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Races to watch: As staunch Israel critics notch wins, these candidates could be next

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — A wave of left-wing candidates with sharply critical Israel stances have won their Democratic primary this year and are set to head to Congress. Who else of like mind could join them in the coming...

A smaller, scarred Maccabiah Games opens in Israel, carrying the weight of Oct. 7 and war

By DEBORAH DANAN and PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — Just days before the start of the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish sports competition held every four years in Israel, Australia was officially out of the competition.

Australia had canceled its official...

A tale of two marches: LGBTQ Jews face cheers and heckles at NYC Pride

By GRACE GILSON

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Dillon Perez was both heckled and embraced for being Jewish as he waved a large rainbow flag with a Star of David at New York City’s Pride March on Sunday.

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Lebanon, Israel sign ‘framework agreement’ to end hostilities

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement to end fighting following weeks of negotiations brokered by the Trump administration, which had left Jerusalem out of separate talks aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war.

Secretary of...

Emboldened democratic socialists are targeting Hakeem Jeffries. Jewish leaders are rushing to his defense.

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — As they celebrated a series of resounding victories for their congressional and state legislative candidates in primaries across New York City on Tuesday night, attendees at democratic socialist Claire Valdez’s...

Take a look at the antisemitism command center inside Gillette Stadium

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts – For the past five years, a specialty “command center” that researches antisemitism has been operating inside the New England Patriots’ home stadium in this Boston suburb.

Wall-sized screens, refreshed every minute, show...

Alan Greenspan, longtime Fed chairman who inspired Jewish pride and antisemitic conspiracy theories, dies at 100

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — WASHINGTON – Alan Greenspan, the free markets champion whose longevity shaping the American economy was grist for the mills of Jewish pride and antisemitic conspiracy mongering alike, has died at 100.

Greenspan, who led the...

U.K. PM Starmer leaves behind mixed record on antisemitism

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who resigned the premiership on Monday, leaves behind a mixed record on fighting antisemitism in the Labour Party that Jewish organizations say will help shape their expectations for his successor.

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IDF to remain in Lebanon ‘as long as we need to protect our people,’ Netanyahu says

By JNS STAFF   (JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces will remain in Southern Lebanon “as long as we need to protect our people” from Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit on Sunday night....

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal — but more quietly so far than in 2015

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — A growing number of Jewish groups are pushing back against the new memorandum of understanding brokered between President Donald Trump and Iran.

At least for now, however, their responses are more muted than when the...