Aaron Bandler

Los Angeles

Reporter at Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)

U.S. National Correspondent for @JNS_org. Views expressed are my own. Send tips to [email protected].

Articles

Man charged with hate crime for assault of Jewish man in San Francisco

1 week ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 18, 2025 / JNS)Brooke Jenkins, the San Francisco district attorney, announced two assault charges against Juan Diaz-Rivas, 36, “in connection to an antisemitic group beating hate crime” in the Marina District in San Francisco on June 14.
‘Concerned’ about West Virginia University probe of Jewish student, free speech org says

1 week ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 17, 2025 / JNS)The free speech organization Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter to West Virginia University demanding that the public school in Morgantown end a no-contact order that it had placed on a Jewish student, who was distributing a pro-Israel book on campus. Jessie Appleby, counsel for FIRE’s campus advocacy program, wrote to E.
Mum’s the word on Israel striking Iran from likely 2028 Dem presidential hopefuls

1 week ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 17, 2025 / JNS)Three days after Iran launched missiles against the Jewish state in April 2024, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stated that the Islamic Republic’s “unprecedented attack on Israel following Israel’s strike in Damascus represents an escalation in this conflict that I strongly condemn.”It took the member of the far-left “squad” in Congress four days to comment this time on Israel’s preemptive attack on the Iranian regime.
Mum’s the word on Israel striking Iran from likely 2028 Dem presidential hopefuls

1 week ago | clevelandjewishnews.com | Aaron Bandler

Three days after Iran launched missiles against the Jewish state in April 2024, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) stated that the Islamic Republic’s “unprecedented attack on Israel following Israel’s strike in Damascus represents an escalation in this conflict that I strongly condemn.”It took the member of the far-left “squad” in Congress four days to comment this time on Israel’s preemptive attack on the Iranian regime.
Documentary about 2022 synagogue hostage crisis speaks to extremism today, rabbi says

1 week ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 16, 2025 / JNS)A 2024 documentary about a 2022 incident, in which a gunman held hostages in a Reform synagogue in Texas, has a lot to say about Jew-hatred in the present moment, according to the rabbi who was held hostage for 11 hours in the standoff.
Three killed in Iranian missile attacks on Israel, Magen David Adom says

2 weeks ago | nationalpost.com | Aaron Bandler

Advertisement 1The Jewish state’s national emergency service stated that its two of its crew members were among dozens injured in the strikesArticle contentTwo people were killed and 21 others injured, four seriously, in an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Rishon Letzion early Saturday morning, raising the death toll to three, Magen David Adom reported.
Iranian missiles kill three in Israel

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 13, 2025 / JNS)Three Israeli civilians were killed in Iranian ballistic missile attacks on central Israel between Friday and early Saturday morning. In Rishon Letzion, two people died: Yisrael Aloni, 73, and a woman in her 40s whose name has not yet been released for publication. The attack also wounded 21 others, four of them seriously, according to the Magen David Adom emergency medical service.
‘No specific threat to the Jewish community’ on June 14, SCN says

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 13, 2025 / JNS)A spokesperson for the Security Community Network told JNS on Friday that “there is currently no credible or specific threat to the Jewish community” on Saturday.
Jew-hatred has ‘surged’ on Columbia campus, acting president admits

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Aaron Bandler

(June 13, 2025 / JNS)Claire Shipman, acting president of Columbia University, stated on Thursday that “it is simply a fact that antisemitic incidents surged on our campus after Oct. 7.”“Everyone in our community has been affected by the government’s actions and the corresponding public scrutiny,” she said.
Arizona governor vetoes bill to hold teachers liable for Jew-hatred in schools

2 weeks ago | jns.org | Andrew Bernard |Aaron Bandler

(June 11, 2025 / JNS)Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, vetoed legislation on Wednesday that would have allowed public school students, and their families, to sue teachers over antisemitic content in their instruction. In her veto letter, Hobbs said the bill was “not about antisemitism.