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Jewish Democrat Jeremy Moss wins primary for Haley Stevens’ old Michigan House seat

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — On the same night a pro-Israel favorite of Michigan’s Jewish community was struggling in her high-profile U.S. Senate Democratic primary to pro-Palestinian progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a Jewish LGBTQ Democrat easily picked up the party’s nomination...

Boy George cedes role of King Herod in ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ production after releasing pro-Israel song

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — Boy George has withdrawn from his run as King Herod in London’s West End revival of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” days before he was due to take the stage and 24 hours after releasing “We Will...

Heeding a Saudi plea, Trump says he canceled a joint U.S.-Israel assault on Iran

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — President Donald Trump said he canceled at the last minute a planned joint assault with Israel on Iran’s energy infrastructure at the behest of “Middle Eastern Countries,” which feared the war blowing up into a...

Maine rabbis call for peace, urge politicians to stop calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Every congregational rabbi in Maine has signed onto a statement calling for peace and urging the state’s political leaders to stop using the term “genocide” to describe Israel’s war in Gaza, following a Democratic primary...

IDF eliminates Hamas commander who infiltrated Nir Oz on Oct. 7

By JNS STAFF and AMERLIE BOTBOL

(JNS.org)  – The Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday that it had killed a Hamas commander who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz during the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.

Salem Jamal Abd al-Rahman Abu Labad,...

United States strikes dozens of IRGC sites in ‘powerful response’ to Iranian attacks

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org)  – The U.S. military launched what it described as a “heavy wave of strikes” against Iranian targets on Wednesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Washington would be “hitting them hard” in response to Tehran’s recent...

Bret Stephens, a stalwart Israel defender, calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank 

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Bret Stephens, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist known as one of the paper’s most consistent defenders of Israel, used his Tuesday column to take direct aim at the country’s handling of settler violence...

2025 was deadliest year for Jews in decades, antisemitism watchdogs in 7 countries conclude

By KELLY HARTOG

(JTA) — A coalition of leading Jewish organizations from seven countries has released a report confirming that 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic violence in the Jewish Diaspora in more than three decades.

More than 20...

Locals line up to show support at Toronto bagel shops hit with gunfire, vandalism

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Locals lined up outside a Toronto bagel shop on Monday in a show of support after attacks on two outposts of the Jewish-owned chain, adding to a string of incidents facing Jewish businesses in...

US ‘Locked and loaded’ for ‘higher level’ attacks on Iran, Trump says

 By ANDREW BERNARD   (JNS.org)  – U.S. President Donald Trump said that he was ready to launch a “higher level” of attacks against Iran on Friday, as the two countries continue negotiations.

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said...