Biden and Netanyahu speak as world leaders pledge support for Israel after...
(JTA) — Political leaders from around the globe have condemned Hamas’ sweeping attack on Israel and pledged their support for Israel. U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleAcross the US, Simchat Torah festivities are muted by anxiety about Israel at...
(JTA) — For the last dozen years, an array of synagogues from multiple denominations have gathered together in a central location in Brooklyn to sing and dance with the Torah, the centerpiece of...
View ArticleDeath toll leaps to 700 and 100 hostages remain in Gaza as Hamas attack on...
This is a developing story. (JTA) — As dawn broke in Israel Sunday, the government officially declared war and confirmed that 100 of its citizens were being held captive in Gaza as fighting in the...
View ArticleWhat happened in Israel? The Hamas attack, its grim toll and what’s next,...
This is a developing story. (JTA) — Saturday was a day of bloodshed unprecedented in Israel’s history. Beginning in the morning of a Jewlish holiday, hundreds of attackers broke through the barrier...
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Empire State Building, Brandenburg Gate, other landmarks lit in blue and...
(JTA) — Landmarks around the world turned to blue and white on Saturday in solidarity with Israel after Hamas attacked the country, leaving at least 700 Israelis dead and more than 2,000 wounded. New...
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Hamas’ attack on Israel was the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust
(JTA) — As the death toll from Saturday’s attack on Israel has mounted, Israelis and Jews around the world have reached for analogies to explain the magnitude of the tragedy, calling the invasion...
View ArticleWhere US Jews can donate to support Israel’s hospitals, troops, survivors and...
(JTA) — For many American Jews, watching the scenes of horrifying violence and trauma emerging from Israel has awakened an impulse to help or give to the sweeping aid effort underway now. We’ve rounded...
View ArticleAMIT Children launches critical campaign to help the children of Sderot,...
In direct response to the Hamas terrorist attacks, AMIT launches “Help Heal the Children of Sderot,” a relief campaign aimed to support one of the central communities AMIT has served for more than 40...
View ArticleVivian Silver, veteran Canadian-Israeli peace activist, declared dead in...
(JTA) — Vivian Silver, a Canadian-Israeli peace activist who had been presumed kidnapped by Hamas, was declared dead after her remains were found at her home. Her death was confirmed to JTA by multiple...
View ArticleMan charged with hate crime in alleged robbery and assault on Jews in Beverly...
This is a developing story. (JTA) — A man was arrested on multiple charges including a hate crime after allegedly striking a Jewish man on his way to synagogue in the Los Angeles enclave of Beverly...
View ArticleWhat to watch on Christmas? Your Jewish guide to this winter’s biggest movies
(JTA) — The Jewish tradition of Chinese food and a movie on Christmas is so thoroughly established that it has taken on an aura of ritual. And this year, several of the season’s biggest movies have...
View Article70 Faces Media to hold Jewish Digital Summit to help Jewish professionals do...
70 Faces Media, the parent company of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, is holding a three-day virtual conference in February aimed at helping professionals in the Jewish world amplify their impact...
View ArticleAs DeSantis exits presidential race, Trump takes aim at Haley as ‘the...
(JTA) — Ron DeSantis’ decision to end his presidential campaign leaves Nikki Haley as the only serious Republican challenger to Donald Trump, potentially consolidating her support among Jewish voters...
View ArticleTop European rights court upholds Belgian ban on kosher slaughter
(JTA) — The top rights court in Europe has ruled that bans of ritual slaughter in parts of Belgium can stand, ending the hopes of Jewish advocates who had said the bans were an unfair infringement on...
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As Ukraine war enters Year 3, Odessa Jewish Children’s Home struggles with...
When Rabbi Avraham Wolff leaves the Mishpacha Children’s Home in Odessa, Ukraine, most evenings, he whispers a silent prayer. He prays that the 120 children for whom his organization cares will be...
View Article6 months into Israel’s war, American rabbis are grappling with anxiety over...
(JTA) — Every Friday night, Rabbi Marc Katz’s synagogue recites a prayer for Israel that, since Oct. 7, has expressed hope for the release of the hostages held by Hamas, mentioned the Israeli...
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Jewish tradition sees eclipses as bad omens. Many American Jews are seeking...
(JTA) — The rabbis of the Talmud are famous for their disagreements. But they presented a united front on eclipses, calling the celestial event “a bad omen for the whole world.” The attitude was common...
View ArticleIsrael reportedly strikes in Iran, days after fending off Iranian missile attack
(JTA) — Five days after fending off a sweeping direct attack by Iran, Israel has struck back by bombing Iranian territory, according to several reports that cite an unnamed U.S. government source. The...
View Article11 Passover haggadah supplements to print if you want to discuss Oct. 7 at...
(JTA) — With just hours before Jews around the world will sit down for the first Passover seder since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, many are reckoning fully for the first time with how to discuss the...
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American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is seen alive in apparently...
(JTA) — Hamas has released a video showing one of the remaining American-Israelis that the terror group is holding hostage in Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, calling for the Israeli government to strike a...
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