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Kosher milk production in the United States has largely relied on government oversight as a crucial component. (Getty Images)
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Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question?
By Philissa Cramer
The Orthodox Union reported “off the hook” calls after revelations this week that federal testing of milk was being suspended.
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)
Politics72% of American Jews disapprove of Donald Trump’s performance so far, poll finds
By Ben Sales
Pro-Palestinian students and activists protest at an encampment in the campus of California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, May 6, 2024. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images)
AntisemitismADL says antisemitic incidents rose over 80% on college campuses last year
By Grace Gilson
Kosher milk production in the United States has largely relied on government oversight as a crucial component. (Getty Images)
April 25, 2025, 1:31 pm
Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question?
The Orthodox Union reported “off the hook” calls after revelations this week that federal testing of milk was being suspended.
By Philissa Cramer
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)
April 24, 2025, 10:00 am
72% of American Jews disapprove of Donald Trump’s performance so far, poll finds
The survey also said most American Jews dislike how Trump is handling antisemitism in the United States.
By Ben Sales
Sharon Osbourne attends the Los Angeles premiere of Focus Features 'The Bikeriders' at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 17, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Emma McIntyre/WireImage)
April 23, 2025, 1:02 pm
Sharon Osbourne calls for Kneecap to lose US visas after anti-Israel Coachella performance
Other Jewish stars — and Nova festival survivors — are also criticizing the Irish band.
By Grace Gilson
Larry David at a Los Angeles Lakers game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Nov. 15, 2019. (Kevork S. Djansezian/Getty Images)
April 22, 2025, 1:51 pm
Larry David’s ‘My Dinner with Adolf’ essay skewers Bill Maher’s meeting with Trump
The Jewish comedian has long made Nazi references in his satire.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Eric Fingerhut speaks during The Jerusalem Post New York conference on June 03, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
April 22, 2025, 1:44 pm
Jewish Federations CEO privately opposed a Jewish open letter criticizing Trump’s campus actions
Eric Fingerhut opposed a letter signed by major denominations that urged due process for pro-Palestinian protesters.
By Andrew Lapin
An Israel-based think tank analyzed the sermons given by American rabbis and how they changed after Oct. 7, 2023. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 22, 2025, 12:20 pm
An Israeli think tank used AI to analyze 4,400 American synagogue sermons. Here’s what it found.
American rabbis talk about politics more than the Israelis expected.
By Ben Sales
Pro-Palestinian students and activists protest at an encampment in the campus of California State University, Los Angeles, in Los Angeles, California, May 6, 2024. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images)
April 22, 2025, 8:28 am
ADL says antisemitic incidents rose over 80% on college campuses last year
This is the fourth year in a row that antisemitic incidents have broken all previous annual records, the ADL reports.
By Grace Gilson
A member of the band Kneecap displays a Palestinian flag before a Coachella performance that included an anti-Israel display. (Screenshot from Hasan Piker's livestream)
April 20, 2025, 8:57 pm
‘F–k Israel’ message displayed at Coachella music festival and streamed to millions
The Twitch streamer Hasan Piker amplified the message of the Irish band Kneecap.
By JTA Staff
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. (Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo)
April 18, 2025, 9:32 am
‘Distraction’ to say Khalil deportation case a free-speech issue, experts say
“Khalil spent the past year and a half leading an organization that effectively made large areas of Columbia University off-limits for Jewish Zionist students.” — David Litman
By Vita Fellig
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, April 2, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 18, 2025, 9:13 am
Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York already set
The far-right Israeli minister will visit a Yale Jewish society and Chabad.
By Andrew Lapin
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2025, 10:37 am
10 leading US Jewish groups denounce Trump administration’s campus crackdown
Representatives of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements say federal effort ‘only makes us less safe’
By Luke Tress
A Passover songbook burned during an attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's official residence on April 13, 2025. (Commonwealth Media Services)
April 16, 2025, 11:03 am
Alleged Josh Shapiro arsonist believed he was fighting for Palestinians, police say
The suspect reportedly said he was upset over what Shapiro “wants to do to the Palestinian people.”
By Andrew Lapin
The National Transportation Safety Board gives a briefing on the plane crash that killed six in New York's Hudson Valley, April 12, 2025. (Screenshot)
April 15, 2025, 5:22 pm
Jewish family on way to Passover seder killed in NY plane crash
One of the victims, Karenna Groff, played for team USA at the 2019 European Maccabi Games.
By Grace Gilson
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called himself a proud member of the Jewish community at the Tree of Life groundbreaking. (Photo by Dale Lazar)
April 15, 2025, 5:04 pm
Gov. Josh Shapiro: Proud of his faith and ‘getting stuff done’
Judaism played a major role in Shapiro’s upbringing.
By Aaron Troodler
University Hall at Northwestern University. (Wikimedia Commons)
April 15, 2025, 3:04 pm
Northwestern University defaced by anti-Israel graffiti during Passover
Northwestern faces $790 million in funding cuts from the Trump administration over allegations of campus antisemitism.
By Grace Gilson
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