Grace Gilson
Jackson Lahmeyer, the founder of Pastors for Trump and a congressional candidate for Oklahoma's 1st District House seat. (Al Drago/Getty Images/Ballotpedia)
June 16, 2026, 3:46 pm
Trump-backed Oklahoma congressional candidate says the Antichrist will be Jewish
James Lahmeyer is a favorite to win Tuesday’s primary in a solidly Republican district that includes Tulsa.
By Andrew Lapin and Grace Gilson
President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 10:21 am
Netanyahu under fire over Trump’s Iran deal
Israeli politicians on the right and left say the agreement leaves the country in danger even as Jerusalem declares its hands won’t be tied on Hezbollah.
By Tovah Lazaroff and Grace Gilson
President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 14, 2026, 8:38 pm
Trump announces deal with Iran is ‘now complete’
Pakistan’s prime minister, a key mediator in the deal, said the official signing ceremony will take place Friday.
By Grace Gilson
Dave Matthews performs during the 40th Farm Aid at Huntington Bank Stadium on September 20, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Gary Miller/Getty Images)
June 9, 2026, 3:59 pm
Dave Matthews pushes back on claims his criticism of Israel is antisemitic
Speaking at a North Carolina concert, Matthews said his rhetoric should not be “twisted into anybody thinking that I am bigoted or antisemitic.”
By Grace Gilson
Two NYU flags flying above entrance to Frederick Loewe Theatre on New York University campus. (Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
June 4, 2026, 3:02 pm
NYU student charged with hate crime for flying flag with swastikas, Star of David over campus building
An NYU spokesman said the school would “immediately pursue our disciplinary procedures, which carry the most severe consequences.”
By Grace Gilson
Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna conduct a news conference after reviewing unredacted portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files, outside a Department of Justice office in NoMa on Feb. 9, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
June 1, 2026, 10:06 pm
Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie team up to strip US-Israel military tech cooperation from defense bill
The move marks the latest instance of lawmakers across the political aisle finding common cause on Israel-related policy.
By Grace Gilson
JCRC New York CEO Mark Treyger, UJA-Federation of New York CEO Eric Goldstein, City Council Speaker Julie Menin, Gov. Kathy Hochul and other New York politicians march in the annual Israel Day Parade on May 31, 2026. (Grace Gilson)
May 31, 2026, 9:51 pm
NY Democratic stalwarts show support for Israel even as Mamdani skips parade
Gov. Kathy Hochul signs legislation establishing 50-foot protest buffer zones around synagogues ahead of march.
By Grace Gilson
Raz Shabtai, the founder of, Mutra, a kosher restaurant in Miami. (N.A. Photography)
May 30, 2026, 9:34 pm
For the first time, a kosher restaurant has won a Michelin star
Inspired by his Jerusalem-born grandmother’s cooking, Mutra founder and chef Raz Shabtai says the award was for “the entire Jewish community.”
By Grace Gilson
Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaks at the group's national conference in 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
May 26, 2026, 12:55 pm
Hundreds of Jewish leaders call on Israeli ambassador to apologize for attack on J Street
The signatories, including prominent rabbis and former U.S. ambassadors, called on Yechiel Leiter to rescind remarks calling the liberal pro-Israel lobby a “cancer.”
By Grace Gilson
Maureen Galindo, left, and Johnny Garcia, candidates for U.S. House District 35, participate in a forum held by the League of Women Voters of the San Antonio Area in the Sidney Board Room at Brooks in San Antonio on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (Katina Zentz/San Antonio Express-News via Getty Images)
May 21, 2026, 10:57 am
Some Democrats condemn Texas candidate Maureen Galindo over antisemitic rhetoric
Two Jewish Democrats said they would seek to expel Galindo from Congress if she is selected.
By Grace Gilson
Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. at the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 23, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
May 19, 2026, 5:00 pm
Israeli ambassador calls J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community’
Yechiel Leiter, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, called the liberal pro-Israel lobby “duplicitous” over its opposition to U.S. military aid to Israel.
By Grace Gilson
A woman holds a combination American-Israeli flags during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall on May 17, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
May 19, 2026, 4:36 pm
Two polls find growing split among Republicans over support for Israel
As support for Israel declines nationally, new polling reveals widening cracks within Trump’s coalition over U.S. support for Israel.
By Grace Gilson
Rep. Jared Moskowitz in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on January 22, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Al Drago/Getty Images)
May 19, 2026, 10:27 am
Rep. Jared Moskowitz becomes latest Jewish lawmaker to reveal antisemitic threats
The Florida Democrat urged Americans not to tolerate antisemitism as he played threatening voicemails left for his office on CNN.
By Grace Gilson
People attend a candlelight vigil at Lafayette Square across from the White House in Washington, DC on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two Israeli embassy staffers dead. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)
May 6, 2026, 8:48 am
ADL: Antisemitic incidents dropped by a third in 2025, but assaults reached record levels
In 2025, three people were killed in antisemitic attacks, the first such deaths since 2019.
By Grace Gilson
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer convenes a meeting of criminal justice agencies following the Golders Green attack the day before, in Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2026. (Dan Kitwood / POOL / AFP)
May 1, 2026, 11:01 am
Keir Starmer: ‘If you stand alongside people who say Globalize the Intifada, you are calling for terrorism against Jews’
The British prime minister addressed the nation in the wake of the Golders Green stabbing.
By Grace Gilson
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