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War In Israel

Double Celebration! How St. Louis is honoring Yom Hazikaron, Yom Haatzmaut

Double Celebration! How St. Louis is honoring Yom Hazikaron, Yom Haatzmaut

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 7, 2024

Two events commemorating Israeli holidays are coming up this month. Yom Hazikaron -- Israel’s Memorial Day-- will be observed on Sunday, May 12. The Yom Haatzmaut --Israel Independence Day -- celebration will be held Tuesday, May 14. Yom Hazikaron...

Spelling out the words, "Decision time, life or death," demonstrators protest, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israel strikes Rafah as Hamas accepts truce outline

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished May 6, 2024

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s war cabinet unanimously voted to approve an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, shortly after Hamas said it had accepted an outline for a ceasefire deal with Israel. The announcements were two landmarks in a whirlwind...

Mo Husseini's article on the Israel-Hamas war was widely shared on social media by Jewish readers. At rear is an image from the essay. (Courtesy Mo Husseini)

‘I’m tired of stupid people’: Palestinian-American’s blunt call for compromise is resonating with Jews online

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished May 6, 2024

(JTA) — Last fall, Mo Husseini wrote a series of propositions — what he called “50 Completely True Things” — about the Israel-Hamas war, and posted it on the social media site Threads. Identifying himself as “a Palestinian American...

A flag of Israel was seen on the railroad tracks in KL Birkenau during the International March of The Living, April 28, 2022. (Wojciech Grabowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

How Yom HaShoah is being marked seven months after Oct. 7

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished May 5, 2024

(JTA) — Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, began Sunday night, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and serving as a memorial day for the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. This year, as the Israel-Hamas war enters...

Anti-Israel protesters on the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University in downtown Washington, D.C. on April 26, 2024. Photo by Andrew Bernard.

Iranian university invites students expelled after antisemitic attacks on campus to pursue their studies in Iran

Miri Weissman, Israel Hayom via JNSPublished May 5, 2024

An Iranian university is offering scholarships to American students expelled for participating in anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses across the United States. In a statement reported by Iranian state-owned media outlet Press TV, Mohammad Moazzeni,...

The graves of 8-year-old Aline Kapshitter and her 5-year-old brother, Eitan, outside the perimeter fence of the cemetery in Dimona. Photo by Ilan Assayag

‘Jewish enough to be murdered on Oct 7,’ but not enough to be buried in a Jewish cemetery

By Milan Czerny, ThePublished May 2, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. This story was produced by Shomrim — The Center for Media and Democracy in Israel, a Tel Aviv-based independent,...

Antisemitism breeds solidarity on WashU campus

Antisemitism breeds solidarity on WashU campus

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 29, 2024

As anti-Israel and incidents of antisemitism escalate on the campus of Washington University, concerns remain about the safety of Jewish students. On Saturday, April 27 a group of anti-Israel protesters gathered outside...

Columbia University student protesters camped on campus to call for divestment from Israel, April 28, 2024.

Columbia says it ‘will not divest from Israel,’ moves to close encampment following failed negotiations

JTA Staff, JTAPublished April 29, 2024

(JTA) — Columbia University has rejected a demand to divest from Israel and has failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters who are occupying a portion of the school’s New York City campus, according to a letter sent Monday...

Jews on campus must stand their ground

Jews on campus must stand their ground

Howard Teich, JNSPublished April 28, 2024

On May 4, 1970, four students were shot and killed on the Kent State University campus. They were shot by National Guardsmen who were called in by President Richard Nixon at the request of the academic institution, which wanted to control protests on...

Who is Shai Davidai, the Columbia proferssor combating Hamas-inspired Jew-hate

Who is Shai Davidai, the Columbia proferssor combating Hamas-inspired Jew-hate

Ruthie Blum, JNSPublished April 26, 2024

Due to his battle for the past six months against campus antisemitism—unleashed in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel—Columbia University business school assistant professor Shai Davidai has become an Internet sensation. His...

Hersh Goldberg-Polin appears to acknowledge the advocacy of his family in a hostage video released by Hamas on April 24, 2024. (Screenshot)

American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

JTA Staff, JTAPublished April 24, 2024

(JTA) — Hamas has released a video showing one of the remaining American-Israelis that the terror group is holding hostage in Gaza, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, calling for the Israeli government to strike a deal to release the remaining hostages. Goldberg-Polin,...

Anti-Israel activists protest outside Columbia University in New York City on April 20, 2024. (Photo by Leonardo Munoz / AFP) (Photo by LEONARDO MUNOZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Rabbi at Columbia U urges Jewish students to leave campus

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished April 21, 2024

(JTA) — An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University has encouraged students to leave the campus until further notice, saying that he does not believe the university and city police can be counted on to keep Jewish students safe. “What we are witnessing...

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