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Director Rachel Israel, right, and producer Shai Korman arrive at the premiere of "The Floaters" during the 2025 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Aug. 3, 2025. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)
Film
With 2 current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma
By Stephen Silver
In ‘The Floaters’ and ‘Influenced,’ the New York filmmaker shows Jewish identity as the backdrop for friendship, family and ambition rather than antisemitism or crisis.
The Lakers logo is displayed outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 2026. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
SportsJewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b
By Jacob Gurvis
Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer. Screenshot via The New Yorker/YouTube
PoliticsWhat does DSA actually want? Its national co-chair can’t say.
By Louis Keene
In a five decade career, Jack Ukeles offered policy research, planning and management for a range of secular and Jewish non-profits. (Courtesy)
News ObituaryJack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 89
By Gary Rosenblatt
“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
The Lakers logo is displayed outside Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 2026. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
August 12, 2026, 8:50 pm
Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5b
Jared Kushner’s brother and the longtime Disney CEO kvell at the prospect of owning an “iconic” team.
By Jacob Gurvis
In a five decade career, Jack Ukeles offered policy research, planning and management for a range of secular and Jewish non-profits. (Courtesy)
August 12, 2026, 8:42 pm
Jack Ukeles, who used data and idealism to shape Jewish communal life, dies at 89
The longtime Jewish communal researcher and consultant conducted influential population studies, advised major organizations and mentored generations of Jewish professionals.
By Gary Rosenblatt
Director Rachel Israel, right, and producer Shai Korman arrive at the premiere of "The Floaters" during the 2025 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, Aug. 3, 2025. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images)
August 11, 2026, 12:46 pm
With 2 current films, director Rachel Israel offers comic relief for Jewish trauma
In 'The Floaters' and 'Influenced,' the New York filmmaker shows Jewish identity as the backdrop for friendship, family and ambition rather than antisemitism or crisis.
By Stephen Silver
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed at The People V. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House in Detroit, Michigan, July 18, 2026. (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)
August 10, 2026, 7:49 pm
Bernie Sanders urges Democrats to ban ‘corrupt’ AIPAC spending in primaries
AIPAC responded that Sanders wanted to “blacklist Americans who disagree with him.”
By Shira Li Bartov
Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer. Screenshot via The New Yorker/YouTube
August 10, 2026, 7:21 pm
What does DSA actually want? Its national co-chair can’t say.
Backlash follows an interview in which the co-chair, Megan Romer, says she would have attended Oct. 8 protests
By Louis Keene
The American Psychological Association headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Harrison Keely via Wikimedia Commons.
August 9, 2026, 12:34 pm
APA again delays decision on Jewish psychologists’ bid for ethnic association status
The American Psychological Association postponed a vote on the Association of Jewish Psychologists’ application for formal recognition, prompting criticism from Jewish groups that said the move reflects broader concerns about antisemitism and Jewish inclusion.
By JNS Staff
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
Former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush prepares to deliver her concession speech on August 6, 2024, in St Louis. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
August 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?
The former congresswoman pledged to tear down the pro-Israel lobby’s “kingdom.” Now, they’re the ones still standing.
By Sharon Udasin
Early results are broadcast at a primary night watch party for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on August 4, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:33 pm
El-Sayed’s narrow Michigan win sets up a reckoning among Jewish Democrats
Jews who backed Rep. Haley Stevens are weighing whether they can support an avowed critic of Israel, though some find solace in his razor-thin victory.
By Grace Gilson
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:23 pm
El-Sayed decried AIPAC. Now he hopes to win over pro-Israel Democrats.
El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his primary victory speech to promising Michigan’s Jews that he cared about their safety.
By Ron Kampeas
Michigan Democratic Senate primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed (L) and Haley Stevens (R). (Finn Gomez/Getty Images/JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:13 pm
Staunch Israel critic El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
The closely watched Democratic race tested the party’s divisions over the Jewish state.
By Grace Gilson and Andrew Lapin
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush faced off in 2024, and are doing so again in 2026 (L: Michael B. Thomas for The Washington Post via Getty Images/R: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:02 pm
AIPAC-backed Wesley Bell defeats Cori Bush in Missouri Democratic primary
The race for Bell’s congressional seat was a rematch between candidates who take sharply different stances on Israel.
By Sharon Udasin
Jan Reicher (left) and Debbie Findling, former Wexner Heritage Program fellows who are giving the amount the program spent on them and encouraging former fellows to pay similar amounts to organizations supporting victims of sexual assault and human trafficking, pose for a photograph in Findling’s home, May 14, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. The Jewish News of Northern California)
August 4, 2026, 1:09 pm
Wexner alumni with Pittsburgh roots wrestle with program’s legacy
“My first thought was, ‘I’ve got to give all that was invested in me back to the victims,’” she said.
By David Rullo
Wesley Bell and Cori Bush faced off in 2024, and are doing so again in 2026 (L: Michael B. Thomas for The Washington Post via Getty Images/R: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
August 4, 2026, 8:58 am
Cori Bush promised to bury AIPAC; rematch with Wesley Bell in Missouri tests that.
The pro-Israel lobby is once again working to boost Bell, whose support for the Jewish state has remained strong heading into Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primary.
By Sharon Udasin
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