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Melissa Langsam Braunstein

In the US, faithful Catholics are confronting antisemites in their midst

American Jews can feel heartened. The church and laypeople are fighting back on behalf of both communities, supporting Pope John Paul II’s ‘dearly beloved brothers’

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

3 min read

Archbishop Alexander King Sample of Portland, Oregon (Image: US Conference of Catholic Bishops/YouTube)

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent, December 11, 2025 (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

FBI investigating ex-counterterror chief Joe Kent over alleged leak

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Joseph Ken testifies during a House Homeland Security Committee (Image: Getty)

Stephen Pollard

By Stephen Pollard

Joe Kent quits blaming Israel – his far-right links tell the real story

3 min read

The IDF announces all senior terrorist leaders of Iran’s Axis of Terror have been eliminated (Credit: X)

Who were the seven top Iranian officials killed alongside Khamenei?

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters face each other outside the Adas Torah Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024 (Credit: DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images)

‘Zionist Nazi b****’: California Jewish parents sue state over allegations of ‘persistent and pervasive’ antisemitism in public schools

By Daniel Ben-David

3 min read

Police on bicycles patrol near the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) (Credit: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration sues UCLA claiming it created a ‘hostile environment’ for Jewish students

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired by US Senator Chuck Grassley (C), Republican from Iowa, holds a hearing regarding Nazis and Swiss Banks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, February 3, 2026 (Credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Swiss bank ‘holds 900 undisclosed Nazi accounts’

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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Trump’s personal lawyer proposes US provide asylum for British Jews

British-born Robert Garson says the UK is ‘no longer a safe place’ for Jews and offered to train ‘any Jewish person that wants to learn’ how to handle a firearm

By Siam Goorwich

1 min read

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January 19, 2026 12:20

Robert Garson (third from right) stands behind President Trump during the swearing-in ceremony for US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor (not pictured) in the Oval Office in November 2025 (Getty Images)

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

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January 13, 2026 15:09

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

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

Cornell University is the top recipient of Doha cash, but the school’s president denies that it has any influence on the institution

By Daniel Ben-David

1 min read

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January 8, 2026 18:37

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

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

Corporation faces questions over whether social media history of Middle East-based correspondent was disclosed to US officials

By Jane Prinsley

4 min read

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January 5, 2026 17:18

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

Dominic Green

By Dominic Green

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

The community must rediscover its strength as antisemitism that infected Democrats and campuses now consumes the conservative fringe too

7 min read

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January 2, 2026 12:24

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

Trump supporter Yehuda Kaploun appointed US envoy for combating antisemitism

The Chabad rabbi replaces Deborah Lipstadt as special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

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December 19, 2025 12:06

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

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

The report also found the university’s Middle East faculty was largely staffed by anti-Zionists

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

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December 10, 2025 12:38

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)

Alex Hearn

UK left are learning wrong lessons from Mamdani’s win

Drawing upon the brand of anti-Israel populist extremism which swept New York’s mayor to power will take Labour down a dangerously mistaken path

3 min read

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November 14, 2025 14:45

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

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)

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