WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden will visit Israel during wartime to hear in person about its strategy as its conflict with Hamas intensifies and to press for humanitarian relief for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
In a snap call with reporters...
(JTA) — An Israeli bodyguard who has been working for superstar Taylor Swift on her global “Eras” tour has returned to Israel to fight in its ongoing war against Hamas.
Eran Swissa, an entertainment reporter for the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom,...
(JTA) — The Israel-Hamas war has elicited a chorus of celebrity responses, from Bono’s in-concert callout to Pete Davidson’s somber monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” Now Grammy-winning songwriter Jeff Tweedy and his wife have offered a...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition will cosponsor the next Republican presidential debate, a sign that Hamas’ invasion of Israel, and the ensuing war, will take center-stage when the candidates meet in Miami in November.
The...
(JTA) — Police in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield arrested a man on Saturday for killing a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy and wounding his mother, a violent act police attributed to islamophobia and “the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving...
(JTA) — Israeli officials have notified the relatives of 199 people that their loved ones are believed to be hostages in Gaza, an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said on Monday.
The number marked a sharp revision of the army’s previous estimate...
Eliyahu Freedman, JTA
• Published October 16, 2023
HAIFA (JTA) — Before boarding a ship departing from Israel, Ariela Keshet explained that she has attended three funerals this week — two for soldiers killed in Israel’s war with Hamas, and one for a victim of the terror group’s massacre at an...
(JTA) — A handful of Israeli government officials — but not Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — have acknowledged and taken responsibility for the failures that contributed to the Hamas attack Oct. 7 that left thousands of Israelis dead, wounded...
Jewish News Syndicate
• Published October 15, 2023
Israel resumed the flow of water to the southern Gaza Strip, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday.
“I have been in touch with my Israeli counterparts just within the last hour, who report to me that they have, in fact, turned...
(JTA) — “Saturday Night Live” returned to the air for its 49th season with a somber reflection on the Israeli-Hamas war by former cast member Pete Davidson.
In the “cold open,” the Staten Island native spoke directly to the camera, reminding...
(JTA) — Dozens of national Jewish groups, campus organizations and state legislators signed a letter to more than 500 university presidents demanding that they withdraw their schools’ recognition of and funding for Students for Justice in Palestine.
The...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces urged AIPAC and its followers to stick with Israel as it attacks Hamas even when “the going gets ugly” and “the scenes out of Gaza will be hard to stomach.”
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus,...
