Daily Archives: February 6, 2026
A new book looks at Jewish law’s relationship with animal family bonds
Beth Berkowitz was 12 years old, sitting at Shabbat dinner at Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, when she noticed something she could not unsee: tiny hair-like feathers clinging to the skin of the chicken...
Lawrence Bender: Feels ‘extra special’ making films about Israel
Lawrence Bender, who produced “Inglorious Basterds” and “Pulp Fiction,” won the Israel Film Festival’s 2026 visionary award earlier this week for the four-part television series about the Oct. 7 attacks “Red Alert,” of which...
Never Again?
This is the text of a speech given by MEMRI President and Founder Yigal Carmon in the Israeli Knesset on February 4, 2026.
On the morning of Saturday, October 7, 2023, over 1,200 of our...
US hits Iran’s oil sector with another round of sanctions
The U.S. State Department imposed a new round of sanctions on Friday targeting the Iranian oil sector and its so-called “shadow fleet,” shortly after talks between Washington and Tehran on the regime’s nuclear program...
US-Iran talks begin in Oman amid threat of military showdown
The American delegation is led by special envoy Steve Witkoff, while Iran’s team is headed by Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Senior U.S. and Iranian officials held negotiations on Friday in Oman amid heightened tensions and...
Texas Republican faces another close primary challenge from YouTuber who has used Nazi imagery
On Dec. 18, U.S. President Donald Trump offered his “complete and total endorsement” of Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Tex.), as the moderate Republican seeks reelection in the state’s 23rd Congressional District.
Trump called Gonzales a “a...
Anti-Israel activist leads former congressman, shunned by AIPAC, in NJ special primary
Analilia Mejia, a progressive activist backed by some of Israel’s fiercest critics in Congress, holds a narrow lead for the Democratic nomination for a vacant U.S. House seat in New Jersey against former congressman...