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Iranian parliament speaker threatens US, Israel

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has threatened to attack the U.S. military and Israel should President Donald Trump authorize strikes against the regime for harming protesters amid growing unrest in the country, the Associated...

After synagogue arson, Mississippi mayor decries bias based on faith, race, ethnicity, sexual identity

By JNS STAFF and LARRY BROOK

(JNS.org) – John Horhn, mayor of Jackson, Miss., stated on Sunday that a fire had “occurred” at Beth Israel Congregation, a Reform synagogue, and the city’s lone Jewish house of worship, which traces its origin to 1860.

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Longtime pro-Israel Democrat Steny Hoyer announces retirement from Congress

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer, Maryland’s longest-serving member of Congress and a lawmaker with longstanding close ties to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC, has announced his retirement.

“I did not want to be one of those members...

Cooper Union settles Title VI antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The Cooper Union has settled a Title VI case of antisemitic discrimination dating back to a highly publicized incident in which Jewish students were trapped in a school library by protesters after the Oct. 7,...

After Australian literary festival drops Palestinian activist, citing Bondi massacre, dozens boycott in solidarity

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — An Australian writers’ festival is facing backlash after it announced it had removed an Australian-Palestinian author from its lineup over concerns her inclusion would “not be culturally sensitive” in the wake of the Bondi massacre.

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Palestinian sentenced to life for 2024 murder of Shoah survivor

By JNS STAFF   (JNS.org) – The Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday sentenced a Palestinian terrorist to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of 83-year-old Ludmila Lipovsky outside her nursing home in the central city of Herzliya on Dec....

Netanyahu: Israel backs Iranian protest movement

By JOSHUA MARKS

(JNS.org) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support on Sunday for anti-regime protests in Iran, telling his Cabinet that Jerusalem stands with Iranians seeking freedom amid the country’s widening unrest and that this may be...

Teen Jewish sisters among 40 dead in Swiss New Year’s fire

By CANAAN LIDOR

(JNS.org) – Twin Italian-Jewish sisters, both in their teens, were confirmed on Sunday to be among the 40 fatalities from a fire that broke out at a hotel in Switzerland at a New Year’s party just...

US captures Maduro, wife in military strike on Venezuela

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – The U.S. military carried out a “large scale strike” against Venezuela overnight Friday and captured President Nicolás Maduro along with his wife, Cilia Flores, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social.

Maduro and his spouse were...

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews — without denting his standing on the pro-Israel right

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — In his brief time in the House, freshman Jewish Congressman Randy Fine has built a reputation for combative outbursts — particularly about Muslims.

But the Florida Republican ignited a new round of controversy earlier this...