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Friedrich Merz, chancellor candidate of Germany’s Christian Democrats, speaks to supporters at CDU headquarters in Berlin following preliminary results showing him leading in federal elections, Feb. 23, 2025. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

German chancellor issues rare public criticism of Israel

Philissa Cramer JTAPublished May 27, 2025

(JTA) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has issued a rare public rebuke of Israel, saying he felt compelled to speak out because “international humanitarian law is really being violated” in Gaza. The comments come as the Israeli army is...

MK Sharren Haskel

Israeli official: ‘The world loves dead Jews’

Etgar Lefkovits (JNS)Published May 27, 2025

European leaders who have recently criticized Israel over its war against Hamas in Gaza have succumbed to political pressure fueled by a nefarious international media campaign against the Jewish state, Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel said Tuesday. The...

Ronen Bergman

NYT Magazine writer reveals Mossad secrets at St. Louis event

Jewish Light StaffPublished May 26, 2025

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Ronen Bergman is coming to St. Louis as the featured speaker at the Jewish Federation’s 2nd Annual Men’s Event on Wednesday, June 18, at The Factory in Chesterfield. Co-chaired by Jeffrey Cohen...

A video by Guy Christensen, a pro-Palestinian influencer with more than 3 million followers. (Screenshot)

Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4M followers, endorses murder of Israeli embassy employees

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 23, 2025

Guy Christensen, a TikTok influencer with more than 3 million followers, came out in support of the shooting attack that killed two Israeli embassy employees. “I do not condemn the elimination of the Zionist officials who worked at the Israeli embassy...

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Grammy Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Feb. 2, 2025. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

‘I am done with antisemitism,’ Ye declares morning after Jewish museum shooting

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished May 23, 2025

(JTA) — The morning after a shooter killed two Israeli embassy aides at a Jewish event in Washington, D.C., incendiary rapper Kanye took to X with an unexpected message: “I am done with antisemitism.” Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, has...

Law enforcement officials work at a crime scene where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025.  REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Apparent manifesto of alleged DC shooter Elias Rodriguez found

Andrew Bernard, JNSPublished May 22, 2025

(JNS) -- The FBI raided the Chicago apartment of Elias Rodriguez on Thursday, searching for clues in their investigation of the 30-year-old, who is accused of shooting and killing two Israeli embassy employees in Washington on Wednesday night, as they...

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)

‘She was one of us’: St. Louis reacts to murder of Kansas City native in DC shooting

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 22, 2025

St. Louis and Kansas City Jewish leaders are reacting to the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers—one an Overland Park, Kan. native—outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. Sarah Milgrim, 26, and her partner, Yaron Lischinsky, 28, were gunned...

A TikTok post celebrating Elias Rodriguez. (Screenshot)

‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Capital Jewish Museum shooting

Ben SalesPublished May 22, 2025

(JTA) — At 12:52 a.m., just minutes after the name of one of the victims of the Capital Jewish Museum attack began to trickle out online, a social media user by the name of Mejd S tweeted a short message: “F— Yaron Lischinsky.” Ten minutes...

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)

Kansas City mourns Sarah Milgrim, killed by gunman at AJC event in Washington

The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle StaffPublished May 22, 2025

Community member Sarah Milgrim, 26, was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while exiting an event hosted by the American Jewish Committee at the Capitol Jewish Museum. Milgrim, a University of Kansas graduate and native of Prairie Village, was an employee...

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Erez Linn, (Israel Hayom via JNS)Published May 22, 2025

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, the American woman who was murdered on Wednesday with her Israeli partner, Yaron Lischinsky, when a terrorist opened fire at an event in Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum, was a graduate student at American University School of...

Capital Jewish Museum shooting suspect killed two ‘for Gaza.’

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished May 22, 2025

The man who allegedly walked up to two Israeli embassy staffers and shot them dead Wednesday night reportedly told eyewitnesses he “did it for Gaza.” But the event those staffers had just left at the Capital Jewish Museum highlighted an organization...

A man, standing behind police tape, talks on his cell phone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed in the shooting. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

2 Israeli embassy staffers shot to death outside DC Jewish museum event

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 22, 2025

(JTA) — Two people were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was hosting an event. Both of the people killed were staffers at the Israeli embassy in Washington, according to Jewish...

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