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By Jackie Hajdenberg (New York Jewish Week) — Israeli film director Shai Carmeli-Pollak’s latest film, “The Sea,” is about a young Palestinian boy from the West Bank who is denied a permit to visit Tel Aviv with his classmates. Longing … Read More
By Deborah Danan (JTA) — Two years after the Oct. 7 massacre, Israelis are moving into kibbutzim in numbers not seen for years, part of a deliberate effort to repopulate and rehabilitate communities devastated in the Hamas-led attack. The push … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Six people were shot to death and at least six others gravely injured in a shooting on a Jerusalem bus stop on Monday morning, in the kind of terror attack that has become rare in … Read More
By Rabbi Matt Derenbacher Guest Columnist At the beginning of August, I had the privilege of traveling to Israel for a rabbinic seminar hosted by Hebrew Union College and the Daniel Centers for Progressive Judaism in Tel Aviv. Over several … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor Not long ago I read an article in the English-language edition of Haaretz — Israel’s uber-liberal, anti-Netanyahu newspaper — that told how hostages drew on faith to sustain them in captivity. It was a remarkable … Read More
By Ralph Green and Michael Salamon Guest Columnists Several months ago, the two of us had dinner together and discussed how tired we both were of reading Israeli news via traditional Western news and social media sources. Neither of us … Read More
By Andrew Adler Community Editor “We’re at the witching hour with the Iranians.” So said Peter Anik, a former JCRC staffer, Federation staffer, and Hillel director, speaking from his home near the northern Israeli city of Karmiel. Like everyone else … Read More
June 19, 2025 – October 7 War, Day 621, 53 hostages remain in captivity This morning, Iranian ballistic missiles hit numerous sites in Israel, including Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, the largest medical facility in the south. 200 people were wounded. … Read More
War in Israel: Update on Current Situation June 17, 2025 – October 7 War, Day 620, 53 hostages remain in captivity Iran continues to fire missiles at Israel’s major population centers, albeit at a reduced rate, as the IDF strikes strategic … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — At least eight people were killed early Monday in multiple locations across Israel as Iranian missiles rained down across the country for the third straight night. The death toll in an earlier strike in Bat … Read More