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Speaking at a Munich synagogue, Friedrich Merz said armed guards outside Jewish institutions show open Jewish life in Germany is still not possible.

Israel’s president used the new Knesset’s first session to press for broader regional ties, a full term for lawmakers and a reckoning with Oct. 7.

Analysts weigh whether the Yashar leader can reach a Knesset majority without breaking his campaign promises.

Lawyers for seven descendants of a French Jewish banker won a ruling over a 1902 Pissarro sold in London in 2024.

Six Israeli-linked products made the list, and JNS asks how much of the multinational entries was actually built in Israel.

The British pop star toured the Nova festival massacre site in southern Israel, then was honored by President Herzog in Jerusalem.

Republican midterm losses could push the president to renew strikes on Iran before a Democratic Congress arrives, analysts say.

Ten Orthodox Jews won state legislative seats on Election Day, including the first Orthodox woman to serve in the state Senate.

A study of a First Temple-period seal impression is due by the end of 2026, as the Temple Mount Sifting Project faces decades of research.

Naela Fakher Eldin, whose 11-year-old daughter was killed in the 2024 Majdal Shams rocket attack, speaks of the Israelis who comforted her.