(JTA) — Hezbollah fired on Israel for the first time since a 2024 ceasefire on Sunday, opening a new front in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran that began on Saturday. Northern front ignites Israel hammered Hezbollah positions in Lebanon overnight...

Rebekah Simmons, 19, chose to spend a year in Israel knowing that even during a “ceasefire,” daily life can still include sirens and shelters. She says she feels steady. “My daily life feels very different now compared to when I first arrived...

  When missile alerts sound at the Dan Caesarea Resort, a luxury, family-friendly hotel in Caesarea, between Tel Aviv and Haifa, “there is calm and order to go into shelter,” said Richard Wolkowitz of St. Louis. “In my case, I need...

(JTA) — The death toll is ratcheting up as the U.S.-Israel war against the Iranian regime enters its second day, with casualties mounting among all parties as well as elsewhere in the Middle East. At least nine people, including children, were...

  (JTA) — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, was killed Saturday morning during a joint U.S.-Israeli strike that hit targets throughout the country, Israeli officials have announced. In a televised address late Saturday,...

He lost 33 relatives in Gaza. He calls Hamas a terrorist organization. He has also accused Israel of committing crimes in Gaza. And on March 5, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib will speak at a Jewish community event in St. Louis. Alkhatib is a Palestinian-American...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. American adults under the age of 30 increasingly view Hamas as “militant resistance” operating on behalf of the Palestinian...

When Omer Wenkert speaks in St. Louis later this month, don’t expect a lecture or a start-to-finish retelling of his life. That’s not the point. What this evening offers instead is something narrower and, in many ways, harder: a chance to sit with...

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — When A. moved from Florida to Israel after high school and began his mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces, he knew it would be challenging to serve in a combat unit far from his family. “Combat service has been very...

RAMLE, Israel —  In the heart of the central Israeli city of Ramle, where Jews and Arabs live side by side, the Yigal Alon Multidisciplinary High School is trying to spearhead a quiet revolution. The student body reflects the full tapestry of...

(JTA) — When in June the Israeli Air Force launched a high-stakes mission to bomb elements of Iran’s nuclear arsenal, many of the technical crews behind the pilots who executed the operation shared a surprising detail. They all graduated from the...

In January, I’ll join the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Israel and Overseas Committee on a mission to see firsthand the impact of Federation funding in Israel. The committee is responsible for making funding decisions for Federation partners in...