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Finalists announced for lucrative Jewish literary award

By LISA KEYS

(JTA) — Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France during World War II are among the...

Mayor Mamdani missed the Israel Day Parade. Many who went didn’t miss him.

By GRACE GILSON

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The energy was palpable Sunday as thousands packed a dozen blocks of Fifth Avenue waving Israeli flags for New York’s annual Israel Day Parade. Organizers said the turnout was the...

IDF captures strategic ridge in deepest incursion into Lebanon since 2000

By JNS STAFF

 

(JNS.org)  – Israel Defense Forces ground troops have captured a strategic mountain ridge in southeastern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in 26 years, the military said on Sunday.

Israeli forces seized Beaufort Castle...

London police are ‘reviewing’ video of Helen Mirren being called ‘an evil Zionist’

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — London police are reviewing footage that showed actress Helen Mirren being called “an evil Zionist b—h” by a person on the street.

The video, which circulated widely online this week, records Mirren walking with...

For the first time, a kosher restaurant has won a Michelin star

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — As golden confetti rained down around him Thursday, Israeli chef Raz Shabtai broke down in tears and was embraced by his cheering staff.

Moments earlier, a livestreamed Michelin ceremony had announced that his Miami restaurant,...

NYPD unveils ‘most extensive’ security operation ever for Israel Day Parade as Mamdani skips march

By GRACE GILSON

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Security preparations for this weekend’s Israel Day Parade would be “the most extensive” that the NYPD has ever put together, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced Thursday.

“To be blunt, we...

Rome’s Pride parade bars Jewish LGBTQ float over refusal to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

By SIMONE SIMEKH

(JTA) — Organizers of Rome’s annual Pride parade have barred Italy’s only Jewish LGBTQIA+ organization from marching with a float at this year’s June 20 parade, although they are still allowed to participate in the march itself.

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US forces carry out defensive strikes against IRGC targets

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – American forces on Monday destroyed Iranian vessels laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and struck missile-launch sites in a series of defensive strikes, United States Central Command said.

“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern...

Galindo’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of Tuesday runoff. Did it fuel her rise?

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — When Maureen Galindo finished first in a crowded Democratic primary for a newly redrawn South Texas congressional district in March, the result surprised even seasoned observers of San Antonio politics.

With voters set to decide...

Filing submitted against Hamas at ICC on behalf of Palestinian from Gaza

By EDGAR LEFKOVITZ

(JNS.org) – A filing has been submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of a Palestinian from Gaza calling for 14 Hamas leaders to be investigated for war crimes committed against the Palestinian people, an American...