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‘You are not alone’: Biden arrives in Israel as Middle East

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden arrived in Israel with a message of wartime solidarity, saying that he accepted the Israeli assessment that a blast at a Gaza hospital was the fault of … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/18/23

Americans waiting to evacuate by sea hope for safety and respite

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 … more

Eliyahu Freedman | 10/16/23

Israel: At least 199 people held hostage by Hamas

(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 … more

Philissa Cramer | 10/16/23

EU members are locked in debates about aid to the Palestinians

(JTA) — A number of European countries — in addition to the European Union’s governing body — are considering suspending their financial assistance to the Palestinians in the … more

Toby Axelrod | 10/12/23

Panel examines censorship in Nazi Germany and now with an eye to the future

On Oct. 4, The Sandra Bornstein Holocaust Education Center and the Cranston Public Library hosted a panel discussion that compared censorship under the Nazis to the rash of book challenges in … more

GIOVANNA WISEMAN | 10/5/23

Chabad synagogue hit with anti-Israel graffiti

MADRID (JTA) – Vandals defaced the area in front of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s Barcelona synagogue with graffiti that read “Why do you kill in Palestine” early on April … more

5/4/23

My solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict

On the eve of Passover and during Ramadan, Israel is facing both a war with Palestinian terror and an all-out propaganda war in some of our elite colleges and universities. In one recent lecture … more

MOSES MORDECAI TWERSKY | 4/2/23

Greece arrests 2 suspected of planning attacks

(JTA) – Greek authorities arrested two men on Tuesday [March28] who were planning mass terrorist attacks on Jewish sites in Athens, including a Chabad outpost and a Jewish restaurant, according … more

4/2/23

Ukrainian Jews mark 1 year of war and survival

(JTA) – Most of the passengers on the flight from Chisinua, Moldova, to Tel Aviv earlier in February were subdued. Some had just witnessed scene after scene of hardship on a tour of war-torn … more

DEBORAH DANAN | 3/3/23

French students will visit sites of antisemitic attacks

(JTA) – The French government updated its plan for fighting antisemitism and racism, which will require teachers to receive training on the topic and all French schoolchildren to visit the site … more

2/3/23