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JD Vance: Israeli Cabinet shouldn’t be criticizing ‘only powerful ally’ left in the world

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — Israeli critics of the Iran deal should be wary of alienating President Donald Trump, particularly given their country’s dependency on U.S. military aid, Vice President JD Vance told reporters on Thursday.

“Donald J. Trump is...

Trump nominee defends college cartoon of Jewish student with devil horns at Senate hearing

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — President Donald Trump’s pick for general counsel of the agency that oversees federal workers’ labor rights testified in Congress on Wednesday that he does not believe a cartoon he published in college that depicted a...

Trump announces deal with Iran is ‘now complete’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — President Donald Trump announced Sunday that a deal to end the war with Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “now complete.”

“Congratulations to all! I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of...

Hadassah to offer “Alive and Beating” seminar on transplants, organ donation

The Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah will be presenting an informative seminar on the ethical, emotional and cultural dimension of organ donation and transplantation.

Titled “Alive and Beating, The Power and Ethics of Transplant Medicine,”...

Hebrew Union College claims Ohio’s charity-law suit violates its First Amendment rights

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The Reform movement’s central rabbinical seminary filed a motion to dismiss the state of Ohio’s lawsuit against the school Friday, claiming the suit violates “foundational Jewish religious doctrine.”

It was the latest escalation in a...

Graham Platner, anti-Israel progressive, sews up Democratic Senate nomination in Maine

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Graham Platner, the anti-Israel progressive who took Maine’s political establishment by storm this spring, has officially prevailed in his state’s Democratic Senate primary.

Multiple news outlets called the race within 90 minutes of the polls...

France bans Smotrich as 6 countries impose new sanctions over Israeli settler violence

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Six countries have imposed coordinated sanctions against Israeli groups over settler violence in the West Bank, with France barring Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, from its borders.

France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway...

Milei praises ‘Judeo-Christian values’ at Chabad event as Argentina courts European Jews

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — BUENOS AIRES — Argentine President Javier Milei exalted “Judeo-Christian values” on Monday as he spoke to a crowd of 1,800 people celebrating the 32nd anniversary of the death of the last Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi.

Milei has...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro sparks outcry over tweet reading ‘Heil Hitler’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Colombia’s outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, sparked fierce condemnation from Israeli and Latin American leaders after he tweeted the phrase “Heil Hitler” Sunday in response to an op-ed endorsing a candidate in the country’s upcoming presidential...

Iran says it has finished striking Israel, after Trump says both countries ‘must immediately stop’

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Iran says it has completed its attack on Israel after its missile barrage on Sunday night launched the first direct exchange of hostilities since April.

Iran’s military command said the barrage, which did not do...