“Individual political protest contravenes not only company policy but also our responsibility to create a more connected, caring and civil society through artistic experiences,” the opera stated.
“While it does not add substantially to what we already know about the synagogue, it serves as a reminder of the deep roots of Jewish life in New York,” the ritual director of Congregation Shearith Israel told JNS.
“The State of Israel, for us as Orthodox Jews, is the beginning of the flowering of the redemption of our people,” Rabbi Elie Buechler told JNS. “If that’s not their perspective, that’s OK too.”
“Most teachers would not want to touch this with a 10-foot pole, certainly not at the middle school level,” Alisa Berger of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education told JNS.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his thrill at participating at the polling station in Baku with Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ronen Kraus.
“Oh, wait until you see what we do to Iran. We’re going to do a number,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
PM warns enemies ahead of Oct. 27 elections, vows IDF will maintain security control “from the Jordan River to the sea.”
More than 800 military polling stations will serve troops across units and operational sectors, with early voting beginning the evening of Oct. 20 ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
“There is no automatic support. We are not offering a blank check to anyone, and certainly not to the opposition leadership,” said Yousef Jabareen.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
Opposition
Public records that JNS obtained show that a Jewish civil rights specialist assigned to the state’s human rights commission complained soon after the March 2025 incident.
Bob Horenstein of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland told JNS that the Federation “spent over $1.5 million last year for security for our community institutions.”
“Things got a little hot for me this week,” Jessica Tisch said at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. “Just in case, anybody hiring?”
His mother told the New York Post that “at one point they had Jewish neighbors ‘that weren’t very nice’ and that there was a dispute about a shared fence,” but that her son never spoke of it.
The U.S. president spoke after a reporter asked him if Riyadh should accept Israeli assistance in fighting Iran’s Houthi proxy group.
“For many of my colleagues, it was the first time to have an encounter with real Judaism, in every aspect,” Pablo Quiroz Zepeda, of Mexico, told JNS.
“This is our homeland,” the Israeli prime minister said. “It’s called Judea. That’s where Jews come from. We’ve been attached to it for thousands of years.”
“I am proud to lead a tremendous revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria and to effectively kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
The leading principle is to ensure military superiority, always staying one step ahead of Israel’s enemies.
An internal document outlined plans to cause panic among displaced people to help terrorists escape advancing Israeli troops, the military said.
“The Israel Police is committed to professional, equal, and impartial law enforcement,” said Commissioner Daniel Levi.
SPECIAL SERIES
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.
Built from a patient’s own cells, the technology is advancing toward its first human trial at Sheba Medical Center in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
An Elbit representative tells JNS how the company’s C-MUSIC system shields airliners from heat-seeking missiles, as global demand grows
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.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
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.
OCT. 7
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
At Nir Am’s Oct. 7 ceremony, the family of paratrooper Binyamin Meir Airley share his story and discuss the retreat center established in his memory.
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.
‘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.
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.
Points of view from across the Jewish world
Press releases from Israel, and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
The network provides a range of educational opportunities: practical engineering, diploma studies, technological preparatory programs and academic horizon tracks.
The latest investment builds on longstanding support for research and innovation in Israel’s Galilee; to date, Helmsley’s investments total more than $18 million.
Modern-day hate campaigns take pages from 12th-century blood libels, Nazi Germany and Soviet propaganda campaigns.
The music documentary, directed by Veronika Emily Pohl, will screen Oct. 18 and spotlight cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper and GRAMMY-nominated conductor Constantine Orbelian.
The university rises to the 201-300 range worldwide in electrical engineering as more than 1,000 international students from over 50 countries begin their studies.
Admissions for fall 2027 open following a yearlong review aimed at adapting rabbinic education to the changing needs of Jewish communities.
The initiative aims to turn remembrance into action and create a place where every tree carries a name, a story and a memory that continues to grow.
Looking for Elsewhere explores the past, present and future of the Jews of Turkey, a community that has lived in the country for centuries.
Opening Nov. 2 at JCC MetroWest, the exhibition uses rare sports cards, artifacts and original art to examine Jewish and Israeli identity through the world of sports collectibles.
How they turned the shock of that day into a shared journey to Israel and military service.