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Jewish New Yorkers rally outside Park East Synagogue, 2 weeks after anti-Israel protest there

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(JTA) — Hundreds of New York City Jews and their allies braved the cold Thursday evening for a rally outside Park East Synagogue, where pro-Palestinian protesters had demonstrated two weeks prior shouting chants like “Globalize the Intifada”...

NC activists claimed ‘victory’ in their Israel-divestment push. The state treasury says they’re wrong.

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Earlier this week, several pro-Palestinian groups in North Carolina touted the state pension fund’s sale of $6.7 million in Israeli government bonds as a “victory.”

But despite the groups’ claims, the North Carolina Department of...

Trump to ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world’ after shooting of National Guard in DC

By ANDREW BERNARD

(JNS.org) – U.S. President Donald Trump announced shortly after midnight on Friday that he would “permanently pause migration from all third-world countries,” after an Afghan immigrant allegedly shot and killed a member of the West Virginia National...

Six IDF soldiers wounded in clash with terrorists in Syria

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Israeli troops carried out a targeted overnight operation in southern Syria to apprehend operatives from the Jaama Islamiya terrorist organization, encountering heavy gunfire that left six IDF soldiers wounded, three of them seriously, the military...

Israel kills Hezbollah ‘chief of staff’ in Beirut

By JNS STAFF

The Israeli Air Force killed the Hezbollah terrorist group’s “chief of staff” in Beirut on Sunday in a targeted strike, the IDF said.

The afternoon military operation against the No. 2 leader in the terrorist organization—which was...

At Tel Aviv school of last resort, missile damage from war bring challenges—and opportunities

By ELANA SZTOKMAN 

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Students at the Max Fein Vocational High School in Tel Aviv are used to overcoming challenges.

The school long has been known as a place where students who have fallen through the...

Zamir in Gaza: Hamas to be disarmed ‘through agreement or military means’

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) –Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on Sunday vowed to disarm the Hamas terrorist group “either through an agreement or through military means.”

“We will continue to insist that the Hamas...

When Jews really did wage a ‘war on Christmas’

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — On a frigid winter’s day in 1906, tens of thousands of Jewish parents in New York’s Lower East Side and Brooklyn kept their children home from school.

It wasn’t a snow day, but a protest:...

Is dining-hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to UVA’s pushed-out ex-president.

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Months after being forced out as president of the University of Virginia, Jim Ryan is still pondering Passover food.

More specifically, Ryan, who was pushed out of the role over the summer amid mounting GOP...

Susan Spicer will add spice to ‘Latkes with a Twist,’ JCRS Chanukah party

The Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS)  has announced chef Susan Spicer, the James Beard Award-winning restaurateur and cookbook author will be the celebrity chef at its 11th annual community-wide Chanukah party titled Latkes with a Twist. This year’s event will...