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Jewish and Israeli volunteers join in relief effort as floods pound Central Europe

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — Jews from Warsaw and Israel are among the forces that have stepped in to support relief efforts as Poland battles its worst floods in decades.

Volunteers who joined those efforts on Wednesday included members...

14 dead, 450 injured in Lebanon on second day of pager attacks

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Hundreds of electronic devices held by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded for the second straight day, killing 14 people and wounding 450, in a continuation of a mass attack that the terror group has blamed...

Columnists resign from London Jewish Chronicle amid allegations that Gaza news was fabricated

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — Several prominent columnists have resigned from the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper amid allegations that the paper ran fabricated news stories that advanced the Israeli government’s narratives about the war in Gaza.

The London Jewish Chronicle...

Gallant: Time to avoid war with Hezbollah running out

(JNS.org) – Amid fresh rocket fire from Lebanon, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday told his American counterpart Lloyd Austin that time was running out for an agreed-upon de-escalation with Hezbollah.

“The possibility of a settlement in the north...

Republican PAC blankets Michigan with ads touting Kamala Harris’ pro-Israel credentials

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Donald Trump says Israel will disappear if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November, but a Republican political action committee is telling Michiganders she “stands with Israel.”

The ads appear to be targeting the...

Far-right provocateur Laura Loomer is back in Donald Trump’s inner circle — to the dismay of strange bedfellows

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Donald Trump is facing a wave of backlash for spending time with Laura Loomer, a Jewish far-right provocateur who was once banned from several social media platforms for hate speech.

What makes this backlash different...

Donald Trump to speak at the Israeli American Council’s national conference

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Less than two months before he hopes to be reelected president, and shortly before the one-year anniversary of the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, Donald Trump will address the Israeli American Council’s national...

NECHAMA is actively recruiting area volunteers for Francine recovery

Members of NECHAMA, the Jewish community’s only national disaster relief organization, are now assessing the damage in Louisiana left behind by Hurricane Francine.

It is their intent to  help with the clean-up and recovery process from...

Hurricane Francis increases in strength, forecast to land closer to NOLA

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Hurricane Francis increased in strength quickly on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning intensifying into a strong Category 1 storm with a noted jag much more eastward than had been forecast on Monday...

IDF publishes video of tunnel where hostages were executed

(JNS.org) – The Israel Defense Forces released a video of the tunnel in Rafah in southern Gaza where Hamas executed six hostages late last month, with military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari taking viewers on a brief tour of the inhumane...