anti-Zionism
Julie Paris (back row, second from right) and a group of concerned Peloton users met with company representatives after one of its instructors created an Instagram post, labeling a map of Israel as “Palestine.” Photo courtesy of Julie Paris
Anti-Zionism
Pittsburgher joins push for Peloton to address Jewish users’ concerns over anti-Zionism
By David Rullo
Julie Paris was pleasantly surprised, she said, to receive an invitation from the company to come to New York and meet with Peloton’s executive leadership.
A Brussels Airlines aircraft is seen at Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, September 1, 2026. (Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images)
September 2, 2026, 1:14 pm
Brussels Airlines workers threaten strike over flights to Israel
A Belgian union said that mandatory staffing was “particularly serious in the context of the ongoing war and the genocide in Gaza.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Julie Paris (back row, second from right) and a group of concerned Peloton users met with company representatives after one of its instructors created an Instagram post, labeling a map of Israel as “Palestine.” Photo courtesy of Julie Paris
September 1, 2026, 10:28 am
Pittsburgher joins push for Peloton to address Jewish users’ concerns over anti-Zionism
Julie Paris was pleasantly surprised, she said, to receive an invitation from the company to come to New York and meet with Peloton’s executive leadership.
By David Rullo
(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
Montreal City Hall in Montreal, Canada, September 9, 2025. (Domenico Cippitelli/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
August 26, 2026, 9:36 am
Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion; removed text on cutting ties with Israel
National Jewish organizations strongly opposed the initial language.
By Shira Li Bartov
Dutch singer Claude Kiambe parades during the flag ceremony prior to the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, May 17, 2025. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
August 25, 2026, 7:48 am
Dutch broadcaster pulls out of Eurovision over Israel’s participation
The national network Avrotos said the annual song competition “can no longer be considered neutral.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Rafael Mariano Grossi (front), Rebeca Grynspan (left), Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (second from left) and Macky Sall, candidates for the position of next U.N. secretary-general, during a town hall debate at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, July 23, 2026. (Credit: Mark Garten/UN Photo)
August 24, 2026, 12:07 pm
Jewish candidate for UN sec-gen falls to second place in new round of polling
“After years of bias, failure and eroded trust, the organization needs a leader who is prepared to change the system,” stated Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the global body.
By Mike Wagenheim | JNS
The distinction is often blurred between Israeli restaurateurs and the actions of a government 7,000 miles away. Photo by Rob Eshman
August 19, 2026, 9:38 pm
Israeli restaurants are hiding their identity. New York Magazine won’t say why
A splashy story about Middle Eastern food feature reveals understated violence, blurred facts and a stigma the story itself helps reinforce
By Rob Eshman
Sri Lankan police outside the Chabad House in Sri Lanka, Aug. 14, 2026. Credit: Chabad-Lubavitch.
August 18, 2026, 8:39 pm
Violence erupts outside Chabad House in Sri Lanka
“The fuel here is antisemitism,” Chabad Rabbi Yossi Gabai told JNS after protesters hurled stones and firecrackers in the direction of the Jewish center.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Admissions office at Swarthmore College (iStock)
August 17, 2026, 9:26 pm
It’s not just Harvard and Columbia. Small liberal arts colleges are quietly settling antisemitism complaints
Reed College and Haverford College most recently settled complaints; nine others remain unresolved
By Sage Lattman
Screenshot of New York Magazine
August 14, 2026, 10:00 pm
‘New York Magazine’ faces backlash over edition critics say marginalizes Jewish, Israeli identities
The publication “couldn’t find a way to celebrate one part of the city without also denigrating and erasing another,” a former New York Magazine editor wrote.
By Mike Wagenheim
“120 Years of Zionism,” an exhibit at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport, was launched in 2017 to mark the establishment of the World Zionst Congress in 1897. (Rakoon/Wikimedia Commons)
August 13, 2026, 4:36 am
Should Jews who support Israel avoid the word ‘Zionism’? 
A consultant was fired for telling Jewish leaders not to use the term. But many think he has a point.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Screenshot from the Safe for Jews website
August 11, 2026, 10:58 am
Mapping antisemitism, a website helps Jewish jet-setters avoid turbulence
Safe for Jews uses AI, official advisories and more to rate countries and cities for travelers eager to avoid harassment or violence
By Zev Stub/The Times of Israel
A Star of David forms part of the design of the Jewish Cultural Center under construction in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. (Larry Luxner)
August 9, 2026, 12:18 pm
Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates uncertain territory as hostility toward Israel increases
The country has been a top destination for Israeli tourists, but a recent brawl has unsettled some.
By Larry Luxner
A pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn in front of Columbia University's Butler Library, April 24, 2024. (ProudFarmerScholar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
August 7, 2026, 10:41 am
The terrible waste that is Jewish Studies at American universities
These programs are giving a kosher stamp to anti-Israel propaganda and delegitimization.
By Dominic Green
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