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‘Crisis’ in Toronto: Police report finds Jews most targeted by hate in 2024

Dave Gordon

Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. Credit: jpeter2/Pixabay.

UN to discuss returning bodies of hostages for first time since Oct. 7

Vita Fellig

US sanctions Hezbollah officials, financiers

‘Squad,’ other House members introduce ‘nakba’ bill in Congress

Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, at a press briefing about hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza, May 15, 2025. Credit: U.N. Photo/Loey Felipe.

Mother of fallen Israeli soldier urges UN action: ‘Enforce your resolution’

“Do not let this resolution fade into irrelevance,” Leah Goldin, the mother of Lt. Hadar Goldin, told the global body at a press conference.

Vita Fellig

‘Don’t stay in the ghetto, avoid the trains’

Andrew Bernard

‘Elimination of Hamas is what achieves peace,’ Rubio says in Turkey

Melanie Phillips

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

Terrorist kills pregnant woman driving to delivery room in Samaria

JNS Staff

Christians kick anti-Israel protesters out of Dutch coastal town

Canaan Lidor

Netanyahu: ‘We’re making all efforts to bring about release of all our hostages’

JNS Staff

IDF shoots down Houthi terror missile fired from Yemen

JNS Staff

German president visits Kibbutz Be’eri with Herzog

German dignitaries pay last respects to Holocaust survivor Friedländer

JNS Staff

Arkia expands New York service amid flight cancellations by US carriers

JNS Staff

ICC cases grind to halt due to Trump sanctions against court, report says

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US issues sanctions against senior Hezbollah officials, financiers

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‘Elimination of Hamas is what achieves peace,’ Rubio says in Turkey

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Christians kick anti-Israel protesters out of Dutch coastal town

Canaan Lidor

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‘Don’t stay in the ghetto, avoid the trains’

Andrew Bernard

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‘Squad,’ other House members introduce ‘nakba’ bill in Congress

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Mother of fallen Israeli soldier urges UN action: ‘Enforce your resolution’

Vita Fellig

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IDF shoots down Houthi terror missile fired from Yemen

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Human Rights Commission to hold hearing on ‘worldwide persecution of Jews’

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Candace Owens says NJ Jewish man threatened killing her over insults to Lubavitcher Rebbe

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ICC cases grind to halt due to Trump sanctions against court, report says

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How Oct. 7 revealed Israel’s true friends in America

Jonathan S. Tobin

May 14, 2025

No wedge between Trump and Netanyahu

Daniel Seaman

May 14, 2025

Trump’s Middle East gamble: What does it mean for Israel?

Ruthie Blum and Mark Regev

May 13, 2025

Edan Alexander freed by Hamas: Tribute to Trump or strategic move?

Josh Hasten and Alex Traiman

May 13, 2025

How Qatar is buying influence in the US and undermining Israel

Fleur Hassan-Nahoum

May 13, 2025

The war to erase Jewish Jerusalem

Doron Spielman

May 12, 2025

Did Trump just abandon Israel? What’s really going on?

Meira Kolatch

May 12, 2025

Shin Bet showdown: Inside the legal crisis rocking Israel

Aylana Meisel

May 8, 2025

Why Israel’s survival depends on defeating Hamas

Daniel Seaman

May 8, 2025

Debunking the myth of the ‘Israel lobby’

Jonathan S. Tobin

US & CANADA NEWS

Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Credit: Vladvictoria/Pixabay.

‘Crisis’ in Toronto: Police report finds Jews most targeted by hate in 2024

Dave Gordon

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.

In Qatar, Trump claims Iran nuclear deal is near

JNS Staff

Close-up view of a prison cell. Credit: Ichigo121212/Pixabay.

Federal prison inmate found guilty of hate crime for killing Jewish convict

JNS Staff

Trucks in Zikim, in southern Israel, with humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Nov. 28, 2024. Photo by Oren Cohen/Flash90.

US-backed Gaza aid group to launch by end of May

JNS Staff

Michigan man charged with planning attack at military base for ISIS

Candace Owens says NJ Jewish man threatened killing her over insults to Lubavitcher Rebbe

JNS Staff

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Prime Minister Gahr Store of Norway in the White House Cabinet Room, April 24, 2025. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.

Latest poll of Jewish voters confirms Democratic leanings, Trump hostility

Jonathan D. Salant

Netanyahu, US envoy Witkoff discuss ongoing hostage talks

Joshua Marks

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a new mayoral Office to Combat Antisemitism, May 14, 2025. Credit: Courtesy of NYC Mayor's Office.

New NYC office will be ‘sledgehammer’ against Jew-hatred

Vita Fellig

Human Rights Commission to hold hearing on ‘worldwide persecution of Jews’

Parliament Hill Ottawa, Canada, on Aug. 22, 2019. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department.

Protecting Jews a Canadian ‘fundamental value’

Dave Gordon

Trump deal to ‘generate economic exchange’ with Qatar worth $1.2t

Hadassah celebrates women reshaping ‘what it means to be Zionist’

Izzy Salant

INSIDE ISRAEL

IDF reveals intel on Hamas terror activity within civilian sites

JNS Staff

Sa’ar at Osaka expo: ‘Our participation proves our resilience’

JNS Staff

US Marines order $112 million in night-vision goggles from Elbit

JNS Staff

IDF sets global standard in combat casualty evacuations

JNS Staff

Ryanair extends flight suspension to Israel until June 4

Ben-Gvir, wife attacked by anti-Zionist haredim in Beit Shemesh

JNS Staff

Israel: Five children hospitalized with measles

JNS Staff

Eight new exhibits mark Israel Museum’s 60th anniversary

Judy Lash Balint

Nebius to build Jewish state’s National AI Supercomputer

JNS Staff

1,500-year-old African figurines discovered in the Negev desert

JNS Staff

British neo-Nazi group convicted of planning attacks on synagogues, mosques in ‘race war’

JNS Staff

A bus sits inside a crater following an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2025. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

IDF targets Hamas chief Mohammed Sinwar in Gaza

Joshua Marks

Third Houthi missile launched at Israel in 24 hours

JNS Staff

IDF strike in Southern Lebanon kills regional Hezbollah commander

JNS Staff

Private Arthur Gessner who was presumed missing in April 1949, was identified as having already been buried in the Rehovot Military Cemetery. (Credit: Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier who fell in 1949 laid to rest 76 years later

JNS Staff

Edan Alexander, 21. Credit: Courtesy of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

Details emerge of Edan Alexander’s torments in Hamas captivity

David Isaac, Amelie Botbol

Lufthansa group extends suspension of Tel Aviv flights until May 25

JNS Staff

Yaakov Lappin

‘A year plus of combat in Gaza is needed’

Gary Lineker apologizes over antisemitic Instagram post

JNS Staff

‘Standing up for Israel is standing up for the future of mankind’

Steve Linde

Israeli authorities issue bonfire ban for Lag B’Omer

Miri Weissman

Fear of Oct. 7-style attack from Judea and Samaria on the rise, poll shows

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Global conference celebrates Historical Jewish Press project

Sharon Altshul

IDF: Hamas ‘journalist’ and Oct. 7 participant was among those killed in Nasser Hospital strike

JNS Staff

Macron scolds Netanyahu, backs review of Europe-Israel trade ties

David Isaac

Mother of captive Elkana Bohbot speaks out after Hamas propaganda video

Amelie Botbol

‘No two Jerusalems,’ Israeli FM tells Japanese journalists

JNS Staff

Spanish PM calls Israel ‘genocidal state’

Canaan Lidor

PA lifts ban on Qatar’s Al Jazeera after four months

JNS Staff

Smotrich urges firing of judge who called religious Zionists worse than Hamas

JNS Staff

The New Guardians: Safeguarding agriculture across Israel

Sagi Avrahamoff

FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Pope Leo XIV attends an audience with thousands of journalists and media workers at Paul VI Hall in Vatican City, Vatican, on May 12, 2025. The audience with journalists has become a tradition among newly elected popes. Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images.

Jonathan S. Tobin

The pope’s ‘divisions’ and the war against the Jews

Debunking the myth of the ‘Israel lobby’

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Daniel J. Samet, Ep. 176

Jonathan S. Tobin

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chambers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 13, 2025.
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Fetterman’s health and how to read the mainstream media

WORLD

A terrorist appears with a hood over his face on the balcony of the building where members of the Olympics Israeli team were held hostage in Munich, Sept. 5, 1972. Photo credit: AP Photo/Russell McPhedran/Wikimedia Commons

Report: UK, France helped Mossad find terrorists in 1970s

JNS Staff

Iranian uranium enrichment continues together with US talks

Yaakov Lappin

Belgian police raid mohel’s home over brit milah complaint

Canaan Lidor

Dutch police investigating report of attempted arson attack at shul

JNS Staff

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025. Source: @PressSec/X.

Trump ‘looking at normalization with Syria’ after meeting al-Sharaa

The meeting, the first between U.S. and Syrian leaders in 25 years, was hailed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as "historic."

Joshua Marks

Christian antisemitism behind European leaders’ stance on Israel, says German evangelical leader

Etgar Lefkovits

New museum opens at Czech industrial site where Schindler saved 1,200 Jews

JNS Staff

Anti-Israel protesters during a campus riot at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on May 12, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor.

In Amsterdam, a paper chronicles reality full of fear

Canaan Lidor

28% in Europe see Jew-hatred of anti-Israel activists, per poll

Canaan Lidor

SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS

U.S. President Donald Trump participates in a signing ceremony and exchange of agreements with Emir of the State of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amiri Diwan in Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2025. Credit: Daniel Torok/White House.

Melanie Phillips

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

Israeli security forces at the site where a missile fired from the Houthis in Yemen hit an area of Ben-Gurion International Airport, May 4, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Fiamma Nirenstein

Despite the chatter, Israel remains on the US radar

U.S. President Donald Trump holds a press conference on Air Force One, April 6, 2025. Credit: Molly Riley/White House.

Ruthie Blum

No, Trump isn’t about to recognize a Palestinian state

OPINION

Points of view from across the Jewish world

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Alan Newman

Is a little daylight creeping in?

Amanda Kluveld

Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp’s anti-Israel offensive

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Mind your business? Not when you care about someone

featured column

Mitchell Bard

Universities are selling out to Qatar, and selling off their integrity

Yisrael Medad

The strawmanning of Ze’ev Jabotinsky

featured column

Stephen M. Flatow

What Edan Alexander’s return means to us

Dr. Alex Sternberg

Mikveh, prayer and the Temple Mount

featured column

Gabe Groisman

While critics panic, Trump delivers in the Middle East

Rabbi Steven Burg

Separating ‘tikkun olam’ from other values

Daniel Greenfield

Iran isn’t building a civilian nuclear program

Mitch Siegler, Sara E. Brown

California school-board trustees teach hate, division and hypocrisy

Image of Washington, D.C. Credit: Kendall Hoopes /Pexels.

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt

We are not alone

Jewish clergy, Christian supporters, Congress members and more gather in Washington, D.C., to show support for Israel and join the fight against antisemitism.

Yale University. Credit: Pixabay.

Seth Mendel, Melody Kaye

Is it time for Jews to leave Yale?

After federal scrutiny under Title VI, the university has finally acted. Far more must be done.

The presidents of Haverford College, DePaul University and California Polytechnic State University are among the witnesses who testified about Jew-hatred before the House Education and Workforce Committee, May 7, 2025. Credit: YouTube/House Education and Workforce Committee.

Yael Lerman, Gadi Dotz

Georgetown professor says schools should be ‘tolerating’ antisemitic speech

Avi Abelow

A turning point for Israeli sovereignty

Joseph Frager

Iranian aggression won’t be tolerated forever

Brandy Shufutinsky

How extremism reaches from Gaza into American classrooms

David Levine

The numbers don’t lie

James Sinkinson

Exposing the Islamophobia hoax

Leonard Grunstein

A bill aimed at international groups seeking to boycott Israel

Azi Jankovic

The story behind the statistics this Mental Health Awareness Month

Virag Gulyas

Canada at a crossroads

Yuval David

When identity politics shield extremism

James Jeffrey

To lock in Middle East security, up the game

Julio Messer

The moment of truth

Joseph Puder

Bombing a stop gap, regime change a must

JNS WIRE

Press releases from around the Jewish world

Wire

Jewish professionals will have the chance to study and grow in their field as participants in the Kehillot Community Fellowship. Photo by Jorge a Diaz.

Kehillot Fellowship aims to shape Jewish life, strengthen communal leadership

The program will initially launch in Boston, Toronto and the D.C. area with the goal of helping mid-level educators build networks, deepen their skills and expand their impact.

M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education

From left: David B. Pitofsky, event co-chair, 2017 Torch of Learning Award Laureate; Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser, 2025 Torch of Learning Award Honoree; Eugenie C. Gavenchak, 2025 Torch of Learning Award Honoree; Pamela Nadler Emmerich, national president, National Board of Directors, AFHU; and Brad S. Karp, event co-chair, 2005 Torch of Learning Award Laureate, NE Region board, AFHU. Credit: Courtesy of American Friends of the Hebrew University.

AFHU presents 55th George A. Katz Torch of Learning awards

Annual award recognizes News Corp Deputy General Counsel Eugenie C. Gavenchak and Paul Weiss Partner Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser for their leadership, scholarship and dedication to the betterment of humanity.

American Friends of the Hebrew University,

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel Defense Forces Staff Sgt. Edan Alexander reunites with his parents, Adi and Yael Alexander, at the initial reception facility in Israel on May 12, 2025. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

Edan Alexander’s hometown reacts to his release

Relief, joy and heartbreak were felt throughout Tenafly, N.J., as news broke that the 21-year-old had been released.

Jewish National Fund-USA

Yachad head staff compete to master Yachad’s guidelines and protocols at the Orthodox Union’s Yachad Summer Program Directors’ Conference. Credit: Courtesy.

175 staff from US and Israel attend Yachad Summer Conference

“Leaders with decades of experience come together with those just starting out; peer-to-peer learning is a key part of the weekend,” says Avromie Adler, Yachad international director.

Orthodox Union,

Irving Berlin performs aboard the “USS Arkansas” on July 25, 1944. Credit: U.S. Government Press Office via Wikimedia Commons.

The American Jewish story of patriotism and heritage

Jews have demonstrated their commitment to the nation through participation in civic life, military service, social movements, and contributions in health, science, education and the law.

The Focus Project