Jon Finer and Phil Gordon, both of whom served as senior members under the Biden administration's foreign policy team, now claim that they're in favor of conditioning and even suspending military assistance to Israel altogether.

The Trump administration sanctioned three Palestinian rights groups over their push to hold Israel accountable at the ICC. The sanctions "make almost any form of interaction by an American with these organizations a crime," says attorney Shayana Kadidal. jewishcurrents.org/the-conseque...

NEW from me in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social. A prominent Jewish group donated $1 million to IsraAID to address the crisis in Gaza. Why did they choose IsraAID--and what does it reflect about how IsraAID approaches humanitarian work? Here's my report: jewishcurrents.org/an-israeli-g...

New Emerson poll of New York City voters finds Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani with 43% support, while 28% support former Governor and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo. Head to head: Mamdani 47 v Cuomo 40. emersoncollegepolling.com/nyc-2025-may...

Under Trump, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has a new role, writes @alexbkane.bsky.social for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social: investigating universities, cutting billions of dollars in funding to schools, and "decimating decades of research" to crack down on support for Palestinian rights.

NEWS: A social worker at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital put up a postcard at her desk with the words “Gaza Must Live.” Someone lodged a complaint that it made them uncomfortable. She was asked to remove it. She said no. On July 31st, Mt. Sinai fired her. jewishcurrents.org/mount-sinai-...

Under Trump, the Dept. of Health and Human Services has a new role: investigating universities and cutting billions of dollars in funding to schools. In doing so, HHS has become the leader of a campaign to crack down on criticism of Israel within the medical field. jewishcurrents.org/how-the-depa...

As Trump's task force on antisemitism tore through universities, I noticed something unusual: the central role of HHS. In my latest for @jewishcurrents.bsky.social, I report on how HHS has threatened funding to extract concessions on student protests and DEI. jewishcurrents.org/how-the-depa...

If Zohran Mamdani is mayor, he will have to navigate the contradictions of leading the richest city in the world as a democratic socialist. I spoke to three political observers about the opportunities and risks created by Mamdani's primary win in New York City. jewishcurrents.org/left-elector...

SCOOP: Last year, a Museum of Jewish Heritage hate speech exhibit went up featuring a video with stills of Trump. Then a museum board member saw it. The next day, the images were gone. Critics say the deletion shows how the museum has catered to the right jewishcurrents.org/new-york-hol...

SCOOP: Harvard Divinity School refused to publish its commencement speech after a speaker addressed the genocide in Gaza. Harvard has been lauded for standing up to Trump -- while quietly capitulating behind the scenes, students and staff told me theintercept.com/2025/06/20/h...

NEW from me: As part of the Trump admin's assault on Palestine activism, it is leapfrogging the legal process outlined by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, even as it points to Title VI as justification for funding cuts. Experts say it's illegal. jewishcurrents.org/trump-cuts-u...

Trump has recently distanced himself from Netanyahu on Middle East policy, even as he pursues an Israel-friendly repression strategy at home. @alexbkane.bsky.social reports on Trump's contradictory Israel policy and the influence of conservative "restraint": jewishcurrents.org/unpacking-th...

confused about trump's apparent distance from netanyahu even as the president ruthlessly cracks down on israel critics at home? @alexbkane.bsky.social's report unpacks the contradictions of trump's israel policy and the rise of the "restraint" movement jewishcurrents.org/unpacking-th...

🚨🚨🚨SCOOP: NYPD officers attended a training telling them that Palestinian symbols like the watermelon and the keffiyeh, as well as phrases such as “settler colonialism” and “all eyes on Rafah," were antisemitic. jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...

The keffiyeh. The watermelon. The phrases “settler colonialism” and “all eyes on Rafah.” All examples of antisemitism, according to pro-Israel groups’ new training for the NYPD. @alexbkane.bsky.social reports jewishcurrents.org/training-nyp...

The National Institute of Health is now prohibiting the awarding of new grants to any institutions that boycott Israeli companies. This is very familiar from state anti-BDS laws. Now it's a federal policy. www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/t...

SCOOP: Trump’s NSC Director for Israel and Iran Previously Worked for the Israeli Ministry of Defense From me and @esaagar.bsky.social www.dropsitenews.com/p/trumps-nsc...