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Gene Simmons at the Orpheum Theatre on October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
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Stars read letters linking Jews to Israel at Los Angeles unity fundraiser
By Ryan Torok
Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and others perform in benefit for the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre.
The FBI emblem on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in downtown Washington, D.C. (iStock)
Antisemitism‘I wanna blow up a synagogue’: Online posts lead to hate crime charge against Utah man
By Ron Kampeas
A view of the stage at the 2019 AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
PoliticsAIPAC to halt direct campaign contributions and candidate endorsements
By Sharon Udasin
The FBI emblem on the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building in downtown Washington, D.C. (iStock)
October 23, 2026, 8:58 am
‘I wanna blow up a synagogue’: Online posts lead to hate crime charge against Utah man
Authorities say they found six pipe bombs in the suspect’s residence.
By Ron Kampeas
Crime scene tape during a Sept. 25, 2019, mass-casualty exercise at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Va. (Credit: FBI)
October 22, 2026, 2:56 pm
NYPD probing stabbing of Jewish man in Diamond District as hate crime
The victim was a “Chabad Jew, just walking down the street in the heart of Manhattan,” according to StopAntisemitism.
By Rikki Zagelbaum
A view of the stage at the 2019 AIPAC conference in Washington, D.C. (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
October 21, 2026, 9:50 pm
AIPAC to halt direct campaign contributions and candidate endorsements
The pro-Israel lobby announces it will continue to operate its Super PAC, while focusing on mobilizing individual donors.
By Sharon Udasin
CNN's Christiane Amanpour said during a broadcast on April 3, 2019, that Haifa is located in the West Bank. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
October 21, 2026, 3:45 pm
Christiane Amanpour exits CNN with a legacy shaped by the debate over Israel
The veteran war correspondent earned acclaim for challenging the powerful, but her Mideast reporting drew sharp criticism from some Jewish and pro-Israel viewers.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Gene Simmons at the Orpheum Theatre on October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
October 20, 2026, 9:41 pm
Stars read letters linking Jews to Israel at Los Angeles unity fundraiser
Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and others perform in benefit for the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre.
By Ryan Torok
Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, waves to supporters near his campaign bus after a rally in Flint, Michigan, Oct. 18, 2026. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
October 20, 2026, 9:49 am
Michigan’s El-Sayed doubles down: Israel ‘not an ally’
The Democratic Senate candidate also said that “the government of Israel has done nothing but use us.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Halie Soifer, of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, speaks at the American Zionist Movement forum in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 12, 2018. (Michael Brochstein, SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images)
October 18, 2026, 3:03 pm
Jewish Democrats launch ad blitz blasting Young Republicans for praising Hitler
The campaign targets young voters in battleground states and districts nationwide.
By Sharon Udasin
Pennsylvania state senator Judy Schwank, a Democrat. (Credit: Senate Democratic Caucus, courtesy of Judy Schwank)
October 16, 2026, 1:43 pm
Pennsylvania governor will sign IHRA definition bill when it passes legislature, state senator says
Judy Schwank told JNS that “if we can get it through both bodies and get it to the governor’s desk, he will sign it.”
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman | JNS
Los Angeles, USA - Close-up on the insignia and slogan of a LAPD vehicle, with the reflection of Union Station's tower visible in the car's window. (Getty Images)
October 15, 2026, 12:55 pm
Bomb threat hoaxes called into four U.S. Jewish day schools
Threats targeted schools in Los Angeles, Boca Raton and Brooklyn
By Emma Paidra
Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. (Photo by Carin M. Smilk)
October 15, 2026, 12:25 pm
Pennsylvania senators swear in panel to advise Congress on whether Smithsonian should take over Philadelphia Jewish museum
“Too many people in America learn about Jews from people who don’t like Jews,” Philip Darivoff, chair of the commission, told JNS.
By Andrew Bernard | JNS
New York City Comptroller-elect Mark Levine addresses a crowd outside Park East Synagogue, in New York City, December 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 14, 2026, 10:55 am
NYC comptroller walks back pledge to invest in Israel bonds
The city’s investments in Israel bonds has been an issue for years.
By Luke Tress
Miri Bar-Halpern (Credit: Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 4:12 pm
Psychologists seek APA reforms to protect Jewish patients from ‘decolonial therapy’
“People need to be aware, and institutions need to repair,” Miri Bar-Halpern told JNS. “Clinicians are engaging in activism. It’s not about therapy anymore.”
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Andrea Martin meets with Pennsylvania state senator Jay Costa, who supported her nomination to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, about the position. (Credit: Courtesy, via JNS)
October 12, 2026, 2:00 pm
Jewish law professor appointed to Pennsylvania human rights panel
"I never thought when I sent my kids away to college that Max would have to worry about hot coffee being poured on him in a library.”
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Lawrence Puccini with his Oct. 7 memorial at the University of New Mexico, Oct. 7, 2026. (Credit: Courtesy, via JNS)
October 9, 2026, 4:11 pm
Non-Jewish University of New Mexico student ‘little rattled’ but not discouraged, after students trample his Oct. 7 memorial
“We tried to make it clear to them that this is a memorial that was built for those who died in a horrible terrorist attack,” Lawrence Puccini told JNS.
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Wendy Raymond, the president of Haverford College, testifies during the House Education and Workforce Committee hearing titled “Beyond The Ivy League: Stopping the Spread of Antisemitism on American Campuses” in Congress, May 7, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
October 8, 2026, 5:38 pm
Haverford professor accused of threatening, stalking Jewish person online
Guangtian Ha was previously named in a 2024 antisemitism lawsuit against the school.
By Shira Li Bartov
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