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“These maniacs are on the ropes, and these historic measures will cripple them and their ability to project terror worldwide,” said the U.S. president.
Sandy Goldstein moved to Israel at 102 with his wife, Rosalie. As he approaches his birthday, his advice is simple: “Do not wait.
The move, which comes just ahead of the busy Jewish High Holiday season, follows the gradual resumption of service to Tel Aviv by most major European airlines.
"All Pennsylvania students deserve to feel safe at school and learn in environments where their rights, identities and differences are respected," Erin James, press secretary for the state's Department of Education, told JNS.
Attorney Joe Sabag told JNS that boycott, divestment and sanctions activists seek to get young legislators "locked into positions early on in their careers."
Max Blumenthal, who was in Iran to cover the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and called the assassination of the Iranian leader a "crime," alleges that "the government was targeting and punishing him for his views and journalism," the complaint states.
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The man accused of disrupting Shabbat services at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue last week now faces federal hate crimes charges in addition to the state ones leveled against him immediately after the attack.
The state guidance, which replaced the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism with the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism, was removed after parents contacted Jewish advocacy groups.
The Houthis are “working to create the conditions for seizing control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait by expanding its presence along the western coast and attempting to control strategic Yemeni islands in the Red Sea," the Yemen’s information minister told the AFP.
“Any assistance and facilitation provided to the aggressive U.S. military is tantamount to participation with the U.S. military forces,” the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces stated.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a consumer alert after an entity calling itself the “Jewish Holocaust Claims Center” solicited Holocaust survivors and their families to submit claims for compensation, prompting state officials to warn of a potential scam.
Zibelman, a former New York Public Service Commission chair, has connections to the state’s Jewish community, including participation in a Jewish Climate Network event focused on New York’s clean-energy transition.
Esther Panitch, the only Jewish member of the Georgia state legislature, told JNS that she asked the local Democratic Party to reschedule the event, which is currently slated to occur on Rosh Hashanah.
New York officials say an entity calling itself the “Jewish Holocaust Claims Center” has solicited survivors and their families to submit compensation claims.
“I’m just going to be honest here,” Sen. Darline Graham said, to gasps from the audience. “I’m not that informed on national security.”
Israel-born Sigal Chattah can’t continue to serve in the role, the court said, setting up a likely Supreme Court appeal.
"It is critically important that we be able to keep our community safe during the upcoming holidays," Rabbi J. Menashe Shapiro told JNS.
“We decided that it was time for a rigorous narrative review of what we called anatomy of antisemitism in the health professions, not just medicine but across-the-board,” one of the authors of a new paper told JNS.
Aisha Wahab states on her campaign site that Melissa Hernandez is funded by AIPAC, while the latter’s campaign site doesn’t mention the word “Israel” or “Jewish.”
David Rosenberg-Wohl, who represents the plaintiffs, told JNS that “the state has no business selecting and promoting a particular faith as the faith that represents social justice, a political argument.”
"This is actual, straight-out Nazi-level ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ kind of antisemitism," Esther Panitch told JNS.
The decision was the first time in the country’s history that a judge has been removed from office over anti-Jewish hate speech.
Israeli airstrikes have hit the Abu Duhur air base in northern Syria, Syrian officials say. The attack occurred early Tuesday, hours after a Turkish delegation visited the base. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Syria was breaching a security agreement by allowing Turkish troops there. Turkey has condemned the strikes, accusing Netanyahu of trying to legitimize unlawful actions. The air base is strategically located near Idlib, Aleppo, and Hama provinces. Turkey has been supporting Syria's military rebuilding efforts. The incident has further strained Turkish-Israeli relations, which have been tense under President Erdogan's rule.
With the return of Yehuda Katz, “the circle left open as a bleeding wound since the Battle of Sultan Yacoub has finally been closed,” Herzog said.
Israel’s defense minister vowed to maintain a tough policy on the Palestinian territory amid international efforts to advance diplomatic solutions for Gaza.
Security experts told JNS that the Iranian terror proxy has adapted to financial pressure through informal cash networks, complicating efforts to curb its rearmament and weaken its support base.
The innovative pilot project saw a water-based air-cooling system installed at a city bus stop located in the central Israeli city of Holon.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a veteran Southeast Florida Democrat, defeated her opponents in Tuesday’s primary race that took place in unfamiliar territory, following a statewide rewrite of electoral battle lines.
Posters, death threats and an alleged assault prompt scrutiny at the university, whose scholars preserved Jewish texts during the Inquisition.
The U.S. naval blockade remains in full force and effect, the Hormuz Strait is open and operating and all water mines have been removed or detonated, said the U.S. president.
The Banshee Labyrinth deplatformed Philip Simon over what they had said was his views on Gaza.
The facility, which is under construction, will include viewing booths for victims and their families to watch the proceedings.
The invention follows years of legal threats and arrest attempts by anti-Israel groups and NGOs.
The importance of E1 lies in its location: between Ma’ale Adumim, a Jewish city in the Judean Desert, and Israel’s capital.
Bar-Ilan University researchers found that inflammation subsided more quickly when participants focused their attention on the affected area.
Angie Nixon beat Alex Vindman although he out-raised her by more than 16 times.
Rep. Byron Donalds won the GOP primary to succeed Ron DeSantis as governor, while Rep. Randy Fine held on to the nomination for his House seat.
Sunshine State voters will need to choose between two pro-Israel candidates for governor in November’s general election to replace Gov. Ron DeSantis, after Republican Byron Donalds and Democrat David Jolly won their respective primaries on Tuesday night.
