US & Canada
US House Passes Religious Freedom Bill Protecting Circumcision, Ritual Slaughter
JNS.org - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill expanding the protection offered by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include...
Free Speech Activist Warns: It May Soon Be Illegal in Canada to Call Someone Antisemitic
It may soon be illegal in Canada to publicly label someone an antisemite, a conservative Canadian pundit and free speech activist warned in an op-ed on Wednesday. Writing for CIJ News, Ezra Levant, who was sued in late...
Former Senior US Official: White House Launched ‘Venomous Whisper Campaign’ Against Netanyahu to Sell Iran Nuclear Deal (VIDEO)
As part of the Obama administration’s strategy to sell the Iran nuclear deal, the White House launched a smear campaign against one of the deal’s biggest critics, Israel’s prime minister, a former policy official told...
Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton Among Likely US Voters in New Survey
Donald Trump has now grown his lead over Hillary Clinton in Rasmussen Reports’ first weekly White House Watch survey. Trump earns 42% support to Clinton’s 37% when Likely U.S. Voters are asked whom they would vote...
Melania Trump: Antisemitic Attacks on Reporter Go ‘Too Far,’ But Were ‘Provoked’
JNS.org - The wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Melania Trump, said that while antisemitic...
Conference Hosted By Billionaire Koch Brothers Gives Platform to Notorious ‘Foes of Israel’ Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer
A prominent Washington think-tank backed the billionaire Koch brothers hosted two of the most “virulent...
Methodist Church Rejects Israel Divestment, Withdraws From Anti-Israel Coalition
JNS.org - The United Methodist Church (UMC) voted down four resolutions that called on the Church...
Sheldon Adelson Urges Republican Jewish Leaders to Support Donald Trump
Billionaire casino executive Sheldon Adelson is already at work on behalf of presumptive Republican presidential...
Jewish Billionaire Throws $2 Million Bar Mitzvah for Twin Sons; Quips About Squalor of His Own Coming of Age
Billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz threw a lavish bar mitzvah for his twin sons on Saturday night, the...
US House Passes Religious Freedom Bill Protecting Circumcision, Ritual Slaughter
JNS.org - The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill expanding the protection offered by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include male...
Free Speech Activist Warns: It May Soon Be Illegal in Canada to Call Someone Antisemitic
It may soon be illegal in Canada to publicly label someone an antisemite, a conservative Canadian pundit and free speech activist warned in an op-ed on...
Former Senior US Official: White House Launched ‘Venomous Whisper Campaign’ Against Netanyahu to Sell Iran Nuclear Deal (VIDEO)
As part of the Obama administration’s strategy to sell the Iran nuclear deal, the White House launched a smear campaign against one of the deal’s...
Donald Trump Leads Hillary Clinton Among Likely US Voters in New Survey
Donald Trump has now grown his lead over Hillary Clinton in Rasmussen Reports’ first weekly White House Watch survey. Trump earns 42% support to Clinton’s 37%...
Melania Trump: Antisemitic Attacks on Reporter Go ‘Too Far,’ But Were ‘Provoked’
JNS.org - The wife of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Melania Trump, said that while antisemitic abuse leveled at Jewish reporter Julia Ioffe for a critical...
Conference Hosted By Billionaire Koch Brothers Gives Platform to Notorious ‘Foes of Israel’ Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer
A prominent Washington think-tank backed the billionaire Koch brothers hosted two of the most “virulent foes of Israel” at a Wednesday conference, a Bloomberg View columnist reported....
Methodist Church Rejects Israel Divestment, Withdraws From Anti-Israel Coalition
JNS.org - The United Methodist Church (UMC) voted down four resolutions that called on the Church to divest from companies doing business with Israel. At its May...
Sheldon Adelson Urges Republican Jewish Leaders to Support Donald Trump
Billionaire casino executive Sheldon Adelson is already at work on behalf of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I’m asking for your support” for Trump, Adelson...
Jewish Billionaire Throws $2 Million Bar Mitzvah for Twin Sons; Quips About Squalor of His Own Coming of Age
Billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz threw a lavish bar mitzvah for his twin sons on Saturday night, the cost of which guests estimated at $2 million, according to the...
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Congregants in Touro Synagogue Dispute
JNS.org - A United States federal judge ruled in favor of the congregants of the 250-year-old Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., in an ownership dispute that...
Anti-Israel Students at Connecticut College ‘Occupy’ Office of School President in Protest Over Investigation of Mock Eviction Notices
A group of anti-Israel students at Connecticut College is “occupying” the office of the school’s president in protest over an investigation into mock eviction notices they posted across...
Obama’s National Security Adviser Denies Administration Misled Public, Media on Iran Deal
The United States national security adviser denied any allegations on Sunday that the Obama administration lied to the public and manipulated the media to sell the Iran...
Canadian Businessman Buys Newspaper Ad to Apologize for Punching Jewish Schoolmate 60 Years Ago
A Toronto man has purchased a newspaper ad to publicly apologize to a Jewish boy he had punched during his youth, BuzzFeed reported on Friday. Thomas Caldwell placed...
Texas Governor Refuses Obama’s Request to Lift State Sanctions on Iran; Says Nuclear Deal Undermines US Security, Poses Existential Threat to Israel
The governor of Texas sent a harsh letter to US President Barack Obama on Monday, announcing that his state would not only maintain its sanctions on...
