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IDF to remain in Lebanon ‘as long as we need to protect our people,’ Netanyahu says

By JNS STAFF   (JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces will remain in Southern Lebanon “as long as we need to protect our people” from Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit on Sunday night....

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal — but more quietly so far than in 2015

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — A growing number of Jewish groups are pushing back against the new memorandum of understanding brokered between President Donald Trump and Iran.

At least for now, however, their responses are more muted than when the...

Years after a boycott fight, Ben & Jerry’s Israel debuts a flavor celebrating Israeli resilience

By DEBORAH DANAN

(JTA) — Ben & Jerry’s Israel operation has come up with a flavor that does not leave much to interpretation. Called “Milk and Honey,” a nod to the biblical description of the Land of Israel, its namesake...

6 months after her father was killed at Bondi Beach, Sheina Gutnick has become a leading antisemitism advocate in Australia

By NOMI KALTMANN 

(JTA) — MELBOURNE — Six months ago, Sheina Gutnick was a 31-year-old mother of three at the end of her maternity leave. She had degrees in social science and psychology, and several years of experience worked at...

US completes wave of retaliatory strikes against Iran

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org)  – The U.S. military on Tuesday completed a wave of retaliatory strikes against Iran in response to the downing of one of its helicopters over the Persian Gulf.

United States Central Command said it struck Iranian...

John Lithgow wins Tony Award for portraying Roald Dahl in ‘Giant,’ about Dahl’s antisemitism

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — The actor John Lithgow won his third Tony Award on Sunday for his depiction of the writer Roald Dahl as an antisemite.

Lithgow stars as Dahl in “Giant,” which opened on Broadway in March. The...

Trump urges Iran to make a deal after Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in 2 months

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — Iran fired multiple barrages of missiles toward northern Israel on Sunday night local time, in the first direct fire from Iran on Israel since early April.

No one was immediately reported injured in the barrages,...

Roselle Ungar assumes chair of The Network, representing 170+ North American nonprofits

The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, an association of more than 170 nonprofit human service organizations in the United States and Canada, recently announced the appointment of Roselle Middleberg Ungar, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans,...

The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests.

By GIANLUCA FANTONI 

(JTA) — When the Jewish Brigade appears today in Italian public debate, it is rarely about the British Army unit, formed largely by Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine, that was sent to fight in Italy in the...

Bamba blankets NYC after Park Slope Food Coop vote to boycott Israeli products. What’s next?

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Jewish institutions are responding to a boycott of Israeli products at a Brooklyn grocery store by buying up Bamba.

Four thousand free bags of the Israeli peanut butter-flavored snack made...