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At LA mayoral forum, candidates weigh in on Israeli genocide charges and antisemitism

By RYAN TOROK

(JTA) — LOS ANGELES —  Mayoral candidates grappled with the use of the word “genocide” to describe the Gaza war and how Israel’s foreign policy intersects with domestic issues as they vied Tuesday night for votes at at...

Far-right Israel critic James Fishback likens abortion to the Holocaust in Ole Miss speech

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — James Fishback, a fierce critic of Israel and a far-right politician, offered scathing remarks about the Jewish state and likened abortion to the Holocaust during an address at the University of Mississippi on Tuesday evening.

Fishback,...

Figures who once defined Jewish establishment line up behind J Street

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — J Street, the Jewish advocacy group that calls itself pro-Israel and pro-peace, has sought a seat at the Jewish establishment table since its inception in 2008 – and has been repeatedly rebuffed. 

Now it is building...

Police label shooting in Belleville, Ontario, a hate-motivated attack against the Jewish community

By EMMA PAIDRA

(JTA) — TORONTO – The shooter who opened fire on a Belleville, Ontario, synagogue Sunday evening committed an anti-Jewish hate-motivated offense, according to the city’s police chief.

“This was a deliberate attack directed at members of the Jewish...

Hundreds rally at UN to urge world leaders to address antisemitism 

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(JTA) — Hundreds of members of New York’s Jewish community competed against stand-still traffic, security details and dozens of black SUVs Wednesday night to reach Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza near the United Nations. 

Their plea? For world leaders at...

Jewish Dems in Congress oppose plans to merge Holocaust and antisemitism envoys

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — Nearly two dozen Jewish Democrats in Congress signed a letter opposing plans to fold the State Department’s standalone Holocaust envoy office into the office of Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the Trump administration’s special envoy to monitor and...

A Jewish teacher in Philadelphia pretended to be Palestinian for years

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — A Jewish public school teacher and pro-Palestinian advocate in Philadelphia has admitted to fabricating Palestinian, Tunisian and Black heritage to her colleagues for years, in a case that some online commenters are dubbing “the Palestinian Rachel...

Attacks on synagogues were part of massive ISIS-inspired plot by Pittsburgh-area man, FBI says

By DEREK CANEY

(JTA) — A 21-year-old man from Valencia, Pennsylvania, suggested poisoning food in synagogues as part of a mass attack in support of the terrorist group Daesh (Islamic State) last week.

The suspect, Jonathan Kramer, said in an online...

After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach Holocaust books ‘Night,’ ‘Anne Frank’

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — The lieutenant governor of Texas says his recent call for the state’s public schools to remove “over 2,000 titles” of “dirty, filthy and vulgar books” was not meant to include books about the Holocaust.

Dan Patrick’s...

Jewish radio host Sid Rosenberg says he ‘charmed’ JD Vance, after slamming his stances on Israel

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — Conservative radio personality Sid Rosenberg, a vocal critic of JD Vance’s positions toward Israel, left a meeting with the vice president on Thursday giddy with optimism. 

“I went in there with very low expectations,” Rosenberg told...