Josh Kushner, Bob Iger purchase Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5 billion

Haley Stevens defends AIPAC spending in her failed Senate run

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) dismissed the notion on Wednesday that campaign spending in her favor by AIPAC’s super PAC&nbsp; backfired in her failed bid for U.S. Senate, and defended the pro-Israel group as “Jewish Americans” participating in the democratic process. Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed last week, has faced... <a href="">Read More</a>

Atlanta Jewish Times publisher accuses Ossoff of ‘lying’ about Israel support

The publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times penned an open letter to Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on Wednesday pressing the senator over his repeated votes to block U.S. military sales to Israel, accusing Ossoff of failing to support Israel and of misrepresenting his positions to his Jewish constituents. “I apologize for being blunt, but please,... <a href="">Read More</a>

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>

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

In Tuesday’s newsletter, we wrote that four major Democratic primary races — in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Connecticut — would be key tests of the depth of the anti-establishment, anti-Israel left’s staying power. So far, the left of the party won three of the four contests, with the notable exception of Democratic Socialists of America-affiliated Wisconsin... <a href="">Read More</a>