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On Jewish immortality

The Jewish people are a rare anomaly. The very fact that we exist cannot be a mere quirk in the history of nations. There must be something spiritual, indeed supernatural, about the Jewish people....
An Israeli Air Force helicopter with freed Israeli hostages arrives at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, on Nov. 28, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Former hostage Romi Gonen leaves hospital after six months of rehabilitation

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Former Hamas hostage Romi Gonen was released from the hospital on Thursday after undergoing almost six months of rehabilitation and surgeries for wounds sustained in the Hamas-led terrorist attacks in southern Israel on Oct....
Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Credit: European Union.

EU foreign-policy chief says agreement reached with Israel on Gaza aid

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Kaja Kallas, European Union high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said on Thursday that Israel agreed to “significant steps” to improve aid distribution in the Gaza Strip. “Following the Israeli Cabinet’s resolutions and...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams hosts a Jewish heritage reception at Gracie Mansion, July 8, 2025. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

‘Stay and fight,’ NYC mayor tells Jews tempted to flee city from Mamdani

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Jewish New Yorkers should stand their ground and fight for their city rather than leave in response to state assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic primary win, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said at a...
Israel-Premier Tech rider Pascal Ackermann. Photo by Noa Arnon.

Israel shows the flag for sixth time at Tour de France

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“We ride around France with the largest live attendance of any sport in the world,” Sylvan Adams, the president of the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the owner of the elite cycling team Israel-Premier Tech,...
Pigeon. Credit: Freddy/Pixabay.

Iran’s search for spies

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As Iranian officials flail about, arresting hundreds of innocent people and executing “dozens” of alleged spies, now is a good time to recall that among the things the Islamic Republic is terrible at, its...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, meet with U.S. President Donald Trump (unseen) at the Blue Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 7, 2025. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images.

Netanyahu praises Trump’s decisive action on Iran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a forceful address Wednesday night at a reception for Jewish and Christian leaders at Blair House in Washington, attended by U.S. generals, senators and other dignitaries. The prime minister...
A group of Muslim religious leaders from Europe meet with Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, July 7, 2025. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Dutch imam fired after visiting Israel, meeting President Herzog

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A mosque in the Dutch city of Alkmaar fired its imam after he visited Israel with other Muslim faith leaders from Europe, the institution’s board said on Tuesday. The Bilal Mosque in Alkmaar told the Islam...
The opening of the 26th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem in 1964. Credit: Pridan Moshe/GPO.

Not everyone should sit at the communal table

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Zionism is the unwavering support for a Jewish state in its ancestral homeland. It is the recognition that, as the indigenous people of Israel, Jews have the right to live in peace and security...
New immigrants from France arrive on a special "Aliyah flight" at the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Diaspora Jewry has ‘somewhere to go’

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Throughout history, Jewish communities have lived with an unspoken understanding: always have a plan B. For nearly two millennia, this meant maintaining the ability to leave when social winds shifted, when tolerance turned to...