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US ambassador demands that Belgium drop ‘ridiculous and anti semitic’ investigation of mohels

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The U.S. ambassador to Belgium is demanding that Belgium end an investigation into mohels who may have been using unsafe practices while circumcising Jewish babies.

Bill White made the demand, an unusual intervention into another...

Hamas says it has never targeted civilians, Israel carried out Oct. 7

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org – Hamas has never targeted civilians, hospitals, schools or mosques, a senior spokesman for the terrorist group declared in a televised interview aired this week.

Osama Hamdan called all such accusations lies and blamed Israel exclusively...

Mass shooter at Canadian elementary school tweeted antisemitic content 2 days before attack, ADL finds

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — The shooter who killed eight people and wounded dozens more in one of Canada’s deadliest mass shootings Tuesday allegedly tweeted antisemitic content two days before the attack.

“I need to hate jews because the zionists...

Rep. Becca Balint storms out of Epstein hearing after Pam Bondi raises her record on antisemitism

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Rep. Becca Balint stormed out of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday after Bondi deflected questions about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and instead criticized Balint’s record on antisemitism.

Lawmakers called...

Unredacted Epstein files and planned deposition thrust Jewish philanthropist Leslie Wexner back into spotlight

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Newly released federal investigative documents and a looming congressional deposition have renewed scrutiny of Leslie Wexner, the Ohio billionaire philanthropist long known in the Jewish world for his leadership and largesse — and more recently...

1 in 3 American Jews were targeted by an antisemitic incident last year, AJC survey finds

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — One-third of American Jews reported being the target of an antisemitic incident in 2025, according to a new survey published by the American Jewish Committee.

The finding marked no change over the previous year, suggesting...

Human Rights Watch’s top Israel-Palestine staffer quits over shelved report criticizing Israel

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The former executive director of Human Rights Watch is defending the group after two staffers quit over allegations that a report accusing Israel of a “crime against humanity” was blocked from publication.

Omar Shakir, the...

Former Moscow rabbi says he rebuffed proposal to convert a million Russians discussed in Epstein files recording

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — When newly released audio recordings revealed former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak discussing mass conversion and selective immigration with Jeffrey Epstein, disgraced financier and the convicted sex trafficker, the reaction in Israel was swift and...

From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — It was close to 90 degrees back home in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Friday, but Chani Aziza said she was thrilled to be freezing on a sidewalk in Brooklyn.

Aziza was one of thousands...

Credit Suisse had many more bank accounts with Nazi ties than previously known, investigation finds

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — The financial services company Credit Suisse had hundreds more bank accounts with Nazi ties than it had previously revealed, a new investigation reported this week.

The findings were discovered when independent investigators audited UBS, the...