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Civilian effort to equip Israeli soldiers for war with Hezbollah ratchets up alongside hostilities

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished September 22, 2024

As tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have shot up to new highs, Israeli soldiers anticipating being deployed to the north are increasingly turning for help to civilian donations to Israeli soldiers, which have been crucial in keeping them stocked...

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before prominent Jewish donors at an event titled "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., Sept. 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jewish leaders express alarm at Trump’s blaming Jews if he loses

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 20, 2024

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised to protect Jewish Americans. But now, some Jews are wondering whether they need protection from him. In speeches Thursday night — the first to a small crowd of donors and backers billed as a “Fighting Antisemitism”...

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks before prominent Jewish donors at an event titled "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America" at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington D.C., Sept. 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump says ‘Israel will be destroyed’ and ‘Jews would have a lot to do with the loss’ if he is defeated

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 19, 2024

WASHINGTON — Speaking at antisemitism event on Thursday, Donald Trump doubled down on attacks on American Jews — those who do not vote for him. He suggested that Jews would be to blame if he loses in November. He also said American Jews who vote...

(L-r) Rabbi Cary Kozberg of Temple Sholom in Springfield, Ohio, in 2016; a mural in Springfield, Sept. 16, 2024. (Courtesy of Dayton Jewish Observer; Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

The only rabbi in Springfield, Ohio, says local Haitian migrants lack ‘Western civilized values’

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 19, 2024

Since Donald Trump amplified baseless rumors about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, last week, the community has been beset with bomb threats and white nationalist activity. Adding to the controversy, a local rabbi criticizes Haitian...

In the hours after the deadly pager attacks on Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon, social media was flooded with memes about the operation. (JTA collage by Joseph Strauss)

The deadly pager operation in Lebanon is no laughing matter. Or is it?

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished September 19, 2024

First came the explosions. Then came the jokes. Within minutes of news that several members of Hezbollah were killed and hundreds wounded by pagers that had been doctored to explode en masse, allegedly by Israel, Jews on social media shared memes celebrating...

Actress Niv Sultan portrays an Israeli spy on the hit series Tehran. Courtesy of Apple TV+

Did a hit espionage thriller predict the Hezbollah pager attack?

By Benyamin Cohen, They ForwardPublished September 18, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A sworn enemy of Israel hears his cell phone ring, and answers it. On the other end is a Mossad agent who hits a button,...

How to best experience "The Artist Who Captured Eichmann" exhibit now open at the Holocaust Museum

How to best experience “The Artist Who Captured Eichmann” exhibit now open at the Holocaust Museum

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 18, 2024

Visiting "The Artist Who Captured Eichmann" exhibit at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum offers a unique journey through both history and art. This exhibit, which opens today, Sept. 19 and runs through June 1, 2025 focuses on the duality of...

Funeral ceremony held for 4 people who were killed in Lebanon when pagers used by Hezbollah members were detonated, in Dahiyeh neighborhood, south Beirut, Sept. 18, 2024. (Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images)

14 dead, 450 injured in Lebanon on second day of pager attacks

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 18, 2024

Hundreds of electronic devices held by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded for the second straight day, killing 14 people and wounding 450, in a continuation of a mass attack that the terror group has blamed on Israel. The devices exploding on...

Rabbi Simon Jacobson is a pioneering speaker, educator and mentor to thousands. He is the Dean and Founder of The Meaningful Life Center.

In a divided world, can Jewish wisdom unite us? Discover a powerful perspective this Sunday

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 18, 2024

As the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel approaches, the world continues to grapple with uncertainty and faces escalating global upheavals alongside deepening political divides, making the need for stability increasingly critical....

Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat, speaks during a hearing at the U.S. Capitol, July 11, 2024. (Bonnie Cash/Getty Images)

In contentious Senate hearing, divisions over how to fight antisemitism come to the fore

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 18, 2024

WASHINGTON — Should the U.S. government address antisemitism on its own, or as part of the broader fight against prejudice? That’s the question that occupied — and divided — Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday at an emotional hearing...

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a fighting anti-semitism event with Miriam Adelson at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, New Jersey,  Aug. 15, 2024. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Donald Trump targets Kamala Harris in new initiative against antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 17, 2024

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is again planning to highlight the threat of antisemitism and accuse Kamala Harris of enabling it — the latest spotlighting of a Jewish issue in a presidential election that has seen a heavy focus on American Jews. On...

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area for an ambulance to enter the premises of the American University hospital. Eight people have been killed and some 2,750 injured in suspected coordinated explosions of hand-held telecommunications devices across Lebanon, Health Minister Firas Abiad said during a press conference in Beirut, Sept. 17. 2024. (Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images)

At least 8 killed and thousands wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon

Published September 17, 2024

Wireless devices carried by Hezbollah operatives and their associates exploded en masse Tuesday, killing at least eight and wounding more than 2,700 people in Lebanon and Syria, a mass targeted attack on the terror group as tensions on Israel’s Lebanese...

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