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WJC’s Lauder lauds Herzog for designating Eisenkot to form Israel’s next government

“Your decision offers an opportunity for renewal after three years of profound suffering. The atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, the ordeal of the hostages and their families, and the losses of war have left deep wounds in Israel. Across the Diaspora, Jewish communities have faced a wave of antisemitism that has shaken their sense of security. We share a deep longing for reassurance and hope….”

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Antisemitism, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Press Release, USA

J. David Heller appointed as board chair of the Jewish Agency for Israel

Prominent American Jewish leader J. David Heller of Cleveland, Ohio and Boca Raton, Florida, has been appointed Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Board of Governors. He succeeds Mark Wilf, who concluded a four-year term in the role on October 25 at The Jewish Agency’s semi-annual Board of Governors gathering. (Press Release)

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Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Philanthropy & Volunteerism, Press Release, San Diego County, USA

ADL, Reed Smith, file civil rights complaint alleging Jewish girl, 14, was subjected to persistent antisemitism in Arizona school

The complaint states that the district knew about the harassment the first time it was reported, yet responded with dismissiveness and delay, rather than promptly and effectively addressing the incidents. Student A’s teacher allegedly told her the slurs were not his problem, and administrators allegedly refused to call her parents because staff were “too busy.” (Press Release)

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Press Release, USA

ADL, AEN decry American Studies Association’s anti-Zionist conference agenda

Sessions titled “Dezionizing the U.S. University,” “Zionism Is Racism: Introducing the Critical Zionism Studies Syllabus,” “Against Zionist and White Nationalist Attacks on the Academy,” and “Resisting Zionism: Anticolonial Feminist Pedagogy and Practice” are particularly troubling. Collectively, they portray Zionism as racist, dangerous, or an ideology to be dismantled, with little apparent opportunity for competing perspectives. (Press Release)

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Antisemitism, Israel, Jewish History, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

AJC leadership meets in the Vatican with Pope Leo

During the papal audience, the delegation presented Pope Leo with Honoring a Sacred Relationship, artwork commissioned by AJC and created by Rabbi Matthew Berkowitz, Izzy Pludwinski, and Yair Medina in Jerusalem. The piece depicts a powerful excerpt from Nostra Aetate—the 1965 Vatican declaration that revolutionized Catholic-Jewish relations by rejecting antisemitism, affirming Judaism’s eternal covenant with God, and building new bridges of understanding—in both the original Latin and the official Hebrew translation… (Press Release)

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Press Release, USA

Israeli police briefly arrest 90 international olive harvesters

“Harvesting olives is not a crime. Detaining peaceful volunteers who are helping Palestinian farmers access their own land is an outrageous misuse of Israel’s authority in the West Bank. These detentions are part of a system whose purpose is to make life harder for Palestinians in the West Bank to stay on their land, to make a living, and simply live….” (Press Release)

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International, Israel, Jewish History, Lifestyles, Press Release, Travel and Food, USA

Brandeis Center files civil rights complaint on behalf of a harassed Jewish student

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MCPS was alerted multiple times to harassment and threats against the student at Montgomery Blair High School through the student’s family, faculty reports, formal bullying complaints, and meetings. This included being accused of genocide because of his intention to study in Israel, being accused of supporting genocide because he wore an Israel baseball shirt, being targeted with demands that classmates shun him as a “Zionist” being told to “go back to 1935” by other students, and receiving an anonymous phone call saying, “You’re a stupid fucking Zionist Jew, and we are going to bomb you” immediately followed by fireworks being set off outside his home. (Press Release)

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Press Release, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

GOP pushes for Americans living in Israel to vote in Nov. 3 U.S. elections

On November 3 – two weeks from now – Americans will vote in elections that will decide control of the U.S. Congress and the balance of power in Washington. Republicans Overseas Israel is conducting a voter mobilization campaign for the more than 500,000 American citizens living in Israel who are eligible to vote. (Press Release)

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Israel, Press Release, USA

Opinion: Linking U.S. support for Israel to Netanyahu’s reelection is reckless

“The U.S.-Israel relationship has endured for 78 years based on shared interests and values, not on who happens to be Prime Minister at any given time. President Trump’s suggestion that U.S. backing for Israel’s security hinges on Israelis reelecting Benjamin Netanyahu is irresponsible and reckless. (Press Release)

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Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Press Release, USA

Iran’s networking brings together American antisemites on the right and left

In conferences organized by Tehran, American extremists from the far left and far right sat in the same rooms: white nationalists alongside Black nationalists and Holocaust deniers alongside anti-war progressives, brought together by a shared hostility toward Jews, Israel, and the United States — and sent home connected and emboldened. (Press Release)

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Antisemitism, Holocaust, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Press Release, USA