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By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Sept. 10, 2026 / JNS) The Chicago Rabbinical Council, a nonprofit that has a kosher certification arm, has developed what it says is an innovative model for Jewish divorce, which combines mediation and binding arbitration to address legal, religious and communal dimensions of divorce.The CRC program allows divorcing couples to begin in mediation, turn to […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 10, 2026 / JNS) Oscar-nominated actor John Malkovich has withdrawn from an April 13, 2027, Tel Aviv performance of “The Music Critic” after a press release attributed to him remarks he said he never made or approved.Malkovich said a public relations firm hired by the Israeli promoter drafted the quote without consulting him and […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Sept. 10, 2026 / JNS) An Orthodox Jewish man shouldn’t have to finish a local permitting process in order to challenge an Ohio city’s restriction on hosting prayer gatherings in his home, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty told the U.S. Supreme Court.“Religious freedom is an empty promise when Americans can’t get their day in […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Sept. 8, 2026 / JNS) Montgomery County police will not issue criminal citations for violations of a new firearms law barring the carrying of guns in or within 100 yards of houses of worship while litigation challenging the measure is pending, the county told a federal court Tuesday.The county’s filing came in a lawsuit brought […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 9, 2026 / JNS) Kiryat Motzkin has the highest mammography screening rate for breast cancer of all Israeli cities, with 75.5% of eligible women undergoing the checkup, according to 2025 data from Clalit Health Services, the healthcare organization said on Sunday.In Israel, mammography screening is covered under the national health basket for women aged […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 9, 2026 / JNS) Israeli security forces said on Tuesday that they dismantled a terrorist network involving more than 30 suspects from Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria that was allegedly preparing attacks against Jews and security forces.Five Jerusalem residents were indicted in Jerusalem District Court, according to a joint statement from the Israel Police, […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 8, 2026 / JNS) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Alternative für Deutschland’s victory in the Saxony-Anhalt elections on Sunday is “a tectonic upheaval in our party system,” the daily Bild reported.The far-right party, which has been called antisemitic by German Jewish groups, won 43.8% of the vote in the state election, garnering 39 […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Sept. 7, 2026 / JNS) A new book, which comes 25 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York City, addresses the rabbinic laws about the status of wives, whose husbands were killed in the World Trade Center.An agunah is a woman who cannot remarry, either because her husband’s death has not […]
(Sept. 7, 2026 / JNS) New York state will distribute $70 million to 290 nonprofit community-based organizations that are “vulnerable to hate crimes and attacks due to their ideology, beliefs or mission,” the office of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told JNS exclusively on Monday.“The Jewish community has been subjected to horrible, horrible acts of […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 3, 2026 / JNS) Two Israelis are among the more than 4,000 people still missing Thursday following the catastrophic flooding triggered by a glacial collapse in Nepal last week.At least 1,273 people (1,252 in Nepal, 21 in Tibet) were killed in the Aug. 26 natural disaster. The missing Israelis are a 60-year-old man and […]
(Sept. 7, 2026 / JNS) The Pacific nation of Naoero (formerly known as Nauru) opened an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, becoming the ninth country to locate its diplomatic mission in Israel’s capital.“Israel’s relations with the nations of the South Pacific are advancing tremendously,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said at the event. “Today two […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 3, 2026 / JNS) Gloria Steinem, a mother of Second Wave feminism and a shaper of American culture, died Wednesday in her home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She was 92 years old.The longtime political agitator, activist and founder was known for her forceful activism and speeches on behalf of women’s equality. She was […]
By Alan Zeitlin
... We are being told by non-Jews who never stepped inside a shul or even watched the Charlton Heston version of The Ten Commandments what our religion, biblical and historical ties to Israel should and shouldn’t be.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 2, 2026 / JNS) Barnard College, an undergraduate college within Columbia University, has paused new and pending Curricular Practical Training approvals for international students as it updates its protocols to comply with new federal guidance.According to the Columbia Daily Spectator, the student-run newspaper of both Columbia and Barnard, the college paused approvals following two […]
(Sept. 3, 2026 / JNS) A delegation of 14 African Christian leaders from four countries is visiting Israel this week, amid increased outreach to tens of millions of Christian supporters across the continent.The faith-based trip highlights the diplomatic tug-of-war between supporters and opponents of the Jewish state in Africa, home to more Christians than any […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 1, 2026 / JNS) The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to extend federal government funding through Dec. 11, eliminating the threat of a shutdown before the November midterm elections.The 370-48 vote sends the measure to U.S. President Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate passed the continuing resolution 90-6 on Aug. 8. “I […]
(Sept. 1, 2026 / JNS) Vice President JD Vance spoke to Jewish Republicans in Las Vegas on Monday amid doubts from some pro-Israel conservatives about his feelings towards the Jewish state, his self-described “realist” foreign policy views and his relationship with Tucker Carlson.Vance was met with applause by attendees at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 31, 2026 / JNS) On a breezy Sunday morning in the Bronx, about 20 people gathered near the 182nd-183rd Street subway station to explore a side of the neighborhood near Fordham University that is easy to miss today—its Jewish past. “I find it fascinating that there are so many layers of history that people […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Sept. 1, 2026 / JNS) Talia Dekel-Fleissig, who led the Jerusalem Press Club as CEO until it shuttered after 13 years on Tuesday, plans to formally open the Israel Press Club, which is to serve foreign correspondents and visiting journalists, on Oct. 27, Israeli Election Day, she told JNS exclusively.The new Tel Aviv-based club is […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Sept. 1, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended his congratulations on the capture of the head of Hamas’s internal security apparatus on Tuesday.Describing the terrorist as “one of the most senior Hamas leaders,” the prime minister said he had been “responsible for hiding and transporting our abductees [and] hiding senior Hamas officials.” […]
The 2026-27 school year opened today in Israel at approximately 28,000 locations across the country, per the Israeli Ministry of Education. There are approximately 180,000 first graders and 143,000 twelfth graders, out of a total student body numbering around 2.6 million. Per the ministry, around 260,000 teachers have begun the year as well. The Israel […]
(Aug. 28, 2026 / JNS) After New York state regulators approved a proposed merger between Maimonides Medical Center and New York City’s public hospital system on Thursday, Orthodox Jewish leaders warned that the deal could cost the community control over a hospital that has accommodated Jewish religious needs for generations.A committee of the New York […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 28, 2026 / JNS) Nathan Vilas Laatsch, 29, a former civilian employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency, which is part of the Pentagon, pleaded guilty to sharing national defense information with a foreign government, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.Laatsch, of Alexandria, Va., worked in the agency’s insider threat division and held a […]
By Canaan Lidor
(Aug. 30, 2026 / JNS) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded a medal of honor on Thursday to Natan Sharansky in Kiyv for his efforts to help Ukraine and preserve the memory of the Holocaust there.Sharansky, a human rights activist and former Prisoner of Zion, received the 3rd class Order of Merit of Ukraine medal for his […]
Olim B’Limud has reached a milestone of approximately forty million Israeli new shekalim distributed among participating yeshivos and seminaries. A program of the Jewish Agency for Isael in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, Olim B’LImud offers a range of financial assistance and educational supplements for gap year students studying in Israel. […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 26, 2026 / JNS) After antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker tried to blame Jewish supporters of Israel for worsening antisemitism, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) called on House Republican leaders on Tuesday to allow a vote on his bipartisan resolution condemning such voices in both parties.“Hatred is hatred. Period,” stated Gottheimer, who is Jewish. “Let’s bring […]
(Aug. 25, 2026 / JNS) A “secret garden.” That’s how James Kellerhouse describes the grassy, historic grounds of Vanderbilt University’s new campus in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood.“You walk through the gates and you’re just in this oasis of historic, beautiful buildings,” Kellerhouse, assistant vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and executive director of operations and engagement for […]
(Aug. 26, 2026 / JNS) The Trump administration sanctioned on Wednesday three entities it says are “violent far-left terrorist groups,” with all connected to anti-Israel activity.The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Palestine Action, a United Kingdom-based organization that was proscribed as a terrorist group by Britain in July 2025. The group has targeted defense […]
Modern warfare is increasingly being conducted by unmanned aerial systems (UAS, that is, drones), as can be seen in Ukraine and the Middle East. First person-view (FPV) drones, costing only a few hundred dollars, can disable a million-dollar vehicle or knock out power for millions of people. Most of the counter-drone industry, however, is focused […]
(Aug. 25, 2026 / JNS) A new nutrition survey led by the United Nations Children’s Fund shows relatively low levels of acute malnutrition among children in accessible areas of Gaza, which confirms Israel’s repeated rejection of claims that the Strip was experiencing widespread starvation, according to Ofir Akunis, Israeli consul general in New York.“The truth […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 25, 2026 / JNS) Country music singer Dolly Parton died in Nashville, Tenn., her family announced on Tuesday. She was 80 years old.A Christian who once told The New York Times that she kept a Bible on her nightstand, Parton was born in a one-room cabin in Pittman Center, Tenn., in 1946. She was […]
(Aug. 24, 2026 / JNS) The New York City Police Department released video footage on Monday of two suspects in hate crime attacks on Queens synagogues on July 16.The NYPD asked the public to help identify the two, who are suspected of throwing bags of motor oil at two Orthodox synagogues, Young Israel of Jamaica […]
By Joshua Marks
(Aug. 24, 2026 / JNS) Israel located the Altalena off the country’s Mediterranean coast 78 years after its sinking, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu announced on Monday, calling the find historic.“At 12:30 a.m., at a depth of 503 meters [1,650 feet] west of Israel’s coast, the Altalena was located intact—78 years after the painful, formative event […]
With the interim stretch between summer camp and the start of yeshiva in full swing, local Frum families flocked to Flushing Meadows on Sunday, August 23, for a high-energy, budget-friendly day out. Moving Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day to Sunday provided the perfect day trip for parents to take their children to watch world-class athletic talent, […]
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
(Aug. 21, 2026 / JNS) When StopAntisemitism asked three social media companies to remove antisemitic content in the last year, it found that TikTok had the best record of the trio, followed by Instagram, then X, according to a report that the nonprofit shared exclusively with JNS.“We’ve seen time and again how hatred that starts […]
(Aug. 24, 2026 / Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS-IL) A 1,600-year-old mosaic depicting the biblical hero Samson went on public display Sunday for the first time after more than a decade of archaeological excavations at Hukok in the eastern Lower Galilee.The mosaic, uncovered in the remains of an ancient synagogue used by a Jewish community during the Talmudic […]
(Aug. 21, 2026 / JNS) On Tuesday, Key West, Fla., elected Samuel Kaufman as the city’s first Jewish mayor in its nearly-200-year history.A lawyer currently serving as a city commissioner, Kaufman told JNS that he is proud to continue the long tradition of Jewish contributions to the island community. “To carry that forward and to […]
Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS) The sweltering Middle East summer commute got a bit cooler for some public transportation riders this week after the first air-conditioned bus stop was launched in Israel.The innovative pilot project saw a water-based air-cooling system installed at a city bus stop located in the central Israeli city of Holon. The […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 20, 2026 / JNS) Israeli professional soccer club Hapoel Beersheva secured a 2-1 comeback victory over Azerbaijan’s Sabah FK in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifying playoff on Wednesday night.Veljko Simić put Sabah on top in the sixth minute of play at Giulesti Stadium in Bucharest, Romania, which lasted until just […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS) The Gwinnett County Democratic Party in the Atlanta area decided to replace David Hogg, a former Democratic National Committee vice chair, as its featured speaker at an upcoming annual fundraising gala, according to Esther Panitch, a Georgia state representative and the only Jewish member of the state legislature.The gala is […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 19, 2026 / JNS) New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a consumer alert after an entity calling itself the “Jewish Holocaust Claims Center” solicited Holocaust survivors and their families to submit claims for compensation, prompting state officials to warn of a potential scam.The New York State Department of Financial Services stated that it could […]
Michael Wildes, the mayor of Englewood, NJ; lawyer; and law professor will be joining Columbia Law School this fall to teach a course in Business Immigration, Visas, Workforce, and Compliance Law. This is in addition to his role as adjunct professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, which he has held for the […]
Israel announced today the recovery of the remains of Yehuda Katz, an IDF soldier who went missing during the First Lebanon War, after the Battle of Sultan Yacoub June 11th, 1982.“In an operation led by the Military Intelligence and a joint community effort with the Mossad, the remains of Yehuda were located and brought to […]
(Aug. 17, 2026 / JNS) The Saudi Arabian educational curriculum is now entirely free of antisemitic content, and promotes peace and coexistence, while openly presenting Islamic extremism as a threat, a study released on Monday found.The continued educational reform and unequivocal signs of moderation in the kingdom come amid a push to reach a peace […]
(Aug. 17, 2026 / JNS) This Friday, the United Nations Security Council is set to take an important step in choosing a replacement for António Guterres, whose second and final term as secretary-general expires at the end of the year, when it takes a second, informal and non-binding straw poll about who will lead the […]
(Aug. 17, 2026 / JNS) Retired American-Israeli basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire was inducted on Sunday into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, receiving the highest honor for former professional athletes in the sport.Stoudemire, who completed his conversion to Judaism in 2020 and became an Israeli citizen in 2019, described his journey to the Israeli Basketball […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman and Menachem Wecker - JNS
Muslims are estimated to make up about 1% of Americans, suggesting that in 2025, a Jewish American was about 190% likelier than a Muslim American to be the target of a hate crime.
(Aug. 16, 2026 / JNS) The Israeli Consulate General in New York plans to expand its pilot program of one-day consular services in regional locations to Cleveland, a diplomatic source told JNS.The consulate, based in Manhattan, is the largest Israeli diplomatic mission in the world, covering New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Delaware. […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 14, 2026 / JNS) Leor Moshe, 43, an Orthodox Jew from Lakewood, N.J., faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines after pleading guilty to wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded more than 97 people of more than $47 million in a “Ponzi-like investment scheme,” Robert Frazer, U.S. attorney for […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 15, 2026 / JNS) Officers arrested Larry Montes, 46, of the Bronx, on Friday night and charged him with 14 charges, including six hate crimes, after he allegedly hit a 63-year-old woman and spat upon and heat-butted a 65-year-old security guard at Central Synagogue in Manhattan on Friday night, the New York City Police […]
By Canaan Lidor
(Aug. 13, 2026 / JNS) The Jewish Community of Vienna, Austria is helping to search for the Israeli mother and daughter who went missing there this week, leaders of that community said Thursday, as an Israeli court issued a gag order on details from the investigation.“All the Jewish groups here have circulated online a missing […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 13, 2026 / JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republican senators on Wednesday to approve legislation that would establish permanent daylight saving time.“People are sick and tired of having to change their clocks twice a year,” Trump stated. “I am asking Republican senators to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, ASAP.” The House passed the […]
(Aug. 13, 2026 / JNS) Fifty percent to 60% of Israel’s oil imports from Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan transit through Georgia, underscoring the importance to Jerusalem of Tbilisi’s role in maintaining regional stability, Israeli Ambassador to Georgia Walid Abu Haya told JNS on Tuesday.Abu Haya was born and raised in a Druze village in northern Israel […]
(Aug. 12, 2026 / JNS) Milwaukee County executive David Crowley won an upset victory over state Assembly member Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary after pre-election polling suggested that Hong, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, held a double-digit lead.Hong, 37, had accused Israel of “genocide” and appeared on podcasts with […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 11, 2026 / JNS) U.S. lawmakers are pressing the Trump administration to support a planned high-voltage power link connecting the electricity grids of Israel, Cyprus and Greece.Led by Reps. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) and Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.), a bipartisan group of House members urged U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. International Development Finance […]
Siding with a group of Staten Island homeowners, State Supreme Court Wayne M. Ozzi issued a temporary restraining order Monday pausing the roll-out of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s tax on second homes in the city.The tax, as surcharge on one’s annual property tax bill, would apply to condos and coöps that are used as second homes […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 11, 2026 / JNS) Washington and the Syrian government have agreed to let the International Atomic Energy Agency remove nuclear material stored by the Assad regime at a secret site, Axios reported on Monday.An agreement between the nuclear watchdog and Damascus was signed three weeks ago, following months of U.S.-brokered negotiations to prevent a […]
By Canaan Lidor
(Aug. 11, 2026 / JNS) A top rabbi in Venezuela on Monday asked the country’s president, Delcy Rodríguez, to restore diplomatic relations with Israel, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.Rabbi Isaac Cohen, chief rabbi of the Israelite Association of Venezuela (AIV), delivered a letter addressed to Rodríguez during a meeting with Venezuelan Foreign Minister […]
(Aug. 10, 2026 / JNS) With more than 8,800 Scouts and approximately 2,500 adult Scouters and staffers, the recent 2026 National Jamboree, produced by Scouting America (formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America), was one of the smallest on record but, in terms of its Jewish aspects, loomed larger than ever.The nine-day series of […]
Some 109,000 tourists entered Israel in July, compared with 85,000 in July 2025, a 28% increase, Anat Shihor-Aronson, spokesperson and head of the Public Relations Department at Israel’s Tourism Ministry, told JNS on Monday. From the beginning of the year through July, 539,000 tourists entered the Jewish state, she said. “As the security situation stabilizes, […]
(Aug. 5, 2026 / JNS) The Jewish Federations of North America ended its relationship on Wednesday with a communications consultant, who told attendees at one of its conferences to avoid using the word “Zionism” to message effectively about Israel.After JNS reported exclusively on how Matthew Berger, executive director of the Federation’s “Project Halo,” made the […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Aug. 7, 2026 / JNS) The University of Washington canceled an event with antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker, which was scheduled for January, the public school told JNS on Friday.JNS reported that not only did the university plan to host the hateful commentator, upon whom it heaped praise in the description of the event, which two […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 5, 2026 / JNS) The Democratic Senate primary result in Michigan, in which Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, who is anti-Israel, defeated AIPAC-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), reflects growing anti-establishment sentiment. But it also underscores the continued strength of pro-Israel Democrats within the party, according to Brian Romick, president of the Democratic Majority for Israel PAC.El-Sayed […]
(Aug. 6, 2026 / JNS) An Israeli researcher has helped develop a breakthrough optical technology that can steer and reshape beams of light in just 74 femtoseconds—74 quadrillionths of a second—a development that could advance future optical computing, communications, imaging and sensing systems.The ability to control light underpins technologies ranging from cameras and sensors to […]
(Aug. 5, 2026 / JNS) In early 2023, an Orthodox Jewish mother sought help from the staff at the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty at a council event for women and children.“She just said, ‘Look, I have a problem,’” David Greenfield, CEO and executive director of the Met Council, told JNS. “‘I qualify for WIC, […]
(Aug. 4, 2026 / JNS) Rep. Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) defeated former congresswoman Cori Bush in the Democratic primary election in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District on Tuesday.The race was a rematch of the 2024 contest between the pair, in which Bell toppled the incumbent Bush in what was one of that year’s biggest focuses for pro-Israel […]
(Aug. 5, 2026 / JNS) Far-left activists occupied the entrance to the Religious Zionism Party’s headquarters in the town of Shoham in central Israel on Wednesday morning, leaving before police arrived at the scene.Officers from the Central District, including personnel from the Rosh HaAyin Police Station, arrived at the building after receiving a report via […]
(July 29, 2026 / JNS) Nassau County executive Bruce Blakeman is within striking distance of incumbent New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in the gubernatorial race, according to a new poll conducted by a pro-Blakeman super PAC.The poll, reported by the New York Post, suggests that the Republican challenger is trailing the Democratic governor 47%-43%, with […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) The U.S. Justice Department sued Montgomery County, Md., on Monday, asking a federal court to block the enforcement of new restrictions on carrying firearms in and around synagogues.The lawsuit follows a Justice Department warning on Friday that the county should refrain from enforcing the ordinance against religious congregants or face […]
By Canaan Lidor
(Aug. 4, 2026 / JNS) Following the drawing of a swastika this week on a statue of the Jewish philosopher Maimonides in his native city of Cordoba in Spain, a local Zionist group said the incident encapsulated the country’s antisemitism problem. “The Islamism that in Spain has a very important Moroccan influence, joins forces with […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) When Luc fils Jasmin applied to join the Washington State Human Rights Commission, an official state panel, he failed to disclose that his son, Luc Jasmin III, was eastern Washington outreach representative to the state’s governor, according to a copy of his Jan. 27, 2023, application, which JNS obtained.The governor […]
David Piegaro’s civil lawsuit against Princeton University and its top campus cop will proceed, federal Judge Zahid Quraishi wrote in a 29-page opinion Friday. Piegaro, a former Princeton student and Jewish US Army veteran, sued the school and the cop, Kenneth E. Strother, Jr., for violating his civil rights in their harsh treatment of him […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) A memorial monument dedicated to Lt. Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu was unveiled on Saturday at the historic Old Entebbe Terminal, where the brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fell leading an elite force to rescue 106 hostages in 1976, reported The Kampala Post, a Uganda-based outlet affiliated with the […]
(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) A Christian Zionist organization opened a visitor center in Samaria last week, seeking to buttress the connection of faith-based Christians to the Land of Israel.The Israel Guys Visitors Center in the Har Bracha community, Hebrew for the Mount of Blessing, or Mount Gerizim, located about an hour north of Jerusalem […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 31, 2026 / JNS) Police are investigating after swastikas made of yellow tape were found throughout Congregation Ohel Shulamit, an Orthodox synagogue on Spruce Street in Lakewood, N.J., early morning on July 29.Officers responded to the synagogue at about 5:38 a.m. after a congregant discovered multiple swastikas affixed to multiple surfaces throughout the interior […]
A fire that started in Postville, Iowa Tuesday has destroyed at least 75% of the AgriStar Processing meat plant in whose laundry room the fire started. This has put more than 600 people out of work, Fire Chief Jeff Bohr told KCRG, the local TV network; and will likely cause a jump in kosher meat […]
Decanter critic Jonathan Cristaldi had rewarded a perfect 100-point rating to Covenant Wines 2023 Covenant Solomon Lot 70, making the latter the first kosher wine so honored in a major wine publication. "This is a remarkable Kosher wine," wrote Cristaldi, "The wine is seamless with pristine flavours, firm ripe tannins and layers of complexity. Just […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 30, 2026 / JNS) A federal jury convicted a New Jersey man on terrorism charges on Wednesday for attempting to murder author Salman Rushdie in 2022 in support of Hezbollah and an Iranian fatwa calling for the novelist’s death.Hadi Matar, 28, of Fairview, was found guilty of attempting to provide material support to a […]
By Joshua Marks
(July 30, 2026 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a series of high-level meetings in Washington on Wednesday, sitting down with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, four U.S. senators from both parties, and leaders of AIPAC and the evangelical community, as he wrapped up a visit built around Tuesday’s funeral for Sen. […]
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
(July 29, 2026 / JNS) A federal judge dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit against AB 715, California’s law aimed at combating antisemitism in K-12 schools, on Tuesday, barring the plaintiffs from bringing the same claims again.The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed the lawsuit in November on behalf of parents, teachers and students in California, as well […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 29, 2026 / JNS) Twenty people were murdered in antisemitic attacks in 2025, making it the deadliest year for anti-Jewish violence outside of Israel since the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires on July 18, 1994, according to a new report.The J7 Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism documented more […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 28, 2026 / JNS) Gregory Vandenberg, a former U.S. Navy SEAL who was found to be motivated by Jew-hatred, was sentenced to 16 months in jail for planning to throw bombs at law enforcement securing protests in California, the U.S. Justice Department said.The 49-year-old won’t be eligible for parole, since it is the federal […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 28, 2026 / JNS) Anas Said, of Houston, faces up to 15 years in prison and $500,000 in fines for concealing material support for ISIS and making false statements after pleading guilty on July 24, the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday.The 30-year-old admitted to saying that “I am thinking and hoping to kill […]
(July 24, 2026 / JNS) A committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization voted on Friday to designate Sebastia, an archaeological site in Samaria, and five medieval castles in southern Lebanon on the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, despite Israeli objections that the decisions were politically […]
(July 28, 2026 / Pesach Benson/TPS-IL) Thousands of archaeological items, including coins and artifacts from the Persian (539–332 BCE), Hellenistic (332–140 BCE) and Hasmonean (140–37 BCE) periods in the Land of Israel, were recovered from a suspect accused of looting antiquities in Judea and Samaria, Israeli authorities said on Monday.According to the Civil Administration’s Archaeology […]
By Canaan Lidor
(July 28, 2026 / JNS) The man who initiated the criminal trial of Jewish mohels (men who perform ritual circumcisions) in Antwerp did not represent mainstream Jewish organizations, which have shunned him for his provocations and extremist views on Israel, according to a statement released by U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White on Monday.The unusual […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(July 24, 2026 / JNS) Raul Morales, 51, who allegedly yelled “Alahu akbar” while stabbing a Jewish man and an Asian man on Thursday on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, has been charged with attempted murder as a hate crime, the New York City Police Department told JNS.Morales faces charges of “attempted murder as a hate […]
(July 27, 2026 / Pesach Benson/TPS-IL) Archaeologists have uncovered a rare mold used to cast the face of a female figurine dating to the First Temple period—the first production mold of its kind ever found in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.The mold was found during excavations at the Kishle, a former Ottoman-era […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 27, 2026 / JNS) Both Israel and Bahrain are small nations in the Middle East that pursue peace and coexistence between Jews and Muslims, President Isaac Herzog said on Sunday, relating a recent conversation he had with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. Hamad is a “bold and courageous leader,” who believes that the Abraham […]
By Canaan Lidor
(July 22, 2026 / JNS) The recent discovery of a weapons cache near two Paris-area synagogues exposed and prevented a major terrorist attack that carried the hallmarks of an Iranian proxy operation, a senior scholar on French Jewry said last week.The incident in Sarcelles received limited attention in the French media, but its characteristics suggest […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 22, 2026 / JNS) U.S. President Donald Trump has approved an agreement with Saudi Arabia that could allow the kingdom to develop civilian uranium enrichment capabilities, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing Trump administration officials.The officials, who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said the proposed 30-year agreement is worth […]
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman - JNS
(July 20, 2026 / JNS) Doug Basler, the Republican seeking to unseat Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), said his immediate focus is not on defeating the longtime congressman but on preventing socialist Kshama Sawant from advancing past the Aug. 4 primary.Basler told JNS on Monday that Sawant, a former Seattle City Council member, and Democratic challenger […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 21, 2026 / JNS) Hungarian Jewish chess grandmaster Judit Polgar on Monday declined an offer to serve as the country’s interim president.Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar had made the public request just a day earlier, shortly after President Tamas Sulyok, whom Magyar had portrayed as a puppet of former prime minister Viktor Orban, was […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 21, 2026 / JNS) A week and a half after Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), who has accused the Jewish state of “genocide,” claimed that rifle-toting “thugs” aided by the Israeli military detained him and his delegation for 90 minutes in southern Judea, some details remain murky about the closed military zone that the congressman […]
(July 19, 2026 / JNS) A group of Israeli rabbis visiting Lithuania were spat on in a downtown street earlier this month in an antisemitic attack that went viral.The July 6 assault in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius was posted online by the attacker, who encouraged others to target Jews in the same way. The […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 20, 2026 / JNS) Washington announced on Monday the names of the two American service members who were killed in action in Jordan over the weekend.The U.S. Department of War identified the first casualty as First. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, from Ewa Beach, Hawaii, killed on July 18, and the other as Pvt. […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 19, 2026 / JNS) The New York City Police Department’s hate crimes task force is probing two incidents, each of which involved a “bag of oil” thrown at a synagogue in Queens, the NYPD told JNS. The department has reports on file for criminal mischief for the attack on “a synagogue located at 83-10 […]
(July 13, 2026 / JNS) After years of claiming that Israel falsely accused Hamas of blocking humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza, the United Nations said on Sunday that the terror group, which it didn’t name, has “endangered humanitarian personnel, intimidated workers delivering lifesaving food assistance and disrupted lifesaving humanitarian operations.” Ramiz Alakbarov, U.N. deputy special […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
(July 17, 2026 / JNS) Colombia’s president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, is withdrawing his country’s support for South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, a move confirmed by Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Friday. The announcement followed a meeting in Washington on Wednesday between Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon […]
By Aaron Bandler / Jewish Journal
(July 16, 2026 / JNS) James Mai, vice mayor of Irvine, Calif., had been involved in the Rotary Club of Orange County L.A. for about five years, including some two years as vice chair of its fundraising foundation. He told JNS that he saw it as a “great organization” that helps the community, including sewing […]
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