JNS The Daily Syndicate - Friday, October 27, 2023

Friday, October 27, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

A makeshift shrine to the victims of the mass shooting on Oct. 27 at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Oct. 30, 2018. Credit: Brendt A. Petersen/Shutterstock.

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Jonathan S. Tobin

Five years after Pittsburgh, mass murder has a new meaning

Fueled by support for Hamas terror and hatred for Israel, a surge of antisemitism presents challenges that are not so easily understood as the Tree of Life shooting.

IDF: Ground forces intensifying operations inside Gaza

The Israel Air Force steps up strikes on Hamas tunnels and infrastructure in the south, and the Israeli military addresses Hezbollah fire to the north.

Yaakov Lappin

Smoke rises after the Israel Air Forces strikes Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip Oct. 27, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

A memorial outside the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh following the mass shooting on Oct. 27, 2018, which left 11 worshippers dead. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Five years after Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, synagogues balance being welcoming, secure

“You never get over it. You just learn how to deal with it,” Adam Hertzman, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, told JNS.

Sergio Carmona

Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

Marking five years since deadliest US anti-Jewish attack, Biden denounces Islamophobia

The president's message on the five-year anniversary of the attack on Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue came days after the White House press secretary answered a question about rising antisemitism by commenting on Islamophobia.

Menachem Wecker

Hamas headquarters hidden under Gaza's largest hospital. Credit: IDF.

IDF: Hamas’s terror command center built under Gaza’s main hospital

The Israeli military shares detailed information on how Hamas has turned hospitals into terror command centers and hideouts.

Yaakov Lappin

Hezbollah flags during a funeral salute. Credit: Crop Media/Shutterstock.

Israel prepares for war on multiple fronts

Israel Kasnett

Lockheed Martin F-35, 3D illustration. Credit: Mike Mareen/Shutterstock.

US strikes Iranian assets in Syria after attacks on American troops

Charles Bybelezer

U.S. Treasury Department. Credit: U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Washington sanctions eight individuals, four groups for terror ties, including to Hamas

On Sudbury Road in Concord, Mass., Kurt and Susan Schwartz placed 1,500 Israeli flags on a property they own. Credit: Courtesy.

Worldwide memorials emerge for hostages and those murdered by Hamas

A resort in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, on Oct. 3, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

IDF hints Sinai blast caused by drone strike from Yemen

Illustrative image. Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.

Hacker threat: Police warn Israelis not to answer unknown calls

Night drills are part of the 334th Battalion’s daily training regiment. Credit: IDF.

IDF sends tanks, troops into Gaza for second straight night

White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby speaks to reporters at the White House, Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Oliver Contreras/White House.

Reporters repeatedly ask State Department, White House if Israel abiding by laws of war

Trucks filled with dead bodies from Israeli communities near the Gaza border arrive at Abu Kabir Forensic Research Laboratory in Tel Aviv for identification, Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/TPS.

A forensic volunteer from afar

Pesach Benson

Filipino caregiver Camille Jesalva, 31, with Nitza Hefetz, 95, in Israel. Credit: Courtesy.

Filipino caretaker, 31, saves 95-year-old from Hamas terrorist with bribe

Etgar Lefkovits

The aftermath of Hamas's Oct. 7 massacre at a music festival in southern Israel, where hundreds of young people were murdered and and kidnapped, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

Israelis confront a new reality in the fall of 2023

Judy Lash Balint

Activists at a “Day of Rage” attended by Students for Justice in Palestine and other anti-Israel organizations. Credit: A Katz/Shutterstock.

Support for Hamas abounds on US campuses

Amelie Botbol

Sara Bloomfield, director of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, presents the pope on Oct. 25, 2023 with a letter from Holocaust survivors about the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7. Credit: Courtesy.

US Holocaust Memorial Museum delegation meets with Pope Francis

U.S. Capitol building. Credit: Gagan Kaur/Pexels.

JFNA: ‘Grateful that Congress is working to protect our community’

At a symposium in the European Parliament on countering terrorism are (from left) European parliament members Bert-Jan Ruissen of the Netherlands and Lukas Mandl of Austria; CEO of the International Legal Forum attorney Arsen Ostrovsky; and Eric Gozlan of the International Council for Diplomacy and Dialogue, March 29, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

European Council urges ‘unhindered’ aid, access into Gaza Strip

The Telegram messaging application. Photo by Adem AY/Unsplash.

Apple and Google take action against Hamas propaganda

The “Lights of Hope” exhibit at Pais Arena Square in Jerusalem illuminates the sky to raise awareness of those being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Oct. 26, 2023. Photo by Avi Mizrahi.

‘Lights of Hope’ illuminate Jerusalem sky, one bulb for each hostage in Gaza

Israeli opera singers Anat Czarny (left) and Oded Reich, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.

Israeli opera giving voice for hostages

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

A new Inquisition

At the United Nations, the Jewish state faces a new Inquisition, and António Guterres is its inquisitor general.

Dry Bones

opinion

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with senior advisers on Sept. 6, 2023, in the Oval Office. Credit: Adam Schultz/Official White House Photo.

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Caroline B. Glick

Biden’s Hamas conundrum

The president’s continued reliance on his anti-Israel, pro-Iran officials is not merely a policy disaster. It is a political problem.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Photo by Ververidis Vasilis/Shutterstock.

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Ben Cohen

Spain and Turkey are leading the diplomatic war against Israel

This is not an illusion. It’s a measure of how bad the situation has become.

Charles A. Stone

Never again?

Has the world finally learned that Hamas is a pure terror group? It hasn’t been shy about its intentions over the years.

Eunice G. Pollack

City councilman runs interference for Farrakhan but fails to score

Israeli security forces at the scene where a rocket fired from Hamas the Gaza Strip hit and caused damage in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Oct. 23, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Propaganda, lies and more rockets: Hamas wages war on all fronts

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