
66% of Jewish New Yorkers Oppose Mamdani, 75% Against Democratic Socialists of America, New Poll Suggests
4+ week, 1+ day ago (263+ words) Jewish New Yorkers disapprove of Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, 66% to 26%, and 75% of them don’t agree with the Democratic Socialists of America, compared to 17% who approve of it, according to a new Siena University Poll of 811 likely gubernatorial…...
Opinion: After Michigan, Will Pro-Israel Politics Get a Ground Game?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (673+ words) Ben Ehrenkranz | JNS Michigan’s $80 million Democratic U.S. Senate primary demonstrated that money can buy attention, but it cannot create a movement. Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s one-point victory over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) revealed much about the Democrats and their electorate, but…...