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Ukranian Jewish cemetery damaged amid overnight strikes, community says

Chief Rabbi Moshe Moskowitz surveyed the site on Sunday and said he will coordinate repairs with the mayor. It was not immediately clear if the cemetery was targeted.

People walking by Ukranian Jewish cemetery damaged by heavy shelling.
 Shelves carts in a supermarket

Finnish retail chain stops selling Israeli products over Gaza war

The Iron Beam laser defense system has shot down dozens of aerial threats during the war May 28, 2025

Israel, US to accelerate production of Iron Dome, Iron Beam laser, David's Sling missiles

 Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump.

'Antisemitism is anti-American': Senate holds hearing for antisemitism envoy


Is it time for Israel to choose its supporters more carefully? - analysis

When controversial figures with millions of followers voice support for Israel, should the country embrace them, or does their backing do more harm than good?

 British activist and former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson speaks in Tel Aviv during his October visit to Israel.

Egypt's Sisi to travel to Riyadh for Gaza Arab plan discussion, sources say

Arab states, including Egypt, were dismayed by Trump's plan to 'clean out' Palestinians from Gaza and resettle most of them in Jordan and Egypt.

 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 10, 2024.

Polish police took initiative in Jewish killings, new book explores

Polish police murdered Jews during the Holocaust with gusto and even without Nazi orders, according to new resesarch.

 A group of Nazi police in Otfinów, Poland, 1943.

On a mission to Auschwitz, I found hope amid the ashes - opinion

I visited Krakow again to work on Jewish-Polish reconciliation and yet again in 2022, in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, when the shadow of war once again loomed over Europe.

 The author, right, and Dumisani Washington, CEO of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, lay a wreath in memory of the Jewish victims at Birkenau, Nov. 26, 2024.

Evidence deemed 'weak' against Feldstein on national security charge, judge rules

At the beginning of September, Feldstein attempted to leak the document’s contents to Israeli media in order to counter mass protests following the execution of hostages in Gaza.

  Eli Feldstein, an IDF spokesman attends the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman, in Homesh, in the West Bank, on December 17, 2021

Global reactions pour in as Trump wins 2024 US presidential election

Presidents, prime ministers, and other key diplomatic leaders from across the globe have extended congratulatory remarks to Trump.

 Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump speaks at a town hall as he campaigns in Fayetteville, North Carolina, US. October 4, 2024.

Tikva forum demands Netanyahu meeting, calls for no negotiation with Hamas

The resistance of the Tikva forum to a deal and to negotiation with Hamas is at odds with the opinions of many hostage families and with the stance of the Hostage Family Forum.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a state ceremony at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024

Jewish partisans amplify mainstream fears in campaign finale – opinion

Closing arguments can define a campaign in voters’ minds. They can also go unnoticed, especially when events overtake a news cycle in the days leading up to election.

 Images from recent ads by, clockwise from top left, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, the Democratic Majority for Israel and the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Netanyahu and Biden clash over claim Israel losing world support

Biden emphasized the importance of ending fighting ahead of Ramadan.

 U.S. President Joe Biden attends a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023.

Are the Jewish people at war with each other? - opinion

Future generations of Jews will look to us and ask what we did during this latest war against the Jews.

 Ultra Orthodox Jews walk in the Ultra orthodox town of Bnei Brak on December 29, 2021.

Maccabi World Union elects Michael Siegal as next president

Siegal has served as the chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel as well as the Jewish Federations of North America.

 Michael D. Siegal receives the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor and citation from President Isaac Herzog at the President’s Residence on December 11.