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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey

Missouri’s top lawyer threatens tech companies after AI chatbots rank Trump low on antisemitism

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished July 10, 2025

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is demanding answers from Big Tech after its AI chatbots did something unforgivable in his eyes: They ranked Donald Trump poorly on antisemitism. In letters sent this week to Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI,...

National Education Association President Rebecca Pringle speaks during the Get Out the Vote Rally in Detroit in 2022. (Dominick Sokotoff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

NEA Delegates Pass Non-Binding Measure to Reject ADL Materials

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished July 9, 2025

(JTA) — The National Education Association, the United States’ largest teachers union, has passed a non-binding measure barring the union from using, endorsing or publicizing any materials from the Anti-Defamation League. The proposal, supported...

Record producer David Foster, left, and entertainment executive Haim Saban speak onstage at Friends of The Israel Defense Forces Western Region Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2018. (Shahar Azran/Getty Images)

Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse and toxic culture

Asaf Elia-ShalevPublished July 9, 2025

(JTA) — An American charity that has raised hundreds of millions of dollars by promising to meet the emergency needs of Israeli soldiers after the war in Gaza broke out is now facing internal turmoil over allegations of financial mismanagement,...

Paul Ingrassia, White House Liaison to the Justice Department, left, announces the release of brothers Andrew and Matthew Valentin outside of the DC Central Detention Facility on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump issued pardons to over 1500 people who were charged with crimes related to the event. (Pete Kiehart for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Report: Trump administration boasted of Jewish endorsements it did not receive for nominee with white supremacist ties

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished July 9, 2025

(JTA) — Last week, following a request to defend the controversial senior federal watchdog appointee Paul Ingrassia, the Trump administration told CNN that he had the “support of many Jewish groups.” But after CNN reached out to the Jewish...

Dr. Sherman J. Silber

How a St. Louis fertility pioneer helped two sisters defy odds

Kathleen Lees, Special To The Jewish LightPublished July 9, 2025

Gwendolyn Brady, a teacher in Corning, Ark., received a probable multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 2005. That year, her sister Felicity Brady Ray was diagnosed with breast cancer.  Prior to chemotherapy, Ray, then 28, wanted to look into preserving her...

A still from "Sevap/Mitzvah." (©geminisnakeproductions)

St. Louis screens powerful film on Muslim-Jewish rescue during WWII

Shira Li Bartov, JTAPublished July 8, 2025

(JTA) — In 1941 Sarajevo, a Muslim woman hid her Jewish friend from fascist roundups. Half a century later, that same Muslim woman was trapped in the besieged capital during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War — and her Jewish friend made sure she got out. These...

Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025.   REUTERS/Sergio Flores     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Camp Sabra among Jewish camps expressing grief after flooding disaster at Camp Mystic

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished July 8, 2025

(JTA) --- Jewish camps — including Camp Sabra in Missouri — and camping leaders are joining a chorus of condolences after a flash flood in Kerr County, Texas, killed dozens of children and counselors at a summer camp there. In an Instagram...

Dan Rosen (right), co-founder and co-chair of the new Emissary app, teaches Jewish community members how to use it. Credit: Courtesy.

Pro-Israel content app launches

Mike Wagenheim, JNSPublished July 8, 2025

(JNS) -- A new pro-Israel content app called Emissary aims to streamline and amplify Jewish messaging online by making it easier for users to share curated social media posts about Israel and antisemitism. Developed in 2024, the app has gained traction...

President Donald Trump host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a dinner in the Blue Room of the White House on July 7, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel

Grace Gilson, JTAPublished July 8, 2025

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented President Donald Trump with a letter he had sent to the Nobel committee, nominating him for the prestigious prize as the two met at the White House Monday. Trump has made no secret of...

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as they tour a migrant detention center, dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," in Ochopee, Florida,  July 1, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Alligator Auschwitz’? Critics’ nickname for ICE’s Everglades detention facility renews debate over Holocaust comparisons

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished July 8, 2025

(JTA) -- The nickname “Alligator Auschwitz” for a new ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades has sparked heated debate over the use of Holocaust analogies in American political discourse. While the term has gone viral on social media, Jewish...

A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C., United States, on May 28, 2025. (STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

IRS says religious institutions may endorse candidates, undoing a longstanding ban

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished July 8, 2025

(JTA) -- Religious leaders may now endorse political candidates without risking their institutions’ tax-exempt status, following a new IRS religious endorsements policy. The agency’s updated stance marks a dramatic reversal of the Johnson Amendment,...

Israel’s flag football sets its sights on 2028 Olympics in L.A.

Israel’s flag football sets its sights on 2028 Olympics in L.A.

David Wiseman, JNSPublished July 7, 2025

(JNS) -- The 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will feature several sports that appeal to American audiences, including baseball, softball, lacrosse and flag football. With a thriving American football scene in the Holy Land, the Israeli National Flag Football...

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