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Gaza strike: IAF slays Oct. 7 terrorist working to rehabilitate Hamas

Muhammad Suleiman Byouk infiltrated Israel during the 2023 massacre, and throughout the ensuing war he planted explosive devices across the Strip to harm IDF troops.

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Two Israeli troops hurt by IED amid effort to destroy Hezbollah terror assets in Lebanon

The IDF said it would continue to operate in the security zone in accordance with the ceasefire agreement with Beirut.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Terrorist kills Netanel Shakron, father of six, in Samaria on Yom Kippur eve

“Today, six young Israeli children lost their father to heinous terrorism,” the Israeli government stated. “May his memory be a blessing.”

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Israeli charged on suspicion of aiming to assist Hamas in Gaza

Another Israeli citizen was arrested for allegedly contacting a foreign agent in Lebanon.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff
U.S.
U.S. News

Richmond film festival doubles down on Israeli films after it was boycotted last year

“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.

Sept. 20, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

New Hampshire travel office promotes event, on Yom Kippur, with anti-genocide group that defends ‘Palestine’

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.

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

CENTCOM: US forces facilitate shipping of 1 billion oil barrels out of Strait of Hormuz

The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Ventura mayor says southern California city exploring adopting IHRA definition after anti-Jewish vandalism

“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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Aaron Bandler
World
- United Nations
- Middle East
- Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Latin America
- Canada
- Australia
- Iran
U.S. News

SCOOP: Costa Rica plans to apply for IHRA membership

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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

World News

Jewish groups condemn mezuzot destruction at Canadian university

“Jewish students have been targeted with hate and intimidation in the place they call home while at school,” Hillel Ontario CEO Jay Solomon told JNS.

Sept. 18, 2026

Rebecca Szlechter

U.S. News

CENTCOM: US forces facilitate shipping of 1 billion oil barrels out of Strait of Hormuz

The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

World News

Palestinian envoy to UK: Bible a ‘Palestinian book,’ I come from ‘Christmas Land’

Husam Zomlot described Palestinians as “the original Christians.”

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff
Analysis
- Yaakov Lappin
- Shimon Sherman
Analysis

Ali Taher demolition ‘means Hezbollah lost an operating system’

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.

Sept. 14, 2026

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Saudi Arabia’s request for help from Israel is ‘an opportunity’

Western observer tells JNS that Israel should seek tangible returns rather than being a silent partner.

Sept. 17, 2026

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Iranian axis fractured but not defeated

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.

Sept. 13, 2026

Shachar Kleiman

Analysis

UK boycott may have limited economic impact

Israeli exports of goods and services total about $159 billion, of which about $250 million comes from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Sept. 11, 2026

Pesach Benson and Omer Novoselsky/TPS-IL
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

Confronting Jew-haters is more important than worrying about cancel culture

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.

September 18, 2026 12:15 PM

Jonathan S. Tobin

Global Focus

America has never been subservient to Israel

The fact remains that what brings the democratic allies together is worth far more than the issues dividing them.

September 18, 2026 09:30 AM

Ben Cohen

CAMERA: Eye on the Media

The premise of ‘NAZA’ doesn’t hold up

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.”

September 20, 2026 06:15 AM

Adam Levick

Opinion

Challenging the one-sided boycott of ‘West Bank’ exports

Is it being driven by the troubling influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome?

September 20, 2026 03:05 AM

Mike Holmes, Walter E. Block
JNS TV
Think Twice

Jews must stop cowering and start fighting back

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238

Sept. 17, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

JNS TV / Israel Undiplomatic

Israeli film accusing IDF of war crimes gets standing ovation in Venice

Sept. 17, 2026

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

JNS TV / Judeacation

Europe targets Israeli communities with trade bans and prison threats

Sept. 16, 2026

Josh Hasten

JNS TV / JLMinute

Netanyahu’s critics turn up the pressure ahead of Israel’s election

Sept. 16, 2026

Alex Traiman, Josh Hasten
Jewish Life
Israel News

2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath uncovered intact in southern Israel

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.

Sept. 17, 2026

Etgar Lefkovits

Opinion

The senator who helped pave the way for US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Jon Kyl was a principal architect and leading advocate of the Jerusalem Embassy Act—and one of Israel’s greatest friends in the Senate.

Sept. 18, 2026

Chaim Silberstein

U.S. News

Mike Sweetney, former NBA player and Yeshiva University basketball assistant coach, dies at 43

“He literally just was one of the guys,” YU head coach Elliot Steinmetz told the New York Post.

Sept. 18, 2026

Feature

Bright Israeli horizons: ‘Everywhere we turn, there are old friends and new ones’

Twenty-five people who made aliyah, many of them via Nefesh B’Nefesh, share their experiences.

Sept. 17, 2026

Deborah Fineblum
Antisemitism
U.S. News

Manhattan Institute sues to force Mamdani admin to release documents

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.

Sept. 17, 2026

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

World News

Dutch cinema drops Oct. 7 screening of ‘NAZA’

But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.

Sept. 18, 2026

Canaan Lidor

U.S. News

SCOOP: Costa Rica plans to apply for IHRA membership

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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

Woman who shouted at Jews outside Boston Kollel arrested for slapping cop

Police are increasing patrols around the Jewish neighborhood for Shabbat and Yom Kippur following the incident.

Sept. 18, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Features
Feature

Israeli researchers scrutinize ‘NAZA’ director Yuval Abraham’s past

Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.

Sept. 18, 2026

Josh Hasten

Feature

B’nai B’rith’s new CEO seeks ‘rebirth’ for oldest US Jewish organization

“It can’t just be business as usual,” Evan R. Bernstein told JNS. “We’re not done yet.”

Sept. 14, 2026

Andrew Bernard

Feature

Job had questions, history gave him ‘patience’

“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.

Sept. 8, 2026

Menachem Wecker

Feature

New discoveries shed light on ancient Jerusalem at City of David Conference

Archaeologists presented fresh findings on the Israeli capital’s ancient fortifications, water systems, roads and pilgrimage routes.

Sept. 15, 2026

Eve Harow
Culture
U.S. News

‘Miss Israel’ visits City Hall in Manhattan, says won’t try to meet Mamdani

“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.

Sept. 15, 2026

Vita Fellig

U.S. News

NY Fashion Week holds its first exclusively Jewish fashion show

“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.

Sept. 11, 2026

Vita Fellig

Israel News

New ultra-Orthodox party seeks to challenge establishment with broader national agenda

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.

Sept. 13, 2026

Amelie Botbol

Culture and Society

‘NAZA’ filmmaker says he fears returning to Israel

Yuval Abraham pledged to work on screening the film there quickly.

Sept. 15, 2026

JNS Staff
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Gaza strike: IAF slays Oct. 7 terrorist working to rehabilitate Hamas

Muhammad Suleiman Byouk infiltrated Israel during the 2023 massacre, and throughout the ensuing war he planted explosive devices across the Strip to harm IDF troops.

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Two Israeli troops hurt by IED amid effort to destroy Hezbollah terror assets in Lebanon

The IDF said it would continue to operate in the security zone in accordance with the ceasefire agreement with Beirut.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Terrorist kills Netanel Shakron, father of six, in Samaria on Yom Kippur eve

“Today, six young Israeli children lost their father to heinous terrorism,” the Israeli government stated. “May his memory be a blessing.”

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

Israeli charged on suspicion of aiming to assist Hamas in Gaza

Another Israeli citizen was arrested for allegedly contacting a foreign agent in Lebanon.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff
U.S.
U.S. News

Richmond film festival doubles down on Israeli films after it was boycotted last year

“I’m on high alert,” the festival founder told JNS, after anti-Israel activists targeted the event in 2025.

Sept. 20, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

New Hampshire travel office promotes event, on Yom Kippur, with anti-genocide group that defends ‘Palestine’

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.

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

CENTCOM: US forces facilitate shipping of 1 billion oil barrels out of Strait of Hormuz

The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Ventura mayor says southern California city exploring adopting IHRA definition after anti-Jewish vandalism

“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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Aaron Bandler
World
- United Nations
- Middle East
- Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Asia
- Africa
- Latin America
- Canada
- Australia
- Iran
U.S. News

SCOOP: Costa Rica plans to apply for IHRA membership

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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

World News

Jewish groups condemn mezuzot destruction at Canadian university

“Jewish students have been targeted with hate and intimidation in the place they call home while at school,” Hillel Ontario CEO Jay Solomon told JNS.

Sept. 18, 2026

Rebecca Szlechter

U.S. News

CENTCOM: US forces facilitate shipping of 1 billion oil barrels out of Strait of Hormuz

The volume of commodities transiting the strategic waterway has reached a new peak in the last two weeks, said Adm. Brad Cooper.

Sept. 19, 2026

JNS Staff

World News

Palestinian envoy to UK: Bible a ‘Palestinian book,’ I come from ‘Christmas Land’

Husam Zomlot described Palestinians as “the original Christians.”

Sept. 20, 2026

JNS Staff
Analysis
- Yaakov Lappin
- Shimon Sherman
Analysis

Ali Taher demolition ‘means Hezbollah lost an operating system’

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.

Sept. 14, 2026

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Saudi Arabia’s request for help from Israel is ‘an opportunity’

Western observer tells JNS that Israel should seek tangible returns rather than being a silent partner.

Sept. 17, 2026

Yaakov Lappin

Analysis

Iranian axis fractured but not defeated

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.

Sept. 13, 2026

Shachar Kleiman

Analysis

UK boycott may have limited economic impact

Israeli exports of goods and services total about $159 billion, of which about $250 million comes from Judea, Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.

Sept. 11, 2026

Pesach Benson and Omer Novoselsky/TPS-IL
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

Confronting Jew-haters is more important than worrying about cancel culture

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.

September 18, 2026 12:15 PM

Jonathan S. Tobin

Global Focus

America has never been subservient to Israel

The fact remains that what brings the democratic allies together is worth far more than the issues dividing them.

September 18, 2026 09:30 AM

Ben Cohen

CAMERA: Eye on the Media

The premise of ‘NAZA’ doesn’t hold up

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.”

September 20, 2026 06:15 AM

Adam Levick

Opinion

Challenging the one-sided boycott of ‘West Bank’ exports

Is it being driven by the troubling influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome?

September 20, 2026 03:05 AM

Mike Holmes, Walter E. Block
JNS TV
Think Twice

Jews must stop cowering and start fighting back

“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Liel Leibovitz, Ep. 238

Sept. 17, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

JNS TV / Israel Undiplomatic

Israeli film accusing IDF of war crimes gets standing ovation in Venice

Sept. 17, 2026

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

JNS TV / Judeacation

Europe targets Israeli communities with trade bans and prison threats

Sept. 16, 2026

Josh Hasten

JNS TV / JLMinute

Netanyahu’s critics turn up the pressure ahead of Israel’s election

Sept. 16, 2026

Alex Traiman, Josh Hasten
Jewish Life
Israel News

2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath uncovered intact in southern Israel

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.

Sept. 17, 2026

Etgar Lefkovits

Opinion

The senator who helped pave the way for US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

Jon Kyl was a principal architect and leading advocate of the Jerusalem Embassy Act—and one of Israel’s greatest friends in the Senate.

Sept. 18, 2026

Chaim Silberstein

U.S. News

Mike Sweetney, former NBA player and Yeshiva University basketball assistant coach, dies at 43

“He literally just was one of the guys,” YU head coach Elliot Steinmetz told the New York Post.

Sept. 18, 2026

Feature

Bright Israeli horizons: ‘Everywhere we turn, there are old friends and new ones’

Twenty-five people who made aliyah, many of them via Nefesh B’Nefesh, share their experiences.

Sept. 17, 2026

Deborah Fineblum
Antisemitism
U.S. News

Manhattan Institute sues to force Mamdani admin to release documents

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.

Sept. 17, 2026

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

World News

Dutch cinema drops Oct. 7 screening of ‘NAZA’

But Filmhuis Lumen in Delft will still show the film, which portrays Israeli soldiers as war criminals, on two other dates.

Sept. 18, 2026

Canaan Lidor

U.S. News

SCOOP: Costa Rica plans to apply for IHRA membership

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.

Sept. 18, 2026

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. News

Woman who shouted at Jews outside Boston Kollel arrested for slapping cop

Police are increasing patrols around the Jewish neighborhood for Shabbat and Yom Kippur following the incident.

Sept. 18, 2026

Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Features
Feature

Israeli researchers scrutinize ‘NAZA’ director Yuval Abraham’s past

Regavim alleges omissions and distortions in the filmmaker’s reporting, while an independent Israeli researcher examines his longstanding ties to Palestinian activists.

Sept. 18, 2026

Josh Hasten

Feature

B’nai B’rith’s new CEO seeks ‘rebirth’ for oldest US Jewish organization

“It can’t just be business as usual,” Evan R. Bernstein told JNS. “We’re not done yet.”

Sept. 14, 2026

Andrew Bernard

Feature

Job had questions, history gave him ‘patience’

“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.

Sept. 8, 2026

Menachem Wecker

Feature

New discoveries shed light on ancient Jerusalem at City of David Conference

Archaeologists presented fresh findings on the Israeli capital’s ancient fortifications, water systems, roads and pilgrimage routes.

Sept. 15, 2026

Eve Harow
Culture
U.S. News

‘Miss Israel’ visits City Hall in Manhattan, says won’t try to meet Mamdani

“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.

Sept. 15, 2026

Vita Fellig

U.S. News

NY Fashion Week holds its first exclusively Jewish fashion show

“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.

Sept. 11, 2026

Vita Fellig

Israel News

New ultra-Orthodox party seeks to challenge establishment with broader national agenda

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.

Sept. 13, 2026

Amelie Botbol

Culture and Society

‘NAZA’ filmmaker says he fears returning to Israel

Yuval Abraham pledged to work on screening the film there quickly.

Sept. 15, 2026

JNS Staff
The Wire
Newsletter
Republish JNS Content
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Melanie Phillips

JNS TV

The murderous consequences of Western diplomacy

Is Western “peacemaking” in the Middle East perpetuating the Arab-Israeli conflict? “Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Melanie Phillips, Ep. 115

Oct. 25, 2023

Jonathan S. Tobin

JNS TV

Rabbi: Reform movement hijacks faith for political progressive agenda

“Top Story” with guest host Melanie Phillips and guest Rabbi Cary Kozberg, Ep. 56

July 21, 2022

JNS TV

Will the West sympathize with Israel the way they do with Ukraine?

“Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Melanie Phillips, Ep. 41

March 24, 2022

Jonathan S. Tobin

JNS TV

‘Top Story,’ Ep. 5: What’s Behind the Surge in Anti-Semitism?

The fifth episode of the JNS podcast “Top Story” with Jonathan S. Tobin and guest Melanie Phillips.

June 9, 2021

Jonathan S. Tobin