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I want to start with a confession that I suspect many of us share, whether or not we would readily admit it. I have a hard time crying for the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash. This phenomenon … more

By Rabbi Benny Berlin, Jewish Star columnist, BACH Long Beach | 7/15/26

Drink up! Joseph’s Coffee opens in Atlantic Beach

The Five Towns area continues to see growth in its kosher coffee scene with the opening of Joseph’s Coffee at 2041 Park Street #7 in Atlantic Beach, the former location of Gelato by Maya. The … more

By Nati Burnside | 7/15/26

Summer cooking teaches kids healthy habits

I loved having my kids home in the summer. It was the perfect time to get them involved in the kitchen and get them interested in food — from growing it in the garden to preparing it in the … more

By Joni Schockett, Jewish Star columnist | 7/15/26

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

Teachers union weighs an anti-Israel blitz

Delegates to the American Federation of Teachers’ national convention will weigh a raft of anti-Israel resolutions when they gather in Washington starting July 16. Proposals call for an end to … more

By The Jewish Star From JNS | 7/15/26

Patients and medical staff are seen in an underground parking area converted into a treatment ward at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, after patients were relocated following the outbreak of war and missile fire from Iran toward Israel, on June 8.

Jew-hate runs rampant in Australian medicine

Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday spotlighted a report describing a pandemic of antisemitic behavior by Australian healthcare workers against Jewish patients. It called the investigation … more

By David Isaac, JNS | 7/15/26

Inna Vernikov, a member of the New York City Council and co-chair of its task force on fighting Jew-hatred.

‘It doesn’t impact my life if someone sits in their basement hating me,’ says NYC firebrand Vernikov

Inna Vernikov, 41, had been speaking with JNS for about an hour when she delivered one of her characteristically blunt verdicts … more

By Rikki Zagelbaum, JNS | 7/15/26

TheStranger.com reports that a Washington state gay Democratic club wants to “revisit” its endorsement of anti-Israel candidate Melissa Chaudhry, a Muslim woman, because she’s afraid to publicly endorse LBGTQ+ rights out of fear of offending Muslim voters.

Muslim anti-Jew politician mum on LGBTQ+ support

Melissa Chaudhry, a Muslim who wears a headscarf, has said that she is running against Washington state Democratic Rep. Adam Smith, who has been in office for almost … more

By Jessica Russak-Hoffman, JNS | 7/15/26

The Jewish Star reported in April on “Hack the Hate,” a Yeshiva University-sponsored conference.

How artificial intelligence is erasing religion

As artificial intelligence becomes one of the world’s primary sources of information, advice and guidance, millions of people are turning to it every day with questions concerning not only facts, … more

By Shachar Shapiro, Israel Hayom | 7/15/26

Adam S. Ferziger at the National Library of Israel, Jerusalem.

Frum US Jews and Israeli Judaism

Prof. Adam Ferziger, a historian in Bar-Ilan University’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Department of Jewish History and Contemporary Jewry, has been named co-winner of the 2026 Shapiro Award for … more

By Steve Linde, JNS | 7/15/26

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaking with supporters at a vice presidential debate watch party in Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 1, 2024.

Democrats split on Israel aid vote

The Congressional Progressive Caucus broke with House Democratic leadership on Tuesday in the latest example of support for Israel dividing the Democratic Party. Hours after House Minority … more

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