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    U.S. News
    J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community,’ Israeli ambassador says
    “The worst thing about J Street is it’s duplicitous,” Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington, said at a National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism event at Museum of the Bible on Monday.
    May 18, 2026
    Andrew Bernard
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu observes an Israeli Navy operation from the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, May 18, 2026. Photo by Chaim Zach/GPO.
    Israel News
    Israeli Navy intercepts Turkish-led Gaza flotilla
    Jerusalem will not allow “any breach of the lawful naval blockade on Gaza,” the Foreign Ministry said.
    May 18, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Jews celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on the eve of Jerusalem Day, on May 14, 2026. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
    Israel News
    Netanyahu announces projects for Jerusalem, including Western Wall
    “There are very few peoples whose capital today is the same as it was 3,000 years ago,” the Israeli prime minister noted.
    May 18, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Attendees watch a pre-recorded video of U.S. President Donald Trump reading from the Bible during "Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee of Prayer, Praise and Thanksgiving" on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on May 17, 2026. Photo by Matthew Hatcher / AFP via Getty Images.
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    Trump warns Iran time running out on deal
    The president was expected to talk with Netanyahu as he weighs restarting U.S. military action.
    May 18, 2026
    JNS Staff
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    A pro-Palestinian protest. Credit: Alfo Medeiras/Pexels.
    U.S. News
    Anti-Israel protesters showing up at his home ‘use threats, intimidation to try to silence people,’ Washington state Dem congressman says
    Rep. Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, told JNS that “the far-right and the far-left have decided that threats and intimidation are another way to try to either drive people out or make them so scared that they acquiesce.”
    May 19, 2026
    Jessica Russak-Hoffman
    Mamdani Shavuot
    U.S. News
    At controversial Jewish heritage month reception, Mamdani pledges $26 million to fight hate crimes
    Major New York City Jewish leaders boycotted the event, to which JNS was told there was no room for it to report.
    May 19, 2026
    Catherine Connolly receives guests at the Irish parliament in Dublin, Ireland on Dec. 1, 2022. Photo credit: Houses of the Oireachtas.
    World News
    Irish president ‘proud’ of sister detained in Gaza flotilla
    Catherine Connolly, who has defended Hamas and accused Israel of “genocide,” said she was worried about her sister Margaret after Israeli forces intercepted activist vessels heading to Gaza.
    May 19, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks at Wirtschaftstag 2026 in Berlin, May 5, 2026. Photo by Shalev Man/MfA.
    World News
    Israeli FM heads to Czech Republic for state visit
    A quarter of a million Israelis visited the Central European nation last year, marking a 33.4% year-over-year increase.
    May 19, 2026
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    Yechiel Leiter
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    J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community,’ Israeli ambassador says
    “The worst thing about J Street is it’s duplicitous,” Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington, said at a National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism event at Museum of the Bible on Monday.
    May 18, 2026
    Andrew Bernard
    Noam Bettan, representing Israel, arrives on stage for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (ESC) at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on May 16, 2026. Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images.
    World News
    Israel’s Noam Bettan places second behind Bulgaria at Eurovision
    The Israeli performer overcame boos and boycotts to deliver a crowd-pleasing performance of “Michelle” in Vienna.
    May 17, 2026
    Steve Linde
    Mamdani Menin
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    Israel to Mamdani: Palestinians can’t play victim in war they started
    Those who mark “Nakba Day” are ignoring the real cause of the mass Arab migration in 1948, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
    May 16, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Mourners carry portraits of Ezzedine al-Haddad, the slain chief of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, who was killed in an overnight Israeli strike along with his daughter and wife, during their funeral in Gaza City on May 16, 2026. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images.
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    Netanyahu hails strike killing Hamas ‘chief murderer’
    “Every terrorist is a marked man; we will pursue and reach them all,” the Israeli prime minister said.
    May 17, 2026
    JNS Staff
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    Mamdani releases ‘Nakba Day’ video, gets angry reactions from Jewish leaders
    David Greenfield, CEO of Met Council, told JNS that the video “has strained relationships with a lot of us in the leadership, who have tried to work in good faith with the administration.”
    May 17, 2026
    Debra Nussbaum Cohen
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    U.S. News
    Exclusive: For first time, Muslim group slated to march in Israel on Fifth parade
    In a break with longstanding practice, the New York City mayor does not plan to join the parade this year.
    May 14, 2026
    Debra Nussbaum Cohen
    Yechiel Leiter
    U.S. News
    J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community,’ Israeli ambassador says
    “The worst thing about J Street is it’s duplicitous,” Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington, said at a National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism event at Museum of the Bible on Monday.
    May 18, 2026
    Andrew Bernard
    Mamdani Menin
    Israel News
    Israel to Mamdani: Palestinians can’t play victim in war they started
    Those who mark “Nakba Day” are ignoring the real cause of the mass Arab migration in 1948, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
    May 16, 2026
    JNS Staff
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    Yechiel Leiter
    U.S. News
    J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community,’ Israeli ambassador says
    “The worst thing about J Street is it’s duplicitous,” Yechiel Leiter, the Israeli envoy in Washington, said at a National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism event at Museum of the Bible on Monday.
    May 18, 2026
    Andrew Bernard
    Mamdani Menin
    Israel News
    Israel to Mamdani: Palestinians can’t play victim in war they started
    Those who mark “Nakba Day” are ignoring the real cause of the mass Arab migration in 1948, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said.
    May 16, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Mourners carry portraits of Ezzedine al-Haddad, the slain chief of the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, who was killed in an overnight Israeli strike along with his daughter and wife, during their funeral in Gaza City on May 16, 2026. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images.
    Israel News
    Netanyahu hails strike killing Hamas ‘chief murderer’
    “Every terrorist is a marked man; we will pursue and reach them all,” the Israeli prime minister said.
    May 17, 2026
    JNS Staff
    Slain Israel Defense Forces Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, 24, from the Samaria town of Itamar. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
    Israel News
    Israeli soldier slain in Hezbollah drone attack
    Capt. Maoz Israel Recanati, from Itamar in Samaria, was set to get married in a month.
    May 17, 2026
    JNS Staff
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    Noam Bettan, representing Israel, arrives on stage for the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 (ESC) at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria on May 16, 2026. Photo by Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images.
    World News
    Israel’s Noam Bettan places second behind Bulgaria at Eurovision
    The Israeli performer overcame boos and boycotts to deliver a crowd-pleasing performance of “Michelle” in Vienna.
    May 17, 2026
    Steve Linde
    The Villa Grande historic property in Oslo, which houses the Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies. Credit: Leifern/Creative Commons via Wikimedia Commons.
    Opinion
    The erosion of Holocaust memory
    Creating a language of “parallel traumas” harms the historical record, and it ultimately flattens moral distinction.
    May 13, 2026
    Moshe R. Manheim
    IDF Near Lebanon
    Opinion
    A marathon of sprints: The unique burden of the Israeli soldier
    The front line and the home front are inextricably linked.
    May 18, 2026
    Ran Bar-Yoshafat
    Ultra-Orthodox boys celebrate around a bonfire ahead of the Lag B'Omer holiday in the Mea She'arim neighborhood of Jerusalem, May 3, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
    Israel News
    Jerusalem has 1.063 million residents
    The capital’s fertility rate is 3.68 childen per woman, higher than the national average of 2.89.
    May 15, 2026
    TPS-IL Staff
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    An illegal garbage dump in western Samaria, overlooking the Israeli city of Rosh HaAyin, May 14, 2026. Photo by Josh Hasten.
    Feature
    Illegal expansion, pollution highlighted on Samaria tour near central Israel
    Regavim-led visit points to sewage, dumping and construction encroaching on Area C, kilometers from Jewish state’s population centers.
    May 18, 2026
    Josh Hasten
    Staff Sgt. A (left) with a fellow soldier from the IDF's Hashmonaim Brigade. Credit: IDF Spokesperson.
    Feature
    ‘We removed the blanket and saw rockets pointed at Nahariya’
    Staff Sgt. A., an immigrant from Los Angeles, shares his remarkable journey to the IDF’s Hashmonaim Brigade in Lebanon.
    May 17, 2026
    Yaakov Lappin
    Congregants hold new Toral scrolls in the new Shlomit synagogue, May 7, 2026. Photo by Elad Zagman.
    Feature
    Shlomit dedicates first synagogue in memory of fallen defenders
    Be’er Shalom Synagogue honors four members of the community’s security team killed on Oct. 7.
    May 17, 2026
    Tania Shalom Michaelian
    Maj. Li Or Sheleg, commander of the Lone Soldiers Center. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
    Feature
    Lone Soldier Centers provide day-to-day needs and peace of mind
    “They choose to leave their comfort zone and do something for the good of Israeli society,” commander says.
    May 15, 2026
    Amelie Botbol
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    Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) arrives in Washington, D.C., for a House vote on the funding bill to reopen the government. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.
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    Antisemitism transformed Thomas Massie from libertarian extremist to liberal hero
    The anti-Trump congressman from Kentucky is blaming his primary woes on Israel and Zionist billionaires. And the liberal press and Jew-haters everywhere are cheering for him.
    May. 18, 2026
    Jonathan S. Tobin
    A view of a modern arch, designed by Edi Jacobs, in the Heart of Efrat Synagogue, which places the Torah scrolls in a way that makes it seem as if coming out of fire, symbolizing the burning bush that Moses encountered in the desert, June 5, 2011. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
    Column
    Are we listening?
    The Torah must not remain a theory on the drawing board.
    May. 18, 2026
    Rabbi Yossy Goldman
    The U.S. Senate campaign headquarters of Democratic candidate Graham Platner in Ellsworth, Maine. Credit: JJonahJackalope/Crerative Commons via Wikimedia Commons.
    Opinion
    April was the cruelest month, certainly for Jewish Americans
    What is going on among Democratic Party leaders is a growing shift leftward on issues related to Israel, in particular, and Jews, in general, in response to pressure from the activist left.
    May. 18, 2026
    Eric Rozenman
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    Stop Iran from intimidating the world by controlling the Strait of Hormuz
    The United State mustn’t repeat the mistakes it made in 1956 during the Suez Crisis.
    May. 18, 2026
    Joseph Puder
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    How Trump challenged China
    May 18, 2026
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    May 18, 2026
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