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War In Israel

Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)

‘She was one of us’: St. Louis reacts to murder of Kansas City native in DC shooting

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 22, 2025

St. Louis and Kansas City Jewish leaders are reacting to the murder of two Israeli embassy staffers—one an Overland Park, Kan. native—outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. Sarah Milgrim, 26, and her partner, Yaron Lischinsky, 28, were gunned...

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who was murdered at DC museum, worked to foster Israeli-Palestinian peace

Erez Linn, (Israel Hayom via JNS)Published May 22, 2025

Sarah Lynn Milgrim, the American woman who was murdered on Wednesday with her Israeli partner, Yaron Lischinsky, when a terrorist opened fire at an event in Washington’s Capital Jewish Museum, was a graduate student at American University School of...

Capital Jewish Museum shooting suspect killed two ‘for Gaza.’

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished May 22, 2025

The man who allegedly walked up to two Israeli embassy staffers and shot them dead Wednesday night reportedly told eyewitnesses he “did it for Gaza.” But the event those staffers had just left at the Capital Jewish Museum highlighted an organization...

A man, standing behind police tape, talks on his cell phone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed in the shooting. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)

2 Israeli embassy staffers shot to death outside DC Jewish museum event

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 22, 2025

(JTA) — Two people were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was hosting an event. Both of the people killed were staffers at the Israeli embassy in Washington, according to Jewish...

Sen. Peter Welch, a Vermont Democrat, on the Senate floor Monday arguing for Resolution 224. (Screenshot)

Resolution calling for ‘urgent delivery’ of Gaza aid co-sponsored by nearly all Senate Democrats

By Grace Gilson, JTAPublished May 20, 2025

A Senate resolution calling for the “urgent delivery” of humanitarian aid to Gaza has received almost unanimous support from Democrats. The resolution calls on the U.S. government to use “all available diplomatic tools” to release the hostages...

Left wing Israeli leader Yair Golan alongside protesters outside the home of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, December 8, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan doubles down after suggesting Israel ‘kills babies as a hobby’

By Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 20, 2025

Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan is standing by his words after facing a wave of criticism for suggesting that Israel “kills babies as a hobby.” Golan is the most prominent voice in a growing chorus of Israelis who supported the war against...

Environmentalist Alon Tal, who served as a Knesset member in 2021-2022 with the Blue & White party, says now is the time for action in Israel, not despair. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Israeli environmentalist Alon Tal: This war is no excuse for neglecting the environment

Published May 20, 2025

Alon Tal is one of Israel’s leading environmentalists and a former member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Now the chair of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Public Policy, Tal will be hosting a landmark conference at Stanford University...

A humanitarian aid truck moves at the Israeli side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing Point on May 19, 2025 in Southern Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Netanyahu says he has ordered ‘basic’ Gaza aid amid widened offensive and starvation concerns

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished May 19, 2025

(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has ordered aid to enter Gaza, days after President Donald Trump joined the ranks of those saying that Gazans were starving under a months-long Israeli blockade. Israel had halted the entry...

Vanity plate celebrating Oct. 7 attacks sparks outrage in St. Louis Jewish community

Vanity plate celebrating Oct. 7 attacks sparks outrage in St. Louis Jewish community

By Kevin Deutsch, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 15, 2025

An SUV adorned with an “OCT 7” vanity plate in Chesterfield has sparked outrage in the local Jewish community, with both the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Federation of St. Louis condemning the display. The front plate, bordered by a frame...

Israeli forces at the site of the May 14, 2025, shooting attack in the northern West Bank. (Israel Defense Forces/X)

Pregnant Israeli woman killed in a terror attack on her way to give birth

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 15, 2025

(JTA) — An Israeli pregnant woman who was on the way to deliver her baby was killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank on Wednesday night. The Israeli military said that a terrorist fired on cars next to the settlement of Bruchin in the northern...

Doug Cifu (left) and Dale Tallon pictured on January 2, 2016 in Sunrise, Florida. (Jeff Sanzare/NHLI via Getty Images)

Jewish NHL owner suspended after social media spat with fan he called an ‘anti-semite loser’

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished May 14, 2025

(JTA) — Jewish Florida Panthers minority owner Doug Cifu has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL after a social media spat with a fan that included discussion of the Israel-Hamas war and accusations of antisemitism. Cifu, a vice chairman and part-owner...

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in this handout released on May 14, 2025. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

Trump pushes Syria to establish ties with Israel

Ben Sales, JTAPublished May 14, 2025

(JTA) — In a meeting with Syria’s new leader, President Donald Trump praised him and urged him to establish ties with Israel. Trump, who is visiting the Middle East this week, also castigated Gaza’s leaders. The enclave was governed by Hamas...

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