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The Imperial War Museum in the UK

Museum doubles down on disputed claim Nazis targeted observant Jews

JNS StaffPublished August 18, 2025

(JNS) -- The Imperial War Museum, a British national institution tasked with recording all the United Kingdom’s military conflicts since 1914, has doubled down on an information board that according to critics falsely suggested that the Nazis targeted...

Political activist Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March 2019 in New York City on January 19, 2019. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Trump ally Laura Loomer pressures State Department to suspend Gaza medical visas

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished August 18, 2025

(JTA) — The Department of State has halted a program meant to allow Gazan children who require medical care to receive it in the United States. Laura Loomer, a Jewish provocateur who holds considerable sway in the Trump administration despite...

Demonstrators block Israel's main highway connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, after families of hostages have called for a nationwide strike to demand the return of all hostages and an end to the war in Gaza, in Latrun Israel August 17,2025 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Netanyahu says protests harden Hamas, distance hostage release

JNS StaffPublished August 18, 2025

(JNS) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized nationwide anti-government demonstrations on Sunday, saying at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting that the results are the opposite of what they claim to want. “Those who today...

People gather at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv during a rally calling for the release of hostages held in Gaza, Aug. 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis join largest recent rallies on behalf of Gaza hostages

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished August 18, 2025

(JTA) — Hundreds of thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Sunday at the end of a day of demonstrations around the country to call for the release of 50 hostages held in Gaza. Demonstrations took place in at least 200 locations, and some...

Highland Park City Hall in Illinois

Highland Park, IL takes a stand: antisemitism gets an official definition

Aaron Bandler, JNSPublished August 14, 2025

The Highland Park City Council voted 7-0 to adopt both the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of Jew-hatred and the accompanying contemporary examples of antisemitism on Monday. Annette Lidawer, whose official council...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to the media, in the Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington D.C., June 27, 2025. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno

Trump administration’s approach is reshaping campus antisemitism enforcement

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished August 14, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The campus antisemitism crisis can look like an endless barrage of disturbing incidents, so my coverage is often rooted...

Blood splatters on the floor of a family's home in Nahal Oz in the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, when some 75 people in the southern Israeli community were killed. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Toronto Film Festival backpedals after yanking Oct. 7 rescue film

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished August 14, 2025

(JTA) — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says he is still open to screening an Israeli documentary about Oct. 7 that had been yanked over concerns about disruption and, allegedly, about whether the filmmakers had the right to...

Two social media posts from the Department of Homeland Security appear to reference what some are calling  neo-Nazi tropes (l-r): a reference to the antisemitic book "Which Way, Western Man?" and the use of a double-capitalized "HH" that is common online shorthand for "Heil Hitler." Both posts include nostalgic imagery. (Screenshots)

Homeland Security post echoes infamous antisemitic slogan

Andrew LapinPublished August 14, 2025

(JTA) — Over the weekend, the X account of the Department of Homeland Security appeared to reference an antisemitic dog whistle. And it wasn’t the first time that happened this summer. “Which way, American man?” the department’s official...

Madonna attends the 2025 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Madonna posts plea to Pope Leo urging him to go to Gaza ‘before it’s too late’

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished August 12, 2025

(JTA) — Pop icon Madonna posted an urgent plea to Pope Leo Monday urging the Catholic leader to “go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” The post marked one of the first times that Madonna has commented on...

Huda Kattan attends the Sephora x Huda Beauty – Pink vs Peach KSA at Sidra Arts on January 16, 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Cedric Ribeiro/Getty Images for  Huda Beauty)

Huda Beauty mogul blames Israel for 9/11, world wars — then cries smear campaign

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished August 12, 2025

(JTA) — Beauty mogul Huda Kattan is defending herself against accusations of antisemitism after she echoed a series of antisemitic conspiracy theories about Israel in a social media video. “I feel compelled as a human to speak out for other...

This screen grab taken from AFPTV on August 11, 2025 shows Al-Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif speaking during an AFP interview in Gaza City on August 1, 2024. (Photo by various sources / AFP)

Israel fending off criticism after killing 5 journalists, including one it targeted over his Hamas ties

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished August 12, 2025

(JTA) — Israel is fending off criticism after killing a well known Al Jazeera correspondent whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday night. Anas al-Sharif, 28, was killed while sheltering in a tent near Al-Shifa...

At sunset by the water, Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks leads a blessing with wine in hand and tallit draped over the shoulders (Courtesy / Moti Dolgin)

Third-generation Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished August 11, 2025

(JTA) — When the Conservative movement’s ethics committee opened an investigation into his participation in interfaith weddings, Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks didn’t wait for the verdict. On Sunday, the third-generation Conservative rabbi resigned...

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