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The North Carolina State Capitol building in Raleigh, N.C. Credit: Jill Lang/Shutterstock. By Amy Rosenthal (JNS) — Ceasefire resolutions are all the rage in cities across America these days. Rather than focus on returning the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, these resolutions, which […]

This postcard with a preprinted picture of Anne Frank and a handwritten message was sent to a kosher bakery in Atlanta. Courtesy of Nofar Shablis By Beth Harpaz (The Forward) — A threatening postcard sold online depicting Anne Frank saying “So much fun!” with an […]

Jewish residents of the Ramat Migron outpost in Samaria, Sept. 8, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas urged President Joe Biden to rescind two recent decisions that “undercut our most valuable alliance in the Middle East,” Israel. The Feb. 29 letter, […]

The Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg, Fla. Credit: EQRoy/Shutterstock. By Bob Fryer (Jewish Press of Tampa Bay) — For about a year, officials at the Florida Holocaust Museum in downtown St. Petersburg kept a closely guarded secret that the museum was seeking to […]

The rotunda at the University of Virginian in Charlottesville, Va. Credit: Aaron Josephson via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — Multiple antisemitic incidents and displays of anti-Israel activism have led a group of students to meet with administrators at the University of Virginia and seek action. Joel […]

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) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a […]

There will be an Interfaith Shabbat Weekend featuring scholar in residence Keren McGinity in Birmingham the weekend of March 8. McGinity is United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism’s interfaith specialist, and a research associate at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University. On March 8 at 9 […]

By David Swindle (JNS) — New data shows that an effort by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to respond to antisemitism in higher education has led to nominal results so far. In January, DeSantis announced an “emergency measure” during Florida’s State of the State address that […]

(JNS) — Dozens of neo-Nazis bearing black swastika flags marched at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on Feb. 17, drawing widespread condemnation from Jewish and political leaders, including two state representatives who blamed state Republicans for the march. “Through the weekend, Nashville experienced gross […]