Sydney’s wake-up call: When antisemitism turns deadly; ‘Significant concerns’ state not responding to Jewish schools on security grants, Stefanik tells Hochul;Trump adds Palestinian Authority, Syria to US visa restriction list

 

The Daily Syndicate   Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Trump adds Palestinian Authority, Syria to US visa restriction list   “The recent war in these areas likely resulted in compromised vetting and screening abilities,” the U.S. president said of the Palestinian Authority.   JNS Staff       Pew: Jews among US adults most likely to remain in childhood faith       ‘Significant concerns’ state not responding to Jewish schools on security grants, Stefanik tells Hochul     JNS Staff     Feds: Thwarted NYE bombers kept ‘terrorist diary,’ aimed to put phones in concrete, drop in water     JNS Staff           latest news         Student, who some say resembles alleged shooter, appears to be scrubbed from Brown website   Jessica Russak-Hoffman, JNS Staff       Former Louisiana rep with pro-Israel record sworn in as CDC deputy director         Trump ‘looking into’ possible ceasefire violation following IDF strike         ‘Free Palestine’ note found in Chanukah gift order from Bloomingdale’s   Jessica Russak-Hoffman       Israeli, US forces complete joint cyber-training exercise   JNS Staff       Netanyahu: Israel ‘fighting the battle that the Maccabees fought’   JNS Staff       Orthodox rabbi, wife at Harvard’s Hillel placed on administrative leave         IDF finds weapons, surveillance gear during raids along truce line in Rafah   JNS Staff       Police officer opens fire after Palestinian driver flees Judea traffic stop   JNS Staff       Sa’ar to convene ‘J-50’ Forum amid rising Jew-hatred         Wikipedia debating if attack targeting Jews at Sydney Chanukah event was ‘terror’         Oprah Winfrey criticized after failing to mention Jew-hatred in response to Sydney terrorist attack         Pro-Israel PAC endorses 64 House Democrats             opinion             opinion     Danny Danon   Sydney’s wake-up call: When antisemitism turns deadly   What happened on Bondi Beach the first night of Chanukah should shock the conscience of the nation and demand more than just words of sympathy.       Moshe Phillips How ‘CNN’ sanitizes Hamas terrorism   The word “official” is not neutral; it confers legitimacy, authority and a sense of normalcy—qualities that should never be associated with leaders of a designated terrorist organization.       Morton A. Klein The problem with the policy of ‘diverse viewpoints’         Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander From Gaza to Sydney: ‘Maoz Tzur’ and spiritual resistance         Harry H. Moskoff Turkey on the verge of humiliation

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