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U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani sign the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. Credit: White House/Tia Dufour.

The Abraham Accords and a three-year harmony

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The Jewish people gather for apples and honey every autumn to celebrate another year of an unconquered national soul. Despite millennia of exile from the Land of Israel and various waves of persecution in...
Jews arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 14, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

22,000 pilgrims arrive in Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah

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More than 20,000 Jews have arrived in the central Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah amid tightened security due to the war with Russia, local authorities said on Thursday. Tens of thousands of...
The Islamic Movement in Israel's Kamal Khatib arrives at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court after police arrested him for provoking riots on the Temple Mount, Oct. 4, 2009. Photo by Matanya Tausig/Flash90.

Islamic Movement inciting anti-Jewish unrest ahead of Rosh Hashanah

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The Islamic Movement in Israel, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, is upping its efforts to incite anti-Jewish unrest ahead of the High Holiday season, which kicks off this weekend with Rosh Hashanah, JNS has...
Moisey Katsman, a disabled, homebound Holocaust survivor, enjoys apples and honey delivered in advance of Rosh Hashanah 2023. He is one of thousands of the country's neediest Jews receiving New Year food packages from the American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in partnership with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Claims Conference and Jewish Federations of North America. Photo by Misha Kovalev.

Groups deliver New Year staples to thousands of Jews in Ukraine

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Ahead of the Jewish New Year and more than 18 months since Russia launched its war on Ukraine, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) is providing thousands of the most impoverished Jews in...
Betzalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir attend Otzma Yehudit party's election campaign event in Bat Yam on April 06, 2019. Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90

US embassy in Jerusalem again snubs Ben-Gvir and Smotrich

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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich did not receive invites to the U.S. Embassy's annual Rosh Hashanah reception, continuing the Biden administration's snub of the two senior cabinet members. According...
Prayer book. Credit: Yedidiak/Pixabay.

Rabbis to offer sermons on everything from AI to Ukraine on High Holidays

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Avraham Bronstein, the rabbi of the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, N.Y.,  has been feeling throughout the year like there are many large forces shaping the world that are beyond human control—from rising antisemitism...
Moms for Liberty cofounders Tiffany Justice (left) and Tina Descovich speak at the parents-rights group's 2022 summit. Credit: Moms for Liberty. | Moms for Liberty

Moms for Liberty summit rescheduled to avoid Rosh Hashanah

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Moms for Liberty, a parents-rights group and Orthodox Jewish ally that the Southern Poverty Law Center has called a hate group, announced recently that its third annual Joyful Warrior Summit has been rescheduled to Aug. 28-31,...
Engineers check the integrity and clean the stones of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Aug. 29, 2023. Credit: The Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

Engineers inspect Western Wall ahead of High Holidays

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As Jews prepare for the High Holidays, engineers on Tuesday began getting the holy site ready for the thousands of visitors expected there. The engineers, working for the Western Wall Heritage Foundation, which administers the...

President Biden wishes rabbis and Jewish clergy well on High Holidays Zoom call

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Shortly after hosting the White House’s first-ever Rosh Hashanah reception on Friday, U.S. President Joe Biden joined rabbis and Jewish clergy for a High Holidays call on Zoom. Biden started by expressing his sympathies with...

Security forces thwart Rosh Hashanah attempt to derail train in northern Israel

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Israeli security services on Tuesday continued an investigation into an apparent attempt to derail a train in northern Israel during Rosh Hashanah. A resident of the Galil was arrested on Monday on suspicion of placing...