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The story of Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza
The story of Staff Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last hostage in Gaza
The 24-year-old rescued some 100 people and killed 14 Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, having gone out to fight despite a broken...
Herzog to visit New York
The visit will coincide with a "deeply concerning rise in antisemitic incidents from both the right and the left," the Israeli president’s office said.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog holds pictures of hostages Evyatar David (left)...
Trump: Phase 2 of Gaza plan ‘pretty soon
"We have peace in the Middle East. People don't realize it" said the U.S. president.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces changes to the country's fuel economy standards in the Oval Office at the White House...
Netanyahu vows to visit NYC despite Mamdani’s arrest threat
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he will “of course” visit New York, despite threats by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to have him arrested under an International Criminal Court warrant.
“I’ll come to...
Australian city defers approval for menorah, angering Jews
“What happened in Stonnington Council was a slap in the face of the Jewish community,” said Dr. Dvir Abramovich, chair of the Melbourne-based Anti-Defamation Commission.
The Stonnington City Council in Australia has delayed approval for...
Body of Thai citizen Sudthisak Rinthalak returned to Israel
Israeli authorities on Thursday morning confirmed that the remains recovered from the Gaza Strip the previous evening belong to murdered Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak, whose body had been held captive in Gaza since the...
The canonization of Marwan Barghouti
For “progressives,” including celebrities across the board, the Palestinian cause is their badge of conscience.
Celebrity narcissists looking for another virtue to signal have alighted upon a fresh cause appropriate to their moral stature: freedom...
The West’s skin in the game
Is the two-state “solution” beneficial for Israel and the West?
The handful of Western countries that recognized a “State of Palestine” at the recent U.N. General Assembly session joined some 140 countries across the globe,...
Yiddish Word of the Week – Verter fun der Vokh: Insectos – Insects...
געוויסע אינסעקטן (אַרײַנגערעכנט פֿליגן, מיסטזשוקעס, טערמיטן און מערעטשקעס) העלפֿן דערצו, אַז אָרגאַנישע מאַטעריע זאָל זיך צעפֿאַלן און צוריקגעבן שפּײַזוואַרג אין דער ערד אַרײַן, וואָס דאָס איז קריטיש צו דער געזונטער וואַקסונג פֿון געוויקסן.
אַנדערע אינסעקטן...
Israeli rabbis visit America, some for first time, to better understand US Jews
“We want to know them, to understand them and to know how to make it easier for them if they will consider making aliyah,” a participant told JNS.
Last month, 17 Israeli rabbis visited the...