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Run for Their Lives, the Israeli hostage solidarity movement, presses on after Colorado firebombing

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — The firebombing in Boulder on Sunday targeted Run for Their Lives, a group that stages weekly public runs and walks around the world to raise awareness about Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.

After initially...

Gaza aid distribution effort interrupted amid chaos, killings and confusion

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — The new aid system in Gaza suspended at least some activity for a second day on Thursday as Israel shifted operations amid chaos at distribution sites that has included deadly shootings.

The shift has included...

Boulder’s ‘very shocked and very traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of its losses, and its strength

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Three days after six of his congregants were burned by a man who yelled “Free Palestine” as he threw Molotov cocktails, Rabbi Marc Soloway said his Jewish community remained “very shocked and very traumatized.”

Soloway,...

12 injured in Boulder, Colorado, firebombing attack on march for Israeli hostages

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Twelve people, including an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, were burned in Boulder, Colorado, in a firebombing attack on a demonstration to draw attention to the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.

At least one...

5 people injured in Boulder, Colorado, attack on demonstration for Israeli hostages

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Multiple people were burned and injured in Boulder, Colorado, in what the local Jewish community said was a firebombing attack on people who had gathered to draw attention to the Israeli hostages being held by...

IDF confirms elimination of Hamas terror chief Mohammed Sinwar

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday confirmed that it had eliminated Mohammed Sinwar, the head of the terrorist organization’s “military wing,” in a May 13 strike in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza.

Mohammad Sabaneh,...

Israeli embassy staffers shooting or Capital Jewish Museum murders? To some, a few words can make a big difference.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL

(JTA) — Following the fatal shooting last week of two employees of the Israeli embassy outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington D.C. on May 21, Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee offered a prayer. 

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Israel prepares to call up 450,000 soldiers amid mounting toll on reservists and their families

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Tzemach David Schloss has spent 290 days in Israel’s army reserves over the last 19 months — close to half of the time that has passed since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7,...

For those who warned of ‘Free Palestine’ violence, fatal shooting at DC Jewish museum offers grim validation

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Two months after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, a man with a gun walked up the steps of a synagogue in Albany, New York, and fired into the air while shouting, “Free Palestine.”

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‘There should have been a plan’: Jewish security groups face down lapses in DC shooting

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — On Wednesday night, three armed security officers stood guard as the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington held its annual meeting in the nation’s capital. On the agenda: discussions about the various ways antisemitic...