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U.S.

Jewish security groups face down lapses in D.C. shooting

by Andrew Lapin May 23, 2025May 23, 2025

Elon Musk is seen on a large screen as Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses an election campaign rally in Halle, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)

World

Germany formally classifies far-right AfD party as extremist

by Andrew Lapin May 2, 2025May 2, 2025

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker (D) hugs Rabbi Shmully Hecht at an event for Shabtai, a Jewish society at Yale University, Oct. 25, 2022, in New Haven, Connecticut. Booker co-founded the organization with Hecht. (Screenshot via YouTube)

U.S.

An elite Jewish society at Yale fractures over Itamar Ben-Gvir invite

by Andrew Lapin April 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Eric Fingerhut, CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, speaks during The Jerusalem Post New York conference on June 03, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

U.S.

Jewish Federations CEO privately opposed criticizing Trump’s campus actions

by Andrew Lapin April 23, 2025April 23, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office, April 14, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

World

El Salvador’s president, Trump’s new deportation partner, is a pro-Israel Palestinian

by Andrew Lapin April 21, 2025April 22, 2025

Sarah Resnick (right), a Jewish woman from New York, moved to Winnipeg in summer 2024 over concerns about the American political climate. (Courtesy)

Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada

by Andrew Lapin April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

Jews attend a rally in support of detained pro-Palestinian Tufts University graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk in Somerville, Massachusetts, March 26, 2025. Several Jews later left the rally after speakers began denouncing Israel. (Courtesy of Ron Newman)

U.S.

Jews at Tufts are furious over ICE seizing a grad student — but wary of joining protests for her

by Andrew Lapin April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

Syrian Rabbi Yousef Hamra and accompanying Jews visit the Frenc and Raki churches, the Maimonides Jewish School and the Jobar Synagogue, which was largely destroyed during the civil war, in the historic districts of Damascus, Syria on February 18, 2025. Yousef Hamra, who was forcibly migrated from Syria in 1992, arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus after 33 years. (Bakr Al Kasem/Anadolu via Getty Images)

World

How a small delegation of US Jews got to Syria for the first time in decades

by Andrew Lapin February 28, 2025February 28, 2025

Actions and images from Betar US and its allies since its formation in 2024 include (clockwise from top left): a button associated with the original Beitar group; messages on a truck driven outside Washington, D.C., during a visit by Benjamin Netanyahu; a masked Betar member planning to disrupt a pro-Palestinian protest; a brass-knuckle menorah shared on Betar social media; Betar former executive director Ross Glick knocking on Rep. Rashida Tlaib's office in Capitol Hill; Betar member Jakob Schanzer spraying over a pro-Palestinian mural in New Orleans; and singer Matisyahu endorsing Betar. (Collage by 70 Faces Media)

U.S.

A century-old Zionist group is being rebooted — and wants Jews to ‘fight back’ on the street

by Andrew Lapin February 12, 2025February 12, 2025

The steps of a large academic building are crowded with small tents and banners with messages such as "Glory to the Martyrs" and "Student Intifada"

One point of consistency amid Trump’s rapid changes: a drumbeat of federal campus antisemitism investigations

by Andrew Lapin February 4, 2025February 4, 2025