Jewish graduate students arrive on the Hill to urge lawmakers to tackle campus antisemitism

A sweet stop for Mamdani in Borough Park

This briefing covers President Trump's stance on Israel, the closure of an Oakland coffee shop amid legal action, and various geopolitical developments involving Qatar, the U.N., and regional tensions.

Mamdani visits Borough Park Judaica store ahead of the High Holidays

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday visited Borough Park in Brooklyn, home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities in the city and the world, a week and a half before the Jewish New Year. Footage released by Mamdani’s office of his visit to Eichler’s Judaica — a purveyor of Jewish books and religious items that has been in business for nearly 40 years — showed the mayor discussing garbage pickup and curriculum at yeshivas with local leaders, who gifted him honey for Rosh Hashanah. In the recording, Uri Fraenkel, who works as director special projects at the... <a href="">Read More</a>

Sister of Qatar’s emir promotes Venice exhibit depicting ‘bullets in children’ in Gaza

Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad Al Thani, the sister of Qatar’s emir, promoted a divisive exhibition at the Venice Biennale called “Gaza — No Words — See the Exhibit,” which highlights allegations that Israel deliberately targeted children in Gaza among other actions that the exhibit portrays as constituting genocide. The Qatari royal, who chairs several... <a href="">Read More</a>

Oakland coffee shop that ousted Jewish patrons suspends operations amid antisemitism lawsuits

An Oakland, Calif., coffee shop that drew national scrutiny for promoting Hamas and forcibly removing Jewish patrons announced it is indefinitely suspending operations amid three separate antisemitism lawsuits. Jerusalem Coffee House closed its doors last week, citing the legal challenges brought by the Justice Department, Anti-Defamation League and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human... <a href="">Read More</a>

Turkey's Trump card

This briefing explores political developments, including Senator Ossoff's condemnation of extremist rhetoric, global security concerns, diplomatic shifts regarding Turkey and Iran, and rising antisemitism within teachers' unions.