The Top 10 Jewish Related Things We Learned in 2025

Here are the top 10 things we learned in 2025:

10. Jew-Hatred Sells

Kanye West released his song and video “Heil Hitler” in May of 2025. He found actors to take part in it and released it because hating Jews sells and gets attention. Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, and Candace Owens all proved the same point. Owens even accused Israel of having something to do with the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

9. Emerging Israeli NBA Star Deni Avdija Is Turning Heads

The 24-year-old Israeli plays Forward for the Portland Trail Blazers and has been lighting it up, to the extent that he could get All-Star consideration. He’s averaging 25.5 points a game, 7.2 rebounds, and 6.9 assists.

8. Israeli Singer Yuval Raphael Shined in Eurovision With “New Day Will Rise”

Raphael’s performance was so good, even Jew haters had to admit the song — including English, French, and Hebrew — was beautiful. The song finished second overall and caused some countries to drop out of the 2026 contest, claiming the contest was rigged and that Israel shouldn’t be allowed to compete in any case.

7. Ben Shapiro Is One of the Few Public Figures and Conservatives Defending Jews and Israel

While I don’t agree with him on every issue, the co-founder of The Daily Wire showed that hiding in a corner and hoping antisemites will magically be nice, doesn’t work. Shapiro not only called out the worst offenders, but, taking a political risk, he also went after those on his own side who stand by and say nothing. It is these enablers who cause antisemitism to thrive, and Shapiro called them out.

6. Qatar Can Get Away With Playing a Double Game

There will be no check on Qatar, which has reportedly contributed more than $6 billion to American colleges to help demonize Israel and America. The same goes for President Trump, who accepted a plane (which he should not have accepted), while allowing Qatar to host top Hamas officials in its luxury hotels. Qatar could have done a lot more to help the situation in the Middle East, and get the Israeli hostages released. Instead, it pretended to be a fair mediator when it is anything but.

5. Mayor Mamdani Proves an Antisemite Can Be Elected Mayor of New York City

You can become the mayor of New York City, despite supporting violence against Jews, and believing Israel does not have a right to exist. Mamdani still hasn’t truly condemned the phrase “globalize the Intifada,” even though it has led to the death of American Jews, and the Bondi Beach massacre, among so many other attacks. He claimed he would arrest Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu if he stepped foot in New York City, and plans to use his office to wage war on Israel.

4. Jewish Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Home Was Firebombed on Passover — and Almost Nobody Cared

A sitting Democratic governor had his home firebombed for being Jewish — and the story made almost no impact whatsoever. It was in the news for about a day, because, you know, what’s the big deal about firebombing the residence of a sitting governor? I mean, there were some that struggled to even call it an antisemitic attack. If the victim had been from any other minority group, the story would have been treated very differently.

3. Killing Jews Can Be a Family Affair

At Bondi Beach in Australia, we saw a father and son kill 15 Jews in a horrific terrorist attack. It wasn’t the first time that a family has been engaged in terrorism together, especially in Israel. Kudos to the Muslim man who risked his life to interfere with the terrorists, and the Jewish couple that did the same.

2. Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism

Most Jews are Zionists. The term means people who believe Israel should exist as a Jewish state. Zionism does not preclude a future Palestinian state. In fact, the only reason there is no Palestinian state is because the Palestinian Arabs and every surrounding Arab nation rejected having a state in 1948 in order to destroy Israel and seize all of the land. But of course, false definitions of the word Zionism are spread on TikTok and other places. Anti-Zionism in almost all cases is a form of antisemitism, but propagandists are able to confuse people with little knowledge. Much of the problem is social media that hooks in uniformed people.

1. Hitting Iran’s Nuclear Sites Didn’t Cause a Global War

While many claimed attacking Iran’s illegal nuclear sites would cause a global war, it did not. Currently, Iran is facing its biggest challenge from its citizens who want a better life and don’t believe warring with Israel is a good strategy. Despite this, Iran continues to build up its weapons programs, and we’ll see what happens in 2026.

The author is a writer based in New York.