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Arson Suspect Targeted Mississippi Synagogue for ‘Jewish Ties,’ Laughed During Confession: FBI
Smoldered remains of the Beth Israel Congregation’s library. Photo: Screenshot. The suspect believed to have intentionally ignited a catastrophic fire which decimated the Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi has told US federal investigators he targeted the institution over its “Jewish ties,” according to an affidavit the FBI has submitted to federal court. Stephen…
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Synagogue arson suspect posted antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack
Stephen Spencer Pittman, who has been charged with setting fire to Mississippi’s oldest synagogue, recently launched a website promoting “scripture-backed fitness” and shared antisemitic content on Instagram the day of the arson attack. Pittman, 19, was charged Monday in the Jan. 10 arson of Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, Miss., which he targeted because it…
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California Democrat Scott Wiener Accuses Israel of ‘Genocide’ in Sharp Reversal Following Debate Backlash
California State Sen. Scott Weiner. Photo: Screenshot California State Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat seeking to succeed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the US Congress, announced on Sunday that he believes Israel’s military campaign in Gaza meets the definition of “genocide,” a sharp reversal from a recent debate in which he declined to use…
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Megyn Kelly Gushes Over Nick Fuentes: ‘There Is Value to Be Derived From That Guy’s Messaging’
Megyn Kelly hosts a “prove me wrong” session during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US, Dec. 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara Megyn Kelly expressed her sympathies for white nationalist Nick Fuentes and antisemite Candace Owens, two Holocaust deniers who are rising in popularity among…
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Fundraiser for ICE agent who killed Renee Good includes antisemitic attack on Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
(JTA) — Supporters of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed Renee Good, a U.S. citizen, in Minneapolis last week are flocking to an online fundraiser to, in its organizer’s words, “Defend the Agent Who Stopped a Deadly Attack on America’s Border Enforcers!” Included in the fundraiser’s pitch: antisemitic language directed at…
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Democrats compare ICE with the Gestapo as they push to curb agency’s power
(JTA) — The Gestapo has become a cudgel in United States politics over recent days, as Democratic lawmakers compare ICE with Nazi Germany’s secret police and the White House calls them “unhinged” and “radical” for the parallel. State lawmakers across the country are pushing legislation to curb the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, which led…
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Lindsey Graham quickly embraces Netanyahu’s desire to ‘taper’ off US military aid over next decade
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said for the first time that he wants to “taper off” U.S. military aid to Israel over the next decade until it reaches zero. The comments, made to the Economist on Thursday in Jerusalem, follow Netanyahu’s suggestion in May that it was time for Israel to “wean…
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Belgium Halts Consular Services for Citizens in Israeli Settlements, Sparking Outrage From Jewish Groups
Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), at the Chancellery, in Berlin, Germany, Aug. 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Belgium has halted consular services for Belgian citizens living in Israeli settlements, affecting thousands of dual nationals and drawing outrage from Jewish leaders who call the…
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Jewish Woman Featured on Cover of Pro-Nazi Magazine as a Baby Dies at 91
Hessy Levinsons Taft on the cover of the pro-Nazi magazine family magazine “Sonne ins Haus” printed in 1935. Photo: Screenshot/US Holocaust Memorial Museum A Jewish woman who was featured on the cover of a pro-Nazi magazine in Germany as a baby and promoted as the ideal German Aryan, despite her Jewish heritage, died at the…
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Trump says Republicans ‘don’t like’ antisemites. Don’t trust him
President Donald Trump claims to be “the least antisemitic person” in the world, and, in a new interview with The New York Times, insisted that antisemites have no home in the Republican Party. But with antisemitism erupting in right-wing circles, the narrative of Trump and the Republican Party as the Jewish people’s sole defenders is…
