Socialist Colorado congressional candidate Melat Kiros blamed Israel’s activity in the Middle East for inspiring attacks on Jewish people in other countries during an interview on Wednesday. Kiros is part of a wave of anti-Israel, far-left candidates gaining popularity in the Democratic Party. She won her primary in her Denver-area district this week, ousting longtime […]
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Protesters gather outside coffee shop that banned Jewish congressman over Israel support
NEW YORK — Israeli flags and accusations of antisemitism were flying outside a Brooklyn coffee shop on Wednesday morning as protesters slammed the café owners for banning a Jewish congressman over his pro-Israel beliefs. “We’re here today to show that we’re not going anywhere. We’re standing proud in our identity. We’re proud to be Jewish. […]
New book claims Shakespeare was actually a Black, Jewish woman poet named Emilia Bassano
The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written by a Black, Jewish woman. The book, titled, “The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano Willoughby” by Irene Coslet, argues that Shakespeare was actually Emilia Bassano, a Jewish, dark-skinned woman who was an English poet during […]
Jewish safety in New York depends on clear lines and moral courage from Mamdani
Shortly after Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral election, I received a text from a new number. It was the mayor-elect. I felt compelled to speak with him out of my respect for him becoming the new mayor. Our intense and productive conversation came after a violent protest outside my father’s Park East […]
Zohran Mamdani celebrates Hanukkah in video with Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani posted a video of himself celebrating Hanukkah with Jewish actor Mandy Patinkin and his family amid scandals of antisemitism among his staff. The video, posted to Mamdani’s X account on Saturday, featured the mayor-elect joining Patinkin, his wife and his son as they celebrated the first night of Hanukkah. […]
ADL chief warns NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani poses a ‘clear and present danger’ to Jewish community
The head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a warning to New Yorkers after Zohran Mamdani was elected the next mayor of New York City, calling him a “clear and present danger” to the Jewish community and vowing to hold him accountable. “Hundreds of thousands of Jewish New Yorkers are alarmed, and that anxiety is […]
From homeroom to hate: How Jewish students are facing a new kind of pressure in public schools
For most teenagers, the first day of school is filled with a familiar cocktail of nerves and excitement. Who’s in your classes? Will you like your teachers and the subjects? Is your locker anywhere near your best friend’s? It’s the stuff of adolescence—the drama of group chats, homecoming, AP exams and figuring out where you […]
Actor says Mamdani not doing enough to address antisemitism, feels ‘uncomfortable’ admitting he’s Jewish
Arab-Jewish stage actor Ari’el Stachel told MSNBC on Monday that Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani hasn’t done enough to push back on antisemitism from his base and in the city. As an Arab Jew with an Israeli father, Stachel told MSNBC host Katy Tur that he now feels “uncomfortable” revealing his ethnicity […]
Federal judge sides against Jewish students who sued UPenn over antisemitism
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed against the University of Pennsylvania alleging the Ivy League school “permitted, tolerated and/or facilitated multiple antisemitic incidents on its campus that have created a hostile educational environment for Jewish students” in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Mitchell Goldberg, the chief judge of the […]
Justice Department urged to seek death penalty in Capital Jewish Museum murders
The Justice Department should pursue the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez for the first-degree premeditated executions of Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky on May 21st outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. This is a sober decision to make, but not a difficult one. It’s exactly the kind of case where the death penalty is warranted. […]
Jewish World War I soldiers buried under Arlington crosses have headstones reconsecrated with Stars of David
Two Jewish World War I veterans paid the ultimate price for their country and were buried in the hallowed grounds of Arlington National Cemetery – beneath Latin Crosses. Just before Passover, this over century-long mistake has finally been set right. Private David Moser, born September 7, 1898, in Suffern, NY, enlisted in the U.S. Army […]
Hitler wanted to kill me because I’m Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I’m Ukrainian
Editor’s Note: The following is a translated transcript of the address delivered by Roman Shvartsman, the chairman of the Odesa Association of Jews and a Holocaust survivor, at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Special Gathering hosted by the Victor Pinchuk Foundation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 24, 2025, marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale […]