(JTA) -- As Iran escalates its assault on Israel by striking a hospital, Donald Trump remains publicly noncommittal about potential U.S. intervention. With pressure mounting from Israeli leaders and conflicting reports about Trump’s plans, his ambiguity...

(JTA) -- If, as Irving Kristol wrote, a neoconservative is a liberal who’s been mugged by reality, then what do you call an “America First” president who is cheering Israel’s attacks on Iran, increasingly claiming credit for them and seemingly...

(JTA) — The death toll rises in Israel at least eight people were killed early Monday in multiple locations across Israel as Iranian missiles rained down across the country for the third straight night. The death toll in an earlier strike in...

(JTA) — At least 11 Israelis have been killed in multiple cities as Iran continues to pound the country in response to Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran’s nuclear program. Most missiles sent from Iran were shot down but ones that got through...

The Israel Defense Forces’ new Hasmonean Brigade made history on Sunday by becoming the first ultra-Orthodox unit to enter the Gaza Strip, according to Channel 12 reporter Amit Segal. The unit joins the fight against Hamas amid a fierce debate over...

Nearly sixty years after the Six-Day War, certain moments are etched into history: paratroopers at the Western Wall, soldiers swimming in the Suez, and Naomi Shemer’s “Jerusalem of Gold,” rewritten to celebrate reclaimed access to the Old City. But...

Mohamed Sabry Soliman, the man accused of firebombing people marching to raise awareness of Israeli hostages in Gaza, had planned the attack for over a year, local and federal authorities said on Monday as they charged him with attempted murder and a...

(JTA) — Multiple people were burned and injured in Boulder, Colorado, in what the local Jewish community said was a firebombing attack on people who had gathered to draw attention to the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. Miri Kornfeld,...

(JTA) — A Trump-aligned congresswoman is calling on a federally funded scholarship to revoke its award to a Harvard student accused of antisemitism and pro-Hamas activism. Rep. Elise Stefanik, recently appointed to the board of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship...

Paramount+ and MTV Documentary Films told JNS exclusively on Tuesday that they plan to expand access to Montana Tucker’s documentary “The Children of October 7” on a global basis starting on June 2, the first day of Shavuot. The 36-minute film will...

(JTA) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has issued a rare public rebuke of Israel, saying he felt compelled to speak out because “international humanitarian law is really being violated” in Gaza. The comments come as the Israeli army is...