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Can an Oklahoma Senate candidate attract voters with an ad tossing out AIPAC ‘trash’?

By SHARON UDASIN

Oklahoma grassroots activist N’kiyla Jasmine Thomas is facing off on Tuesday against centrist Jim Priest in a Democratic Senate race that has become the latest litmus test for progressive politics in a conservative stronghold.

The two candidates...

Providence voters to put Israel boycott movement to major test at the ballot box

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — As pro-Palestinian progressives find some success at the 2026 ballot box, the long-gestating Israel divestment campaign is looking to capitalize in Rhode Island.

Voters in Providence, the state capital, will vote on a referendum this November...

NYPD chief pledges to protect Jews at Central Synagogue one week after Shabbat attack

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she felt a “deeply personal” commitment to protect Jews in a speech at Central Synagogue, where she is a member, in the aftermath of an attack during Shabbat...

Providence voters to put Israel boycott movement to major test at the ballot box

By ANDREW LAPIN

As pro-Palestinian progressives find some success at the 2026 ballot box, the long-gestating Israel divestment campaign is looking to capitalize in Rhode Island.

Voters in Providence, the state capital, will vote on a referendum this November saying...

A Jewish federation had big plans for a community campus. Then the money ran out.

By GRACE GILSON

When the Jewish federation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, laid off its entire support staff earlier this month, the move didn’t come as a surprise. Instead, it felt like an inevitable next step in an inexorable trajectory of decline...

California progressive Wahab ekes out win over AIPAC-backed Hernandez

By SHARON UDASIN

California progressive Aisha Wahab defeated AIPAC-backed moderate Melissa Hernandez in a congressional runoff this week, capping off a contest that had become unexpectedly tight after the pro-Israel lobby entered the fray.

The Associated Press called the race...

Why an anti-Israel DSA member bested Alex Vindman in a Florida Senate primary

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — When Democratic socialist Angie Nixon, an ardent critic of Israel, secured a surprise win in Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary Tuesday over Jewish former Soviet refugee Alex Vindman, pro-Israel advocates expressed alarm that even in the...

University of Washington cancels Hasan Piker event

 By JESSICA RUSSAK-HOFFMAN   (JNS.org) – The University of Washington canceled an event with antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker, which was scheduled for January, the public school told JNS.

JNS reported that not only did the university plan to host the hateful...

A Democratic upset in Connecticut — but Israel was not a factor

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Luke Bronin scored a decisive victory over longtime Rep. John Larson in Connecticut’s Democratic primary Tuesday, marking another defeat for AIPAC which had backed the 14-term congressman.

The pro-Israel lobby group is increasingly viewed as...

Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b

By JACOB GURVIS

(JTA)  – Jewish businessmen Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner are purchasing the NBA’s storied Los Angeles Lakers, ESPN reported Wednesday, in a stunning, record-setting $12.5 billion deal.

The sale  comes barely a year after the team’s controlling...