US Jewish leaders slam new Mamdani plan to fight Jew-hatred

Ignoring the connection between anti-Zionism and Jew-hatred “is a big evasion, very disappointing,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I think that the mayor knows better.”

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Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, and Rabbi David Niederman, executive director of United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg, at a pre-Shavuot celebration at Gracie Mansion in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, where Mamdani honored former political leader Ruth Messinger with a mayoral proclamation, May 18, 2026. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.

(Sept. 29, 2026 / JNS)  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is drawing widespread criticism from Jewish leaders and Israeli officials for a new City Hall “whole-of-government” plan to tackle Jew-hatred.

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‘Churchillian, meaningful’ Netanyahu United Nations speech, Jewish leaders say

Jason Brodsky, of United Against Nuclear Iran, told JNS that the address carried messages to “the international community, antisemites abroad, state threats against Israel and most especially the Iranian people.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York City, Sept. 24, 2026. Photo by Perry Bindelglass.

(Sept. 24, 2026 / JNS)  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday with a message for the diplomats walking out of the hall.

“If there are any other moral cowards who haven’t yet left this hall, please do so now,” he said. “Thank you very much.”

Dozens of delegates departed, as others who remained in the room sang “Am Yisrael chai,” the people of Israel live.

Donald Trump y Delcy Rodríguez anuncian un acuerdo que otorga a EE.UU. el control de más del 20% de las reservas de petróleo de Venezuela

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y la presidenta interina de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunciaron este viernes un acuerdo que otorgaría al país norteamericano el control mayoritario de 17 yacimientos y más de 65.000 millones de barriles de reservas probadas de petróleo venezolano.

Los 65.000 millones de barriles representarían aproximadamente el 21,5% de las reservas probadas de Venezuela, estimadas en unos 303.000 millones por la Administración de Información Energética de EE.UU. (EIA)

También equivaldrían al 141% de las reservas probadas de crudo y condensado de Estados Unidos, que ascendían a 46.000 millones de barriles al cierre de 2024, según la misma agencia.

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'New Covenant': Bennett outlines plan to 'build Israel from scratch' in every major area of life

Bennett said that he has spent the past two years working with professionals in various aspects to build plans addressing the core problems facing the country.

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Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett attends a conference at the Academic College in Tel Aviv, January 7, 2026.(photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)

Former Prime Minister and chairman of Together, Naftali Bennett, shared a comprehensive plan detailing the steps he’d take as prime minister to “build Israel from scratch” in a press conference on Tuesday.

Bennett described his plan, named the ‘New Covenant,’ as “a foundational plan to repair the state,” and said he would “fix every major area of life in Israel.”