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Mississippi synagogue arson suspect confesses to torching ‘synagogue of Satan’

The suspect has been named as 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman of Madison, Mississippi

By Siam Goorwich

2 min read

CCTV footage shows the suspect pouring gasoline in the synagogue lobby (Picture: Beth Israel Congregation)

Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, November 3, 2023 (Credit: Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images)

Qatar is the top foreign funder of American universities according to new data

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Sally Nabil reported live from Washington on the Trump-Netanyahu summit last week (Photo: BBC Arabic)

BBC Arabic reporter who liked posts justifying October 7 sent to US to cover Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

Mourners lights candles during a vigil outside of the White House for two Israeli embassy workers killed by a pro-Palestine shooter (Getty)

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

A year of hate from the far left and right is a wake-up call for US Jews

7 min read

Donald Trump and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun light a candle during an October 7th remembrance event in 2024 (Photo: Getty)

Trump supporter Yehuda Kaploun appointed US envoy for combating antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through the Columbia University campus to mark one year of the war between Hamas and Israel, October 7, 2024 (Credit: KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Teacher told Columbia class that Theodor Herzl was an antisemite, inquiry hears

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (Image: Getty)

Alex Hearn

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

3 min read

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Punk icon Patti Smith reveals she is half Jewish

The musician says in her new memoir that she discovered eight years ago her patrilineal ancestry was ‘100 per cent Ashkenazi’

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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November 9, 2025 11:30

US singer Patti Smith attends the red carpet of the opening film 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' during the 81st International Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido, August 28, 2024 (Credit: MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

Shabbos Kestenbaum

By Shabbos Kestenbaum

Fightback against Mamdani begins at shul this Shabbat

New York’s Jewish community must take a stand in the face of hatred of Israel and grievance culture which won election

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November 7, 2025 20:54

Zohran Mamdani, newly elected as mayor of New York (Photo by ANGELINA KATSANIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Follow Tucker Carlson and you’ll fall off a cliff

Heritage Foundation must show better judgement or risk destroying all they should stand for

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

3 min read

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November 5, 2025 14:31

Embracing extremism: Tucker Carlson (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

Barbarians from both political extremes are at the gates – and they share a hatred of Jews and Israel

Tomorrow’s America could belong to cranks – from the left or the right

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November 5, 2025 10:38

New York City mayoral candidate and Democratic State Representative Zohran Mamdani campaigns in New York City on April 16, 2025. Voters will head to the polls on June 24, 2025, to vote in the Democratic primary in the New York City mayoral election. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Studying in a Miami yeshiva: Long days of study, hands-on outreach, and no regrets

Former JC intern Binyamin Jayson on life in a Miami yeshiva

By Binyamin Jayson

2 min read

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August 20, 2025 12:46

Studying in a Miami yeshiva: Long days of study, hands-on outreach, and no regrets

‘Jewish life here cannot be extinguished’ says British rabbi leading Boulder congregation after tragic attack

Congregants of Bonai Shalom in Boulder were attacked with Molotov cocktails while they held a vigil for the Gaza hostages last month – leading to the death of 82-year-old Karen Diamond

By Daniel Ben-David

5 min read

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July 22, 2025 14:36

Congregation Bonai Shalom Rabbi Marc Soloway at a vigil for the victims of the Shavuot Boulder firebombing (Getty)

Israel to continue ceasefire talks in Doha on Sunday despite ‘unacceptable’ latest amendments from Hamas

US President Donald Trump will host Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington DC on Monday

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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July 6, 2025 10:21

Smoke rises over the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2025 (Credit: Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Donald Trump: ‘You can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon’

The president warned Iran will face American might ‘at levels never seen before’ if it attacks US

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

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June 15, 2025 10:17

US President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for a deal to be struck between Iran and Israel to end the conflict. (Getty Images)

US to complete near-total military withdrawal from Syria

US envoy Tom Barrack said only three American bases remain in the country, with plans in place to scale down to only one.

By Shachar Kleiman

1 min read

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June 4, 2025 13:01

The US' special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, has confirmed it will be consolidating its armed forces in the country to a single base (Image: Getty)

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