“If somebody listens to our stories and gets themselves the training, then go for it,” Audrey Glickman told JNS as one of 10 participants in a Secure Community Network initiative to record testimonies from survivors of antisemitic attacks and other dangerous situations to help others stay safe.
“We tried to make it clear to them that this is a memorial that was built for those who died in a horrible terrorist attack,” Lawrence Puccini told JNS.
U.S. President Donald Trump said former Republican congressman Mike Rogers, a “great American patriot,” had “completely obliterated” the “jihadist lunatic who hates our country, the black people of Detroit and wants to see the U.S. fail.”
The Israeli president presented civilian heroism awards to passengers who helped thwart an attempted terrorist attack aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNS
Luis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
“The changing educational system is central to ‘deradicalizing,’ as the phrase is used, the Palestinian population and future generations,” Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor told JNS.
Mohammad Shalabi was charged with preparing to commit a terrorist act of murder and receiving training for terrorist purposes.
“Mamdani could not even give us one day to mourn without defaming the Jewish people and giving cover to our enemies,” Inna Vernikov, a Jewish member of the New York City Council, told JNS. “We will not let Mamdani and his radical pals rewrite Oct. 7.”
“We expect the University of Oregon to hold students, faculty and staff responsible for intimidation and hate speech,” said Lenny Steinberg, executive director of the Oregon Hillel Foundation.
Vlad Khaykin of the Wiesenthal Center told JNS that Jew-hatred in 2026 is “more than an organic social prejudice. It is a tool of statecraft.”
“After a term of intensive work, we have achieved full recognition of Israel’s status as a global leader in the fight against human trafficking,” the Jewish state’s deputy prime minister stated.
“And the lesson of that is?” Errol Louis of NY1 told the mayor. “I mean, that’s a description of what happened.”
Agents visited Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud’s home in May 2025, months after he allegedly began discussing travel to Somalia to join a terror group.
Zohar Pinhasi allegedly paid hackers to unlock victims’ files, falsely claiming his company could recover them without paying a ransom, and then charged clients far more than the ransom amount.
OCT. 7, THREE YEARS: REMEMBRANCE AND HONOR
Jerusalem lowered its flags to half-staff at 6:29 a.m. to launch commemorations honoring fallen soldiers and victims of the 2023 assault.
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
From Ofakim’s housing boom to startups tackling AI, stroke treatment and trauma, communities near Gaza are rebuilding with an eye toward expansion.
A terror attack, a car accident and the war against Hamas have brought repeated loss to the Mark family—and forged extraordinary resilience.
Anat Meir talks to JNS about building a life for herself and 3-year-old Shaked in the shadow of David’s death.
Memory and hope can coexist, and that choosing to live, rebuild and remain can itself become an act of defiance.
Three years after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the families of Capt. Elay Adany and those he helped rescue remain bound by his final acts of courage.
A coffee cart in northern Israel honors Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko through the things he loved: Nature, friendship and bringing people together.
“Vote-sharing” between two separate party lists helps reduce the number of votes that go unused.
“Precisely because Hamas is so weak, it will try to challenge us,” the prime minister said. “We are ready for this.”
A hostile Democratic administration will pile on sanction after sanction.
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A Ben-Gurion University team has developed an aerogel “sponge” that can absorb about 80 times its weight in crude oil while helping bacteria break down the pollutants.
From its home in Binyamin, Psagot Playgrounds combines Israeli ingenuity with decades of experience to create unique play spaces in Israel and the United States.
Despite holding a fraction of Knesset seats, Shas and United Torah Judaism have become indispensable coalition partners, reshaping Israeli politics.
Originally intended to accommodate a few hundred Torah scholars, the exemption of ultra-Orthodox yeshivah students from IDF service evolved into one of Israel’s most contentious public policy issues.
At its core, the dispute is about what military service, Torah study and citizenship mean in the Jewish state.
The war transformed a decades-old legal and political dispute into an urgent fight over military manpower, equality of service and the future of Haredi society.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
Gadi Eisenkot’s platform, partners and path to power.
Points of view from across the Jewish world
Press releases from Israel, and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
Haters don’t seek evidence and then draw conclusions; they start at the Jews and work backward.
The attacks also damaged the city’s gas network, leaving more than 18,000 residents without fuel.
Historians, legal scholars and a federal judge examined how the genocide accusation against Israel took hold and how the law should respond.
27 Days of Truth: Remember the victims of global jihad and name the ideology behind it.
Recalling those lost, learning from families and survivors, and looking ahead with hope.
A celebration of Jewish pride, culture and resilience comes to Gateway Park on Jan. 24, 2027.
“While the challenges remain immense, the strength and compassion we see every day give us hope for the future,” said JDC CEO Ariel Zwang.
AFHU also promotes Alana Menitoff to the position of philanthropy officer for the Southeast region.
She plans to focus on strengthening multigenerational connections to the Technion, drawn from her own family’s history with the institution.
Brings more than two decades of experience in donor engagement and philanthropic management.