Friday, October 24th 2025   |

Person in the Parsha: LECH LECHA

By RABBI TZVI HERSH WEINREB

ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE TOGETHER

I picked him up at the airport. He was arriving in Baltimore, where I was then a rabbi, to deliver an address and then return home...

Contrary to Palestinian claims, terrorists documented stabbing Jews

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) — Arab media outlets are portraying Ahmed Manasra, the 13-year-old Beit Hanina resident who stabbed a 13-year-old Jewish boy in Jerusalem on Monday, as a victim, almost turning him into an icon representing the pain and...

Ohio planning to implement anti-BDS legislation

(JTA) — An Ohio legislative body is expected to pass a measure that opposes the boycott movement against Israel.

The speaker of the state’s House of Representatives, Cliff Rosenberger, made the announcement following an Oct. 8 address to the state...

Israel sets up checkpoints in eastern Jerusalem, calls up reservists

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel set up checkpoints in eastern Jerusalem and called up 1,400 Border Police reservists in its bid to quell the recent surge in Palestinian terrorist attacks.

The Security Cabinet approved the new measures at 1 a.m. Wednesday...

Watchdog to Orthodox Jewish school: Don’t ask parents about sex life

(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish public school in London must stop asking parents about their sex lives in order for their children to gain admission, a school watchdog ordered.

The Hasmonean High School in Barnet, in north London, asks parents...

Abbas spreads lies and incites terror, Israel says after PA leader’s latest rhetoric

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) — In a televised address on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of “executing our sons in cold blood” and held up a picture of a 13-year-old Arab boy from eastern Jerusalem who stabbed...

Third intifada? The Palestinian violence is Israel’s new normal

By BEN SALES

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israelis have become accustomed to dismal news in the past few weeks – mornings and evenings punctuated by stabbings, car attacks and rock throwing.

The cycle of random violence has left dozens of Israelis...

Bernie Sanders, he’s not — he’s Barney Frank

By CURT SCHLEIER

(JTA) — When Barney Frank first ran for a seat in the Massachusetts legislature, he more closely resembled a rumpled guy who slept in his suits than a polished pol. His campaign poster featured a photo of...

Only one mention of Israel at Democratic debate

(JNS.org) — In the course of the Democratic presidential primary debate on Tuesday night, the five candidates, led primarily by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT.), debated a range of domestic and foreign policy...

Israel approves 300 extra security guards for public transport after bus attack

(JNS.org) — After two Palestinian terrorists boarded a bus in Jerusalem and killed two Israelis in just one of Tuesday’s terror attacks in Israel, the Israeli security cabinet announced that 300 additional security guards will be recruited for public transportation...