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Opinion: Who Gets a Veto Over Israeli Action Against Hamas and Iran?
Jonathan S. Tobin | JNS As the world awaited the official counting of the votes in Israel’s election for a new Knesset, one thing seemed clear: Neither the coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor that of the “anyone-but-Bibi” alliance of parties arrayed against…
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‘Heartbreaking’ Findings in House Report on Jew-hatred Within American Psychological Association, Psychologists Say
Jessica Russak-Hoffman | JTA Jewish psychologists who raised concerns about antisemitism within the American Psychological Association say a new congressional report validates their experiences but leaves them fearful of professional backlash, as they call on the group to…
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When a Jewish Hockey Owner Took a Stand Against a Russian Team to Defend Soviet Jewry
Jon Marks | JTA More than 50 years ago, ”Chicken Little” saw all this coming. That’s how Lindy Snider said people responded when her father, Ed, would predict dire things happening to Jews throughout the world. That’s because the man who ran the Philadelphia Flyers from their…
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Jewish Treasures Stolen by Nazis 88 Years Ago Come Home, Thanks to an Arizona Synagogue
Toby Axelrod | JTA What could one purchase with boxes of Crisco, bags of coffee and cartons of cigarettes in chaotic postwar Germany? For Moishe Saksenhaus, a young Holocaust survivor from Belarus, the answer was: two Jewish ritual textiles, hundreds of years old. The seller…
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What Pledges Eisenkot and Netanayhu Need to Break to Become PM
Tomer Almagor | JTA Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Gadi Eisenkot will have to break their promises to their constituents if they want to form and lead Israel’s next government. Their potential political allies will have to do the same. Netanyahu’s Likud and…
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Sacha Baron Cohen Wants to Fight Bigotry. But is Ali G Part of the Problem?
Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA When Marvel offered Sacha Baron Cohen the role of Mephisto, the demonic figure he played in the 2025 series “Ironheart,” the creative team behind the show had a concern. The mostly Black team, he recalled, was aware of the long history of associating…
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From Holocaust Survivor to Nazi Hunter to Entebbe Hero
Stephen Silver | JTA When Boaz Dvir flew from the United States to Israel in late September to screen his new film, “To Kill a Nazi,” he didn’t expect its story to become newly relevant. But just as Dvir arrived, the thwarting of an apparent hijacking of a flydubai flight bound…
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D’var Torah: Your Only One
Rabbi David Levin This week’s Torah portion is Vayera: Genesis 18:1 — 22:24 Every rabbi’s child knows the sound of a car pulling out of the driveway. Twice in this week’s parshah, someone asks ayeh, meaning “where.” The first time, three strangers have just eaten at Abraham’s…
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Editorial: Israel Should Take the Initiative
For decades, American military assistance has helped Israel become one of the world’s most formidable military powers. But perhaps the ultimate measure of that success is whether Israel has reached the point where it can begin to do without it. That is a question Israel should…
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Netanyahu: Israel Preparing for Major Operation in West Bank
After two IDF soldiers were killed and three others wounded in a terrorist shooting attack near the Yehuda Junction of Hebron on Friday morning, Oct. 23, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the IDF will apply a “more aggressive counterterrorism model” in…