JERUSALEM (JTA) — I was chanting from the Torah in synagogue when the first siren went off. It was the morning of Simchat Torah, the holiday celebrating our commitment to read the entire Torah over the course of the year, starting with Genesis and concluding...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. State Department confirmed that there were at least nine Americans among the hundreds of people killed after Hamas invasion of Israel.
“At this time, we can confirm the deaths of nine U.S. citizens,” said a State Department...
Saturday's Hamas assault is the 2023 version of the 1973 Yom Kippur war. The complete surprise—the governing paradigm, the collapse of the lines of defense—is very reminiscent of what happened here exactly 50 years ago.
In a well-synchronized and...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel faced a “long and difficult war” as it reeled from an unprecedented assault from Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip the day before, saying that its retaliatory attacks on the dense coastal...
(JTA) — Argentina’s Jewish community is reeling after at least four people with local roots were killed in the Hamas attack on Israel Saturday, while several others are missing and feared kidnapped or dead.
The distress is being acutely felt...
(JTA) — One, just out of the army, told his dad “I love you” and “I’m sorry” then disappeared. One who just joined the army has no family nearby, so a stranger is keeping him company in the hospital. One was a peace activist.
These are...
Lisa Keys, Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 8, 2023
(New York Jewish Week) — As Israel continued to clear the Gaza border area of Hamas attackers, and came to grips with an attack that killed 700 people, hundreds of people came to rally in support of the country outside the United Nations on Sunday afternoon.
But...
The Pentagon announced on Sunday that it's sending "additional equipment and resources, including munitions" to the Israel Defense Forces while redirecting a Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean.
The security assistance "will begin moving...
Headline: Israel shifts to ‘offensive phase’ of Gaza op after 700 killed
Intro: The Cabinet officially approved a war situation and the taking of significant military steps, as per Article 40 of Basic Law: The Government.
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Israel's Security...
(JTA) – More than 5,000 young adults on long-term programs in Israel are out of danger, an umbrella group for the programs said.
A spokesperson for Masa Israel Journey — which guides participants to hundreds of gap-year, career training and continuing...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration is investigating reports that Americans are among the at least 600 people killed and the 100 or so abducted in the Hamas invasion of Israel.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking on Sunday news...
This is a developing story.
(JTA) — As dawn broke in Israel Sunday, the contours of the previous 24 hours of violence following a broad attack by Hamas were still coming into devastating focus.
A notice from the Israeli embassy in Washington,...
