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Hamas, Oct. 7 and the weaponization of rape
When, immediately after Oct. 7, 2023, several journalists and I entered the devastated kibbutzim in southern Israel, the first thing—the most…
Fiamma Nirenstein
May 14, 2026
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Israel & Middle East
Sustained’ harassment of Jews at largest U.S. labor union, complaint alleges
Empty chairs in an academic lecture hall.Used here to represent the 3 million members of the National Education Association.
The Jewish World Team
May 14, 2026
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Hormuz blockade succeeds in choking off Iran’s oil lifeline
USS John Finn (DDG 113) sails behind USS Milius (DDG 69), USNS Carl Brashear (T-AKE-7), and USS George H.W.
David Isaac
May 14, 2026
World
Israel & Middle East
What Yom Yerushalayim should mean to American Jews
Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day, begins this year at sundown on Thursday, May 14, and continues through Friday, May 15.
Stephen M. Flatow
May 14, 2026
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Honoring Abraham Foxman
Abraham Foxman, a Holocaust survivor and national director of the Anti-Defamation League from 1987 until 2015, died on Sunday, May 10.
Menachem Wecker
May 14, 2026
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jscreen marks Jewish American Heritage Month
ATLANTA, Ga. – In recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month, the national public health initiative jscreen is celebrating the enduring legacy,…
The Jewish World Team
May 14, 2026
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Israel & Middle East
The Beyachad gamble: Inside the Bennett-Lapid bid to topple Netanyahu
On April 26, former Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced the merger of the “Bennett 2026” and “Yesh Atid” factions.
Shimon Sherman
May 7, 2026
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No future for Jews of France:’ Scores of French Jewish doctors prepare to immigrate to Israel
Raphael Mimoun and his wife, Eva Cohen, at a Paris event for medical professionals eyeing a move to Israel.
Etgar Lefkovits
May 7, 2026
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Israel & Middle East
Israel, US decry reported plan to indict mohels in Belgium
Belgian prosecutors reportedly decided on Wednesday, May 6 to indict three Jewish circumcisers for unlawfully conducting the procedure, prompting…
Canaan Lidor
May 7, 2026
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ADL report says 2025 one of most violent years for American Jews
Although incidents of Jew-hatred declined overall in the United States in 2025, last year was one of the most violent years for Jews in the country,…
Aaron Bandler
May 7, 2026