Moderate N.Y. Democrat Rory Lancman hoping to reinvigorate party’s centrist wing in the suburbs

The freshmen on Oct. 7, 2023, who became Jewish leaders in the terror attacks’ aftermath

Seven months after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel, Erica Ho stood beneath a Chabad tent on Harvard’s campus and became a bat mitzvah on her 20th birthday. Growing up in Albuquerque, N.M., with a Chinese father and Jewish mother, Ho lived miles away from the nearest synagogue and felt disconnected from the local... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/vulnerable-republican-candidates-urge-end-iran-war/">Read More</a>

73 retired military leaders reject genocide allegations against Israel in open letter

A group of 73 military leaders is pushing back against allegations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, arguing in a letter released Wednesday that the accusation is unsupported by the legal standard for genocide and contradicted by the conduct of the Israeli military during the war. “As retired senior military leaders and legal experts,... <a href="">Read More</a>

Department of Education accuses colleges and universities of hiding foreign funding ties

The Department of Education accused U.S. colleges and universities of attempting to hide their foreign donors from public scrutiny, after the American Association of Universities sued to block the release of a report on foreign donors to U.S. institutions of higher education due out last week. The department had repeatedly delayed the release of such... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/daily-kickoff-trump-stops-by-abu-dhabi-synagogue/">Read More</a>

Poll finds sliding NYC Jewish support for Dems since Oct. 7, substantial concern about DSA

A new poll found support for the Democratic Party decreasing among Jewish voters in New York City and a widespread view among Jewish New Yorkers that the Democratic Socialists of America are hostile to Jews. The poll, by the Honan Strategy Group, of 503 Jewish voters — a subsample of a poll of 1,167 likely... <a href="">Read More</a>

After years of hostage advocacy, Kibbutz Be’eri survivor turns toward the future

For two years, Shoshan Haran thought of nothing except the hostages. After surviving 50 days in Hamas captivity, she spent much of the next two years traveling between the United States, Europe and Israel, meeting with lawmakers and government officials and pressing for the release of the remaining captives — including her son-in-law, Tal Shoham,... <a href="">Read More</a>