The Birthright exodus: 1,500 young adults evacuated from Israel via cruise ship
by Grace Gilson (JTA) — It was early morning on Tuesday June 17 when young adults on Birthright Israel boarded a fleet of buses, But…
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Boulder’s ‘very shocked and very traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of its losses, and its strength
by Grace Gilson (JTA) — Three days after six of his congregants were burned by a man who yelled “Free Palestine” as he threw Molotov…
2 Israeli embassy staffers shot to death at DC Jewish museum event
By Ben Sales and Phyllis Cranmer (JTA) — The two Israeli embassy staffers who were shot to death outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington,…
Two writers offer strikingly different views of the ‘state of the Jews’
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — Last Tuesday night, the author and podcaster Dan Senor told an enthusiastic crowd at New York’s 92nd Street Y that…
Hamas releases Edan Alexander, last living American hostage, to Israel
by Ben Sales (JTA) — This is a developing story. Hamas has released Edan Alexander, an American-Israeli citizen, back to Israel under a deal reached…