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Minneapolis synagogue targeted with antisemitic, pro-Hamas graffiti on Oct. 7 anniversary

By LONNY GOLDSMITH

(JTA) — Graffiti targeting “zionists” and praising Hamas was spray-painted on the preschool wing of a Minneapolis synagogue on Tuesday night, the second anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman said she...

Trump envoys praise Netanyahu, IDF for Gaza deal

By CANAAN LIDOR and AMELIE BOTBOL

(JNS.org) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff on Friday credited the Israel Defense Forces and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for facilitating the ceasefire deal between his country and Hamas.

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Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder is detained as Israeli military intercepts Gaza aid flotilla

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Jewish freelance journalist Emily Wilder, reporting for Jewish Currents, a progressive Jewish publication, was detained by the Israeli military on Monday while covering an aid flotilla bound for Gaza.

Wilder set sail from Italy last...

Bari Weiss, Free Press founder who started as antisemitism crusader, named editor-in-chief of CBS

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Bari Weiss, the journalist who first rose to prominence for her campus campaign alleging antisemitism two decades ago, has been named editor-in-chief of CBS News, a stunning ascent that marks one of the most consequential...

Manchester terrorist identified as Jihad al-Shamie

By CHARLES BYBELEZER

(JNS.org) – Police on Thursday identified the suspect in the deadly Yom Kippur attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England, as Jihad al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.

Two people were killed when Al-Shamie rammed his...

DOJ cites law designed to protect abortion clinics in suit against pro-Palestinian synagogue protesters

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against pro-Palestinian protesters who demonstrated at a New Jersey synagogue last year, citing a federal law originally designed to protect abortion clinics.

The complaint, filed by the U.S....

Federal government shutdown drags into Yom Kippur, pausing Senate negotiations

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The U.S. federal government will last at least into Friday after the Senate paused budget talks to accommodate Yom Kippur.

The government shut down at midnight Wednesday night amid a standoff between Democratic and Republican...

Elon Musk calls ADL a ‘hate group’ that ‘hates Christians’

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Elon Musk has intensified his long-running feud with the Anti-Defamation League, calling the Jewish civil rights group a “hate group” in a post on X, the platform he owns and renamed from Twitter.

“The ADL...

‘Today we burn Jews,’ Argentine students chant in viral video taken on graduation trip

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — A viral video showing a group of high school seniors in Argentina chanting antisemitic slogans during their graduation trip has prompted a wave of condemnation, including from President Javier Milei.

The video, recorded in the...

IDF soldier killed in Samaria terror attack

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday afternoon during a terrorist attack in the area of the Jit Junction in Samaria.

The soldier was identified as Staff Sgt. Inbar Avraham Kav, 20, of the Paratroopers...