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Barry Levitt, 80, died when a residential balcony collapsed onto an Angel Bakery store in the city’s Rehavia neighborhood.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem calls out the United Nations body’s silence over Hezbollah’s systematic desecration of a historic Lebanese castle, while referring to Israel’s defensive operation at the site as “a moral abdication.”
The IDF is building a 14-mile earthen barrier as part of a high-tech security zone to prevent future terrorist infiltrations from Gaza.
Israeli forces eliminated Adham Ibrahim Sha’aban Nasman, who directed terrorists during the 2023 massacre, and two Islamic Jihad terrorists, including a Nova festival infiltrator.
“We’re a tiny percentage of the population, yet we’re over 50% of the attacks, and the mayor’s diatribes don’t help,” Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Ohab Zedek, a synagogue the victim attends, told JNS on the fast of Tisha B’Av.
“You know that’s the other Jewish guy named Josh, right?” the New Jersey congressman wrote, after Rep. Summer Lee appeared to confuse him with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
“Whether operating under the guise of charities, businesses or underground financial networks, those who enable Hamas will be exposed, sanctioned and held accountable,” the U.S. treasury secretary stated.
The United Nations agency “teaches Palestinian children to hate Jews, essentially functioning as a child soldier factory,” stated Rep. Chris Smith, who introduced the legislation.
The strikes targeted command centers, missiles and air defenses to curb attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM said.
The effort to single out Jewish and Israeli tourists was widely condemned by Italian politicians across the political spectrum.
Judit Polgar said she lacked the strength to take on the role and therefore could not accept.
The tiny Pacific island country northeast of Australia is one of Israel’s most consistent supporters at the United Nations.
The deputy director of the Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute told JNS the former Hamas leader instructed terrorists to document atrocities against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel must immediately dismantle the 70,000-strong P.A. force to prevent a catastrophe potentially far worse than Oct. 7.
Questions emerge over claims the former Iranian president was part of an Israeli campaign to reshape Iran’s leadership.
The Turkish foreign minister’s statements against the Jewish state reached a new peak last week. How dangerous is his rise to the summit of power in Ankara?
The challenge is not so much mindless hatred of fellow Jews as a willingness to acknowledge the existential threat posed by contemporary Jew-haters.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should be held to account for libelous incitement against Israel and the Jews.
We must all mobilize to save America from itself.
The mayor adopted the old Islamist strategy of using Western values against the West.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Rabbi David Eliezrie, Ep. 231-
Barry Levitt, 80, died when a residential balcony collapsed onto an Angel Bakery store in the city’s Rehavia neighborhood.
Judit Polgar said she lacked the strength to take on the role and therefore could not accept.
An ancient community has, in its small way, resurrected itself.
The student, who declined to be named, said that “within College Democrats, I am afraid to tell people I am Jewish.”
The visiting rabbis quickly exited the country after the attacker posted the assault online.
Seven centuries later, renewed antisemitism is leading many British Jews to consider emigrating.
The effort to single out Jewish and Israeli tourists was widely condemned by Italian politicians across the political spectrum.
“I knew I was gonna be fighting antisemitism,” Inna Vernikov, a Republican, told JNS. “I didn’t see politicians doing that on a big scale. I just saw a lot of pandering on both sides.”
According to CyberWell, social media posts tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup falsely claim the Argentine soccer star is Jewish or controlled by Jews while recycling conspiracy theories about Jewish control of FIFA.
Project Qumran seeks scientific testing of surviving samples from a 1992 Dead Sea excavation that researchers believe may be remnants of biblical “Ketoret.”
Former BDS supporter Klaas Mokgomole told JNS that a firsthand visit to the Jewish state overturned years of anti-Israel indoctrination.
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Gadi Taub, Ep. 230
Discrimination is embedded in the app’s zoom function; at an average level of magnification, Arab localities appear on the map while neighboring Jewish communities do not.
Ancient background matters because it reminds the world of something too often forgotten: Jews lived, traded, prayed and built families across the Arab and Muslim world for centuries.
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Barry Levitt, 80, died when a residential balcony collapsed onto an Angel Bakery store in the city’s Rehavia neighborhood.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem calls out the United Nations body’s silence over Hezbollah’s systematic desecration of a historic Lebanese castle, while referring to Israel’s defensive operation at the site as “a moral abdication.”
The IDF is building a 14-mile earthen barrier as part of a high-tech security zone to prevent future terrorist infiltrations from Gaza.
Israeli forces eliminated Adham Ibrahim Sha’aban Nasman, who directed terrorists during the 2023 massacre, and two Islamic Jihad terrorists, including a Nova festival infiltrator.
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“We’re a tiny percentage of the population, yet we’re over 50% of the attacks, and the mayor’s diatribes don’t help,” Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Ohab Zedek, a synagogue the victim attends, told JNS on the fast of Tisha B’Av.
“You know that’s the other Jewish guy named Josh, right?” the New Jersey congressman wrote, after Rep. Summer Lee appeared to confuse him with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
“Whether operating under the guise of charities, businesses or underground financial networks, those who enable Hamas will be exposed, sanctioned and held accountable,” the U.S. treasury secretary stated.
The United Nations agency “teaches Palestinian children to hate Jews, essentially functioning as a child soldier factory,” stated Rep. Chris Smith, who introduced the legislation.
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The strikes targeted command centers, missiles and air defenses to curb attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, CENTCOM said.
The effort to single out Jewish and Israeli tourists was widely condemned by Italian politicians across the political spectrum.
Judit Polgar said she lacked the strength to take on the role and therefore could not accept.
The tiny Pacific island country northeast of Australia is one of Israel’s most consistent supporters at the United Nations.
-
The deputy director of the Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute told JNS the former Hamas leader instructed terrorists to document atrocities against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Israel must immediately dismantle the 70,000-strong P.A. force to prevent a catastrophe potentially far worse than Oct. 7.
Questions emerge over claims the former Iranian president was part of an Israeli campaign to reshape Iran’s leadership.
The Turkish foreign minister’s statements against the Jewish state reached a new peak last week. How dangerous is his rise to the summit of power in Ankara?
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The challenge is not so much mindless hatred of fellow Jews as a willingness to acknowledge the existential threat posed by contemporary Jew-haters.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani should be held to account for libelous incitement against Israel and the Jews.
We must all mobilize to save America from itself.
The mayor adopted the old Islamist strategy of using Western values against the West.
-
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Rabbi David Eliezrie, Ep. 231
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Barry Levitt, 80, died when a residential balcony collapsed onto an Angel Bakery store in the city’s Rehavia neighborhood.
Judit Polgar said she lacked the strength to take on the role and therefore could not accept.
An ancient community has, in its small way, resurrected itself.
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The student, who declined to be named, said that “within College Democrats, I am afraid to tell people I am Jewish.”
The visiting rabbis quickly exited the country after the attacker posted the assault online.
Seven centuries later, renewed antisemitism is leading many British Jews to consider emigrating.
The effort to single out Jewish and Israeli tourists was widely condemned by Italian politicians across the political spectrum.
-
“I knew I was gonna be fighting antisemitism,” Inna Vernikov, a Republican, told JNS. “I didn’t see politicians doing that on a big scale. I just saw a lot of pandering on both sides.”
According to CyberWell, social media posts tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup falsely claim the Argentine soccer star is Jewish or controlled by Jews while recycling conspiracy theories about Jewish control of FIFA.
Project Qumran seeks scientific testing of surviving samples from a 1992 Dead Sea excavation that researchers believe may be remnants of biblical “Ketoret.”
Former BDS supporter Klaas Mokgomole told JNS that a firsthand visit to the Jewish state overturned years of anti-Israel indoctrination.
-
“Think Twice” with Jonathan Tobin and guest Gadi Taub, Ep. 230
Discrimination is embedded in the app’s zoom function; at an average level of magnification, Arab localities appear on the map while neighboring Jewish communities do not.
Ancient background matters because it reminds the world of something too often forgotten: Jews lived, traded, prayed and built families across the Arab and Muslim world for centuries.
