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Not Sheeran the stage no more

This Daily Kickoff explores rising regional tensions in the Middle East, political reactions to Houthi attacks, and the fallout of recent anti-Israel activism in entertainment and politics.

Senate Republicans urge Saudi response to Houthi attacks

Senators returning to Washington on Monday offered mixed responses to the recent Houthi offensive inside Yemen and Saudi Arabia, with some Republicans telling Jewish Insider that the Iran-backed terror group’s moves warranted a response, while some Democrats framed the Houthi attacks as further fallout from the U.S. war against Iran. The Iran-backed Yemeni terrorist group... <a href="">Read More</a>

Jessica Tarlov on her new book, Hasan Piker and the limits of being able to 'acknowledge without accepting'

In her new book, Fox News co-host Jessica Tarlov advocates for constructive disagreement — “acknowledge without accepting,” or hearing someone out, hard as it may be, without torching the relationship or one’s own beliefs. In an interview with Jewish Insider ahead of Tuesday’s release of I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends, Tarlov pointed to... <a href="">Read More</a>

Blakeman-backed House candidate defended Ye’s antisemitic rants

Long-shot Brooklyn Republican House candidate Joel Anabilah-Azumah got a boost last week with an endorsement from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman — who hopes to unseat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul with an appeal to fellow New York Jews, particularly those discontented with Democrats’ declining support for Israel. But Jewish Insider found that Anabilah-Azumah has... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/05/trump-xi-meeting-iran-ceasefire-ai-tech-business-leaders/">Read More</a>

Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour after venues refuse to host him over anti-Israel activism

Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of singer Ed Sheeran’s U.S. tour after several venues objected to hosting the rapper, according to the tour’s promoter, following the rapper’s chants of “Free Palestine” and comments and imagery on Gaza during two recent opening sets for Sheeran.&nbsp; “As the concert promoter for Ed Sheeran’s U.S. Loop... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/08/florida-trims-the-fringe/">Read More</a>