From Oct. 7 to FlyDubai, ordinary Israelis keep filling the gaps left by the government

Maryland GOP gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox says he disagrees with son's antisemitic posts

Maryland Republican gubernatorial nominee Dan Cox responded on Tuesday night to a Jewish Insider report exposing his son’s past antisemitic social media posts, calling the story a “travesty” and accusing Democrats of pushing the issue into the campaign while stating he “absolutely” disagrees with his son’s views. Cox, who served in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2019 to 2023 and unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2022, is the Republican nominee challenging Democratic Gov. Wes Moore in the November election. Cox’s comments came one day after JI reported that his son, Josiah Cox, had posted a series of antisemitic messages on... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/">Read More</a>

Attendee at El-Sayed fundraiser bragged about beating up pro-Israel demonstrator

An attendee at a New York City fundraiser for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Monday night told a fellow attendee that beating up a pro-Israel demonstrator outside the rally was “cathartic” and “the next best thing” to being able to punch an Israeli. According to video of the incident posted on social media by both men involved, the two mutually agreed to fight and that they would not report the incident to the police. The El-Sayed supporter, an anti-Israel Jewish actor and activist named Jacob Berger, then bragged about the incident to a fellow attendee at the El-Sayed event,... <a href="">Read More</a>

The freshmen on Oct. 7, 2023, who became Jewish leaders in the terror attacks’ aftermath

Seven months after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel, Erica Ho stood beneath a Chabad tent on Harvard’s campus and became a bat mitzvah on her 20th birthday. Growing up in Albuquerque, N.M., with a Chinese father and Jewish mother, Ho lived miles away from the nearest synagogue and felt disconnected from the local... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/vulnerable-republican-candidates-urge-end-iran-war/">Read More</a>

In open letter, 73 retired U.S. military leaders reject genocide allegations against Israel

A group of 73 American military leaders is pushing back against allegations that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, arguing in a letter released Wednesday that the accusation is unsupported by the legal standard for genocide and contradicted by the conduct of the Israeli military during the war. “As retired senior military leaders and legal... <a href="">Read More</a>

Department of Education accuses colleges and universities of hiding foreign funding ties

The Department of Education accused U.S. colleges and universities of attempting to hide their foreign donors from public scrutiny, after the American Association of Universities sued to block the release of a report on foreign donors to U.S. institutions of higher education due out last week. The department had repeatedly delayed the release of such... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/daily-kickoff-trump-stops-by-abu-dhabi-synagogue/">Read More</a>