Jake Wasserman

No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal? Return to the Land is creating whites-only housing communities, with the aim of putting land “back under the control of Europeans.”

We first reported in June about Return to the Land’s hopes of replicating its whites-only settlements across the country, with the stated aim of “trying to put land back under the control of Europeans.”

That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How? The Arkansas whites-only Return to the Land Ozarks community that bans Jews is legal according to Tim Griffin.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said Thursday that ‘Return to the Land’, which bars non-whites and Jews from membership in its northern Arkansas living community, doesn’t violate state or federal law.

Cuomo blames Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss Andrew Cuomo is sharpening his attacks on Zohran Mamdani, accusing the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor of ‘fueling antisemitism.’

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At the Hampton Synagogue this morning, Andrew Cuomo blames Zohran Mamdani’s young, Jewish and pro-Palestinian voters for his primary loss.

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ICE Lawyers Are Hiding Their Names in Immigration Court ICE attorneys fighting to deport immigrants are able to obscure their identities — no masks required.

In @theintercept.com, Debbie Nathan reports on ICE lawyers refusing to give their names in court - and immigration judges going along with it.

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Donate to Tyree Ford, Philadelphia’s DC33, organized by Crystal Purnell-bolden Greetings, my name is Crystal Purnell-bolden, one of the siblings of Tyree Ford… Crystal Purnell-bolden needs your support for Tyree Ford, Philadelphia’s DC33

Two striking DC33 workers, one of whom is pregnant, were the victims of a hit-and-run last week when a drunk driver drove into their picket line.

Tyree Ford, a sanitation worker and father of four, sustained serious injuries and is still in critical condition.

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Paying the watchdogs: Compensation, equity, and sustainability in New Jersey’s local news ecosystem This report from the Center for Cooperative Media presents an analysis of journalist compensation, satisfaction, and pay equity within New Jersey’s local media ecosystem.

The Center for Cooperative Media did the first-ever study on journalist pay in New Jersey and found a "workforce under significant financial strain, with compensation levels that often fail to align with the state’s high cost of living."

‘Really devastating’: How vulnerable Jews will be affected by Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful, Bill’ Trump’s "One Big Beautiful Bill" would cut about $1 trillion in Medicaid funding, which Jewish nursing home residents need for long-term care.

Medicaid is the primary insurance provider for nearly two-thirds of U.S. nursing home residents, and Jewish organizations that serve seniors and Holocaust survivors are set to be impacted by the passage of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and its cuts to healthcare spending.

A screen that shows a First Place award from the American Jewish Press Association for my story "What American Jews need to know about Germany's growing far-right antisemitism"

Honored to have won my first-ever Rockower Award (and first place!) from the American Jewish Press Association for this story I wrote last year about the rise of Alternative für Deutschland.

Stay tuned for more later this year!

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ICE arrests Brad Lander, Jewish NYC comptroller running for mayor Brad Lander was arrested by ICE immigration agents Tuesday. The Jewish comptroller is running for NYC mayor.

Immigration agents arrested Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, in immigration court on Tuesday after Lander sought to protect an undocumented immigrant from the Trump administration’s practice of courthouse arrests.

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

Virginia GOP gubernatorial hopeful linked to Nazi sympathizer donor Richard Iott, who said he dressed up as a member of a genocidal Nazi unit to educate people, donated to PAC supporting Winsome Earle-Sears.

NEW: Richard Iott, a former Ohio congressional candidate with a history of dressing up as Nazis, donated a total of $900 in ten monthly installments since last year to the Winsome PAC, which supports Virginia lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears, @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social reports.

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We don't have secret police in America. At least we're not supposed to.

Is Germany’s far right really attracting Jewish voters? The AfD casts itself as an attractive option for Jews worried about Muslim migration. Germany’s main Jewish group isn’t buying it.

Interesting that Merz is adopting this line when his main opposition has been trying to make that pitch to Jews in Germany as a reason to vote for them:

Migrants responsible for increase in antisemitism, says Merz – DW – 06/06/2025 Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said migrants are a factor behind the rise of antisemitism in Germany, vowing to combat "this problem." Meanwhile, Lufthansa says it will restart flights to Tel Aviv on J...

Friedrich Merz is attributing rising antisemitism to migrants in Germany, with 67% of cases in his cited data from the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Antisemitism being "antisemitism related to Israel."

After Boulder attack, Trump to revive Muslim travel ban with targeted changes President Donald Trump will tailor the travel ban after an Egyptian national was arrested in a burn attack in Boulder, Colorado.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump signed Wednesday evening a modified version of his first term’s controversial Muslim travel ban executive order following the recent firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, which injured a dozen Jewish marchers.

After Boulder attack, Trump to revive Muslim travel ban with targeted changes President Donald Trump will tailor the travel ban after an Egyptian national was arrested in a burn attack in Boulder, Colorado.

NEW: Trump plans to revive the Muslim travel ban with targeted changes after the Boulder attack, White House staff secretary Will Scharf told Jewish leaders.

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I have been trying to make more social videos for @forward.com and this one struck me as a really moving story of how the death of one community could fuel the birth of another.

Check it out and read the full story too because it captured so much more than I could fit into 2 minutes 👇

this is why local news in so many of its forms is so important. people in media who serve a community, not a national audience, who can build up decades of credibility. it's not just that he's speaking up but that there's a possibility people might listen. this is what's lost when you gut local news

Several hospitalized with burns after man attacks pro-Israel gathering in Colorado, reports say FBI called attack on people rallying for hostages in Gaza a 'targeted terror attack,' as police continue investigation.

A man attacked and burned a number of people in Boulder, Colorado who were at a rally calling for the release of hostages in Gaza, according to police and a statement from the local Jewish community.

A happy bluetick beagle with his tongue out on the shoreline with the NYC skyline in the background

Went on a nice walk today after the psychic also said he wanted longer walks

Please man I just need one more reliable NJ pollster to release a Democratic gubernatorial primary survey result before early voting ends PLEASE

My beagle has taken away all the wrong lessons from the Waco documentaries that I like to watch

My dog, the extremist

Took my dog to a pet psychic today and they told us that he is an extremist

kind of obsessed with 2025 pride merch...I'm calling it cowardcore.

Come be my new boss!

The MerlinID birding mobile app showing a European Starling, and Eastern Kingbird, and a Song Sparrow

Big fan of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s “MerlinID” mobile app. I just went on a walk using it to follow bird sounds and it was fascinating to hear how many types of birds are in my neighborhood

For new parents, the aid crisis in Gaza is hitting hard New parents are fighting to feel joy with their babies amid helplessness that they cannot save the children in Gaza they see on their phones.

"These days I can't nurse without thinking about Gaza, whether I want to or not."

many thanks to the parents who spoke with me for my latest @forward.com

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