July 2, 2026 — Jews targets of 55% of hate crimes in New York City in first six months of 2026, per NYPD data. The city mayor said at a press conference that the Big Apple is having its “safest start to any year on record.”

July 2, 2026 — CAM survey: As the US celebrates 250th anniversary, most American Jews faced antisemitism this year. 57% experienced antisemitism in the past year, equivalent to approximately 3.3 million Jewish adults

July 2, 2026 — US Supreme Court agrees to hear case of Ohio Jew forbidden from holding home minyan. “If local governments can shut them down with a cease-and-desist order before anyone can challenge them in court, every single one of those gatherings is at risk,” said Alliance Defending Freedom.

July 2, 2026 — Harvard antisemitism has become less overt, more ‘insidious,’ faculty claim in open letter. Though Jewish and non-Jewish faculty claim antisemitism has gone more underground at Harvard, Jewish students continue to report incidents and feel compelled to hide their identities.

July 2, 2026 — Dutch advisory body backs ‘settlement’ goods import ban. The Council of State says proposal is legally sound, urges enforcement plan as critics say six-year prison penalty is disproportionate.

July 2, 2026 — ‘Kotsuji’s Gift’: The Japanese scholar who rescued Jewish refugees during World War II – review The picture is cropped. A Japanese man standing to one side has been cut away. That man is Kotsuji, and the book is the long work of putting him back.

July 2, 2026 — Man enters Brooklyn Chabad with knife, bat in suspected antisemitic attack, removed by bystanders. The man, who is apparently not Jewish, entered the building wearing a kippah and holding a knife and a bat, was promptly confronted by worshippers and bystanders, and was removed from the building.

July 2, 2026 — Iran increases attacks on Kurdish opposition following days of clashes. The centrist and nationalist KDPI is a historic Kurdish Iranian opposition group, which Iran has targeted for many years, assassinating its leaders decades ago.

July 2, 2026 — US Marine Corps deploys Iron Dome interceptors on Guam for China war drills. The US Marine Corps acquired the MRIC system, which combines an American radar and command-and-control system with trailer-mounted launchers carrying 20 SkyHunter interceptor missiles.

July 2, 2026 — Colorado’s pro-Israel, Jewish attorney general wins Democratic primary for governor. Phil Weiser, whose mother was born at Buchenwald two days after liberation, is seeking to replace current Colorado governor Jared Polis, also Jewish

July 2, 2026 — Man arrested in Toronto for allegedly yelling anti-Israel slurs, making death threats, throwing rocks at a victim. Abdulkadir Al-Jelani, 58, is due in court on July 1 and faces charges of making the threats and three counts of assault with a weapon.

July 2, 2026 — Impoverished Venezuelan Jews open synagogues to help shelter hundreds of earthquake victims. 5,000-strong Jewish community, already diminished by decades of political turmoil, provides aid while straining depleted resources as rescue efforts continue