Congressional Progressive Caucus urges members to vote for Tlaib’s Lebanon war powers resolution

Politico's Yom Kippur schmear job

Today's Daily Kickoff covers reports on antisemitism, Gaza reconstruction plans at the UN, challenges facing Saudi Arabia, and the controversial Politico report targeting a Jewish aide.

In new book, Zibby Owens weaves memoir with a reckoning of Jewish life after Oct. 7

While Zibby Owens’ latest book opens with her intimate and sometimes humorous essays on divorce, motherhood and midlife weight gain, it gradually reveals a broader, weightier theme — the reality of life as a Jew in post-Oct. 7 America.&nbsp;&nbsp; “I want them to feel outraged,” Owens told Jewish Insider — the reaction she’s hoping for... <a href="">Read More</a>

Politico picks Yom Kippur to attack Huckabee's observant Jewish aide

On Monday morning — as Jews around the world marked Yom Kippur — Politico published a pointed attack targeting David Milstein, an observant Jew who serves as senior advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, labeling his actions as a “national security threat” while failing to provide evidence for the claim. In a WhatsApp... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/jacky-rosen-vists-poland-antisemitism-holocaust/hscpum-wuaagj47/">Read More</a>

Two Seattle Jewish leaders warn of Jewish complacency in face of rising antisemitism

Two of Seattle’s top Jewish leaders are sounding the alarm about the costs of ignoring rising antisemitism, offering up their own city as a “canary in the coal mine”&nbsp; — a warning of how Jewish communal apathy can allow individual acts of discrimination to slowly erode Jewish life.&nbsp; “I’ve been stunned by the effort to... <a href="">Read More</a>

Saudi Arabia's Houthi crisis is partly of its own making, analysts say

Saudi Arabia is facing an escalating Houthi offensive along the Red Sea coast and direct attacks on its own territory, in what regional analysts describe as a turning point in Riyadh’s conflict with the Iran-backed terror group — and a crisis they say was created in part by Riyadh’s own miscalculations. The Houthis recently gained... <a href="">Read More</a>