California Nears a First-in-the-Nation Jewish Identity Standard

Today’s lead: California’s SB 1387 is approaching an Aug. 31 floor deadline that could make the state the first to recognize Jewish identity as an optional ethnic category in public data.

Also tracking: Rep. Jamie Raskin’s challenge to federal campus-antisemitism investigations, a Senate resolution that could condition most security assistance to Israel, and congressional scrutiny of Saudi enrichment.

In the wire: Turkey’s $2.4 million Washington lobbying contract, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s meeting with the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., and Poland’s prosecution of an Auschwitz denier.