Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler has announced his retirement From the U.S. House of Representatives. “It’s the right time to pass the torch to a new generation,” he said.

The 78-year-old New Yorker, who has represented parts of Manhattan sand Brooklyn in a 33-year House career, is stepping aside amid a broader thirst for generational change in the Democratic Party. “When I step down at the end of this term, I will have served for 50 years in continuous elected public service to the people of New York.”

After 37 years at the helm, Anna Wintour has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, but will remain as Vogue’s global editorial director and Condé Nast’s global chief content officer, overseeing other titles in the company.

Chloe Malle, editor of Vogue.com, has been appointed as the new head of editorial content for Vogue U.S., reporting to Wintour. She is the American and French fashion journalist and editor, and is the daughter of actress Candice Bergen and the late director Louis Malle. She joined Vogue in 2011, serving in various roles, including Vogue.com editor, and eventually becoming a contributing editor before her recent promotion.

In her 84-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs, who is Jewish, wrote that the Trump administration had illegally frozen more than $2.6 billion in federal funding to Harvard University over claims of antisemitism as a “smokescreen” to advance its political agenda.”

“We must fight against antisemitism, but we equally need to protect our rights, including our right to free speech, and neither goal should nor needs to be sacrificed on the altar of the other,” she wrote. “Harvard is taking steps to combat antisemitism.”

The Library of Congress has awarded Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Geraldine Brooks its 2025 prize for American Fiction, honoring the author whose bestsellers often focus on aspects of Jewish history, like the preservation of the Sarajevo Haggadah and the life of King David.

Israeli actress Gal Gadot visited Hostage Square on Sunday, August 17, as tens of thousands of Israelis protested the government’s continued fighting in Gaza and demanded the release of the hostages. Gadot met with families — including former hostage Yocheved Lifshitz — to support calls for a deal to free the remaining captives.                                                                          Jerusalem Post coverage

Deborah Lyons, Canada’s antisemitism envoy, resigned three months early, citing burnout from “waking up every day to a fight,” and frustration over how hard it was for her “to get people to speak up” since taking the role after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Jews were the most targeted group for hate crimes in Canada in 2024, with 920 incidents reported — more than any other religious, racial, or identity group, said Canadian Jewish News.

The French National Assembly has voted unanimously to promote Alfred Dreyfus to the rank of brigadier general. Dreyfus was the Jewish army captain arrested in 1894 on false espionage charges — passing military secrets to the Germans — that were a reflection of virulent antisemitism in the French military. Dreyfus had been publicly stripped of his rank and sentenced to life in prison.

He was sent to Devil’s Island in 1895. Released from Devil’s Island after five years, he lived in a state of house arrest for several years before being officially exonerated in 1906.

The Senate must still vote for the bill to become law, but it is expected to pass with a large majority.