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Israel: After Gaza flotilla ‘provocation,’ most activists released in Greece

Jerusalem says two suspects will be brought to Israel for questioning.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

6,500 tons, 24 hours: Massive sea and airlift restocks Israel’s military

The equipment was simultaneously loaded onto hundreds of trucks and transferred to IDF bases throughout the country in an operation personally overseen by Defense Ministry’s director general.

May. 1, 2026

David Isaac

Israel News

IDF downs Hezbollah drones, strikes dozens of terror targets in Lebanon

At least four UAVs were intercepted.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

IDF troops improvise solutions as Hezbollah’s ‘simple’ drone threat grows

Senior IDF officer: “The writing was on the wall. We should have prepared long ago.”

May. 1, 2026

Lilach Shoval
U.S.
U.S. News

Trump ‘not satisfied’ with latest Iranian proposal to end war

“They want to make a deal, but I don’t. I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” the president told reporters.

May. 1, 2026

U.S. News

Jewish museum, site of murder of Israeli embassy staffers, among those to get $120,000 in DC security funds

“What made it easy for the D.C. government to do this is that they already had an existing standing program,” Ron Halber, CEO of the JCRC of Greater Washington, told JNS.

May. 1, 2026

Jonathan D. Salant

U.S. News

Jewish Dem groups keeping distance from Maine candidate with Nazi tattoo

“We won’t support a Democrat who doesn’t represent the views and values of the vast majority of American Jews,” the Jewish Democratic Council of America said.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Task force report alleges widespread anti-Christian bias under Biden admin

“For years, the Biden-Harris administration doggedly harassed and targeted Christians simply for living according to their beliefs,” Rep. Tim Walberg said.

May. 1, 2026
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JK Rowling accuses MP Zarah Sultana of hypocrisy for condemning antisemitic stabbing

“I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey,” Rowling wrote.

Apr. 30, 2026

U.S. News

Brooklyn rabbi’s body found in closet in Bogota

Nachum Yisrael Eber, 51 was murdered by members of a local gang, authorities said.

Apr. 30, 2026

World News

Swiss parliament votes against recognizing Palestinian state

The lower house in Bern followed the example of upper one last year, and rejected a motion by a large majority.

Apr. 29, 2026

Canaan Lidor

World News

Met Police declares stabbing of two Jews in London ‘terrorist incident’

“One of the lines of inquiry is whether this attack was deliberately targeting the Jewish community in London,” the department said.

Apr. 29, 2026

JNS Staff
Antisemitism
U.S. News

‘Thought it was end of my life,’ says Jewish man attacked near Los Angeles synagogue

“People shouldn’t think that, ‘Oh this is not going to happen to me,’” the 32-year-old Judaic studies teacher told JNS. “It can happen to anyone walking the streets, anyone with their groceries.”

Apr. 29, 2026

Aaron Bandler

World News

JK Rowling accuses MP Zarah Sultana of hypocrisy for condemning antisemitic stabbing

“I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey,” Rowling wrote.

Apr. 30, 2026

U.S. News

Mamdani shares video of keffiyeh-clad door knocker, raising questions, hackles of Jewish New Yorkers

“If we had produced anything like this, I would have been fired the next day,” Benny Polatseck, who worked in the creative communications department at City Hall under the former mayor, told JNS.

Apr. 30, 2026

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

U.S. News

Skokie community ‘angry, scared’ after antisemitic incidents, including against Jewish children

“We want Skokie to act firmly and rapidly to try and prevent more incidents like this from happening,” Susan Haggard, president of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, told JNS.

Apr. 29, 2026

Aaron Bandler
Jewish Life
Editor-in-Chief

Who’s to blame for declining American support for Israel?

The growing distaste for the Jewish state isn’t the fault of Netanyahu or Israeli behavior. It’s driven by forces seeking the destruction of the West and beyond the control of Jerusalem.

Apr. 29, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Editor-in-Chief

Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’

Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.

Apr. 30, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Opinion

Troubling practice: Discriminating against Jewish students in Israel’s medical schools

Young men and women who completed demanding military service for years, often carrying visible and invisible scars, find themselves at a disadvantage compared to peers who did not serve at all.

May. 1, 2026

Oshy Ellman

Column

The false equivalence of campus hatred

Discomfort is not the same as persecution. There is a difference between feeling targeted and being targeted.

Apr. 29, 2026

Mitchell Bard
Features
Feature

Keren Tendler, the only female IDF soldier killed in action during the 2006 Lebanon War

“There isn’t a moment that I don’t think of what could have been,” her mother told JNS.

Apr. 30, 2026

Amelie Botbol

Feature

Jewish food creators win hearts and minds, one recipe at a time

From Miami suites to Mexico City kitchens, a new generation of Jewish food influencers is using cuisine as a powerful form of cultural diplomacy.

Apr. 28, 2026

Tania Shalom Michaelian

Feature

Someone to hug: Four-legged canine friends provide comfort

A new project creates personal matches between bereaved families and therapeutic dogs that touch wounded hearts through play, touch and their very presence.

Apr. 24, 2026

Arie Abramzon

Feature

Rebuilding life on Israel’s southern border

Communities near Gaza push forward with resilience centers, therapy programs and infrastructure despite trauma.

Apr. 24, 2026

Judy Lash Balint
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’

Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.

Apr. 30, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Column: GLOBAL FOCUS

London stabbings shine light on Hamas’s success

Like other countries where anti-Jewish and anti-Israel outrages have reached epidemic proportions, the British public has remained fairly silent in the face of an upsurge in Jew-hatred.

May. 1, 2026

Ben Cohen

Opinion

Can Israel fire a minister without charges?

A Supreme Court case centered on Itamar Ben-Gvir could reshape the balance of power between elected officials and the legal system.

May. 1, 2026

Aylana Meisel

Opinion

Troubling practice: Discriminating against Jewish students in Israel’s medical schools

Young men and women who completed demanding military service for years, often carrying visible and invisible scars, find themselves at a disadvantage compared to peers who did not serve at all.

May. 1, 2026

Oshy Ellman
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Israel: After Gaza flotilla ‘provocation,’ most activists released in Greece

Jerusalem says two suspects will be brought to Israel for questioning.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

6,500 tons, 24 hours: Massive sea and airlift restocks Israel’s military

The equipment was simultaneously loaded onto hundreds of trucks and transferred to IDF bases throughout the country in an operation personally overseen by Defense Ministry’s director general.

May. 1, 2026

David Isaac

Israel News

IDF downs Hezbollah drones, strikes dozens of terror targets in Lebanon

At least four UAVs were intercepted.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

Israel News

IDF troops improvise solutions as Hezbollah’s ‘simple’ drone threat grows

Senior IDF officer: “The writing was on the wall. We should have prepared long ago.”

May. 1, 2026

Lilach Shoval
U.S.
U.S. News

Trump ‘not satisfied’ with latest Iranian proposal to end war

“They want to make a deal, but I don’t. I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” the president told reporters.

May. 1, 2026

U.S. News

Jewish museum, site of murder of Israeli embassy staffers, among those to get $120,000 in DC security funds

“What made it easy for the D.C. government to do this is that they already had an existing standing program,” Ron Halber, CEO of the JCRC of Greater Washington, told JNS.

May. 1, 2026

Jonathan D. Salant

U.S. News

Jewish Dem groups keeping distance from Maine candidate with Nazi tattoo

“We won’t support a Democrat who doesn’t represent the views and values of the vast majority of American Jews,” the Jewish Democratic Council of America said.

May. 1, 2026

JNS Staff

U.S. News

Task force report alleges widespread anti-Christian bias under Biden admin

“For years, the Biden-Harris administration doggedly harassed and targeted Christians simply for living according to their beliefs,” Rep. Tim Walberg said.

May. 1, 2026
World
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World News

JK Rowling accuses MP Zarah Sultana of hypocrisy for condemning antisemitic stabbing

“I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey,” Rowling wrote.

Apr. 30, 2026

U.S. News

Brooklyn rabbi’s body found in closet in Bogota

Nachum Yisrael Eber, 51 was murdered by members of a local gang, authorities said.

Apr. 30, 2026

World News

Swiss parliament votes against recognizing Palestinian state

The lower house in Bern followed the example of upper one last year, and rejected a motion by a large majority.

Apr. 29, 2026

Canaan Lidor

World News

Met Police declares stabbing of two Jews in London ‘terrorist incident’

“One of the lines of inquiry is whether this attack was deliberately targeting the Jewish community in London,” the department said.

Apr. 29, 2026

JNS Staff
Antisemitism
U.S. News

‘Thought it was end of my life,’ says Jewish man attacked near Los Angeles synagogue

“People shouldn’t think that, ‘Oh this is not going to happen to me,’” the 32-year-old Judaic studies teacher told JNS. “It can happen to anyone walking the streets, anyone with their groceries.”

Apr. 29, 2026

Aaron Bandler

World News

JK Rowling accuses MP Zarah Sultana of hypocrisy for condemning antisemitic stabbing

“I assume this is a different Zarah Sultana MP to the one who was recently filmed clapping along to loudspeaker chants for intifada, on a street in Surrey,” Rowling wrote.

Apr. 30, 2026

U.S. News

Mamdani shares video of keffiyeh-clad door knocker, raising questions, hackles of Jewish New Yorkers

“If we had produced anything like this, I would have been fired the next day,” Benny Polatseck, who worked in the creative communications department at City Hall under the former mayor, told JNS.

Apr. 30, 2026

Debra Nussbaum Cohen

U.S. News

Skokie community ‘angry, scared’ after antisemitic incidents, including against Jewish children

“We want Skokie to act firmly and rapidly to try and prevent more incidents like this from happening,” Susan Haggard, president of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, told JNS.

Apr. 29, 2026

Aaron Bandler
Jewish Life
Editor-in-Chief

Who’s to blame for declining American support for Israel?

The growing distaste for the Jewish state isn’t the fault of Netanyahu or Israeli behavior. It’s driven by forces seeking the destruction of the West and beyond the control of Jerusalem.

Apr. 29, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Editor-in-Chief

Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’

Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.

Apr. 30, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Opinion

Troubling practice: Discriminating against Jewish students in Israel’s medical schools

Young men and women who completed demanding military service for years, often carrying visible and invisible scars, find themselves at a disadvantage compared to peers who did not serve at all.

May. 1, 2026

Oshy Ellman

Column

The false equivalence of campus hatred

Discomfort is not the same as persecution. There is a difference between feeling targeted and being targeted.

Apr. 29, 2026

Mitchell Bard
Features
Feature

Keren Tendler, the only female IDF soldier killed in action during the 2006 Lebanon War

“There isn’t a moment that I don’t think of what could have been,” her mother told JNS.

Apr. 30, 2026

Amelie Botbol

Feature

Jewish food creators win hearts and minds, one recipe at a time

From Miami suites to Mexico City kitchens, a new generation of Jewish food influencers is using cuisine as a powerful form of cultural diplomacy.

Apr. 28, 2026

Tania Shalom Michaelian

Feature

Someone to hug: Four-legged canine friends provide comfort

A new project creates personal matches between bereaved families and therapeutic dogs that touch wounded hearts through play, touch and their very presence.

Apr. 24, 2026

Arie Abramzon

Feature

Rebuilding life on Israel’s southern border

Communities near Gaza push forward with resilience centers, therapy programs and infrastructure despite trauma.

Apr. 24, 2026

Judy Lash Balint
Opinion
Editor-in-Chief

Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’

Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.

Apr. 30, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Column: GLOBAL FOCUS

London stabbings shine light on Hamas’s success

Like other countries where anti-Jewish and anti-Israel outrages have reached epidemic proportions, the British public has remained fairly silent in the face of an upsurge in Jew-hatred.

May. 1, 2026

Ben Cohen

Opinion

Can Israel fire a minister without charges?

A Supreme Court case centered on Itamar Ben-Gvir could reshape the balance of power between elected officials and the legal system.

May. 1, 2026

Aylana Meisel

Opinion

Troubling practice: Discriminating against Jewish students in Israel’s medical schools

Young men and women who completed demanding military service for years, often carrying visible and invisible scars, find themselves at a disadvantage compared to peers who did not serve at all.

May. 1, 2026

Oshy Ellman
JNS TV
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Jonathan S. Tobin

Jonathan S. Tobin

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Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips

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Fiamma Nirenstein

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Iran blockade Epic Fury

Editor-in-Chief

Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’

Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it.

Apr. 30, 2026

Jonathan S. Tobin

Ephraim Sneh addresses the Meir Dagan Conference on Security and Strategy at the Netanya Academic College, March 21, 2018. Photo by Meir Vaaknin/Flash90.

Column

The self-anointed ‘good’ Israelis

Ephraim Sneh may be a Knesset has-been, but his attitude isn’t the least bit passé in certain snobbish circles.

Apr. 26, 2026

Mark Rowley Golders Green attack Jews UK United Kingdom

Column

The Palestinian laundromat

Shockingly, the West has framed antisemitism and anti-Zionism as conscience itself.

Apr. 30, 2026

Melanie Phillips

A man holds a sign reading "Long live April 25" in Piazza Matteotti during Liberation Day celebrations in Genoa, Italy, on April 25, 2026. Photo by Emanuela Zampa/Getty Images.

Column

As antisemitism spirals, democracies must act now

Without decisive state action, rising hatred risks exploding into widespread violence.

Apr. 29, 2026

Fiamma Nirenstein

Smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako, the capital of Mali, on April 26, 2026. Shock attacks the day before, synchronized by Tuareg rebels of the Azawad Liberation Front coalition and the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims, targeted several areas in the country. Photo by AFP via Getty Images.

Africa

Mali is over

The same faulty Western logic applied to the African country is also being applied to Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah.

May. 1, 2026

Israeli high-tech industry. Credit: xtock/Shutterstock.

Military Aid

AIPAC at the frontier: A stronger alliance in the post-aid era

America’s pro-Israel lobby has been written off before. The next chapter—built on technology, industrial integration and shared strategic competition—should be consequential.

May. 1, 2026

Mitchell Bard

Opinion

Abandoning Jerusalem is a losing electoral strategy

Yonatan Green

Opinion

It was never about the hostages

Opinion

‘In a place where there are no men … ’

Dr. Alex Sternberg

Jason Shvili. Credit: Courtesy.

Opinion

Biden, Israel and bad politics

Clifford D. May. Credit: Courtesy.

Opinion

Biden turns on Israel

Clifford D. May

Yisrael Medad

Opinion

The return of the ‘dhimmi’

Harold Rhode

Opinion

The attack on Iran’s IRGC leaders in Damascus and the Iranian attack on Israel: An Iranian view

Opinion

Egypt’s duplicity, the world’s silence

Opinion

Israel declares independence from Biden

Daniel Greenfield

Opinion

Jewish students, do not go home!

Charles A. Stone