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NY congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier doubles down on attending Oct. 8 pro-Palestinian rally

By GRACE GILSON

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier defended her presence at a pro-Palestinian rally the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel during a wide-ranging interview Friday with progressive...

Israel reportedly tells US about new Iranian plot to assassinate Trump

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Israel has shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had developed a new plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, according to media reports.

Citing an article by The Wall Street Journal Thursday and two...

US strikes 90 Iranian military targets, hours after Trump says ceasefire a ‘waste of time’

By JESSICA RUSSAK-HOFFMAN

 (JNS.org)  – The American military attacked about 90 military targets in Iran, including “air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline,” U.S. Central Command said shortly...

Platner drops Maine Senate bid, hailing campaign effort to ‘end the genocide’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Maine Democrat Graham Platner announced Wednesday evening that he will drop out of the U.S. Senate race following new allegations that he had committed sexual assault.

“We believe that for the movement to continue, it...

Entire Rahm Emanuel speech at Tel Aviv University here

Rahm Emanuel, the former mayor of Chicago and Barack Obama’s first White House chief of staff, was hosted this morning at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

Emanuel, who also served as Joe Biden’s ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025,...

Netanyahu pushes back on Vance’s claims that US is Israel’s ‘only powerful ally’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected Vice President JD Vance’s recent claims that the U.S. is Israel’s “only powerful ally” left in the world.

When asked on Fox News Sunday what his reaction was...

Jewish groups plan to protest Ben-Gvir’s arrival in NYC. Will he show?

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Jewish groups are readying for the arrival of Israeli far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir in New York City next week. 

Several progressive Jewish organizations have planned a protest...

San Francisco Trans March downplays participants’ harassment of LGBTQ Jewish politician Scott Wiener

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The organizers of the San Francisco Trans March downplayed the harassment of gay Jewish congressional candidate Scott Wiener at their event last weekend, saying that “many working class LGBTQ people” believe “he does not represent...

California man gets 1 year in jail time for 2023 death of pro-Israel protester

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A California man who pleaded guilty to the 2023 death of Jewish protester Paul Kessler was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail and two years of felony probation, the Ventura County District Attorney...

Phil Weiser, Jewish state attorney general, wins Colorado Democratic primary for governor

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — The son of a woman born at Buchenwald two days after the concentration camp’s liberation in 1945 will be the Democratic candidate for governor in Colorado.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, a strong supporter of...