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ADL says antisemitic incidents dropped by a third in 2025, but assaults reached record levels
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (887+ words) (JTA) " Antisemitic incidents in the United States fell sharply in 2025 from record highs in the previous two years, but physical assaults, including deadly attacks, continued to rise, according to the Anti-Defamation League's annual audit. In 2025, the ADL recorded 6, 274 antisemitic incidents…...
A best-selling novelist identified a minor character as Israeli. Some fans are canceling their orders.
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (947+ words) (JTA) " A bestselling author is facing a flurry of anger from fans after advance copies of her upcoming novel identified a character as Israeli "a move that her critics say advances "normalization" of a country they oppose. Rebecca "R. F." Kuang, the…...
Boulder hostage-march firebombing suspect to plead guilty to state charges
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (333+ words) (JTA) " The man charged with firebombing a Boulder, Colorado, march for Israeli hostages in 2025 will plead guilty to killing one person and attempting to kill others in the incident, according to documents filed in the case over the weekend. Mohamed…...
London police investigating fire at another synagogue, amid string of arsons
21+ hour, 24+ min ago (391+ words) (JTA) " A disused London synagogue was the site of an arson attack early Tuesday, police said, adding to a string of incidents targeting Jews and Jewish sites in the city. The Metropolitan Police said its officers responded to a call…...
A new Hebrew press in Berlin argues that Israel doesn't own the language
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1269+ words) The co-founders of Altneuland, Dory Manor (left) and Moshe Sakal (right). By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) " Dory Manor and Moshe Sakal, who run a press for Hebrew literature in Berlin, are often asked if their business is Israeli. The partners…...
U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (767+ words) University of Michigan professor Derek Peterson praises campus pro-Palestinian protesters during his commencement speech in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 2, 2026. (Screenshot via You Tube) (JTA) " The University of Michigan has issued a formal apology after its faculty senate chair went off-script…...
Leon Botstein, Bard College's pioneering Jewish president, to retire amid Jeffrey Epstein ties
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (422+ words) (JTA) " Leon Botstein will end his half-century tenure as president of Bard College following an investigation commissioned by the school into his ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, the school's Board of Trustees announced late Friday. "Nothing that President Botstein…...
A folksy approach to this year's Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam
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Support for Iran war among 'connected' US Jews falls again, poll finds
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (452+ words) (JTA) " In the early days of the U. S. -Israel war on Iran, 68% of "connected" American Jews "those with ties to American Jewish institutions " supported the war, according to a poll taken by an Israeli public affairs institute. That proportion fell weeks…...
British Green Party candidate tweeted about killing Zionists from Anne Frank parody account
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (835+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) " A candidate in the United Kingdom's Green Party is under fire after posting under that social media handle "thereal. anne. frank" that "every single Zionist" should be killed, marking the latest antisemitic scandal to hit…...