A giant Hanukkah menorah (hanukiah) was inaugurated in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on Tuesday in a festive event attended by Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog and Sderot Mayor Alon David. The 12 meter-high menorah, the largest in Israel, was donated by the Dutch organization Christians for Israel (CVI) to show solidarity with residents of towns near the Gaza border. The event was also attended by Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs and CVI chairman Pim van der Hoff, whose organization is also committed, through Keren Hayesod, to supporting Jewish Agency programs for Gaza-border residents. Herzog said at the event that “this huge hanukiah that made its way to Sderot all the way from the Netherlands is a symbol of the tremendous support Gaza border residents also receive from friends of Israel across the globe. The solidarity that members of Christians for Israel wanted to express with Sderot and the surrounding communities is heart-warming. Let’s all hope the light of candles brings resilience and quiet to all who live here. The Jewish Agency will continue to support Gaza border residents, together with our partners at the Jewish Federations of North America and Keren Hayesod.”
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Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned arrests and censorship ahead of the meeting in Ankara.
At Pulse of Israel’s conference in Jerusalem, Shomron Regional Council head Yossi Dagan received the “Brave Leadership of Zion Award” for efforts to rebuild communities in northern Samaria.
The Tel Aviv University research “highlights the nature of cells that can participate in the regeneration process,” said David Sprinzak, one of the study’s authors.
The remarks by Israel’s defense minister came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Jerusalem would withdraw from the country.
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The lawmaker is identified in court filings as “Victim 1,” whose identity is “known to the grand jury.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, told JNS that it appears the progressive group engaged in “obvious electioneering” to oppose Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The U.S.-brokered agreement calls for pilot zones in Southern Lebanon where Hezbollah forces would be removed and the Lebanese Armed Forces would assume control ahead of an Israeli withdrawal.
“The room booed him down and cheered as he was walked out,” said Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify. “I’m grateful for that. Hate got escorted out. We got right back to building.”
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Two ships suffered significant damage, but no casualties were reported.
The U.S. president slammed Tehran’s leaders as “scum” and dismissed further truce talks as a waste of time.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned arrests and censorship ahead of the meeting in Ankara.
CENTCOM forces struck military sites to protect international commerce after the regime attacked three commercial vessels.
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Trump’s plan to support Turkey’s indigenous fighter project raises concern in Israel and the United States.
A precedent-setting deal allows the IDF to operate against Hezbollah, but the Lebanese army’s capacity is in doubt, experts tell JNS.
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The veteran politician foolishly thinks that he can carve out a middle ground for 2028 between antisemitism and “blind” support for Israel by recycling the two-state solution.
The Islamists are playing the longest civilizational war game in the world.
What should have been the most important war the United States has fought since World War II has descended into chaos.
As a Jew, I can no longer stand with a movement that is antisemitic and anti-Israel at its core.
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“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Buck Sexton, Ep. 229
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“The government is showing that Jewish heritage will not be allowed to fall into the hands of people who want to erase our history and identity,” Jewish Community of Hebron representative told JNS.
“A less thoughtful and more self-sabotaging statement would be hard to imagine,” Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, told JNS of one of the mayor’s comments.
Rabbi Moshe Wiener, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, told JNS that he opted to tell the mayor about his social service agency at an event of his that Mamdani attended.
“Compared to what we see going on in Europe, Poland is much more tolerant of Jews,” Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yaakov Finkelstein told JNS.
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“A less thoughtful and more self-sabotaging statement would be hard to imagine,” Rabbi David Wolpe, rabbi emeritus of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, told JNS of one of the mayor’s comments.
Visitors described dozens surrounding, spitting at and threatening them for 90 minutes after they left a synagogue following Shabbat services.
“Compared to what we see going on in Europe, Poland is much more tolerant of Jews,” Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yaakov Finkelstein told JNS.
Dean McKay, of Fordham University, told JNS that the initiative aims to “address issues in professional training that may have antisemitic components to it, which is growing increasingly common in the profession.”
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On the 50th anniversary of “Operation Entebbe,” former Sayeret Matkal commando Gadi Ilan reflects on the daring rescue mission—and the faces of the hostages he has never forgotten.
“Contemporary Antisemitism 2026" explores ways that can influence how cultures identify, understand, and confront anti-Jewish and anti-Israel sentiment.
A years-long effort identified and digitized the names of 9,100 Jews buried in Krakow’s historic Podgorze cemetery before it was destroyed by the Nazis.
Thousands of Jewish athletes from a record 43 countries gathered at Teddy Stadium to launch the “Jewish Olympics,” with moving tributes to hostages, wounded soldiers and Israel’s fallen.
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If the United States is lost to the woke left or the woke right, the consequences for Jews and the world are unimaginable. Now isn’t the time to write it off.
“If I’m the first Jew or first Israeli that anyone meets, I want them to have a good impression of who I am and who we are as a people,” Danielle Yablonka told JNS.
“Even the promotional poster we received from the organizers was different and contained no Nazi symbols or extremist imagery,” the club’s board of directors told JNS.
When push comes to shove, better a hurtful statement than someone getting hurt.
