'Life and death’: Survivors of antisemitic attacks lobby Congress for security aid

Pezeshkian denies Iran seeks nuclear weapons at UNGA

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian cast Tehran as a peaceful victim of American and Israeli aggression during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, expressing a readiness for further negotiations while downplaying Iran’s state sponsorship of terror, nuclear escalation and regional strikes. Addressing the assembly a day after President Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal is not reached, Pezeshkian claimed Tehran has never sought nuclear weapons and painted its atomic program as strictly intended for energy and medical research. “Iran does not accept for nuclear technology to be at the exclusive disposal of some... <a href="">Read More</a>

Coons, Senate Democrats introduce sanctions bill aiming to block E1 settlement construction

Nineteen Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), introduced a bill on Wednesday that would impose sanctions on companies, individuals and others involved in the construction and development of Israeli settlements in the E1 area of the West Bank, which the lawmakers argue would be a severe blow to the viability of a Palestinian... <a href="">Read More</a>

Politico's Yom Kippur schmear job

Today's Daily Kickoff covers reports on antisemitism, Gaza reconstruction plans at the UN, challenges facing Saudi Arabia, and the controversial Politico report targeting a Jewish aide.

In new book, Zibby Owens weaves memoir with a reckoning of Jewish life after Oct. 7

While Zibby Owens’ latest book opens with her intimate and sometimes humorous essays on divorce, motherhood and midlife weight gain, it gradually reveals a broader, weightier theme — the reality of life as a Jew in post-Oct. 7 America.&nbsp;&nbsp; “I want them to feel outraged,” Owens told Jewish Insider — the reaction she’s hoping for... <a href="">Read More</a>

Politico picks Yom Kippur to attack Huckabee's observant Jewish aide

On Monday morning — as Jews around the world marked Yom Kippur — Politico published a pointed attack targeting David Milstein, an observant Jew who serves as senior advisor to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, labeling his actions as a “national security threat” while failing to provide evidence for the claim. In a WhatsApp... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/09/jacky-rosen-vists-poland-antisemitism-holocaust/hscpum-wuaagj47/">Read More</a>