Jewish groups rally around D.C. leader after Sen. Van Hollen team’s attack

The limits of partisan loyalty: Graham Platner and the politics of character 

When an ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner told Politico in a story published on Monday that the Maine Democratic Senate candidate had raped her in 2021 after entering her home while heavily intoxicated, she said she did so because the response to a recent New York Times report on Platner’s past dubious behavior had focused on... <a href="">Read More</a>

New psychology training program aims to combat antisemitism in mental health care

Two leading psychologists are launching an initiative to help future clinicians better care for Jewish patients, Jewish Insider has learned, amid a surge of antisemitism in the mental health field that has left Jewish therapists and clients facing isolation and discrimination.&nbsp; Created by Miri Bar-Halpern, a lecturer in psychology at Harvard Medical School, and Dean... <a href="">Read More</a>

Iran hosts dozens of world leaders at Khamenei’s funeral, bars U.S. and its Western allies

Iran’s Foreign Ministry is hosting officials from dozens of countries and between 15 to 20 million mourners at former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s ongoing six-day funeral, including representatives from India, China and Turkey. Khamenei, 86, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli operation in Tehran at the outset of the war at the end of... <a href="">Read More</a>

Wasserman Schultz’s reelection bid ignites tensions within Democratic Party

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s (D-FL) reelection race has turned into a local and national flashpoint following the Republican-led redistricting process in Florida, and risks driving a wedge in traditional Black-Jewish alliances in the state and the party. Wasserman Schultz is running in South Florida’s newly redrawn 20th Congressional District, a decision pitting the longtime Democratic... <a href="">Read More</a>

Democratic leaders begin to abandon Graham Platner amid sexual assault allegations

Democratic leaders coalesced around calls for Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race on Monday following a Politico report in which an ex-girlfriend of Platner’s accused the Democrat of sexual assault, an account the outlet backed up with her correspondence and other interviews. Platner denied the allegation outright but said in a... <a href="">Read More</a>