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In Michigan, a Black conservative group pushes Jewish and pro-Israel messaging

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — YPSILANTI, Michigan – A Black conservative group is distributing signs and paying for billboards in Michigan encouraging Black voters to support Jews and Israel, in the days before a contentious U.S. Senate race in which the...

Stevens cheered at Jewish school after backing GOP candidate, as El-Sayed holds tongue

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — YPSILANTI, Michigan – Democratic Michigan U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens was given an extended ovation at a fundraising gala for a Detroit-area Jewish day school Sunday, hours after her endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers for Senate.

The...

Mike Rogers-Ted Cruz event draws Jewish Democratic megadonor who rejects El-Sayed

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – The Republican Jewish Coalition typically isn’t known for drawing committed Democrats to its events.

But that’s what happened Wednesday night at the Townsend Hotel in suburban Detroit, when a campaign event for...

Israel revokes travel permissions for Brad Lander, American rabbis

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Israel revoked travel authorizations for several American rabbis, activists and Jewish New York politician Brad Lander following their work last week with Palestinians harvesting olives in the West Bank.

Emails from Israel’s immigration authority, shared with...

Trump says Jews who support El-Sayed should be ‘ashamed’ of themselves

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — President Donald Trump disparaged Jewish voters who support Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, at a rally in Port Huron on Sunday.

“Any Jewish person that supports this guy should be ashamed of themselves,” Trump...

CAIR Connecticut urges Greenwich schools to stop using Eisner Camp over Israel ties

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Greenwich Public Schools in Connecticut said it would proceed with a planned fall trip for sixth graders at a Jewish camp in Massachusetts as planned this week, despite pressure from a Muslim...

NCJW’s Greater New Orleans Section wins victory in federal court ruling

Led by a legal challenge filed by the Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), non-profit organizations achieved a major victory last week when a federal court permanently struck down a Trump administration ban that...

‘I wanna blow up a synagogue’: Online posts lead to hate crime charge against Utah man

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — A Utah man accused of possessing explosive devices, searching online for nearby synagogues and making online threats to kill Jews pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges including attempting to commit a hate crime.

A federal...

In final Michigan Senate debate, Rogers says Jewish Democrats ‘afraid’ of El-Sayed

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers of Michigan said during the race’s final televised debate Wednesday that some “Jewish Democrats” are “literally afraid” of his opponent, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed,.

“We’re doing exceptionally well with Jewish Democrats...

Pitt officials say some Jewish students were interviewed for campus antisemitism report

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — A spokesman for the University of Pittsburgh now says the school’s campus antisemitism working group did speak to at least some Jewish students and community members beyond those in the group itself before issuing its recommendations. 

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