(JTA) — Keith Siegel, an American taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, will reportedly be released in the coming days as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
The report on NBC News, citing Israeli sources, is a sign that Siegel is alive. It came hours...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published January 26, 2025
In a fraught moment in the film “A Real Pain,” Kieran Culkin, playing the more volatile of a pair of Jewish cousins who go on a roots tour of Poland, berates his fellow travellers for riding in a first-class train car in a country where so many Jews...
Elon Musk praised the right-wing Alternative for Germany party and suggested there’s “too much focus on past guilt” of Germans, during an address he gave on Saturday using a remote video stream at an AfD gathering in Halle.
“I’m very excited...
President Donald Trump says he has asked Jordan to accept Palestinians from Gaza and plans to press Egypt to do the same.
Trump said he spoke to Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Saturday, five days after being inaugurated for his second term and six...
President Donald Trump will allow the delivery of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, removing a hold his predecessor, Joe Biden, had placed on the ordnance.
The change comes during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Trump played a key role in brokering....
(JTA) — Hamas released four hostages on Saturday in a choreographed ceremony in Gaza, making them the second group of captives to go free in the ceasefire that began earlier this week.
The four hostages released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa, Liri...
Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week.
The four hostages expected to be released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa,...
By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published January 24, 2025
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The ADL’s defense of Elon Musk — after his hand gesture resembling a Nazi salute — outraged many in the Jewish world...
After the U.S. Senate voted 51-49 along party lines on Thursday to advance Pete Hegseth as U.S. secretary of defense, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters that there were “no surprises” in Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine)...
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he hoped that Israel would not attack Iran’s nuclear faculties, but appeared to suggest that this was a possibility if the Islamic Republic does not accept a deal on its nuclear program.
“We’ll have...
(JTA) — A survivor of the Nova music festival massacre will represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
Yuval Raphael secured the position on Wednesday when she won “Rising Star,” the Israeli TV show that produces each year’s Eurovision...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come to the defense of Elon Musk, days after the billionaire and prominent Trump ally was accused of delivering Nazi salutes at a presidential inauguration rally.
One hour later, the world’s richest man...
