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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends the Saint Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, March 17, 2026. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.

Mamdani turns St. Patrick’s Day event into protest against ‘genocide’ in Gaza

“Leaders who claim to stand for human rights should not use rhetoric that puts Jewish communities at risk,” the AJC said.

Debra Nussbaum Cohen and JNS Staff

March 17, 2026

Ofir Akunis at a government conference at the Israeli Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on Sept. 27, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Liking posts praising Oct. 7 is ‘antisemitic,’ Akunis says

The Israeli consul general in New York said that those who applaud the massacre “don’t have a heart at all.”

March 17, 2026

Several paintings stolen by the Nazi task forces of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg in the storage area of the Jeu de Paume museum, in Paris, 1940. Credit: Archives du ministère des Affaires étrangères via Wikimedia Commons.

Congress unanimously passes bill to permanently extend Holocaust art restitution law

“Justice must no longer be denied due to procedural technicalities and legislative sunset provisions,” Rep. Jerry Nadler said.

March 17, 2026

The inside dome of the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka. Credit: Aviper2k7 via Wikimedia Commons.

Kansas Dems walk out over mention of Soros during House committee meeting

The Republican committee chair was accused of broaching antisemitism during a debate on election and campaign finance legislation.

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

March 17, 2026

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, at a hearing on Jew-hatred with the Haverford College, DePaul University and California Polytechnic State University presidents, May 7, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of the House Education and Workforce Committee.

University leaders, faculty and students driving Jew-hatred and failing to fight it, House panel report says

“This report exposes how radical faculty and student groups have been given free rein while Jewish students are left to fend for themselves,” Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, told JNS.

Aaron Bandler

March 17, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Verst Logistics Manufacturing in Hebron, Ky., March 11, 2026. Credit: Joyce N. Boghosian/White House.

Trump criticizes NATO’s ‘foolish mistake’ of refusing to join US operation against Iran

“We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” the U.S. president wrote.

March 17, 2026

Protesters rally against the Iranian regime in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. Photo by Aaron Bandler.

More than 2,000 attend rally in Los Angeles against Iranian regime

“Everybody is united, fighting for the same thing, which is freedom,” Tamar Nissim, regional director for the Israeli-American Council, told JNS.

Aaron Bandler

March 17, 2026

Newspapers. Credit: brotiN biswaS/Pexels.

Agudath Israel digitizes Holocaust-era archives, highlights wartime Orthodox Jewish press

The collections are “a treasure trove of primary source materials accessible to the broad Jewish public,” Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel stated.

March 17, 2026

Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joseph Kent testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

US counterterror center head resigns over Iran war, blames Israel for ‘manufactured’ American conflicts

“Blaming Israel for the Iraq war and a secret conspiracy of the media and Israelis to deceive Trump into going to war with Iran is ugly stuff that plays on the worst antisemitic tropes,” according to J Street.

Andrew Bernard

March 17, 2026