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Andrew Lapin is the Managing Editor for Local News at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

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

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)
Posted inU.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)
Posted inWorld

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)
Posted inU.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"
Posted inBay Area

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

by Andrew Lapin February 4, 2025February 4, 2025
Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post. (Screenshot)
Posted inPolitics

Elon Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’

by Andrew Lapin January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Adrien Brody is nominated for his performance as architect Laszlo Toth in "The Brutalist."
Posted inFilm

Jewish postwar epic ‘The Brutalist’ picks up 10 Oscar nominations, with ‘A Complete Unknown’ close behind

by Andrew Lapin January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Left: Elon Musk's salute at an Inauguration Day rally (Screenshot). Right: ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, pictured in 2018 (Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

How did the ADL conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying.

by Andrew Lapin January 22, 2025January 22, 2025
Mel Gibson wins the AACTA Award for Best Direction for Hacksaw Ridge in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 7, 2016. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images for AFI)
Posted inU.S.

Trump taps Mel Gibson, actor-director with record of antisemitism, as ‘special ambassador’ to Hollywood

by Andrew Lapin January 17, 2025January 17, 2025
Marco Rubio
Posted inPolitics

Rubio, in Israel-heavy confirmation hearing, says U.S. should revoke visas for Hamas supporters

by Andrew Lapin January 15, 2025January 15, 2025

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