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Traffic moves past a large banner depicting Iranian commanders and scientists killed in Israeli airstrikes during the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, at Tajrish Square in the capital Tehran, on June 30, 2025. Photo Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images.
Jews arrested in Iran released after round-up by regime security forces, sources say
“Several Jewish friends inside Iran sent me messages on Instagram and WhatsApp saying they were unharmed but very frightened of the regime’s authorities,” the journalist Rosa Parto told JNS.
Karmel Melamed
June 30, 2025
Detail of "Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers," oil on canvas, painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo between 1725 and 1730. Credit: Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington/Samuel H. Kress Collection.
Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, may have converted to Judaism
“The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS.
Menachem Wecker
June 30, 2025
Israel's Chief Sephardic Rabbi David Yosef speaks during a swearing in ceremony for new judges in the Rabbinical Court, held at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 10, 2025. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.
Israel’s top rabbis in theological dispute over wartime weddings
Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef issued a religious decree allowing both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews to wed during the mourning period in light of the war, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Rabbi Kalman Ber disagreed.
JNS Staff
June 26, 2025
Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducting a joint flight with an American B-52 strategic bomber are seen in an image published on March 6, 2025. Credit: IDF.
The lion has risen
Many a great leader has emphasized that peace comes through strength.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
June 25, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas leader Aryeh Deri during a Shas Party meeting at the Knesset, Jan. 23, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Deri: God ‘forsook’ Israel on Oct. 7, but massacre helped stop greater Iranian threat
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "absolutely" grown stronger in his faith, the haredi politician said.
Akiva Van Koningsveld
June 23, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, June 22, 2025. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Netanyahu gives thanks at Western Wall following US attack on Iran
The prime minister recited a special prayer for President Donald Trump.
JNS Staff
June 22, 2025
Jewish men from the Belz Chassidic dynasty study Torah with gas masks in Jerusalem during the Persian Gulf War in January 1991. Photo by Flash90.
Faith under fire
One of the hardest things humans struggle with is battling their own doubts in perilous times.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
June 18, 2025
Orthodox Jews study Torah in a public shelter in northern Israel during alarms and rocket and missile fire from Iran, June 15, 2025. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Of blood, bravery and ‘brit milah’
In Israel, life goes on, even if it feels like the sky might fall.
Rav Hayim Leiter
June 15, 2025
Trumpet. Credit: nuriamillas/Pixabay.
The silver trumpets’ promise
This time, Iranian leaders are reportedly huddled in underground bunkers, calculating their response to Israeli airstrikes.
Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann
June 13, 2025