Before they were “more than 1,200.” “We need those numbers to understand what happened. But we cannot allow the numbers to become the story.”

Sweden expels Iranian diplomat for targeting Jews. The ambassador of the Islamic Republic has been summoned following evidence linking his country to attempts to threaten Jewish locals, and Iranian dissidents.

French Jewish students decry court’s omission of antisemitism. A Strasbourg tribunal rejected aggravating motive despite attackers calling three Jewish students “dirty Zionists” during a beating.

Miss Israel visits City Hall in Manhattan, says won’t try to meet Mamdani. “Whether it’s hosting Miss Israel or meeting with elected officials from Israel, I’m always looking to strengthen” the “deep bond between New York City and Israel,” Eric Dinowitz, a member of the City Council told JNS.

Faith groups urge passage of bipartisan bill that would protect houses of worship from protest. “This bill works very hard to balance our First Amendment constitutional rights between the right to free speech and the right to worship,” Rep. Tom Suozzi said.

Three-quarters of religion-based hate crimes in Hawaii last year targeted Jews, who are less than 1% of the state Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky, of Chabad in Hawaii, told JNS that “we don’t experience really any antisemitism, besides for the pro-Palestinian crap that goes on here, like everywhere else.”

NYT deletes line saying Israelis ‘view themselves’ as Oct. 7 victims, citing ‘editing error.’ The sentence appeared in a Monday article by NYT correspondent Isabel Kershner examining the backlash in Israel against the NAZA film.

Milan rabbi attacked by three men while waiting for bus, police arrest one suspect. A 20-year-old Tunisian man was arrested on suspicion of “religiously motivated violence,” while two other young men are suspected of involvement in the attack.

EU opens door to Canada as first ‘associate member’ amid growing US trade rift. Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the unprecedented proposal with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the European Parliament, saying Brussels and Ottawa should deepen cooperation in defense, technology, energy and the Arctic; the status does not currently exist under EU treaties