3+ hour, 15+ min ago   (460+ words) Israel’s Central Elections Committee is preparing for threats that go well beyond the traditional logistical challenges of running an election, including cyberattacks, disinformation, foreign influence operations and the possibility of a major security escalation on Election Day. Naomi Binyamini, a…...

6+ hour, 57+ min ago   (348+ words) Israeli nonprofit Daf Hadash, known in English as Fresh Start, was awarded the inaugural Taib Prize for National Resilience on Tuesday evening at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Jaffa. The $50,000 prize, launched this year by the Taib…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (307+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States, noting that the “evil of that vicious” assault still resonates today as the fight against terrorism continues and emphasizing that the Jewish…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (479+ words) The declaration tells our story at the singular turning point when the Jewish people returned to history as a people. It is a capsule of distilled Israeli DNA, implanted in our national bloodstream by the founding generation as a gift…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1171+ words) I always begin my annual column asking readers to play along with me and predict the events of the coming Jewish year by reminding them that as bad as things seem to be now, they can still get worse. That’s…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (212+ words) The Oct. 27 Israeli election will be a referendum on the record of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But according to JNS senior contributing editor Ruthie Blum, voters will also be registering their verdict on whether they believe the promises of his…...

3+ day, 50+ min ago   (247+ words) Part of Olivia Chow’s job as mayor of Toronto is being the mayor for everyone, Brad Bradford, who is running against the incumbent, said at a mayoral forum on Jew-hatred at Adath Israel Congregation in North York on Tuesday where…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (219+ words) “Israel is united with both Greece and Cyprus against Islamic extremism in the region led by Turkey,” Israeli Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli told a visiting delegation from the National Association of Christian Lawmakers on Tuesday. Turkey’s…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (362+ words) More than 20,000 Jewish immigrants from about 100 countries arrived in Israel over the past year, Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Ministry and the Jewish Agency said in a joint statement on Monday, ahead of the Jewish New Year. The bulk of the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (450+ words) More than 5,000 leaders and public figures have signed an open letter rejecting the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, calling the charge a form of anti-Jewish scapegoating that is fueling antisemitism worldwide. “It’s an hour of crisis,” Deborah…...