Gottheimer urges DOJ to investigate N.J. city for antisemitic discrimination

Israelis land in Saudi, miraculously

Today's Daily Kickoff covers a suspected terror attack on a flydubai flight, political developments in Michigan and New York, and global updates on U.S. foreign policy and security.

Israel-bound FlyDubai flight makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after suspected terror attack by co-pilot

A FlyDubai flight from the United Arab Emirates bound for Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia this morning in what Israeli security officials said may have been a terrorist incident following a violent altercation in which the plane’s captain, reportedly assisted by a passenger, wrested control from his co-pilot after... <a href="">Read More</a>

Rising Jewish Democrat in Michigan won’t endorse El-Sayed

Noah Arbit, a rising Jewish Democrat in Michigan’s state Legislature, has been a vocal critic of Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow Democrat whose Senate campaign in the key battleground state has exposed deep divisions within the Jewish community. But until now, Arbit had not yet publicly clarified if he is willing to set aside his differences... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/profiles/eve-rosenbaum/">Read More</a>

At his memoir launch, Evan Gershkovich recalls Moscow's thriving Jewish life before Ukraine war

On Tuesday, the day his new memoir about spending 491 days in Russian captivity hit bookshelves, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich reflected on the country he covered for six years — and on how dramatically life there has changed for Russian Jews since the start of the war in Ukraine.&nbsp; Speaking at the Streicker... <a href="">Read More</a>

U.S. protection revives Hormuz oil traffic as debate shifts to how long it can last

U.S. efforts to protect commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have helped revive Persian Gulf oil exports and weaken Iran’s grip on the waterway, experts now acknowledge, but a debate is brewing over how durable those gains are, and whether Washington is willing to sustain the costly naval commitment that underpins them. Persian Gulf... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/el-sayed-iran-war-protester-deaths-irgc/">Read More</a>