Friday, October 30, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

Tulip Festival at Washington Park, Albany NY. Photographer: Nikolya Sereda

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Naela Fakher Eldin speaks at a conference on resilience in the Upper Galilee, Oct. 21, 2026. Photo courtesy of Gadi Sierra/KKL-JNF.

World

Israel & Middle East

A Druze woman ‘sees the heart of the Jewish people’ after daughter killed in Hezbollah attack

Naela Fakher Eldin, whose 11-year-old daughter was killed in the 2024 Majdal Shams rocket attack, speaks of the Israelis who comforted her.

JNS

Oct 29, 2026

Naela Fakher Eldin speaks at a conference on resilience in the Upper Galilee, Oct. 21, 2026. Photo courtesy of Gadi Sierra/KKL-JNF.

World

Israel & Middle East

A Druze woman ‘sees the heart of the Jewish people’ after daughter killed in Hezbollah attack

Naela Fakher Eldin, whose 11-year-old daughter was killed in the 2024 Majdal Shams rocket attack, speaks of the Israelis who comforted her.

JNS

Oct 29, 2026

Naela Fakher Eldin speaks at a conference on resilience in the Upper Galilee, Oct. 21, 2026. Photo courtesy of Gadi Sierra/KKL-JNF.

World

Israel & Middle East

A Druze woman ‘sees the heart of the Jewish people’ after daughter killed in Hezbollah attack

Naela Fakher Eldin, whose 11-year-old daughter was killed in the 2024 Majdal Shams rocket attack, speaks of the Israelis who comforted her.

JNS

Oct 29, 2026

Maayan Amsterdamer. Photo courtesy of StandWithUs.

Local

Community News

Mazel tov: Maayan Amsterdamer named StandWithUs intern of the year

A Bethlehem Central High School student is honored at the StandWithUs New York City Gala.

The Jewish World

Oct 29, 2026

Maayan Amsterdamer. Photo courtesy of StandWithUs.

Local

Community News

Mazel tov: Maayan Amsterdamer named StandWithUs intern of the year

A Bethlehem Central High School student is honored at the StandWithUs New York City Gala.

The Jewish World

Oct 29, 2026

Maayan Amsterdamer. Photo courtesy of StandWithUs.

Local

Community News

Mazel tov: Maayan Amsterdamer named StandWithUs intern of the year

A Bethlehem Central High School student is honored at the StandWithUs New York City Gala.

The Jewish World

Oct 29, 2026

The Off-Broadway theater in New York City’s East Village where the satirical hip-hop musical “Slam Frank” is being performed. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Tobin.

Opinions

Columns

A ‘satirical’ play about Anne Frank may be a cherry on the woke anti-Semitism sundae

Jonathan S. Tobin of JNS says an Off-Broadway satire about Anne Frank shows how woke culture erases Jewish history and identity.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Oct 29, 2026

The Off-Broadway theater in New York City’s East Village where the satirical hip-hop musical “Slam Frank” is being performed. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Tobin.

Opinions

Columns

A ‘satirical’ play about Anne Frank may be a cherry on the woke anti-Semitism sundae

Jonathan S. Tobin of JNS says an Off-Broadway satire about Anne Frank shows how woke culture erases Jewish history and identity.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Oct 29, 2026

The Off-Broadway theater in New York City’s East Village where the satirical hip-hop musical “Slam Frank” is being performed. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Tobin.

Opinions

Columns

A ‘satirical’ play about Anne Frank may be a cherry on the woke anti-Semitism sundae

Jonathan S. Tobin of JNS says an Off-Broadway satire about Anne Frank shows how woke culture erases Jewish history and identity.

Jonathan S. Tobin

Oct 29, 2026

An Israeli flag flies against a blue sky. Image: rawpixel (CC0).

Opinions

Columns

The two-state solution is a suicide pact

Mitchell Bard argues a Palestinian state would not end the region’s conflicts and that peace cannot be imposed on Israel.

Mitchell Bard

Oct 29, 2026

An Israeli flag flies against a blue sky. Image: rawpixel (CC0).

Opinions

Columns

The two-state solution is a suicide pact

Mitchell Bard argues a Palestinian state would not end the region’s conflicts and that peace cannot be imposed on Israel.

Mitchell Bard

Oct 29, 2026

An Israeli flag flies against a blue sky. Image: rawpixel (CC0).

Opinions

Columns

The two-state solution is a suicide pact

Mitchell Bard argues a Palestinian state would not end the region’s conflicts and that peace cannot be imposed on Israel.

Mitchell Bard

Oct 29, 2026

Israelis stand in line to cast their ballots at a polling station on Election Day, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo courtesy of Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli voter turnout hits 74.3% by 8 p.m. (Israel time), surpassing 2022 final tally

Turnout topped the 2022 final figure two hours before polls closed, and exit polls show no clear majority for either bloc.

JNS

Oct 28, 2026

Israelis stand in line to cast their ballots at a polling station on Election Day, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo courtesy of Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli voter turnout hits 74.3% by 8 p.m. (Israel time), surpassing 2022 final tally

Turnout topped the 2022 final figure two hours before polls closed, and exit polls show no clear majority for either bloc.

JNS

Oct 28, 2026

Israelis stand in line to cast their ballots at a polling station on Election Day, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo courtesy of Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli voter turnout hits 74.3% by 8 p.m. (Israel time), surpassing 2022 final tally

Turnout topped the 2022 final figure two hours before polls closed, and exit polls show no clear majority for either bloc.

JNS

Oct 28, 2026

The view outside the “Six Dome Synagogue” (“The Grand Synagogue,” designed by architect Hillel Ben Haim in 1888), one of three synagogues in Quba in Azerbaijan. Photo courtesy of Eliana Rudee.

World

Global

Azerbaijan is a Jewish story written in three alphabets

From Red Village to Baku, Azerbaijan’s Jews kept their identity through Soviet rule, a changing language and a close bond with Israel.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Oct 22, 2026

The view outside the “Six Dome Synagogue” (“The Grand Synagogue,” designed by architect Hillel Ben Haim in 1888), one of three synagogues in Quba in Azerbaijan. Photo courtesy of Eliana Rudee.

World

Global

Azerbaijan is a Jewish story written in three alphabets

From Red Village to Baku, Azerbaijan’s Jews kept their identity through Soviet rule, a changing language and a close bond with Israel.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Oct 22, 2026

The view outside the “Six Dome Synagogue” (“The Grand Synagogue,” designed by architect Hillel Ben Haim in 1888), one of three synagogues in Quba in Azerbaijan. Photo courtesy of Eliana Rudee.

World

Global

Azerbaijan is a Jewish story written in three alphabets

From Red Village to Baku, Azerbaijan’s Jews kept their identity through Soviet rule, a changing language and a close bond with Israel.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Oct 22, 2026

Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Israeli TV series “Fauda,” speaks with Noa Amouyal, representing the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Oct. 14, 2026. Photo courtesy of Michal Riss.

World

Israel & Middle East

‘Fauda’ co-creator: Museums and media have ‘sacred mission’ to preserve truth of Oct. 7

Avi Issacharoff told a Jerusalem forensic conference that museums, media and even TV dramas must keep Oct. 7 from being rewritten or denied.

Steve Linde

Oct 22, 2026

Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Israeli TV series “Fauda,” speaks with Noa Amouyal, representing the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Oct. 14, 2026. Photo courtesy of Michal Riss.

World

Israel & Middle East

‘Fauda’ co-creator: Museums and media have ‘sacred mission’ to preserve truth of Oct. 7

Avi Issacharoff told a Jerusalem forensic conference that museums, media and even TV dramas must keep Oct. 7 from being rewritten or denied.

Steve Linde

Oct 22, 2026

Avi Issacharoff, co-creator of the Israeli TV series “Fauda,” speaks with Noa Amouyal, representing the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem, Oct. 14, 2026. Photo courtesy of Michal Riss.

World

Israel & Middle East

‘Fauda’ co-creator: Museums and media have ‘sacred mission’ to preserve truth of Oct. 7

Avi Issacharoff told a Jerusalem forensic conference that museums, media and even TV dramas must keep Oct. 7 from being rewritten or denied.

Steve Linde

Oct 22, 2026

Intel Israel’s offices at the MATAM high-tech and business park in Haifa. Photo courtesy of Intel.

World

Israel & Middle East

Made in Israel: Startup Nation’s cyber sector draws billions as AI reshapes security

Israeli cybersecurity firms raised about $4.3 billion in three quarters of 2026 as investors back companies that secure AI.

JNS

Oct 22, 2026

Intel Israel’s offices at the MATAM high-tech and business park in Haifa. Photo courtesy of Intel.

World

Israel & Middle East

Made in Israel: Startup Nation’s cyber sector draws billions as AI reshapes security

Israeli cybersecurity firms raised about $4.3 billion in three quarters of 2026 as investors back companies that secure AI.

JNS

Oct 22, 2026

Intel Israel’s offices at the MATAM high-tech and business park in Haifa. Photo courtesy of Intel.

World

Israel & Middle East

Made in Israel: Startup Nation’s cyber sector draws billions as AI reshapes security

Israeli cybersecurity firms raised about $4.3 billion in three quarters of 2026 as investors back companies that secure AI.

JNS

Oct 22, 2026

Kirk Douglas depicts Mickey Marcus in this still from the 1966 film “Cast a Giant Shadow.”

Local

Events

[Past event] SJCA Zoom panel to discuss 1966 film ‘Cast a Giant Shadow’

Saratoga Jewish Community Arts hosts a Zoom panel on a 1966 drama inspired by Israel’s 1948 fight for independence, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

Kirk Douglas depicts Mickey Marcus in this still from the 1966 film “Cast a Giant Shadow.”

Local

Events

[Past event] SJCA Zoom panel to discuss 1966 film ‘Cast a Giant Shadow’

Saratoga Jewish Community Arts hosts a Zoom panel on a 1966 drama inspired by Israel’s 1948 fight for independence, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

Kirk Douglas depicts Mickey Marcus in this still from the 1966 film “Cast a Giant Shadow.”

Local

Events

[Past event] SJCA Zoom panel to discuss 1966 film ‘Cast a Giant Shadow’

Saratoga Jewish Community Arts hosts a Zoom panel on a 1966 drama inspired by Israel’s 1948 fight for independence, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene

Local

Events

[Past event] Disability theme slated for Jewish Colonie Lecture

UAlbany’s Jewish Colonie Lecture on Oct. 27 will explore disability, citizenship and immigration law in American Jewish history.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene

Local

Events

[Past event] Disability theme slated for Jewish Colonie Lecture

UAlbany’s Jewish Colonie Lecture on Oct. 27 will explore disability, citizenship and immigration law in American Jewish history.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

Dr. Hannah Zaves-Greene

Local

Events

[Past event] Disability theme slated for Jewish Colonie Lecture

UAlbany’s Jewish Colonie Lecture on Oct. 27 will explore disability, citizenship and immigration law in American Jewish history.

The Jewish World

Oct 21, 2026

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