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Palestinian pupils attend a classroom at a UNRWA school in Gaza.

August 27, 2026, 1:51 pm

US moves to bar former UNRWA teachers over alleged Hamas and PIJ links

One allegedly helped abduct hostages on 7 October, while another is accused of holding civilians captive in Gaza

By Annabel Sinclair

US Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan Abdul El-Sayed addresses a rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2026. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

August 26, 2026, 9:31 am

El-Sayed seeks daylight from Hasan Piker as Democrats condemn streamer’s latest remarks about Jews

Critics argue that Piker was shifting the blame for antisemitic violence away from perpetrators and onto Jewish people for supporting Israel

By Andrew Lapin (JTA)

Sephardic Rabbinic Conference, NYC, August 17-18 2026

August 25, 2026, 3:41 pm

Jewish leaders from 10 countries gather for Sephardic rabbinic conference

International gathering of rabbis, scholars, and communal leaders from Syrian, Persian, Turkish, Moroccan, Iraqi and Spanish & Portuguese traditions

By Michelle Rosenberg

August 20, 2026, 11:35 am

Student who said, ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ loses appeal

Khymani James sued university for racism after suspension

By Michelle Rosenberg

This image shot on May 20, 2019 shows New York Central Synagogue on Lexington avenue. (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)

August 20, 2026, 10:15 am

Manhattan Central Synagogue attacker faces federal hate crime charges

The suspect, Larry Montes, is due to appear in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday

By Grace Gilson (JTA)

LeBron James in a Los Angeles Lakers jersey. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

August 14, 2026, 10:22 am

Jewish businessmen Joshua Kushner and Bob Iger buy Los Angeles Lakers for record £9.3bn

Jared Kushner’s brother and the longtime Disney CEO kvell at the prospect of owning an “iconic” team

By Jacob Gurvis

August 11, 2026, 3:23 pm

Rabbis warn New York mayor Zohran Mamdani his Israel rhetoric is ‘causing harm’

Jewish leaders spanning several denominations confronted the mayor as anti-Jewish hate crimes rise across New York City

By Annabel Sinclair

U.S. President Donald Trump meets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at White House in Washington, D.C., July 28, 2026. (Maâayan Toaf (GPO)/Handout

July 30, 2026, 9:43 am

Netanyahu compares New York with ‘the 1930s’ after ‘hate-spewing’ Mamdani calls for his arrest

The comments escalated a showdown between the two leaders as Netanyahu plans to visit New York in September

By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)

July 29, 2026, 2:46 pm

Basheret, a free international matchmaking service for Jewish singles, launches on Tu B’Av

'Traditional dating is broken' says Yuliya Etingen, who describes the process of helping couples find each other as her 'personal mission'

By Michelle Rosenberg

July 24, 2026, 1:13 pm

London-based Muslim Brotherhood official sanctioned over alleged Hamas fundraising

Move by the US piles fresh pressure on the UK to review its approach to the Islamist movement, which remains legal in Britain

By Annabel Sinclair

An NYPD vehicle (Creative Commons/Kidfly182)

July 24, 2026, 9:35 am

Jewish man one of those stabbed in New York by assailant shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’

NYPD describe two people - one Jewish, one Asian - as having been attacked, with a suspect in custody

By Joseph Strauss

July 23, 2026, 4:48 pm

Trump: US-Saudi nuclear deal contingent on Abraham Accords acceptance

The US President made his comments after his energy secretary announced an agreement which would see US companies build nuclear plants in Saudi Arabia

By JN Reporter

Donald Trump during his state visit to Saudi Arabia in May 2025, with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Credit: The White House)

July 23, 2026, 10:27 am

Israel alarmed by US-Saudi nuclear deal

The agreement gives Riyadh access to sensitive technologies while removing a key incentive to normalise with the Jewish state

By Tovah Lazaroff

July 20, 2026: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers video calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" but admits the city does not have the legal authority to arrest him. (NYC Mayor's Office)

July 23, 2026, 10:24 am

Jewish groups say Mamdani is abusing his office in attacks on Netanyahu

The New York mayor urged the federal government to arrest the 'war criminal' in a recent video

By Kelly Hartog JTA

July 21, 2026, 9:59 am

Trump rejects Mamdani vow to arrest Netanyahu in NYC

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is in “an active conversation” with the city’s legal department about arresting the Israeli prime minister

By Joseph Strauss

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