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Theater manager who added ‘the Jews’ to ‘Odyssey’ marquee calls antisemitism ‘exaggerated’

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The manager of a movie theater in suburban Portland, Oregon, is defending a cryptic marquee message about Jews and “The Odyssey” by saying modern-day antisemitism is “exaggerated” to help Israel.

“Before there were the Jews,...

US strikes Iran for eighth straight night after deadly attack on troops

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org)  – The U.S. military struck Iranian targets on Saturday for an eighth consecutive night, hours after U.S. Central Command said the Islamic Republic had killed two U.S. service members in Jordan the previous day.

Iranian coastal surveillance...

In the wake of Graham Platner’s success (and fall), a candidate to replace him changes his mind about ‘genocide’

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — When Jordan Wood vied last fall for the Democratic nomination for Maine’s U.S. Senate seat, he avoided accusing Israel of genocide, citing a link between rising antisemitism and “the language” that people use.

Graham Platner,...

Why Orthodox Jews are pushing back against permanent daylight saving time

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — For many Orthodox Jews, a typical winter weekday begins early: head to synagogue, gather in a minyan for morning prayers, then rush off to work. 

Orthodox Jewish groups say a bill that would make daylight...

AOC urges Clavicular, who visited Tel Aviv, to ‘shed some light’ on the plight of the Palestinians

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said the influencer Clavicular should be informing his followers about the plight of Palestinians, in a sign of how widely Clavicular’s trip this week to Tel Aviv has registered among both Israelis...

US carries out fresh daytime strikes on Iran

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – U.S. Central Command announced on Wednesday that it had carried out renewed airstrikes against Iranian regime targets.The daytime attacks, which lasted some 90 minutes, “further degraded Iran’s ability to attack commercial shipping in the Strait...

PEN America president, defending Israel’s critics, resigns after report warns of threats to Jewish authors

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The president of PEN America resigned over the weekend in protest of a report on boycotts targeting Jewish and Israeli authors, part of yet another round of internal division over Israel at the literary free-speech...

Mike Pence denounces alleged arson of Israeli flag in his Indiana hometown

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has weighed in against antisemitism after officials in his Indiana town say a costly fire may have been caused by arson to an Israeli flag displayed on a local barn.

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Lindsey Graham, pro-Israel Trump confidant in the Senate, dies suddenly at 71

By JTA STAFF

(JTA) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina who has been one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress, has died at 71.

Graham’s office announced his death in a statement early Sunday morning, saying that...

Majority of American Jews feel less safe in the US since Oct. 7, poll finds

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — About 6 in 10 Jewish adults said they feel “less safe” living in the United States than they did before Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, according to a new survey released Friday by...