1+ week, 2+ day ago   (384+ words) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would bar federal funding to universities that boycott Israel. The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act, sponsored by Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), passed on a bipartisan…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (692+ words) As Jews prepare for the High Holidays, the Met Council is distributing more than 2 million pounds of kosher food across the region, amid what its CEO, David Greenfield, said are more food requests than ever from families struggling with rising…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (727+ words) A longtime progressive Democratic activist and former Jewish outreach director for the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) warned that his party is at “a crisis moment.” Joel Rubin, a former deputy assistant U.S. secretary of state, said…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (207+ words) Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan whom the Republican Jewish Coalition called “the most antisemitic U.S. Senate candidate in America,” is slated to participate in an upcoming Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus event honoring Dana Nessel, the state attorney…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (504+ words) Lawmakers condemned remarks by left-wing, anti-Israel influencer Hasan Piker that suggested American Jews could face violence because they support Israel, as Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, sought to distance his campaign from the streamer. In a…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (269+ words) Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) said on Aug. 16 that far-left political streamer Hasan Piker speaking at a University of Washington event could potentially “foment harassment, discrimination or potentially violence against a class of students.” “A university has obligations under Title VI…...