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An IAF Boeing 707 refueling plane and several F-35 and F-15 fighter jets carry out a drill just off the coast of Israel, August 15, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 12, 2025, 8:50 am
Israel reportedly is preparing for an imminent Iran strike despite Trump’s prior admonitions
The United States is evacuating some personnel from the Middle East
By Philissa Cramer
Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon. (X)
May 28, 2025, 9:14 am
Official who posted antisemitic rhetoric becomes Pentagon press secretary
Kingsley Wilson has repeatedly echoed the antisemitic “Great Replacement” theory on her X account, sparking backlash.
By Grace Gilson
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a business session with the nation’s governors in the State Dining Room of the White House, Feb. 21, 2025. (Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House)
May 18, 2025, 9:34 am
Trump names 4 Orthodox rabbis among advisors of his new Religious Liberty Commission
Two Jewish activists at right-wing advocacy groups are also among the 26 advisors.
By Grace Gilson
Supporters hold up signs behind U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during a rally held by Congress members in support of detained Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi on April 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
May 1, 2025, 9:23 am
Mohsen Mahdawi, who led Columbia pro-Palestinian protests, freed from detention
The federal government will continue to press its case against Mahdawi.
By Grace Gilson
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, with microphone, speaks at a rally for Israeli democracy by Israelis and American Jews outside Israel's consulate in Manhattan, March 27, 2023. (T'ruah, via Twitter)
April 28, 2025, 8:56 am
Over 500 rabbis sign letter rejecting Trump’s antisemitism agenda
A similar rabbis’ letter published last week condemned the administration’s “immoral use of the law.”
By Grace Gilson
Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University, January 21, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
April 17, 2025, 10:37 am
10 leading US Jewish groups denounce Trump administration’s campus crackdown
Representatives of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements say federal effort ‘only makes us less safe’
By Luke Tress
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
April 17, 2025, 9:49 am
Report: Trump scuttled Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities
Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House was primarily to discuss Trump’s decision, the New York Times reported.
By Philissa Cramer
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
April 14, 2025, 9:17 pm
Mahmoud Khalil can be deported over antisemitism concerns, judge rules
The ruling cited a memo signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in which he determined Khalil’s campus activism was antisemitic.
By Grace Gilson
(Jewish Healthcare Foundation logo)
April 10, 2025, 11:11 am
JHF awards grants to bolster health, immigrant services amid federal policy shifts
In response to policy and funding changes instituted by the Trump administration, JHF recently approved $690,000 in grants to support organizations affected by those changes.
By Toby Tabachnick
A scene from “Trayf” by Lindsay Joelle, a 2017 finalist in the Jewish Plays Project's Jewish Playwriting Contest Finalists. (Theater J / Teresa Wood)
April 9, 2025, 10:15 am
Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities
The shuttering of federal agencies that support museums and arts organizations could cause a ripple effect in lost funding, Jewish arts administrators say.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Students and residents camp outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest, expressing solidarity with Palestinians with banners in Evanston, Illinois, United States on April 27, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
April 9, 2025, 10:00 am
Cornell and Northwestern to see nearly $2B frozen in Trump’s antisemitism crackdown
The American Jewish Committee has come out firmly against Trump’s funding freezes.
By Philissa Cramer
JFCS Squirrel Hill Food Pantry (Photo courtesy of Allie Reefer)
April 4, 2025, 2:47 pm
Federal funding cuts could hurt JFCS food pantry
The pantry relies on a supply of shelf-stable milk, produce and other food from the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, which estimates a 13% loss of its annual distribution,
By Abigail Hakas
President Donald Trump delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
April 3, 2025, 12:07 pm
Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ includes 17% tariffs on Israeli imports
The tariffs could increase prices on kosher food and Judaica.
By Philissa Cramer
Dozens of Harvard Medical School faculty and students protested outside of the school on March 15, 2024. They were protesting an event featuring the president of the American Medical Association, over the powerful physicians' group's repeated refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. (Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
April 1, 2025, 10:51 am
Trump administration to review nearly $9 billion in Harvard funding over campus antisemitism
The administration froze $400 million in funding to Columbia last month over similar concerns.
By Grace Gilson
Katrinsa Armstrong, pictured in 2022. (Screenshot)
March 29, 2025, 9:16 pm
Katrina Armstrong steps down as Columbia president after White House pressure over antisemitism
Armstrong's departure means the Ivy League university in Manhattan will have its third leader in the space of a year.
By Ben Sales
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