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Voting stickers at a polling station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
September 10, 2026, 12:41 pm
Poll shows two-thirds of U.S. Jewish voters will favor Democrats in November
Despite tensions over Israel and rising antisemitism, respondents ranked affordability and the future of democracy as their top issues in the midterms.
By Ron Kampeas
Protesters from Crown Heights Bites Back shove a Jewish man at a rally in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, August 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 8, 2026, 8:03 am
In protests and politics, ‘Zionists’ are being blamed for NYC housing woes
Street activists and politicians connect local real estate challenges to Israeli policies, merging two of NY’s top concerns into what historian describes as a ‘new phenomenon’
By Luke Tress
Gloria Steinem at a women's conference held at the LBJ Library on Nov. 9, 1975. (LBJ Library photo by Frank Wolfe, Wikipedia Commons)
September 3, 2026, 9:45 am
When Gloria Steinem identified as a Jew most
‘Never in my life have I identified as a Christian,’ she said, ‘but wherever there is antisemitism, I identify as a Jew’
By Benjamin Cohen
California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers his final state budget plan at California's State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
September 2, 2026, 9:51 am
California lawmakers pass bills to address antisemitism, deem ‘Jewish’ an ethnicity and protect religious observance
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has until Sept. 30 to sign bills into laws or veto them.
By Sharon Udasin
Stein Stein, owner of Steve Stein's Famous Deli in Northeast Philadelphia, the day after his last day in business, Aug. 24, 2026. (Jon Marks)
September 2, 2026, 9:11 am
Northeast Philadelphia says goodbye to its last Jewish deli
Steve Stein’s Famous Deli and Restaurant closes
By Jon Marks
Designer John Galliano and then Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour attend the Fashion Awards 2021 at Royal Albert Hall, London, Nov. 29, 2021. (David M. Benett/Getty Images)
August 31, 2026, 5:12 pm
John Galliano bows out of Met exhibition as backlash over antisemitism mounts
A decision to honor the designer despite his past antisemitic and anti-Asian remarks drew mounting opposition in recent weeks from politicians, prominent donors and Jewish leaders.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Chairs propped up on desks in an empty classroom. (Credit: Taken/Pixabay)
August 31, 2026, 10:07 am
Brandeis Center urges release of documents on foreign funding sources for schools
"The American public has a right to know who is funding our universities, particularly when that funding may influence academic programs, what is taught and who is teaching it.”
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
(L-r) Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, joins Maryland U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin and Michigan U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell for a town hall in Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 26, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 30, 2026, 8:09 pm
Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops
The Senate candidate and a prominent Jewish House Democrat seek to move beyond the streamer’s latest remarks about American Jews.
By Andrew Lapin
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus during the party's nominating convention in Lansing, Mich., Aug. 29, 2026. During the meeting, El-Sayed apologized for earlier comments he had made about an attack on a synagogue in the state, in which he had said, "Hurt people hurt people." (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 30, 2026, 7:33 pm
Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for his past Temple Israel comments in meeting with state’s Jewish Dem caucus
“I made a mistake,” the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee said about his earlier remarks on the synagogue attack.
By Andrew Lapin
An Emergency Solidarity Shabbat at Washington Square Park on May 3, 2024 in New York City. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 27, 2026, 8:47 am
Some young Jews are pulling back from Jewish spaces over Israel discourse
A survey also found that three-quarters of young Jewish adults in the U.S. regularly do something Jewish.
By Grace Gilson
Gov. Josh Shapiro has announced plans to seek reelection . (Photo by David Rullo)
August 26, 2026, 11:16 am
66% of likely in-state voters think Shapiro doing well or should do more on Israel
Just 14% thought that the Jewish Democratic governor is too supportive of the Jewish state, according to a new survey.
By Jonathan D. Salant
Music legend Dolly Parton on stage at the Grand Ole Opry during a live broadcast in Nashville, Tenn., on April 23, 2005. (Credit: U.S. Department of Defense photo by Tech. Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby, U.S. Air Force/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
August 26, 2026, 9:46 am
Music legend Dolly Parton, country singer and songwriter, dies at 80
President Donald Trump announced that he would lower the American flag nationwide for one week in honor of the star of sound and stage.
By JNS
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, at left, looks on as Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the former director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, speaks in support of his campaign in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
August 25, 2026, 1:31 pm
In the Michigan Senate race, will anyone take AIPAC’s money?
Reports say the GOP candidate would like the pro-Israel lobby to refrain from direct spending on his campaign against the progressive Democrat.
By Andrew Lapin
Close-up of a tablet showing a social media post (Credit: Pixabay)
August 24, 2026, 12:16 pm
Online study tracks migration of antisemitic language from fringe forums to mainstream platforms
The Institute for Strategic Dialogue tracked the process by which extremist vocabulary enters mainstream discourse while retaining its original meaning among insiders and becoming more “deniable” to outsiders.
By JNS
Mark Ruffalo (Photo by Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)
August 23, 2026, 10:30 am
Mark Ruffalo embroiled in antisemitism row with Paramount over Israel
“We are, as always, troubled when antisemitic tropes are invoked in purported service of a business dispute,” the film production company said as the feud went viral.
By Etgar Lefkovits | JNS
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