What you need to know about the 38th World Zionist Congress elections
Read JNS news coverage, as well as columnists’ opinions, as slates compete to represent American Jewry at the 38th World Zionist Congress.
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The unexpected reversal bucks the trend of major international carriers following war with Iran.
IDF troops also seized more than 100 weapons and searched over 1,200 locations, including an explosives-manufacturing facility.
The IDF said it would continue to operate in the security zone in accordance with the ceasefire agreement with Beirut.
Another Israeli citizen was arrested for allegedly contacting a foreign agent in Lebanon.
“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.
The online “peace and justice” conversation is to focus on “U.S. militarism and racism” and is listed on the official website of the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs.
The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.
“We already have demonstrated that hate and hateful acts are not going to be tolerated, and so if we could even take it a step further to define antisemitism and what that is like, then I want to be able to take that,” Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios told JNS.
The State Department weighed in, as the United Nations Security Council readies for its third straw poll to pick the new secretary-general.
But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.
The move is part of a growing effort by the Trump administration to root out Jew-hatred in Latin America, which flourished among leftist governments after Oct. 7.
“We have still not seen a single candidate present a detailed plan to combat institutional antisemitism at the United Nations,” Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, said.
Destruction of the Badr Unit’s underground command network gives Israel a “physical, not just diplomatic” card to hold in any negotiation, former IDF officer tells JNS.
Western observer tells JNS that Israel should seek tangible returns rather than being a silent partner.
Turkey is the deal’s unstated strategic backdrop as Athens buys a multilayered shield against drones and missiles, deepening Jerusalem’s regional role.
Hezbollah has been weakened, the Houthis grow in confidence, the militias in Iraq are under pressure and pro-Iranian cells are trying to regain a foothold in Syria. At the same time, tensions between Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have come into the open. Tehran is trying to rebuild its proxy network and adapt it to a new reality.
Those who spout blood libels about Israel, like rapper Macklemore, have the right to free speech, but not to a platform. Zero tolerance for the surge of antisemitism is imperative.
The fact remains that what brings the democratic allies together is worth far more than the issues dividing them.
Not even to the bare minimum of critical scrutiny, while Holocaust analogies are manipulative, most likely in no small measure by the influence of the executive producer of “The Zone of Interest.”
Is it being driven by the troubling influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome?- “Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238
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Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.
The find is clear evidence of a previously unknown community in the area during the time of the Second Temple, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Jon Kyl was a principal architect and leading advocate of the Jerusalem Embassy Act—and one of Israel’s greatest friends in the Senate. 
Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch, is seeking more than $150 million in damages, alleging that the antisemitic streamer’s comments about Jewish Zionists incite violence.
City Hall is making “a mockery of open government, at least when it comes to the administration’s relationship with the Jewish community,” attorney Jack Lester told JNS.
But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.
Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky of Chabad in Hawaii told JNS that “we don’t experience really any antisemitism, besides for the pro-Palestinian crap that goes on here, like everywhere else.”-
Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.
“It can’t just be business as usual,” Evan R. Bernstein told JNS. “We’re not done yet.”
“During this moment of spiking antisemitism, Jews can take a measure of comfort in recalling to ourselves and to all Americans how Hebraic ideas have helped shape American political language,” Rabbi Stu Halpern, of Yeshiva University, told JNS.
Archaeologists presented fresh findings on the Israeli capital’s ancient fortifications, water systems, roads and pilgrimage routes. 
“Whether it’s hosting ‘Miss Israel’ or meeting with elected officials from Israel, I’m always looking to strengthen the deep bond between New York City and Israel,” Eric Dinowitz, a member of the City Council, told JNS.
“Judaism and fashion are completely interwoven from the streets of Seventh Avenue in New York City to the streets of Tel Aviv,” Tobi Rubinstein, an event co-host, told JNS.
The Charedi Public Party says it will protect full-time Torah study while supporting military or national service for ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying in yeshivahs, address math and English instruction in haredi schools.
“I am so excited to share these treasures with the public, as they have not been seen in 100 years,” Sharon Liberman Mintz, international Sotheby’s senior Judaica specialist, told JNS.
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The unexpected reversal bucks the trend of major international carriers following war with Iran.
IDF troops also seized more than 100 weapons and searched over 1,200 locations, including an explosives-manufacturing facility.
The IDF said it would continue to operate in the security zone in accordance with the ceasefire agreement with Beirut.
Another Israeli citizen was arrested for allegedly contacting a foreign agent in Lebanon.
-
“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.
The online “peace and justice” conversation is to focus on “U.S. militarism and racism” and is listed on the official website of the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs.
The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.
“We already have demonstrated that hate and hateful acts are not going to be tolerated, and so if we could even take it a step further to define antisemitism and what that is like, then I want to be able to take that,” Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios told JNS.
-
The State Department weighed in, as the United Nations Security Council readies for its third straw poll to pick the new secretary-general.
But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.
The move is part of a growing effort by the Trump administration to root out Jew-hatred in Latin America, which flourished among leftist governments after Oct. 7.
“We have still not seen a single candidate present a detailed plan to combat institutional antisemitism at the United Nations,” Danny Danon, Israel’s U.N. ambassador, said.
-
Destruction of the Badr Unit’s underground command network gives Israel a “physical, not just diplomatic” card to hold in any negotiation, former IDF officer tells JNS.
Western observer tells JNS that Israel should seek tangible returns rather than being a silent partner.
Turkey is the deal’s unstated strategic backdrop as Athens buys a multilayered shield against drones and missiles, deepening Jerusalem’s regional role.
Hezbollah has been weakened, the Houthis grow in confidence, the militias in Iraq are under pressure and pro-Iranian cells are trying to regain a foothold in Syria. At the same time, tensions between Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have come into the open. Tehran is trying to rebuild its proxy network and adapt it to a new reality.
-
Those who spout blood libels about Israel, like rapper Macklemore, have the right to free speech, but not to a platform. Zero tolerance for the surge of antisemitism is imperative.
The fact remains that what brings the democratic allies together is worth far more than the issues dividing them.
Not even to the bare minimum of critical scrutiny, while Holocaust analogies are manipulative, most likely in no small measure by the influence of the executive producer of “The Zone of Interest.”
Is it being driven by the troubling influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome?
- “Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238
-
Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.
The find is clear evidence of a previously unknown community in the area during the time of the Second Temple, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority.
Jon Kyl was a principal architect and leading advocate of the Jerusalem Embassy Act—and one of Israel’s greatest friends in the Senate.
-
Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch, is seeking more than $150 million in damages, alleging that the antisemitic streamer’s comments about Jewish Zionists incite violence.
City Hall is making “a mockery of open government, at least when it comes to the administration’s relationship with the Jewish community,” attorney Jack Lester told JNS.
But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.
Rabbi Itchel Krasnjansky of Chabad in Hawaii told JNS that “we don’t experience really any antisemitism, besides for the pro-Palestinian crap that goes on here, like everywhere else.”
-
Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.
“It can’t just be business as usual,” Evan R. Bernstein told JNS. “We’re not done yet.”
“During this moment of spiking antisemitism, Jews can take a measure of comfort in recalling to ourselves and to all Americans how Hebraic ideas have helped shape American political language,” Rabbi Stu Halpern, of Yeshiva University, told JNS.
Archaeologists presented fresh findings on the Israeli capital’s ancient fortifications, water systems, roads and pilgrimage routes.
-
“Whether it’s hosting ‘Miss Israel’ or meeting with elected officials from Israel, I’m always looking to strengthen the deep bond between New York City and Israel,” Eric Dinowitz, a member of the City Council, told JNS.
“Judaism and fashion are completely interwoven from the streets of Seventh Avenue in New York City to the streets of Tel Aviv,” Tobi Rubinstein, an event co-host, told JNS.
The Charedi Public Party says it will protect full-time Torah study while supporting military or national service for ultra-Orthodox men who are not studying in yeshivahs, address math and English instruction in haredi schools.
“I am so excited to share these treasures with the public, as they have not been seen in 100 years,” Sharon Liberman Mintz, international Sotheby’s senior Judaica specialist, told JNS.
