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Susan Spicer will add spice to ‘Latkes with a Twist,’ JCRS Chanukah party

The Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS)  has announced chef Susan Spicer, the James Beard Award-winning restaurateur and cookbook author will be the celebrity chef at its 11th annual community-wide Chanukah party titled Latkes with a Twist. This year’s event will...

Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race, as Jewish leaders say historic civic engagement

By ANNA RAHMANAN and JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist nominee who has a history of anti-Israel rhetoric, has won the New York City mayoral race, the Associated Press reported shortly after 9:30 p.m.

At press time,...

‘Clearly have antisemitism element of our party,’ McCormick says at RJC

By JONATHAN D. SALANT

(JNS.org) – As Jewish Republicans gathered in Las Vegas this weekend to celebrate their successful efforts to re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump and cheer the return of the Israeli hostages in a deal that he brokered, one...

Angela Buchdahl, prominent NYC rabbi, ratchets up criticism of Mamdani — and cautions against Jewish infighting

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, one of New York City’s most prominent rabbis, addressed the growing turmoil within New York’s Jewish community over the upcoming mayoral election — delivering a sermon at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue Friday night...

Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington. Now he’s tolerating Trump’s glare.

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — WASHINGTON – When Benjamin Netanyahu met with Donald Trump in February, the Israeli prime minister’s first meeting with the president in his second term, he made clear that he hoped the days of “daylight” between...

JD Vance sidesteps college student’s antisemitic question while defending Trump’s ‘America first’ Israel stance

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance fielded skeptical questions about American support for Israel, including one conspiratorial remark about Judaism, from conservative college students while headlining Wednesday’s stop on the right-wing group Turning Point USA’s nationwide tour.

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As 1000+ rabbis sign anti-Mamdani letter, others decry mounting ‘red lines’ in Jewish communities

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — Two days after Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove delivered a sermon urging congregants to vote against Zohran Mamdani, rabbis across the country were asked to sign a letter quoting him.

By the time it was published Wednesday,...

Trump nominee for Kuwait ambassador, grilled at confirmation hearing, loses support over Israel views

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — After Amer Ghalib became the most prominent Muslim politician in the country to endorse Donald Trump for president last year, he did so on pro-Palestinian grounds. And he was rewarded with a plum position: the...

JD Vance arrives in Israel as ceasefire totters: ‘We are in a very good place’

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Vice President JD Vance arrived in Israel Tuesday, telling reporters that he felt “very optimistic” that the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel would hold despite Israel’s strikes over the weekend in Gaza following the deaths...

Gaza truce frays as Israel hits Hamas after attacks on IDF

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Hamas terrorists attacked Israel Defense Forces in southern Gaza on Sunday, triggering retaliatory airstrikes and high-level political deliberations in Jerusalem as the U.S.–brokered ceasefire deteriorated.

“Earlier today, terrorists fired an anti-tank missile and...