anti-Zionism
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)
Anti-Zionism
A Jewish teacher in Philadelphia pretended to be Palestinian for years
By Andrew Lapin
Hannah Gann, a local pro-Palestinian activist, said she “outright lied about my background.”
Eradicate Hate Global Summit 2026. (Photo by Joey Kennedy / Eradicate Hate Global Summit)
Combating hateEradicate Hate summit draws praise for its work
By David Rullo
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
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
Eradicate Hate Global Summit 2026. (Photo by Joey Kennedy / Eradicate Hate Global Summit)
September 22, 2026, 2:41 pm
Eradicate Hate summit draws praise for its work
Faces questions over speakers with anti-Zionist history
By David Rullo
Mahmoud Khalil at Featured Session: The Guardian in Conversation with Mahmoud Khalil on the Cost of Dissent during the SXSW Conference & Festivals held at the JW Marriott on March 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Amanda Stronza/SXSW Conference & Festivals via Getty Images)
September 16, 2026, 9:06 am
Mahmoud Khalil sues Columbia University citing ‘hostile environment’ for pro-Palestinian students
Columbia defended an Israeli-American dean from Khalil’s accusations that she had unfairly targeted him.
By Andrew Lapin
A view over a new neighborhood in the Jewish settlement of Kedumim, in the West Bank on September 8, 2026 in Kedumim, West Bank. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)
September 9, 2026, 2:17 pm
UK, France, Canada to ban goods from Israeli settlements
Israel to retaliate by closing the British Consulate in Jerusalem.
By Tovah Lazaroff
September 8, 2026, 3:19 pm
Pitt, CMU face criticism for their responses to anti-Zionist, antisemitic activity
Pitt spokesperson Jared Stonesifer told The Pitt News that the university doesn’t intend to withdraw the report.
By David Rullo
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
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
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