The U.K.’s new government faces its first big security test

Terror and crumpets

Today's briefing covers U.S.-Iran diplomatic tensions, U.K. security challenges, the UN secretary-general race, controversial city hires, and the return of Sunkist's beloved Fruit Gems candy.

'Un-American': Ohio man who tried to host home minyan tells of harassment ahead of Supreme Court case

When Daniel Grand emailed friends and neighbors to invite them to a minyan at his home in 2021, he never imagined that email would set off a series of events that would trigger surveillance, harassment, antisemitism and ultimately a Supreme Court case. But five years later, Grand, an Orthodox Jew from University Heights, Ohio, is... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/authors/will-bredderman/">Read More</a>

Top Mamdani international affairs staffer linked to global left-wing influence network

A few months before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, his administration hired an expatriate supporter of the left-wing South American leader — an academic and activist involved in a group tied to the sprawling global influence network of... <a href="">Read More</a>

U.N. secretary-general race puts candidates’ Israel records in focus

The race to succeed U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is still wide open, with seven candidates vying to lead an organization whose approach toward Israel has become a central concern for the United States and pro-Israel advocates.&nbsp; But even as the candidates stake out different records on Israel, diplomats and experts caution that the next secretary-general... <a href="">Read More</a>

Bibi bites back in the Big Apple

This edition explores potential shifts in Democratic policy on Israel, Netanyahu's UN address, controversies surrounding the APA's accreditation, and key updates on international relations and political events.