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Antisemitism has become ‘instrumentalized’ and ‘institutionalized’ in politics, media and more, Ted Deutch says
Ahead of the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum conference, which begins in Washington on Sunday, the group’s CEO, Ted Deutch, is reflecting on a significantly transformed landscape — in…
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Senate Judiciary Committee cancels planned markup of buffer zone bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee canceled a planned Thursday meeting where the committee was set to discuss and vote on the Right to Worship Act, a bipartisan and bicameral bill that would create buffer zones outside of religious institutions during worship services. The committee announced earlier this week that the bill was on the committee’s agenda... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/troy-jackson-israel-gaza-genocide-jewish-voters-maine/troy-jackson-campaigns-for-u-s-senate-in-maine/">Read More</a>
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8mNonprofit Security Grant Program fulfills less than one-quarter of 2026 applications
In a year when the Jewish community was rocked by a terror attack at a Detroit-area synagogue alongside other antisemitic threats, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program fulfilled less than 23% of applications submitted for funding in 2026, according to new data obtained by Jewish Insider. The chronically underfunded and overstretched program provides security funding to... <a href="">Read More</a>
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Passenger recounts dramatic effort to save Israel-bound FlyDubai flight
Still wearing a bloodstained shirt, Yaniv Hayoun described to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday how he rushed into the cockpit of a FlyDubai flight, helped overpower a co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain and briefly grabbed the aircraft’s controls as the plane was in rapid descent. Hayoun — who, along with the other... <a href="">Read More</a>
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8mFlyDubai passengers prevent mid-air massacre
This briefing covers the investigation into a mid-air terror incident on a FlyDubai flight, political developments in New York, and new initiatives within the Democratic Party.
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4mZohran Mamdani defends his plan to combat antisemitism amid criticism
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani defended his administration’s strategy to battle spiking antisemitic offenses by spending heavily on nonprofit-based “hate crime prevention” and lower outlays for security — all while keeping up his fierce criticism of Israel on official government channels. On Tuesday, the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism released its weeks-delayed “strategy to... <a href="">Read More</a>