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Who are the first-time voters who could sway Israel’s election?

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — JERUSALEM — On Oct. 27, Yael Chernyvsky, 18, from Ramat Hasharon in central Israel, plans to cast her ballot for the first time. 

“I’m voting so we can change the future of this country,” the...

While AIPAC’s critics rejoice as lobby shifts strategy, its defenders push back

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — AIPAC’s critics gloated on Thursday after the pro-Israel lobby announced that it was ending direct contributions and candidate endorsements. But defenders of the storied Washington institution pushed back at that characterization, saying instead that the organization...

Why both sides are ducking settler violence ahead of Israel’s elections

By TANI FRANK

(JTA) — For American Jews who follow Israel closely, one of the hardest things to understand about Israeli politics today is the gap between the severity of settler violence in Judea and Samaria, also known as the West...

The missing ‘peace’ in Israel’s election campaign

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — JERUSALEM – There’s a short video clip that’s been circulating on Israeli social media channels in recent days showing a massive crowd of jubilant young Israelis at a music festival singing along on repeat to “The...

Christiane Amanpour exits CNN with a legacy shaped by the debate over Israel

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor, is leaving the network after 43 years, closing a chapter in a career that made her one of television journalism’s most celebrated war correspondents — and one of its most...

Boulder may elect a mayor who won’t say whether Israel should exist

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — BOULDER, Colo. – Voters in this Rocky Mountain foothills college town could soon elect a mayor who won’t affirm that Israel should exist, just a year and a half after an antisemitic terror attack struck the...

As Netanyahu drops in polls, Ben-Gvir’s star rises

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — RAMLA – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the parties in his coalition seem to be losing support heading into Israel’s first election since Oct. 7 – with one exception. Otzma Yehudit, headed by Minister of National...

Ahead of elections, Bennett and Lapid pledge to strengthen Israel-Diaspora ties

By RUTH EGLASH

(JTA) — Israel-Diaspora relations will be made a top priority for former prime ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid if their B’Yachad party joins the next Israeli government, according to a working plan shared with JTA.

Under the...

Chef Alon Shaya shares the stories, resilience and recipes of World War II survivors

By RACHEL RINGLER

(JTA) – In 2015, while visiting Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, James Beard Award-winning chef Alon Shaya came face-to-face with a World War II artifact that moved him deeply.

It was a red cloth triangle — cut...

On Columbus Day, remember Abraham Zacuto, the Jewish astronomer history forgot

By RABBI SHLOMO PEREIRA

(JTA) — Every October, Christopher Columbus returns not only as history but as controversy. The voyages associated with his name transformed the world, but their legacy is inseparable from conquest, coercion and the destruction that followed European...