Friday, August 14, 2026

Friday, August 14, 2026

Friday, August 14, 2026

Friday, August 14, 2026

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A JBI Library patron reads from the Torah using braille. Photo courtesy of JBI Library.

World

U.S. / National

JBI Library expands free accessible High Holiday resources

Free High Holy Day prayer books in braille, large print and audio, plus virtual programs, for people who are blind or have low vision.

The Jewish World

Aug 20, 2026

The Los Angeles Lakers’ court during the 2024 NBA Cup, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, Nov. 29, 2024. Credit: Troutfarm27 via Wikimedia Commons.

World

U.S. / National

Joshua Kushner, Bob Iger to buy Los Angeles Lakers for record $12.5 billion

Both buyers of the Lakers are Jewish, and the reported $12.5 billion price would set a new NBA sale record pending league approval.

JNS

Aug 13, 2026

Hasan Piker, a far-left streamer, speaking at a re-election campaign rally for former Rep. Cori Bush, the Missouri Democrat who lost her position in 2024, in St. Louis, Mo., May 1, 2026. Photo courtesy of Poisonwithahawkseye via Wikimedia Commons.

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U.S. / National

University of Washington cancels event with anti-Semitic streamer Hasan Piker

The University of Washington scrapped plans to host far-left streamer Hasan Piker after a review of the event process.

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Aug 13, 2026

Israeli soldiers operate amid rubble in the Gaza Strip. Photo courtesy of IDF.

World

Israel & Middle East

Netanyahu spokesman to JNS: Hamas must disarm before Gaza pullout

Doron Spielman, Netanyahu’s new spokesperson, tells JNS that Israel will reject any Gaza cease-fire deal that leaves Hamas armed.

Joshua Marks

Aug 13, 2026

From right to left: Dr. Dror Kraus, senior physician, neurology unit and epilepsy specialist, Clalit-Schneider Children’s Medical Center; Dr. Naama Ornstein, head of the genetics unit, Clalit-Schneider Children’s Medical Center; Prof. Rami I. Aqeilan. Photo courtesy of Health Services-Schneider Children’s spokesperson’s office.

World

Israel & Middle East

First-in-the-world gene therapy delivers missing gene directly to infant’s brain

Doctors at Clalit-Schneider Children’s Medical Center became the first in the world to inject a missing gene directly into an infant’s brain.

The Jewish World

Aug 12, 2026

The Mauthausen Memorial in Austria, September 2020. Credit: Kasa Fue via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

World

Israel & Middle East

Mauthausen museum slammed over visitor’s anti-Israel shirt provocation

Austria’s Mauthausen memorial draws criticism for downplaying a visitor’s anti-Israel shirt bearing a terrorist’s image.

Canaan Lidor

Aug 10, 2026

Ancient glass objects made in Israel on view at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, in June 2026. Photo courtesy of Menachem Wecker.

World

Israel & Middle East

At Corning Museum of Glass, amid art and artifacts, politics vie for viewers’ attention

A visit to the Corning Museum of Glass finds ancient Israeli glass alongside labels critics say tilt against Israel.

Menachem Wecker

Aug 6, 2026

White House medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks at a White House press briefing, Nov. 22, 2022. Photo courtesy of Erin Scott/White House.

World

Israel & Middle East

Fauci’s diary shows Israeli data signaled waning COVID vaccine protection

Fauci’s newly released diary shows Israeli COVID vaccine data shaped U.S. booster policy months before American data confirmed waning protection.

JNS

Aug 6, 2026

Sculpture of Lt. Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu unveiled at Old Entebbe Terminal airport where he and his force rescued 106 hostages in 1976. Photo courtesy of Uganda’s The Kampala Post

World

Israel & Middle East

Uganda inaugurates bronze statue of Yonatan Netanyahu at airport where rescue happened

Uganda unveiled a memorial to Lt. Col. Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu at the site of the 1976 hostage rescue he led at Entebbe airport.

JNS

Aug 5, 2026

A McDonald’s restaurant in central Jerusalem on April 13, 2016. Photo courtesy of Nati Shohat/Flash90

World

Israel & Middle East

Hungry for hamburgers? Head to Taiwan

Israel climbs to No. 2 on The Economist’s 2026 Big Mac Index, trailing only Switzerland as the shekel’s rise pushes hamburger prices up.

JNS

Aug 5, 2026