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Trump says he has ‘largely negotiated’ Iran deal, including Strait of Hormuz opening

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — President Donald Trump announced in a post on Truth Social Saturday afternoon that a deal with Iran had been “largely negotiated,” despite saying earlier in the day that he was undecided on whether to agree...

Argentine official who investigated death of AMIA prosecutor charged with covering up evidence

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — The former prosecutor who led the investigation into a mysterious 2015 death that unnerved Argentina’s Jewish community has been charged with concealing evidence in the case.

Viviana Fein was indicted on May 12 on charges...

Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — More than 500 rabbis, cantors and Jewish communal leaders have signed onto a letter calling on Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, to rescind and apologize for remarks describing J Street as a...

AOC and other leading Democrats condemn Texas candidate Maureen Galindo over antisemitic rhetoric

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Rabbi Mara Nathan says watching an antisemitic conspiracy theorist emerge as a serious contender for a U.S. House seat in her Texas district has been “very disorienting.”

Nathan lives and works in San Antonio, where...

What Tuesday’s primaries tell us about Democrats, Republicans and the Israel issue

By AMI EDEN

(JTA) — Reading the polls and listening to conservative podcasts, you would understandably think that Republicans are souring on Israel and poised to start voting like Democrats on the issue. At least a little. But the congressional...

Jewish groups denounce fatal shooting at San Diego mosque, say it proves need for security funding

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — Jewish groups are denouncing a fatal shooting at a mosque in San Diego in which three people, including a security guard, were killed. They are also saying the incident, which follows attacks on synagogues, underscores...

German court allows pro-Palestinian encampment in Hamburg park where Jews were deported by the Nazis

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Activists in Hamburg are commemorating the displacement of Palestinians this week in a park where Jews were deported during World War II, following a legal fight that ended in their favor. 

A German court...

Mamdani releases ‘Nakba’ day video, gets angry reactions from Jewish leaders

By DEBRA NUSSBAUM COHEN   (JNS.org)  – Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, posted a video on Friday of a woman, who says that her family left its home in Jerusalem during Israel’s War of Independence.

“Today marks Nakba Day,...

Israeli soldier slain in Hezbollah drone attack

By JNS STAFF   (JNS.org)  – An Israel Defense Forces soldier was mortally wounded in a Hezbollah drone strike in Southern Lebanon, the military confirmed on Saturday night.

Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from the Samaria town of Itamar, served...

Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his district

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Rep. Steve Cohen, the Jewish Democrat from Tennessee at the center of a controversial Republican-led redistricting push, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection.

In his press conference announcing his decision, the congressman also...