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ADL and JCPA diverge over teachers union, exposing a divide over how to fight antisemitism

The unusual public dispute between the Jewish Council of Public Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League brought to the fore a tension over how to fight antisemitism within schools and unions.

Members of the National Education Association and allies in Congress rally outside Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon’s confirmation hearing on February 12, 2025 in Washington, DC.
Jewish American Heritage Month, first designated in 2006, takes place in May.

American Jewish exceptionalism is ending, here’s what must come next - opinion

US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.

House rejects bill to strip Israel aid despite over 100 Democrats voting to cut funding

Transportation Minister Miri Regev attends a press conference in Lod, March 12, 2026.

Transportation Ministry weighs limiting election flights over anti-Netanyahu voting fears - report


Phil Weiser, Jewish state attorney-general, wins Colorado Democratic primary for governor

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has been outspoken about his support for Israel and against the rise of antisemitism.

Colorado gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser speaks at a watch party at Ace Eat Serve after winning the Democratic primary election. Weiser beat US Senator Michael Bennet for the Democratic nomination for governor.

Argentina records rise in antisemitism, with 62% of incidents online

Online platforms accounted for 62% of Argentina’s antisemitic incidents in 2025, most of them appearing on social media, DAIA found.

Argentina's flag in Buenos Aires

Azerbaijan chief rabbi asks Knesset to reconsider recognition of Armenian Genocide - exclusive

Rabbi Shneur Segal, Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish Community of Azerbaijan, sent the letter to Ofir Katz, Chairman of the Likud Faction, on Monday following the Israeli government's vote.

 Members of the Azeri Jewish population.

The Somme, 110 years on: The Jewish soldiers who fought and died

The Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest and most infamous battles in history, was intended to break the German lines and bring World War I closer to an Allied victory.

British infantry soldiers running out of their trenches at the signal to assault  the Somme, France, 1916.

Hitler appears in baby photos section of New Jersey middle school

Paramus Public Schools Superintendent Sean Adams said that an investigation into the incident was “ongoing” and that “any details related to students must remain confidential.”

East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled yearbooks featuring an image of baby Adolf Hitler.

Leslie Wexner helped shape these Jewish leaders, now they want a reckoning over his Epstein ties

Debbie Findling is leading what may be the largest organized accountability effort to emerge so far in the Jewish community’s reckoning with Wexner’s ties to Epstein.

Jan Reicher (left) and Debbie Findling, former Wexner Graduate fellows who are giving the amount they paid for fellowship tuition and encouraging former fellows to pay similar amounts to organizations supporting victims of sexual assault and human trafficking, pose for a photograph, May 14, 2026.

The warmth of community, the heat of hostility: Yona Speidel’s Jewish journey

“Zionism is not a dirty word,” wrote Speidel in a social media post. “It is the belief in Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.”

Yona Speidel, the television writer and producer formerly known as Our Lady J.

San Francisco Trans March downplays harassment of LGBTQ Jewish politician Scott Wiener

In the filmed confrontation at the Friday march, most of Wiener’s hecklers referred to Israel and Gaza, causing him to leave the event rather than attend a scheduled Pride Shabbat.

Scott Wiener makes his way down Market street during the San Francisco Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California.

What a new play gets right about ‘Birthright’ and our anguished Jewish conversation - opinion

Jonathan Spector’s “Birthright,” now at MCC Theater, uses the free Israel trip as the starting point for decades of wrestling with Israel, Judaism and friendship.

In "Birthright," on stage at the MCC Theater in New York, friends reconnect over the years and confront their differences over Israel and Jewishness.

Ukrainian tycoon wounded in Monaco bombing is Jewish, active member of Dnipro community

Monaco prosecutors are treating the blast as attempted murder and said the suspect acted alone before fleeing toward France.

A police vehicle stands near a cordon near the site of an explosion on Monday, in Monaco, June 30, 2026.