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IDF, Shin Bet recover two hostage bodies from Gaza

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) –  Israeli forces have retrieved the bodies of two hostages, that of Ilan Weiss and another, unnamed, individual, that Hamas terrorists had kept in the Gaza Strip, the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said on Friday.

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Half of US voters believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, poll finds

By PHILISSA CRAMER

(JTA) — A new poll found that half of U.S. voters — including 77% of Democrats — believe that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute a genocide, in a finding that adds to mounting signals of deep public...

Reversing course, Philadelphia Jewish museum says it will rehang Israeli flag that was vandalized

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia announced Thursday that it will return an Israeli flag to its facade after two consecutive weeks of vandalism.

The flag, which hangs on an exterior...

In a first for an Israeli leader, Netanyahu says he recognizes the Armenian genocide

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he recognizes the Armenian genocide, in a declaration that marks a stark departure for an Israeli leader.

Speaking on a podcast on Tuesday, Netanyahu also suggested, inaccurately, that...

Beverly Hills school board narrowly votes to fly Israeli flags in effort to combat antisemitism

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The Beverly Hills Unified School District will display the Israeli flag in all of its facilities during Jewish Heritage Month starting next year, in an unusual move that split the school board in the ritzy...

Minnesota shooter wrote of killing ‘filthy Zionist Jews,’ ‘free Palestine’

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Robin Westman, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot after killing two children at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minn., wrote of murdering “filthy Zionist Jews,” that “six million wasn’t enough” and “free Palestine,” the New York...

Spotted in a Nazi’s daughter’s real estate ad: a painting looted from a famed Jewish art dealer

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — An investigation by Dutch journalists has led tantalizingly close to the recovery of a painting looted from a Jewish art dealer 85 years ago.

But no sooner was the work by the Italian painter Giuseppe...

Australia accuses Iran of directing antisemitic attacks, expels ambassador

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — Australia expelled Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of orchestrating antisemitic arson attacks on Jewish institutions, as police in Melbourne announced a series of arrests tied to synagogue fires and vandalism that have rattled the...

Historic synagogue vandalized in Chile with posters of Netanyahu with bullet hole on his head

By JUAN MELAMED

(JTA) — The oldest synagogue in the Chilean capital was vandalized on Saturday with anti-Israel graffiti, including red paint and posters that showed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a bullet hole drawn on his forehead.

The...

One of the last two NOLA Holocaust survivors, Lila Skorecki Millen, dies at 87

LILA SKORECKI MILLEN, one of the last two remaining Holocaust survivors to make New Orleans her home, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2025. She was 87.

A beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and aunt, she was born in...