1+ day, 2+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (618+ words) A new political movement is seeking to challenge the established ultra-Orthodox parties by addressing longstanding economic, educational and military-service challenges facing the haredi community while promoting a broader unity government, Beit Shemesh Deputy Mayor Moti Leitner, chairman of the Charedi…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (241+ words) Jewish organizations from around the world signed the J50 Declaration on Zionism and Antisemitism in Jerusalem on Thursday, which states unequivocally that “Zionism is part of Jewish identity.” William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations,…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (455+ words) The Israel Defense Forces completed its mission to dismantle Hezbollah’s underground beneath the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon before the eve of Rosh Hashanah, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday. Visiting the troops of…...

3+ day, 7+ 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…...

3+ day, 6+ 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…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (520+ words) The Israel Defense Forces destroyed a sprawling Hezbollah underground network under the Ali al-Taher Ridge in southeastern Lebanon, completing the consolidation of the security zone along Israel’s northern border, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (391+ words) Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, thinks that criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not make one anti-Israel and that the prime minister’s response to Oct. 7 is making the Jewish state less…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (141+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. Germany’s federal prosecutor charged seven men with plotting coordinated Hamas-inspired terrorist attacks against Jewish and Israeli targets in Berlin and Vienna…...

2+ day, 18+ 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…...