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Visitors walk past an enlarged reproduction of 'Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp' on August 20, 2026 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. (Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
Antisemitism
ADL calls out ‘systemic’ anti-Jewish bias in cultural spaces
By Andrew Lapin
The antisemitism organization is monitoring museums, publishing and performance for exclusion of artists.
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)
PoliticsJewish groups hail California law making it the first state to list ‘Jewish’ as an ethnicity
By Sharon Udasin
Rabbi Phil Bressler, of Beit Am in Corvallis, Ore., at the Oregon Hillel Foundation’s new sukkah after its previous one was stolen on either Sept. 28 or 29, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of the Oregon Hillel Foundation)
Campus crimeEverything literally under the sukkah was taken,’ Oregon Hillel says of holiday theft
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
People vote in New York's primary elections at an armory and YMCA in Brooklyn on June 23, 2026, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
PoliticsDemocratic socialists scored big primary wins. But that’s not the whole story.
By Sharon Udasin
People vote in New York's primary elections at an armory and YMCA in Brooklyn on June 23, 2026, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
October 5, 2026, 8:04 am
Democratic socialists scored big primary wins. But that’s not the whole story.
DSA-backed candidates, sharp critics of Israel, made historic gains. But a closer look makes clear they’re not taking over the Democratic Party – so far.
By Sharon Udasin
Rabbi Phil Bressler, of Beit Am in Corvallis, Ore., at the Oregon Hillel Foundation’s new sukkah after its previous one was stolen on either Sept. 28 or 29, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of the Oregon Hillel Foundation)
October 2, 2026, 12:20 pm
Everything literally under the sukkah was taken,’ Oregon Hillel says of holiday theft
“The feeling that our new home could be desecrated so quickly—really unsettling and really sad,” Lenny Steinberg, of the Hillel, told JNS.
By Aaron Bandler | JNS
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)
October 2, 2026, 11:09 am
Jewish groups hail California law making it the first state to list ‘Jewish’ as an ethnicity
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom supported the legislation but voiced reservations about its implementation.
By Sharon Udasin
Rabbi Steve Leder served as a consultant on Season 1 of Netflix's "Nobody Wants This." (Courtesy)
October 1, 2026, 12:40 pm
Rabbi who coached Adam Brody for ‘Nobody Wants This’ calls him ‘ignorant Jew’ over Gaza ‘genocide’ comments
Rabbi Steve Leder asserted that “there is no genocide in Gaza.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Visitors walk past an enlarged reproduction of 'Five-Way Portrait of Marcel Duchamp' on August 20, 2026 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, NY. (Liao Pan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)
October 1, 2026, 10:53 am
ADL calls out ‘systemic’ anti-Jewish bias in cultural spaces
The antisemitism organization is monitoring museums, publishing and performance for exclusion of artists.
By Andrew Lapin
The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Art Bromage/Pixabay)
September 30, 2026, 8:42 am
US Senate blocks resolution on Judea and Samaria rights report
Lawmakers rejected a measure demanding an assessment of Israeli actions in the biblical heartland after opponents warned it politicized the alliance.
By JNS Staff
Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference Nov. 5, 2025, the day after winning New York City's mayoral election. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
September 29, 2026, 11:06 am
Mamdani’s plan to combat antisemitism ‘fails to address’ anti-Israel rhetoric, Jewish groups say
Groups applaud funding for security and Holocaust education.
By Joseph Strauss
Raed Yousef in a September 2026 booking image. (Pinellas County Sheriff's Office)
September 28, 2026, 3:45 pm
Florida beauty store owner who wanted to behead Jews charged with funding Hamas
Raed Yousef charged with 19 felonies for allegedly sending $45,000 to terrorists, in latest in series of cases claiming sham charities sent money to Gaza terrorists
By Luke Tress
Chairs propped up on desks in an empty classroom (Credit: Taken/Pixabay)
September 28, 2026, 11:43 am
EXCLUSIVE: Emails reveal LA public school teacher saying no other views on ‘ongoing genocide in Palestine’
Mika Hackner, of NAVI, told JNS that “it is not the role of a teacher to bring their own personal political views into the classroom.”
By Aaron Bandler
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaks at the J Street National Conference in 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
September 28, 2026, 7:39 am
Jewish establishment heavy hitters are joining J Street in a sign of the changing times
For 18 years, J Street sought a seat at the table with mainstream pro-Israel organizations. Now it’s building its own table.
By Ron Kampeas
Hannah Gann, a Jewish public school teacher and activist in Philadelphia who pretended to be Palestinian for years, addresses a meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Dec. 4, 2025.(Screenshot)
September 24, 2026, 8:31 am
A Jewish teacher in Philadelphia pretended to be Palestinian for years
Hannah Gann, a local pro-Palestinian activist, said she “outright lied about my background.”
By Andrew Lapin
Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was killed in a terror attack in 1994, addresses the crowd at a rally outside the United Nations. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
September 24, 2026, 8:10 am
Hundreds rally at UN to urge world leaders to address antisemitism 
“Antisemitism must stop. Not tomorrow. Not when it becomes politically expedient. Right now.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks at the opening ceremony of the 2026 BBYO International Convention in Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy of BBYO)
September 23, 2026, 2:34 pm
Could going to synagogue help or hurt a Jewish candidate? This poll offers a clue
New poll shows how practicing Judaism could factor into electability
By Jacob Kornbluh
Israeli poet Hamutal Bar-Yosef greets Palestinian neighbors. (Courtesy of Sheep Meadow Press, via the Forward)
September 22, 2026, 3:37 pm
An Israeli poet was scheduled to do a reading in New York. Then her publisher called
Despite Hamutal Bar-Yosef’s close ties to the Palestinian community at home, an anti-Israel climate prompted her publisher to reconsider bringing her to the U.S.
By Manya Brachear Pashman
A black studio camera (Credit: Donald Tong/Pexels)
September 22, 2026, 3:07 pm
Richmond film festival doubles down on Israeli films after it was boycotted last year
“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.
By Mike Wagenheim | JNS
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