Socialist speed bump in Wisconsin, but left sweeps other key races

Curding DSA's enthusiasm

Today's Daily Kickoff analyzes key primary election results, addresses concerns over Mayor Mamdani's rhetoric, reports on Holocaust restitution claims, and covers significant developments in U.S.-Israel politics.

ADL reports find professors pushing anti-Israel bias, antisemitism in university classrooms

Even as student-driven protests against Israel and the war in Gaza have quieted down on college campuses, two new Anti-Defamation League reports reveal rising levels of antisemitism and anti-Zionism in university classrooms nationwide driven by faculty, noting that some instructors are still presenting one-sided views on Israel as fact, assigning readings by terrorist groups and... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/daily-kickoff-ortagus-out-overbaugh-in/">Read More</a>

As Hormuz talks stall, experts see economic pressure — not war — as Trump's likely path

Talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz appear unlikely to produce an agreement, analysts told Jewish Insider this week, with little sign that Washington and Tehran can bridge their competing demands over the waterway. The Trump administration is more likely to pursue continued economic pressure than return to military confrontation, the experts suggested — but that strategy may not be enough to force Tehran to back down. Reports indicate that an agreement between Iran and Oman on managing traffic through the strait is imminent, but a final deal has failed to materialize despite days of negotiations. Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s... <a href="">Read More</a>

Kaploun vows to resolve all Holocaust restitution issues by end of Trump term, drawing skepticism

Ambassador Yehuda Kaploun, the State Department’s antisemitism envoy, said last month that he would be able to resolve all remaining Holocaust restitution issues within the next two and a half years, before the end of the Trump administration, two sources with knowledge of the remarks told Jewish Insider. The assertion — made during the July... <a href="">Read More</a>

Rabbis hope ‘open, honest dialogue’ with Mamdani brings belated change in Israel rhetoric

A roundtable with New York City rabbis held at City Hall on Monday gave participants a chance to voice growing concerns about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Israel rhetoric they felt had before gone unheard — with several attendees telling Jewish Insider the strong collective message, and Mamdani’s reaction, gave them hope he would... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/03/harvard-pauses-collaboration-with-palestinian-university-amid-trump-actions-on-higher-ed/">Read More</a>