On Monday, World Children’s Day, Israel tweeted a picture collage of the 40 Israelis under the age of 18 being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. The day commemorates the Declaration of the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on...

Some 100 young Jewish men and women from around the world have decided to make aliyah and enlist in the Israel Defense Forces as Israel wages war against the Hamas terrorist organization. In a month, they will put on their uniforms. Meanwhile, they are...

Jason Alexander, famous for his role in the sitcom “Seinfeld,” joined in calling for the immediate release of the captives who have been held by the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip for 44 days. Alexander held up a picture of Ohad Munder-Zichri...

(JTA) — Tens of thousands of Israelis joined the families of many of the roughly 240 people held hostage by Hamas since Oct. 7 in a silent protest outside the offices of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday night. Later on Saturday, the Washington...

Qatari mediators are trying to negotiate an agreement in which Hamas would release some 50 of the civilians it holds hostage in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a three-day ceasefire, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters on Wednesday. The...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. During a recent concert of Latin American music in Los Angeles, one featured singer walked on stage wearing a kaffiyeh,...

(JTA) — On Monday morning, Margie Maidman boarded a caravan of 10 buses from Boston to Washington, D.C., headed to a massive demonstration in support of Israel and against antisemitism. The journey is eight hours each way, and most of the people...

A copy of Adolf Hitler’s book “Mein Kampf” was found in a children’s room that was used as a Hamas terror base in the northern Gaza Strip, Isaac Herzog has revealed. The Israeli president held up the copy of the Nazi party leader’s autobiographical...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. “bUt Do You cOnDeMn HaMas?????” The sign floated in the distance above the crowd at a pro-Palestine march that...

The St. Louis Jewish Light is partnering with the Jewish Telegraphic Agency to bring you an opportunity to hear from five remarkable Israeli authors at this pivotal moment in Israel's history and at a discount. In each of these five intimate, probing,...

Following a shiva, the primary seven-day mourning period, there is a secondary period of mourning called sheloshim. Sheloshim is Hebrew for the numeral 30 and is the name of this period because it lasts for 30 days. Sheloshim is meant to ease the mourner...

  A 43-minute film documenting atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 is getting a wider audience with screenings for Jewish organizations and Hollywood celebrities.  The American Jewish Committee said it was providing the venue...