Politics

New York City Council calls for $5 million for hate crime prevention

Officials cite a Jewish group’s report on online hate directed at Jews and others.

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ADL says anti-Zionism runs the same risk of violent attacks as antisemitism

Jonathan Greenblatt acknowledged the violent antisemitism often identified with the far right, but said that did not diminish the risk posed by anti-Zionist rhetoric from the left.

AIPAC’s political action committee to back Liz Cheney, who criticized the group’s endorsements

Cheney, a longtime friend of the pro-Israel lobby, was not among the endorsees of the AIPAC PAC until now, which raised eyebrows.

Doug Emhoff says being the second gentleman brought him closer to Judaism

Citing disproportionate infertility rates among Jews, all 4 Jewish denominations back congressional resolution calling for awareness

Congress members join Holocaust survivors in reading names of the murdered

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces $2.6 million to aid state’s Holocaust survivors

Josh Shapiro launches ads in Pennsylvania governor’s race with a nod to Shabbat

Ken Roth, Human Rights Watch leader who came under fire for Israel criticism, to retire

AJC poll: American Jewish millennials care about Israel and are largely unworried about how it is perceived

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