The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: Oct. 18, 2026

Release of the information has been delayed six times over three months and when the DOE announced that October 2 would be the date, the AAU sued.  The Brandeis Center is now stepping into the legal battle to fight for the public’s right to know who is funding American universities.  (SDJW staff report)

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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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The Jewish vote and the midterm elections

There are approximately 15 Democrats on the ballot for Congress who represent DSA and the far-left, comprising 3 – 4% of Democrats running in the midterms. The far-left is not even close to constituting a majority, nor is it represented by Democratic Party leadership, and the path to Democrats winning back control of Congress runs through the center. [Halie Soifer]

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The fight against terrorism and antisemitism: Oct. 17, 2026

The Washington Post reported that federal investigators who conducted a predawn raid Monday on the Washington D.C. home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) may have failed to follow instructions of U.S. Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh, who issued the search warrant. (SDJW staff report)

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Today’s Jewish birthday: Ze’ev Jabotinsky

Ze’ev Jabotinsky (October 17, 1880 – August 3, 1940) was a Zionist leader, orator, writer, and soldier. He was the founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and its associated organizations, including the Union of Revisionist Zionists (Hatzohar), New Zionist Organization, Betar youth movement, and paramilitary Irgun. [Wikipedia]

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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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‘Noah,’ the film, is a dark midrash on the early biblical book

Whether inscribed on parchment or captured on film, any serious adaptation of a biblical story functions as a midrash—an interpretation. Our interpretations almost always reveal more about the culture reading the text than about the text itself, and Aronofsky’s film, starring Russell Crowe, is a prime example of this dynamic. {Rabbi Dr. Michael Leo Samuel)

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Inside a national conference to revive the Black/ Jewish alliance

From October 12 to 14, nearly 200 Black Christian, Black Jewish (like me), and Jewish leaders—including rabbis, ministers, organizers, philanthropists, artists, educators, Hillel student leaders, and representatives from national organizations like the AJC, the ADL and Hillel International—convened at the JW Marriott for a historic national summit hosted by the Exodus Leadership Forum. (Barrett Holman Leak)

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