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Iran attacks Israel: How we got here and what might happen next

By Ben Sales (JTA) — On Saturday night, Iran fired more than 200 missiles and drones at Israel. The unprecedented attack — from Iranian soil to Israeli territory — is the most direct confrontation ever between the two longtime adversaries. … Read More >

Israel National/Global April 15, 2024

Iran launches missiles, drones at Israel, marking unprecedented escalation of regional tensions

By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Iran launched missiles and more than 100 drones at Israel late Saturday, in an attack that marks the first time that Israel’s most powerful enemy has directed weapons directly toward Israeli territory. Israelis in the … Read More >

Israel National/Global April 13, 2024

6 months into Israel’s war, American rabbis are grappling with anxiety over the battle’s aims and mounting toll

By JTA Staff (JTA) — Every Friday night, Rabbi Marc Katz’s synagogue recites a prayer for Israel that, since Oct. 7, has expressed hope for the release of the hostages held by Hamas, mentioned the Israeli government and asked God … Read More >

National/Global April 7, 2024

Protests against Netanyahu escalate in Israel as thousands mass in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv

By Ben Sales (JTA) — In the largest antigovernment demonstration since Oct. 7, thousands of protesters gathered in Jerusalem to call on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to step down and for Israel to reach a deal to free … Read More >

National/Global April 1, 2024

Al Gore, hundreds of mourners hail ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at pioneering Jewish politician’s funeral

By Luke Tress (JTA) – Alison Sharaf, a staffer for Sen. Joe Lieberman in 2000, remembers the moment she heard that he would be making history. Sharaf, then a manager in Lieberman’s Hartford office, was confident that Al Gore would … Read More >

National/Global March 29, 2024

In Israel and beyond, Purim celebrations are tempered by trauma and thoughts of the hostages

By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — In Jerusalem, a service omitted the loud noise-making associated with the holiday in order to accommodate soldiers traumatized by months of war. In Tel Aviv, bakeries peddled a triangular treat renamed for a contemporary villain, … Read More >

National/Global March 25, 2024

Tens of thousands participate in global Shema prayer on behalf of Israeli hostages

Ron Kampeas (JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jews around the world joined in a collective recitation of the Shema prayer on Thursday that was broadcast from Jerusalem’s Western Wall to support the more than 130 Israeli hostages still held … Read More >

Latest News National/Global March 22, 2024

Many Ukrainian Jews have left over 2 years of war. Many others are still invested in their local communities.

Marcel Gascón Barberá KYIV, Ukraine (JTA) — Before their country was plunged into war, the synagogue in Kropyvnytskyi, a city in central Ukraine, was lucky to get 20 people to attend Shabbat services. But two years after Russia’s invasion of … Read More >

National/Global March 18, 2024
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