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Trump: Hamas must return hostage remains ‘quickly’ or face ‘action’ from peace-deal partners

 By JNS STAFF   (JNS.org) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday urged Hamas to free over the next 48 hours the remains of deceased hostages the terror group still holds in Gaza or face action by “the other...

Hadassah to honor Betty Moore as ‘Woman of Valor’ on Nov. 2

The Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah honored Betty Moore at a special dairy brunch on Sunday, November 2 at the Windsor Court Hotel. 

The honor of a “Woman of Valor” refers to the Eishet Chayil Jewish hymn sung to...

650+ US rabbis sign letter opposing Zohran Mamdani and the ‘political normalization’ of anti-Zionism

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — As the New York mayoral election draws near, a group of 650 rabbis and cantors from across the United States have signed onto a letter voicing their opposition to mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani and the...

Federal judge allows Northwestern to block enrollment for students who boycotted antisemitism training

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A federal judge in Chicago allowed Northwestern University to discipline students who refused to watch an antisemitism training video.

Judge Georgia Alexakis declined Monday to issue a restraining order in a lawsuit filed by Northwestern...

Graham Platner, populist progressive running for Senate in Maine, reveals Nazi tattoo on his chest

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — An oyster farmer and progressive military veteran running an insurgent campaign for Maine’s Democratic Senate nomination admitted this week to having had a Nazi tattoo for nearly two decades.

Graham Platner shared video of himself...

Joint JEF/NCJW/Hadassah Rosh Chodesh event set for Nov. 20

Sarah Waxman, the CEO OF At the Well, an online community space for Jewish spiritual connections, will be the featured speaker at a special Rosh Chodesh Kislev event being jointly sponsored by the Jewish Foundation of Louisiana (JEF), the Greater...

‘Redemption War’: Israeli gov’t approves new name for fighting sparked by Oct. 7 attacks

By JNS STAFF

 (JNS.org) – Israel’s government on Sunday backed a proposal by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rename the seven-front war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, from “Iron Swords” to “War of Redemption.”

“After two...

Day after dodging question on ‘Fox,’ Mamdani says in mayoral debate, ‘of course’ Hamas must disarm

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – In the city with the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, the candidates for New York City mayor clashed over the Jewish state and its war with Hamas in a three-way debate on Thursday...

Mike Johnson denounces Young Republicans’ group chat that praised Hitler as JD Vance downplays uproar

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday said Republicans “roundly condemn” a leaked group chat in which Young Republican officials joked about gas chambers, praised Adolf Hitler and used racist, antisemitic and homophobic slurs, as well as an...

Palestinian man who allegedly participated in Oct. 7 attack on Israel arrested in Louisiana

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — A Palestinian man in Louisiana was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors accused him of participating in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.

Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi, 33, a Palestinian resident of Lafayette, Louisiana,...