Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published October 7, 2023
(JTA) — Hours after Saturday’s deadly surprise attack on Israel by Hamas, the Israeli protest group Achim le’Neshek (Brothers and Sisters in Arms) was helping arrange transportation for army reservists being called to the front.
“Brothers...
(JTA) — Yoni Asher’s voice was steady but his urgency was unmistakable.
“I ask anyone coming to Efrat Katz’s home to tell me they are there, I have not heard from them for four hours,” he said on Israel’s government-run Kan radio.
“Them”...
U.S. President Joe Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, emphasizing that Washington stands alongside Jerusalem and fully supports the Jewish state's right to self defense in the wake of the deadly Hamas attack from Gaza.
Netanyahu...
Throughout Israel citizens are being asked to donate blood, as over 100 people have been killed and 900 injured in a Hamas terror assault that began on Saturday morning.
At Sheba Medical Center outside Tel Aviv, hospital officials set up temporary blood...
(JNS) -- Hamas claimed on Saturday to be holding more than 35 Israelis hostage in the Gaza Strip after dispatching dozens of terrorists into the Jewish state as part of a major attack.
There were also unconfirmed reports that more than a dozen Nepalese...
(JNS) -- Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas chaired an “emergency” leadership meeting in Ramallah on Saturday, after the Hamas terrorist group launched a major attack from the Gaza Strip that killed at least 40 Israelis.
Abbas “gave instructions...
(JNS) -- Hamas killed at least 40 Israelis on Saturday as it launched a massive offensive from the Gaza Strip, including firing more than 2,500 rockets and sending dozens of Palestinian terrorists to infiltrate the Jewish state.
As of 3 p.m., there were...
(JNS) -- Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid on Saturday gave full backing to the government to strike hard at Hamas following a devastating multi-pronged attack that killed at least 22 people.
“At times like these, there is no opposition or coalition...
(JNS) -- The Israel Air Force Forces on Saturday attacked 17 “military” compounds and four operational headquarters of the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas killed at least 22 Israelis earlier in the day as the organization fired 2,500...
(JTA) — Israel, which featured large in the first Republican debate, got nary a mention in its sequel on Wednesday night, as the candidates on stage in California instead devoted much of their focus to Donald Trump, who opted to skip the proceedings.
Nikki...
The Jewish Community Center is now recruiting families interested in traveling to Israel next summer as part of a fun family adventure geared towards families with elementary and middle-school aged children.
Scheduled for June 2-14, 2024, the itinerary...
By Judith Sudilovsky, Israel 21c
• Published September 25, 2023
As the opening date for the new building of the National Library of Israel (NLI) approaches, workers are busy transferring the library’s treasures from their old location on the Hebrew University Givat Ram campus to their new home in Jerusalem’s Government...
