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Who Leads the Democrats on Israel

Chris Van Hollen weighs a run at Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries calls for dramatic change on Israel. Also: a Haifa rabbi's din rodef, Brad Lander's new spokesman, and a federation that kept riding.

Stephen Miller Gets the Top Job

Trump names Stephen Miller chief of staff and Jewish groups split. Also: Israel demolishes the family homes of a Bedouin man who rescued Nova survivors, and Stanley Zabar dies at 94.

Netanyahu Picks a Fight on Day One

Netanyahu used the new Knesset's first day to claim Arab MKs want Israel destroyed. Also: Jewish voters grade both parties, and Stanley Zabar dies at 94.

Trump Blames Israel for the Midterms

Eight Illinois towns voted against the state's anti-BDS law. Oak Park and seven townships passed nonbinding measures last week urging repeal.

Philly Answered the Boycott Ride

A Philadelphia bike ride against six Jewish-owned restaurants drew lines out the door. Also: Israel's Channel 13 suspends Eyal Berkovic, Aryeh Deri leaves the Knesset, and a Reform rabbi calls the American Jewish golden age over.

Eisenkot Gets the First Shot

Herzog gives Gadi Eisenkot the first try at forming Israel's next government. Also: a Christian Zionist group accuses Vance of a dog whistle, a Paris court orders a Nazi-looted Pissarro returned, and the real man behind a Cabaret character.

A bike ride against six restaurants

A Philadelphia bike ride targets six Jewish and Israeli-owned eateries on the eve of Kristallnacht, and the state's leaders push back. Also: Eisenkot gets 67 recommendations, a Montreal kosher bakery burns, and Hanukkah gelt you can't eat.

Vance Blames the War, and Israel

JD Vance says the Iran war cost Republicans the midterms and lists changing the relationship with Israel as a fix. Also: Eisenkot pulls ahead in Herzog's consultations, and a Brooklyn council member grades Jewish voters.

Trump Says Israel's Aid Ends

Trump told Fox News that U.S. military aid to Israel stops after 2026, and Israel's Defense Ministry says it didn't expect it. Also: Israel's election goes official over Likud's objections, a bomb threat at a Greek port, and Gail Simmons on being a good guest.

Tucker Carlson's Nuclear Fan Fiction

Swastikas on four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg, two Election Day House races where both candidates are pro-Israel, 18 settlers detained at a West Bank outpost, and Israel's election chief tells Likud no.

Haley Stevens Endorsed the Republican

Rep. Haley Stevens backed Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race two days before Election Day. Also: Israel's election chief says the count stands, Britney Spears is reading Psalms, and RFK Jr.'s compliment to the Jews gets returned.

Four More Charged in Michigan Plot

Four more people were charged in an alleged campaign against Jewish groups and University of Michigan leaders. Also: Israel's Joint List offers outside support to an anti-Netanyahu government, and three generations of Granoffs run the New York City Marathon.

The Haredi party eyeing Eisenkot

Israel's final count leaves both blocs short, and United Torah Judaism is weighing whether to let Gadi Eisenkot govern. Plus a California plate in court and a dictionary that won't budge.

Netanyahu's Bloc Beat the Exit Polls

With about 90% of ballots counted, Netanyahu's bloc had 53 seats to Gadi Eisenkot's 48, both short of 61. Also: Judge Alvin Hellerstein dies at 92, and the Chofetz Chaim's yeshiva reopens.

Israel Voted. Nobody Got to 61.

Israel's exit polls leave Netanyahu's bloc and the Jewish-led opposition both short of a majority. Also: Israel pulls Brad Lander's travel permit, and a Phoenix synagogue sends Kristallnacht-era Torah textiles home to Berlin.

Israel Votes With No Clear Winner

Israel votes with neither bloc polling at 61 seats. Also: an Oslo auction pulls a Torah fragment, L.A. schools rule on anti-Israel advocacy, and Cenk Uygur's PAC ad gets disowned by its own candidate.

The General Wanted It in Writing

Israel's army chief reportedly asked Netanyahu for signed legal authorization before a military action tied to Iran. Also: Bill Ackman wants Ben Gvir and Smotrich out, Britain's Board of Deputies calls the Greens racist, and CAIR goes after a Reform camp.

Tel Aviv Rallies for an Oct. 7 Inquiry

Organizers say more than 100,000 people rallied in Tel Aviv for a state inquiry into Oct. 7, two days before Israel votes. Also: Netanyahu floats crypto as a way around sanctions, and the Chabad man stabbed in the Diamond District goes back to work.

Israel votes Tuesday, and it's tied

The final Times of Israel poll has Eisenkot's Yashar at 23 and Likud at 21, each bloc at 51. Also: a Diamond District stabbing, six pipe bombs in Utah, a Nebraska ad that blows up puppies, and Robert Kraft's $32 million night.

AIPAC Stops Endorsing Candidates

AIPAC tells members it will stop endorsing candidates and giving through its PAC. Also: the IDF detains Brad Lander at a West Bank olive harvest, and Malaysia bans Waze for civil servants.

Punched for Looking Jewish in London

A man punched visibly Jewish women in north London, and Shomrim volunteers held him for police. Also: an upstate New York PAC for liberals who fight antisemitism, and JD Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu.

Benny Gantz Quits the Race

Benny Gantz quit Israel's election. Blue and White won't stand on October 27, Gantz said Monday, after polls kept putting it below the threshold.

Trump Picks a Side in Israel

Trump gave Netanyahu his "complete and total endorsement" nine days before Israel votes. Also: rioters broke into a Paris synagogue, an Israeli think tank on what Israeli policy costs Jews abroad, and Pitt's antisemitism report that never asked Jewish students.

Settlers Beat a Washington Post Photographer

Some 80 masked settlers beat Washington Post photographer Heidi Levine near Ramallah. Also: John Paulson gives Hebrew University $250 million, a Nevada House candidate's Nazi-talk forum, and the Jewish NBA depth chart.

Nobody Has 61 Seats Yet

Israel votes Oct. 27, and this week's polls give neither bloc the 61 seats it needs. Plus Obama in Belfast, a Justice Department event in a Michigan shul, and Wikipedia's leftover edits.

A Dublin Hotel Asks About the IDF

A Dublin hotel canceled 70 rooms booked for an antisemitism conference after its manager asked whether the IDF would be involved.

Netanyahu Reportedly Pushed for Iran Strikes

Channel 12 reports Netanyahu asked Trump to restart the Iran war before two elections. Also: three alleged plots against AIPAC targets, the Weitzman museum's Smithsonian bid, and a Louise Nevelson memorial looking for a home.

A Cluster Bomb on a School Hike

A suspected Hezbollah cluster bomb killed a boy on a school hike in northern Israel. Also: anti-Jewish hate crimes up 10% in England and Wales, and Michigan's Senate debate costs Abdul El-Sayed some Jewish Democrats.

Netanyahu Wants the NAZA Soldiers Probed

Netanyahu asks Israel's top law and security officials to unmask and investigate the soldiers in NAZA. Also: one in five Israelis still struggling since Oct. 7, a 300-meter stretch of Jerusalem's Lower Aqueduct, and our take on Abdul El-Sayed's Meet the Press answers.

Columbia's October 7th Blush Sauce

Columbia blames a menu template for an "October 7th Blush Sauce." Also: Hochul signs New York up for the federal scholarship tax credit, a transcript has Netanyahu's chief of staff asking to change an Oct. 7 timestamp, and Hanukkah Barbie's sweater comes in 2XL.

The Surge Didn't Fade

An 18-year-old allegedly planned to shoot up the Mall of America because he thought Jews owned it.

A Jewish Theater Drops a Zionist

Mamdani's Oct. 7 statement accused Israel of genocide. In an X post, New York's mayor mourned the Israelis killed and kidnapped, then turned to Gaza.

Don't Speak Hebrew in Crowds

Israel warns citizens abroad ahead of the Oct. 7 anniversary, Ofri Bibas Levy answers a radio host who called her despicable, and 733 American Jews tell researchers what still hurts. Plus Alon Shaya's new cookbook.

The Hillel Director on the Poster

Flyers around the University of Oregon campus showed Hillel director Lenny Steinberg's photo under the banner "enemy of the people" and called for "Hillel off campus."

Texas Hangs the Ten Commandments

A Texas judge orders the Ten Commandments into every Galveston classroom, and we side with the two rabbis fighting it. Also: Britain's Greens vote that Zionism is racism, Israel bars crews from 27 countries after the flydubai attack, and the IDF chief thanks the analyst who warned about October 7.

Oman Grounded the Flydubai Copilot

The UAE calls the flydubai cockpit attack terrorism, and Oman had already grounded the copilot over extremism. Also: Britain's Greens vote on calling Zionism racism, Mamdani on Theo Von, and America's only major etrog grower.

California puts "Jewish" on the form

California becomes the first state to count "Jewish" as an ethnicity on state forms. Also: the Texas Capitol plot goes federal, a rabbi calls Adam Brody ignorant, and Zara pulls another striped costume.

The Passenger Who Watches Mayday

Passengers stopped a flydubai copilot from crashing a plane full of Israelis. Also: an Israeli minister defends Jordan Bardella, LA's mayoral candidates split on genocide, and why deporting a Satmar protester is wrong.

Mamdani's Antisemitism Plan Comes With Money

New York's mayor unveiled a 35-page antisemitism strategy with $1 million for synagogue security. Also: a Jerusalem parade for draft dodgers, and the Fruit Gems return.

Herzog Called the Reform Shul Twice

California puts a buffer around houses of worship, Ireland skips the handshakes, Adam Brody weighs in on Gaza, and a Texas candidate loses Karl Rove.

A German Town Hides Its Stumbling Stones

A German town's CDU and AfD voted to ban stumbling stones from its sidewalks. Also: Gallant says Oct. 7 warnings never reached him, the E1 tender slips past Israel's election, and Yair Golan wants an Arab party in government.

The Bar Mitzvah Candy Is Dead

Jelly Belly discontinued Sunkist Fruit Gems, the kosher gummies American shuls throw at bar and bat mitzvah kids. Also: a Gaza documentary sells out Lincoln Center, the CBC benches a Jewish reporter over a Yom Kippur video, and Munich bids for the Olympics.

Netanyahu Came to Town for Mamdani

Netanyahu spent a good share of his UN speech on New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and Mamdani answered with an olive tree. Also: Belleville police call the synagogue shooting a hate crime, Israel bars two Arab parties, Ted Cruz on young evangelicals, and UC Berkeley's nine-month job offer.

Keep the Holocaust Envoy, Rubio

Israel's ambassador's son was seriously wounded in a West Bank ramming. Argentina will try Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander over AMIA. And 19 Jewish Democrats want the Holocaust envoy's office kept and filled.

A Plot Stopped, A Gunman Dead

UK police break up a plot against Manchester's Jewish community, the gunman who fired on police outside a Canadian synagogue dies of his wounds, Netanyahu previews his UN message for Mamdani, and a Hallmark Hanukkah movie does its homework.

A Deal Hamas Almost Made

A Fatah-aligned former PA minister says he was relaying hostage-deal messages between Israel and Hamas weeks before Oct. 7. Also: a Jerusalem synagogue is hit for the third time in a month, a Reform rabbi's Yom Kippur warning, and Ireland's soccer coach picks a fight with Israel.

The FBI Stopped a Synagogue Plot

A foiled mass-casualty plot against synagogues, a fatal West Bank attack hours before Yom Kippur, and Ed Sheeran finally says something about Macklemore.

Texas Un-Bans the Holocaust Books

Texas's lieutenant governor walked back a book-ban list after Jewish groups flagged it included Night and The Diary of Anne Frank. Also: hundreds rallied outside Mamdani's future home, Deborah Lipstadt opens an antisemitism policy shop, and Yom Kippur begins tonight.

Kraft Just Matched Macklemore's Dare

Robert Kraft got Macklemore thrown off Ed Sheeran's tour. This week he answered the rapper's $1 million dare with $2 million of his own.

Sheeran's Band Just Quit On Him

Ed Sheeran's backing band and three opening acts quit his tour after Macklemore got pulled for a Free Palestine chant. Also: the Supreme Court takes up a living-room minyan case, Congress holds up a bomb sale to Israel, and Mamdani dodges a direct question.

A Foiled Synagogue Poison Plot

A Pennsylvania man allegedly plotted to poison synagogue food with ricin or cyanide after pledging allegiance to ISIS. Also: Ed Sheeran distances himself from dropping Macklemore, a third of Israelis call West Bank settler rioters terrorists, and Noah Wyle wins a second Emmy for one of TV's most Jewish doctors.

Robert Kraft Just Benched Macklemore

Henry Ford's own mansion will finally address his antisemitism when it reopens in 2027, Germany's far right tripled its vote share in a state election, and Robert Kraft got Macklemore pulled off Ed Sheeran's tour.

Kushner Says the Botched Strike Worked

Jared Kushner admits the US turned a failed Israeli strike into a bargaining chip for the Gaza ceasefire. Also: settler violence over Rosh Hashanah, Likud tries to ban Arab-majority parties, and Zohran Mamdani backs protests for Netanyahu's UN visit.

J Street Just Broke Its Own Record

J Street will spend a record $3 million to defeat five AIPAC-backed House Republicans. Also: a Jewish jeweler is out of Iran's Evin Prison but still can't leave the country, and Fauda's most Oct. 7-focused season is the #1 show on Netflix in Lebanon.

The Voice Ground Zero Took

A rabbi who chaplained Ground Zero in 2001 lost his voice to the cancer it caused. Also: Providence ousts its pro-Israel mayor, a Nazi-looted painting turns up in a real estate ad, and Trump wants a war strait named after himself.

NYPD Preps for a Very Different 9/11

NYPD's biggest High Holiday deployment covers Rosh Hashanah and 9/11's 25th anniversary at once, a hate-crime charge on the Upper West Side, eight countries back the UK's settlement import ban, and why 'shill for AIPAC' didn't work in New Hampshire.

The US Just Sank Five Tankers

The US Navy sank five Iranian oil tankers after Iran missed an American warship with ballistic missiles. Also: a Long Island man is reportedly free from Iran's Evin Prison but still can't leave, and Rep. Jared Moskowitz on being a pro-Israel Democrat.

A Gunman Lunged at a Candidate

A man armed with two handguns lunged at Ohio's Jewish gubernatorial candidate. Patrick Havas, 38, pushed toward Amy Acton at Monday's Canfield Fair before troopers stopped him.

Germany's Far Right Just Made History

Germany's far right won a state election for the first time since World War II. Alternative for Germany took 44.4% of Sunday's vote in Saxony-Anhalt, its best result ever.

Hollywood's Jews Split Over Ruffalo

Mark Ruffalo called Paramount's incoming owner an oligarch running 'an apartheid system of oppression' in Gaza; Paramount says the post traded in antisemitic tropes. Also: a Crown Heights Hasid runs constituent services for Mayor Mamdani, and a Jewish family fights the AfD's use of their name.

The Café That Finally Surrendered

A Jerusalem cafe gives in to nine Saturdays of Haredi protest, an Oakland coffee shop that named a drink after Yahya Sinwar finally closes, and JD Vance won't say Tucker Carlson's name.

America's First Kosher Fridge Opens

Skokie, Illinois dedicates the first kosher community fridge in the US to Hersh Goldberg-Polin. Also: Rahm Emanuel tells Democrats to stop hedging on Hasan Piker, and a Jerusalem cafe run by Jews for Jesus weighs closing on Saturdays after weeks of Haredi protest.

The US Just Struck Iran

American forces struck Iranian sites near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran fired back at a US base in Jordan. Also: California becomes the first state to define Jewish as an ethnicity, and Philadelphia loses its last Jewish deli.

Israel and Greece Ink $3.5B Deal

Israel and Greece just signed the largest defense deal in their history: $3.5 billion for a missile-and-drone shield called Achilles Shield. Also today: Nobel laureate Ada Yonath has died at 87, and the Met canceled its own John Galliano show.

The US and Iran Are Shooting Again

The US and Iran traded strikes for the first time in a month, Zelenskyy honored Natan Sharansky, Jerusalem's Old City saw arrests over grave vandalism and spitting at a church, Smotrich wants a gas-tax cut election law may not allow, and the Jewish immigrants who built your childhood toy box.

Milo Yiannopoulos Just Got Deported

Milo Yiannopoulos got deported to the UK. ICE picked up the far-right operator, who ran Ye's 2024 campaign and in April compared Netanyahu's Israel

California May Add 'Jewish' as Ethnicity

California state Sen. Henry Stern introduced a bill that would add 'Jewish' as an ethnicity option on state forms, from school enrollment to prison intake.

Dolly Parton Deserved Better Than This

Dolly Parton gave $1 million to fund early COVID vaccine research, built a literacy program that inspired PJ Library, and gave every Dollywood employee free college tuition. Within an hour of her death, someone put a swastika on her Wikipedia page. Also: a second Reform synagogue in Israel gets its windows smashed, Lindsey Graham's sister wins the runoff for his seat, and a Democrat wins a deep-red Oklahoma Senate primary after trashing AIPAC's money on video.

A Streamer's Warning to American Jews

A Piker-El-Sayed antisemitism flap, a settler attack on activists near Bethlehem, Montreal softens an Israel motion, and mah jongg goes teen.

The NYPD Chief Made It Personal

Providence puts an Israel divestment measure on the ballot, about 200 Haredi protesters shut down a highway over one draft dodger, and Israel closes its probe into the World Central Kitchen killings to international backlash. Plus: NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch's pledge at Central Synagogue, and a Dutch broadcaster's Eurovision boycott.

Shas Pulls Its Own Soldier Ad

Israel's election czar ordered the Haredi party Shas to pull a campaign ad featuring a soldier, a U.S. envoy walked back his own Golan Heights claim, and Bill Ackman is building his own $400 million research institute instead of funding a university.

Argentina Fires an Antisemitic Judge

A federal judge is out in Argentina for calling Jews 'a brood of vipers.' Plus: Britain threatens sanctions over new West Bank settler homes, a Pennsylvania Jewish federation's dream campus becomes its debt, and Yiddish is having a real moment in Italy.

Money Lost Florida's Senate Primary

New York City schools have logged at least 250 antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents since Oct. 7, 2023, per a report sent to Mayor Mamdani's office this month.

The Antisemitic Campaign That Lost

Rep. Randy Fine crushed a Florida primary opponent who ran on 'kill Israelis' talk, winning 56.7% to 18%. Also: a Manhattan synagogue attacker claims he's Jewish, and Naftali Bennett wants Israel to hit Iran directly.

One Antisemitic Hate Crime Every Six Hours

The FBI counted an antisemitic hate crime every six hours last year. Jews were the target in 1,528 hate crimes in 2025 — 63% of all religion-based hate crimes.

A Groyper Is on Florida's Ballot

Vandals hit a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem. Someone broke a window into Kol HaNeshama, in the capital's Baka neighborhood, around 12:30 a.m.

Hate Crimes at Central Synagogue

A man faces hate-crime charges after attacking Shabbat worshippers. Larry Montes, 46, disrupted Friday night services at Manhattan's Central Synagogue; as security walked him

The one café Jerusalem can't leave alone

Feds open Title VI probes at two Cal State campuses. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating San José State

The Lakers cost $12.5 billion

Judge dismisses Trump's Harvard antisemitism suit. Richard Stearns, a federal judge in Boston, threw out the administration's Title VI case against