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NYPD chief pledges to protect Jews at Central Synagogue one week after Shabbat attack

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she felt a “deeply personal” commitment to protect Jews in a speech at Central Synagogue, where she is a member, in the aftermath of an attack during Shabbat...

Providence voters to put Israel boycott movement to major test at the ballot box

By ANDREW LAPIN

As pro-Palestinian progressives find some success at the 2026 ballot box, the long-gestating Israel divestment campaign is looking to capitalize in Rhode Island.

Voters in Providence, the state capital, will vote on a referendum this November saying...

‘Have a problem, call the PM,’ says Netanyahu as he gives out his number in campaign video

By DEBORAH DANAN

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday posted what he described as his personal phone number and invited Israelis to contact him with their questions and problems.

It was an election-season stunt that drew such...

Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

The Dutch public broadcaster Avrotros has pulled out of the next Eurovision Song Contest, saying that Israel’s participation undermined the event’s neutrality.

Avrotros announced on Monday that it was withdrawing from the world’s largest music event...

A Jewish federation had big plans for a community campus. Then the money ran out.

By GRACE GILSON

When the Jewish federation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, laid off its entire support staff earlier this month, the move didn’t come as a surprise. Instead, it felt like an inevitable next step in an inexorable trajectory of decline...

Argentina removes federal judge over antisemitic remarks in historic first

By JUAN MELAMED

An Argentine federal judge was removed from office Tuesday for a series of antisemitic posts on his social media accounts that constituted misconduct incompatible with his role, an impeachment panel ruled.

Alfredo Eugenio López, who headed Federal...

California progressive Wahab ekes out win over AIPAC-backed Hernandez

By SHARON UDASIN

California progressive Aisha Wahab defeated AIPAC-backed moderate Melissa Hernandez in a congressional runoff this week, capping off a contest that had become unexpectedly tight after the pro-Israel lobby entered the fray.

The Associated Press called the race...

UK threatens sanctions after Israel opens bids for E1 settler homes

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – The United Kingdom threatened to sanction Israelis involved in West Bank settlement expansion after the Jewish state’s Lands Authority opened bids for 1,234 homes in the largely underdeveloped E1 section of the West...

Why an anti-Israel DSA member bested Alex Vindman in a Florida Senate primary

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — When Democratic socialist Angie Nixon, an ardent critic of Israel, secured a surprise win in Florida’s U.S. Senate Democratic primary Tuesday over Jewish former Soviet refugee Alex Vindman, pro-Israel advocates expressed alarm that even in the...

Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – Vandals broke into a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem over the weekend, damaging the building and artwork and tearing down Pride flags displayed by the congregation.

Shortly after midnight a group of youths entered the...