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People gather for the UTEP chapter of Turning Point USA’s event featuring Border Czar Tom Homan on Dec. 4, 2025, at the UGLC on the UTEP campus in El Paso, Texas. Photo: USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect A strong majority of Republicans in the US support Israel and reject antisemitism, but “new,” more liberal…

Screenshots taken on Oct. 23, 2025, of three Sora videos created by user “Pablo Deskobar.” Large language model (LLM) programs marketed as “artificial intelligence” have become common tools in the kits of online extremists advocating a genocide of the Jewish people, according to new research from longtime watchdogs of antisemitic hate groups and terrorist movements.…

Dear Bintel, My work colleagues and I need your help. Does Jewish tradition have anything to say about how not to lose your mind when all your bosses are idiots? Signed, Losing It Dear Losing It, Proverbs 29:2 sums up the impact of bad leadership on morale better than I can: “When a wicked man…

The head of an anti-Hamas faction, Hussam Alastal, fires a weapon in the air as he is surrounded by masked gunmen, in an Israeli-held area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, in this screenshot taken from a video released Nov. 21, 2025. Photo: Hussam Alastal/via REUTERS Anti-Hamas groups in Gaza have vowed to…

(JTA) — Outside of the social hall on the second floor of my synagogue, the historic Society for the Advancement of Judaism on West 86th Street in Manhattan, a modest yet elegant new exhibition adorns the wall. Fitted within vintage frames are the figures and faces of people from long-ago and far-away places; each portrait…

(JTA) — A nanny from Algeria went on trial Tuesday in a suburb of Paris for allegedly poisoning the Jewish family she was employed by because of their religion. The defendant, identified as Leïla Y., 42, had been living in France illegally when she was first hired by the Jewish family in Nanterre, a suburb…

Noa Kirel performing “Unicorn” for Israel at the first semifinal at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. Photo: ESC/Sarah Louise Bennett Israeli pop star Noa Kirel lambasted the countries that have decided to boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest because of Israel’s participation, defended her country’s involvement in the competition. On Wednesday, Iceland joined Ireland, Spain,…

Students walk on campus at Columbia University in New York City, US, Sept. 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ryan Murphy Columbia University’s Antisemitism Task Force on Tuesday implored the school to foster “intellectual diversity” with respect to the subjects of Zionism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, concluding its fourth and final report on the origins of antisemitism on…

The Palace of Versailles. Photo: Sandrine Marty / Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect The Palace of Versailles said it will conduct further research into the origins of a sketchbook owned by French painter Jacques-Louis David after a recent investigation revealed that it was stolen by the Nazis during World War II before joining France’s national…

Talia Sommer (center) in action with Serbia’s Dejana Stefanovic at FIFA Women’s World Cup, UEFA Qualifiers – Serbia v Israel – in Serbia, Belgrade, on April 7, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Novak Djurovic Butler University forward Talia Sommer signed on Tuesday with the professional women’s soccer team Gotham FC and reportedly became the first Israeli to join…