3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (330+ words) As fighting continues in Gaza and Lebanon, a record proportion of U.S. voters say their sympathies lie more with the Palestinians than Israelis, according to a poll released Thursday. In the Quinnipiac University poll, 38% of voters said they were more sympathetic…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (268+ words) Three incidents of antisemitic vandalism occurred over the previous weekend in Ventura, Calif., police said on Thursday. The vandalism, which included Nazi swastikas and other hateful images, occurred at Temple Beth Torah, a Reform synagogue, as well as Higher Vision…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (527+ words) Shortly after attending the 25th anniversary commemoration of the Sept. 11 attacks at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, Julie Menin, the New York City Council’s first Jewish speaker, released a video message to Jewish New Yorkers ahead of Rosh Hashanah, which begins…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (313+ words) The New York City Council approved 26 new honorary street and public-place co-namings across all five boroughs on Thursday, a day before the city prepared to mark the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Several of the new names honor…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1171+ words) I always begin my annual column asking readers to play along with me and predict the events of the coming Jewish year by reminding them that as bad as things seem to be now, they can still get worse. That’s…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (351+ words) The Albany County Democratic Committee distanced itself from a statement, in which the Albany County Young Democrats accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza and called for an end to U.S. military aid to Israel. The executive board of…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (168+ words) The Chicago Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect who allegedly assaulted a passenger on a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train while making antisemitic remarks, according to a police community alert issued on Tuesday. Police…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (942+ words) Larry Montes, 46, looked “subdued” when he pleaded not guilty in court to disrupting Shabbat services at Central Synagogue, a Reform congregation in Midtown, attacking two people and damaging religious property on Aug. 14, Serena Smulansky told JNS. Smulansky, who is part…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (247+ words) Part of Olivia Chow’s job as mayor of Toronto is being the mayor for everyone, Brad Bradford, who is running against the incumbent, said at a mayoral forum on Jew-hatred at Adath Israel Congregation in North York on Tuesday where…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (777+ words) Some 300 people gathered in Seward Park on Manhattan’s Lower East Side on Tuesday evening to protest the Democratic Socialists of America, chanting things like “USA, USA” and “Hey ho, the DSA has got to go.” The group EndJewHatred organized the…...