March 27, 2024

First Lady Jill Biden criticized for comparing Fla. law to Nazi Germany

U.S. first lady Jill Biden speaks at an event in Crystal City, Va., on May 16, 2023. Credit: Ken Cedeno/U.S. Department of Labor. (JNS) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden is drawing criticism for appearing to compare Florida legislation, which she called the “‘Don’t say […]
March 22, 2024

House Speaker Johnson from La. would love to invite Netanyahu to address Congress

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) speaks during a House Judiciary Committee field hearing on New York City violent crimes, at the Javits Federal Building in New York City on April 17, 2023. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock. (JNS) — Amid growing partisan divisions over U.S. […]
March 20, 2024

Through Ambassador Friedman, Auburn quilters give warmth to Israeli soldiers

Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman presented quilts from Auburn to Israeli families. A group of Israeli soldiers returning from Gaza and their families are feeling the warmth from Alabama, thanks to the Cotton Boll Quilt Guild in Auburn. On March 19, former U.S. […]
March 19, 2024

Florida reviewing major finance firm that downgrades Elbit for protecting Israelis

Elbit Systems building in Haifa. Credit: MagioreStock/Shutterstock. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — As one major investment firm takes concrete steps to ensure its processes of rating companies are no longer affected by anti-Israel sources, another major financial company is being accused of engaging in practices […]
March 19, 2024

Florida man sentenced to six months for anti-Israel genocidal threats

Credit: Zolnierek/Shutterstock. (JNS) — U.S. District Chief Judge Timothy Corrigan in Tampa, Fla., handed down a sentence on March 14 for a Florida man who threatened two Jewish entities on Oct. 21, saying that he wanted to “kill every single one of you Israelis.” Alpesh […]
March 17, 2024

Auburn wins historic battle of Jewish coaches in SEC tournament championship

Auburn celebrates the SEC tournament championship. Photo by Zach Bland/Auburn Athletics The Southeastern Conference men’s basketball championship game turned into the Jewish coaches invitational. Fourth-seeded Auburn, coached by Bruce Pearl, defeated sixth-seed Florida, which is coached by Pearl’s former assistant, Todd Golden, 86-67, in Nashville […]
March 15, 2024

South Carolina man arrested for dumping antisemitic flyers in several neighborhoods

The public library in Florence, S.C., which listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Credit: Robert Thomas Mckenzie Jr. via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — A repeat offender illegally distributing antisemitic propaganda in South Carolina could face as many as three years in prison […]
March 14, 2024

Delta resuming Israel flights from New York, no word yet on Atlanta

Ben Gurion International airport on Aug. 29, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90. Delta Airlines announced on March 13 that it will resume daily flights to Tel Aviv from New York in June. The announcement comes one week after rival United Airlines became the first […]
March 11, 2024

Fans’ anti-Israel hostility in Glasgow forces Israeli star soccer player to leave for Charlotte

Liel Abada, an Israeli footballer who has been sitting out games for his Scottish club amid fan protests of the war in Gaza, is joining Major League Soccer’s team in Charlotte. The team said on its website on March 7 that it had paid $8 […]