House judiciary panel to hold hearing on Jew-hatred
(JNS) — The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight announced that it intends to hold a June 24 hearing titled “Rising Threat: America’s battle against antisemitic terror.”
The hearing will address “the domestic conditions giving rise to antisemitic attacks in the United States,” and it will focus on “the different steps the Trump-Vance administration is taking to combat antisemitic terror.”
Kenneth Marcus, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, is one of the scheduled speakers.
Man charged with hate crime for assault of Jewish man in San Francisco
(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.
Diaz-Rivas, who was scheduled to be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday, is charged with two counts of “assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury,” and one of the charges alleges “that he personally inflicted great bodily injury on one of the victims and that this assault was a hate crime,” Jenkins stated on Tuesday.
The defendant was allegedly part of a group of about six who directed an expletive at Jews and said “free Palestine.” An unidentified victim, who is male, and the victim’s female friend overheard the hate speech, and the friend asked the group to stop and said that she is Jewish.
US State Department to vet social media of student visa applicants for signs of terrorist group support
(JNS) — The U.S. State Department announced on Wednesday changes in the procedures for vetting student visa applicants.
“It is an expectation from American citizens that their government will make every effort to make our country safer, and that is exactly what the Trump administration is doing every single day,” a senior State Department official said. “This is particularly true when it comes to our visa system.”
Under new guidance issued to consular officers, a “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of all applicants for student and exchange visitor visas will include applications being “asked” to adjust their social-media privacy settings to allow for public viewing.
JNS has learned that applicants will be told that their failure to do so could be construed as an effort to evade or hide certain activity.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams puffs cigars with antisemitic streamer Sneako, sparking outcry
(JTA) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams came under fire from Jewish groups and others after sitting for an interview on the porch of the mayoral mansion with Sneako, an influential antisemitic streamer.
Adams is seeking to run for reelection on the ballot line “EndAntiSemitism.” He has also signed an executive order to recognize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism and delivered multiple speeches about antisemitism and in support of Israel.
But after he puffed cigars with Sneako, whose real name is Nicolas Kenn De Balinthazy, for an hour-long interview, Adams faced backlash for platforming the conservative streamer who frequently spreads anti-Israel sentiment on his platforms.
