Iran reportedly fires missiles at Israel, and Israel strikes back in Syria
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Iranian troops reportedly fired a barrage of 20 missiles at Israel, and Israel responded by bombing Iranian military targets in Syria….
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Amid renewed talk of war, Israelis are keeping calm and carrying on
by Ben Sales (TEL AVIV, JTA) — When war broke out on Israel’s northern border in 2006, Avigdor Guy remained calm. He lived in the northern…
After pulling out of the Iran deal, Trump is open to Plan B — but no one knows what that is
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — When President Donald Trump teased and then announced he would be pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear…
Israel told its citizens not to light bonfires on Lag b’Omer. They did it anyway.
by Ben Sales JERUSALEM (JTA) — It’s topping 90 degrees in this city, so the Israeli Fire Department asked its citizens not to light bonfires this year…
op/ed: Mahmoud Abbas’ remarks on the Holocaust explain why two-state solution is dying
By Andrew Silow-Carroll NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Donniel Hartman had some bad news for his audience on the largely liberal Upper West Side: The…