“One cannot attribute statements to me that I never made, nor portray me to millions of people as someone who justifies the killing of children,” Sarai Givaty said.
Pittsburgh Public Schools also stated that it “does not train students to become political activists or require them to adopt particular political positions.”
“Jews can no longer hope for the best and ignore the rampant antisemitism in the world today,” the president of the only synagogue in Ogden told JNS.
The Nassau County Police Department said that the man was arrested and charged and that “there are no known active threats to the community.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed his thrill at participating at the polling station in Baku with Ambassador to Azerbaijan Ronen Kraus.
At a Tel Aviv event, the national security minister called for Israeli control of Gaza.
At a private parlor meeting in Jerusalem, the Israeli Finance Minister addressed a range of issues, including the economy and cost of living, haredi conscription and Israel’s policies in Judea and Samaria.
Former IDF chief pledges to resign within an hour if he breaks his commitment.
During an airbase visit, the premier vows harsher blows against Israel’s enemies as the IDF tightens readiness ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
“The role of the Shin Bet is to gather intelligence and thwart terrorism. It is fair to say that this was a disgraceful failure,” ‘Channel 11’s Ayala Hasson said.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that Jerusalem has identified attempts by Iran and its proxies to carry out terrorist attacks aimed at influencing the results of the Oct. 27 vote.
“Oh, wait until you see what we do to Iran. We’re going to do a number,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
More than 800 military polling stations will serve troops across units and operational sectors, with early voting beginning the evening of Oct. 20 ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Islamist and Palestinian-nationalist parties test opposition’s red lines ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
The smaller parties could sway the election even if they fail to enter the Knesset.
Eight of nine parties represented opposed Palestinian statehood, while opposition parties split over their choice for prime minister.
A central message of the prime minister’s campaign is that the “change camp” can’t win without the support of Arab parties.
“In the event that the worst-case scenario happens and we don’t get 61 ... I will say to the 120 members of Knesset: Come and vote according to your conscience,” the head of the Yashar Party said.
Opposition
“You’ve got to win Pennsylvania to win the presidency. Presumably, if you can win Pennsylvania, you can win Wisconsin and Michigan as well,” Berwood Yost, director of the Franklin & Marshall College poll, told JNS.
“I think that we can criticize what Israel did, but we can stand by the people of Israel,” former Reuters journalist Colleen Connaughton told JNS.
“Antisemitism is on the rise, and it’s occurred under your watch,” the Republican nominee told New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, “and Zohran Mamdani is fueling it.”
“There is no doubt in my mind that Israeli forces prosecuting the war in Gaza violated the law of armed conflict and international humanitarian law,” the Jewish Georgia Democrat said.
“One clear issue that New Jerseyans are paying for is that Israel and the United States decided to go to war with Iran,’’ the New Jersey Democrat said in a Senate debate with Justin Murphy.
“One of the country’s most popular governors gets a rousing endorsement from Pennsylvania’s likely voters in a race that looks like a rout,” Quinnipiac polling analyst Tim Malloy said.
The congressman and GOP nominee for governor spoke with JNS about Israel, Iran, the 2028 election and his pitch to Jewish voters in the Sunshine State.
“Four years after Kathy Hochul won the governor’s race by single digits, she appears positioned, at the moment, to have a wider lane on the road to being reelected,” the poll assistant director stated.
In a state that hasn’t elected a Republican governor in 24 years, the poll finds that 66% of likely voters, including 37% of Republicans, think that Gov. Kathy Hochul will win.
“He didn’t talk the talk. He walked the talk as well, both personally and professionally,” said his daughter-in-law, Jan Weintraub.
“People engaged in discrimination often have political motives, too,” legal scholar Matthew Segal told JNS. “The KKK surely did.”
“I look at it as a form of tzedakah,” Ronnen Harary told JNS of his North America campus tour. “It’s not just giving back from writing a check. It’s giving back my time and my energy and my thoughts to the kids.”
Rep. Richie Torres and New York state and city officials said that “pushing anyone out of public life in our city because of their faith is nothing to celebrate.”
The Nassau County executive addressed about 350 people at Manhattan’s Temple Emanu-El, pledging to use the governor’s powers to oppose policies he says threaten Jewish safety.
“This political environment could discourage congressional committee staff and federal agency personnel from pursuing investigations or enforcement actions involving antisemitism,” Karen Paikin Barall of the Brandeis Center told JNS.
Netanyahu orders full closure of Judea and Samaria after troops thwart larger attack.
“They get social credit within their political bases in terms of talking about settler violence and and taking up the side of the Palestinians on issues between them and Israel,” Rafael Mangual of the Manhattan Institute told JNS.
The Yesha Council’s Judea and Samaria Situation Room identified the site in Awarta as the traditional tomb of Eleazar the High Priest.
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A Ben-Gurion University team has developed an aerogel “sponge” that can absorb about 80 times its weight in crude oil while helping bacteria break down the pollutants.
Built from a patient’s own cells, the technology is advancing toward its first human trial at Sheba Medical Center in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
An Elbit representative tells JNS how the company’s C-MUSIC system shields airliners from heat-seeking missiles, as global demand grows
From its home in Binyamin, Psagot Playgrounds combines Israeli ingenuity with decades of experience to create unique play spaces in Israel and the United States.
Benjamin Netanyahu, security and the battle for the nation’s right.
The joint slate is dominated by RZP candidates, with Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich first and former Likud MK Moshe Feiglin second.
Itamar Ben Gvir campaigns on security, sovereignty and tougher anti-terror laws.
Passing a comprehensive draft law to shield yeshivah students from compulsory military service is the central demand of both lists.
Avigdor Liberman’s movement seeks secular right-wing role in post-Netanyahu government.
Party leader Yair Golan is a polarizing figure in Israeli politics, even as his party attempts to translate its ideological platform into political influence within a broader opposition alliance.
Islamist and Palestinian-nationalist parties test opposition’s red lines ahead of the Oct. 27 election.
Ofer Winter’s party seeks to reshape the Jewish state’s right from within.
Hendel and Zelekha pair military-service reform with economic overhaul.
The smaller parties could sway the election even if they fail to enter the Knesset.
Despite holding a fraction of Knesset seats, Shas and United Torah Judaism have become indispensable coalition partners, reshaping Israeli politics.
Originally intended to accommodate a few hundred Torah scholars, the exemption of ultra-Orthodox yeshivah students from IDF service evolved into one of Israel’s most contentious public policy issues.
At its core, the dispute is about what military service, Torah study and citizenship mean in the Jewish state.
The war transformed a decades-old legal and political dispute into an urgent fight over military manpower, equality of service and the future of Haredi society.
OCT. 7
Daniela Adar set out to keep an Upper Galilee museum’s story alive during the war. Her encounters with displaced families sent her back to the classroom.
Avi Issacharoff warns that denial of the Hamas massacre and false narratives about Israel are taking hold in the United States and Europe.
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
At Nir Am’s Oct. 7 ceremony, the family of paratrooper Binyamin Meir Airley share his story and discuss the retreat center established in his memory.
A “Kan 11” documentary chronicles how Soroka’s medical teams treated 674 wounded during the Hamas massacre.
From Ofakim’s housing boom to startups tackling AI, stroke treatment and trauma, communities near Gaza are rebuilding with an eye toward expansion.
A terror attack, a car accident and the war against Hamas have brought repeated loss to the Mark family—and forged extraordinary resilience.
Anat Meir talks to JNS about building a life for herself and 3-year-old Shaked in the shadow of David’s death.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNS
Luis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
Memory and hope can coexist, and that choosing to live, rebuild and remain can itself become an act of defiance.
Three years after the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre, the families of Capt. Elay Adany and those he helped rescue remain bound by his final acts of courage.
A coffee cart in northern Israel honors Staff Sgt. Gal Hershko through the things he loved: Nature, friendship and bringing people together.
Points of view from across the Jewish world
Press releases from Israel, and around the pro-Israel and Jewish world
Jewish citizens rank security and cost of living as top concerns. Arab Israelis name crime in their own communities and the cost of living.
The Jewish Education Project’s annual Jewish Futures conference will explore the changing role of Jewish educators and invite participants to envision Jewish life in 2050.
DeBode is recognized for his philanthropy, support of student life and entrepreneurship and contributions to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Brief argues that the district court improperly dismissed claims brought by two Columbia University janitors following the April 2024 takeover of Hamilton Hall.
The three-year grant will support professor Ravid Straussman of the Weizmann Institute of Science as he investigates how bacteria within neuroblastoma tumors may influence the development of the childhood cancer and its response to treatment.
Partnership connects Jewish journalism with digital storytelling to reach younger audiences worldwide.
Students visited bereaved families, created exhibits honoring those killed and volunteered in communities across Israel.
Vogel will help recruit candidates for the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies as it prepares to reopen admissions for the 2027-28 academic year.
Milestone reflects growing demand for service rooted in Jewish values and the potential to engage more Jewish communities.
The Jan. 20, 2027 virtual event is expected to bring together more than 1,000 grandparents to discuss family relationships, long-distance grandparenting, Jewish traditions and the role of grandfathers.