Two toddlers dead, some 55 toddlers treated for exposure to hazardous chemicals in Jerusalem

Smotrich: Thank you Trump for the help, but now Israel needs to control Gaza

A United Hatzalah emergency responder rescues an infant from a kindergarten following in incident involving hazardous material, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.
Magen David Adom paramedics and vehicles are seen at the scene of an incident involving hazardous material, in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.
A United Hatzalah emergency responder rescues an infant from a kindergarten following in incident involving hazardous material, Jerusalem, January 19, 2026.

US weighs sanctuary for British Jews as antisemitism surges in UK

Protesters wave flags and hold placards during a demonstration organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism outside Downing Street in London on October 9, 2025 to mark one week since the attack on a synagogue in Manchester; illustrative.
Members of the Iranian police attend a pro-government rally in Tehran, Iran, January 12, 2026.

Iran sends mixed signals on executions as judiciary warns ‘severest punishment’ for ‘Mohareb’

 IDF soldiers operate in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, May 8, 2025.

Qatari, Turkish presence on Trump's Gaza board could push Israel toward major reserve call-ups

REPORT

Trump invited Putin to join Gaza peace board, Kremlin claims

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is shown at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, US, August 11, 2025

'All options on the table': US boosts presence in Middle East as Iran strike remains possibility

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Turkey’s irredentist policies, from its actions in Cyprus to its growing involvement in Syria, highlight a policy of territorial expansion and ethnic dominance, the writer maintains.

Netanyahu gambled on Trump, and gave 'total victory' to Turkey

OPINION
Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro react during a visit to the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 13, 2024.

Harris campaign asked Shapiro if he was Israeli double agent while vetting for VP pick

REPORT
Ambassador Eitan Na'eh at his first day in the Manama, Bahrain embassy, November 30, 2021.

Eitan Na'eh, Israel's first ambassador to Bahrain, dies at 62

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.

Rapid escalation, caught off guard: Part of why Netanyahu asked Trump to slow down on Iran

Confronting Israel’s mental health emergency

Galit Gurevich, whose husband served in the reserves, found crucial support during a dif!cult period through one of  JDC’s vetted digital mental health tools empowering thousands of Israelis to build resilience

IDF launches large-scale counterterrorism operation in Hebron area

'He's getting revenge': Israeli cabinet blames Kushner for Turkish, Qatari presence on Gaza board

IDF troops operate in the Hebron, in the West Bank to destroy the home of Imran al-Atrash, one of the terrorists responsible for the November 18, 2025, ramming and stabbing attack that resulted in the death of 70-year-old Kiryat Arba resident Aharon Cohen. January 15, 2026.

Bereaved families protest Knesset debate on political probe into Oct. 7 failings

Bereaved families and opposition MKs formed a separate committee meeting in the Knesset in protest of the first debate advancing the government bill that aims to establish a politically appointed committee to investigate the failures surrounding the October 7 attacks.

Netanyahu trial hearing to end early ahead of Knesset debate

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of his testimony in the trial against him, October 28, 2025.

Knesset to pass increased benefits for orphans of IDF soldiers, Katz announces

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks after casting his ballot during the runoff presidential election in Tehran on July 5, 2024.

Khamenei's gamble: Iran admits to the slaughter and counts on the world to look away

EDITORIAL
Morale and spirit are difficult measured resources in times of war, but it is the job of Ukrainian military chaplain Lt. Rabbi Yakov Sinyakov to keep the faith among the Ukrainian soldiers fighting against the Russian invasion.

Faith in a time of war: Ukrainian Jewish chaplain aids soldiers during tribulations

INTERVIEW
IDF Armor Brigade 7 soldiers operate in Gaza on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.

Turkey and Qatar got Gaza because Israel refused to make a plan

COMMENT
Speakers Mohammad Kabajah (AWS), Miriam Haart (ActionAI), and Gideon Rosenberg (NVIDIA), alongside moderator Anna Ahronheim.

Jerusalem’s Young Professionals event brings together experts to discuss tech careers in AI age

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism

OPINION

West Midlands Police chief steps down over Israeli fan ban scandal

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Macron, Jewish orgs. slam French publisher for now-recalled textbooks that 'falsified' Oct. 7 facts

People attend a protest in support of Palestinians, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas War, in Paris, France July 31, 2025.

Australia’s Parliament honors Bondi Beach shooting victims with moment of silence, speeches

A memorial of pebbles in remembrance to the lives lost during the Bondi Beach mass shooting on December 14, 2025, in Sydney, Australia, January 16, 2026.

‘We are not made of wood and paper’: Jackson synagogue marks first Shabbat after arson

IDF launches large-scale counterterrorism operation in Hebron area

Iranian protesters attack Palestinian Authority ambassador's residence, injure ambassador

REPORT
IDF troops operate in the Hebron, in the West Bank to destroy the home of Imran al-Atrash, one of the terrorists responsible for the November 18, 2025, ramming and stabbing attack that resulted in the death of 70-year-old Kiryat Arba resident Aharon Cohen. January 15, 2026.
WATCH

Anti-regime activists hack Iran's national broadcaster, transmit Pahlavi's calls to protest

A protester waves the pre-Islamic Revolution Iranian flag outside UN headquarters during a United Nations Security Council meeting on Iran in New York on January 15, 2026.

Senior Iranian UN diplomat in Geneva seeks asylum in Switzerland

REPORT
 Nickolay Mladenov, the then-United Nations Secretary-General Special Representative to the Middle East, during his visit to the West Bank city of Hebron, November 4, 2015

Who are Trump's Gaza Board of Peace appointments - and what do they mean for Israel?

EXPLAINER

Three new F-35 jets arrive in Israel, air force fleet grows to 48 aircraft

Donald Trump saved Iran's Khamenei once before, will he do it again?

COMMENT
The IDF receives additional F-35 fighter jets at the Nevatim Air Force Base. January 18, 2026.

Prince Harry, Elton John face Daily Mail publisher in London privacy trial

Elton John (L), Prince Harry over a screenshot of the Daily Mail.
ANALYSIS

Netanyahu asks Trump to delay Iran attack, exposing new air defense holes

The scene where a ballistic missile fired from Iran hit and caused damage in Bat Yam, central Israel. June 29, 2025

Parents of slain Gaza hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Roni Eshel to release memoirs of experience

Britain's Royal Navy shows off Proteus unmanned helicopter for North Atlantic missions

How war has reshaped Europe's defense sector

Royal Navy's Proteus unmanned helicopter

Mistral, UVision win US Army role for HERO-90 suicide drone

Israeli drone startup XTEND has secured a multi-million-dollar contract from the US Department of Defense to develop and deliver AI-enabled, modular, one-way attack drones designed for close-quarter combat.

Following the 1967 playbook: Israel's post-war tech boom - opinion

OPINION
Israeli army soldier holding a mounted machine gun in front of destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City.

Gaza reveals future of urban combat western armies aren't prepared for

OPINION

'No longer obligated to think of peace': Trump renews Greenland push, cites Russian threat

Thirty nine killed in high-speed train collision in southern Spain

 US President-elect Donald Trump, Trump's plane landing in Greenland (illustrative).

CBS airs El Salvador mega prison report weeks after pulling segment

A Salvadoran soldier stands guard, as the CECOT logo is seen, during a media tour at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, in Tecoluca, El Salvador April 4, 2025.
REPORT

Trump sets $1 billion price tag for permanent seats on Gaza Board of Peace

Palestinians walk along a street flooded by rainwater in the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on January 13, 2026.

More than 65 missing, at least 14 dead after huge Karachi blaze

Firefighters douse a fire that broke out at a shopping mall in Karachi on January 18, 2026.

At the crossroads of Holocaust remembrance

President Isaac Herzog (C) flanked by Dayan and IHRA Secretary-General Michaela Küchler at the IHRA plenary

Netzah Yehuda: Bridging faith, service, and national unity

 NETZAH YEHUDA soldiers at the dedication of a Torah scroll at the Erez Crossing.

Where women are already leading

Meira Lerner, Director of World Emunah, at the World Emunah Women in the Arts event

Israel job vacancies hit highest rate since December of 2022, CBS says

History is happening in 'Israel Valley, The Technology Shield of Innovation'

REVIEW
People looking for work as unemployment rises

Immunai, Bristol Myers Squibb sign AI immune-data collaboration

 CEO and co-founder of Immunai Noam Solomon.

Two protesters held outside Religious Zionist Party offices amid budget, cost-of-living tension

ISRAELI POLITICIAN Bezalel Smotrich is seen before President Donald Trump speaks to the Knesset, on October 13, 2025 in Jerusalem.
OPINION

The printer is already on the wall: The unexpected solution to the housing crisis

ByERAN CARMI

Heavy rains in eastern Australia spark flash floods, 20 rescued

Hundreds of firefighters tackle blaze in deprived area of South Korea's Gangnam district

Firefighters in New South Wales rescue Australians from the flooding across New South Wales on January 17, 2026.

Thousands go hiking in Israel as fallout from severe weather raises flood risk

WORKERS TAKE care of cannabis plants at a farm in central Israel,  late last year.

Israeli researchers develop SafeWax coating that could cut pesticide use by 50%

 Seismic waves are seen on a screen during a demonstration of an earthquake early warning system which triggers sirens if a nationwide network of 120 seismic monitoring stations detects a strong earthquake, at the Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem.

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes off coast of Oregon, GFZ says

When case studies matter: Reversing dangerous cholesterol without medication

OPINION

Israel sees spike in PTSD and suicide among troops as war against Hamas, Hezbollah persists

Red blood cells (illustrative)

Shlomi initiative uses sensory design, soft architecture to support trauma recovery in children

New study reveals how the brain prepares facial expressions before we move

OPINION

The biggest threat to Israel is mass cognitive warfare

ByJEFFREY KAHN

Aliyah to Israel: A wedding postponed, a dream fulfilled

Aliyah: Navigating the contours of academia

INTERVIEW
 Shira Sedek Ben-Zekhariah arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, June 26, 2025.
OPINION

Homeward bound: Why South African Jews are making aliyah now

South African Jews, aged 60 and over, recently arrived via a Jewish Agency aliyah project, meet at Telfed - South African Zionist Federation in Raanana.
ByBRENDA KATTEN

IDF unveils ‘Olim Al Bet’ program for fast-track immigrant reserve enlistment

 IDF reservists joining the "David Brigades," the five new reservist brigades announced by IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, December 17, 2024.
INTERVIEW

Saving lives under fire: A Brazilian doctor’s journey from Brazil to the IDF

Captain Dr N of 51st Battalion Golani during his service

Luxury with roots and a vision for the future

Evacuation and reconstruction - opportunity or trap?

Renderings of Noga 1 in Jaffa.

Finally, it's happening: A first-of-its-kind academic degree for contractors

Housing Prices.

After months of decline: Housing prices in Israel begin to rise

real estate.

The new law that changes agreements in the real estate world

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'Biggest issue in Israeli society': First Lady Michal Herzog at 'Post' Trauma Conference

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 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

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Members and supporters of the Association of Anglo-Iranian Women in the UK and supporters of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) hold a rally in solidarity with the Iranian people's uprising, outside Downing Street in London, Britain January 14, 2026.

Will the US, Israel, intervene in Iran?

Maduro's downfall: Was the US capture of Maduro legal?

As Iranian unrest grows, chants for Reza Pahlavi surge as demonstrators unify

US Politics   

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani pictured during his first day in office, January 1, 2026.

Mamdani sought input from NY Jews before condemning pro-Hamas protest

Trump did not notify Netanyahu about Qatari, Turkish participation in Gaza's BoP

If New York can expel Betar US, why can't it crack down on anti-Israel extremists?

Diaspora   

Dnipro, Ukraine in January 2026.

Learning Hebrew in bomb shelters: How Dnipro Jewry endures Russian invasion

American Jewry must stop centering its identity on Israel’s critics

The only all-Jewish town outside Israel hides in Azerbaijan’s mountains

Judaism   

Statue of a mans head wearing headphones.

The high price of not listening: What Pharaoh teaches us about power and humility

This week in Jewish history: Nobel prize winners, biochemists, and the Baba Sali

Conservative Judaism’s new line on intermarriage is a great start. What comes next is key

Christian World   

Armenian Orthodox worshippers arrive at the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, to celebrate Christmas and Epiphany, January 18, 2026

Christian Zionism is 'damaging,' Jerusalem's Armenian church claims

'We must unite with our Christian brothers and sisters': Flicker on the next front

Herzog expresses concern over exodus of Christian families from Israel

Food   

Exterior architecture of the Renaissance castle in the village of Grignan in the Drome department of France on September 23, 2025.

A slow journey through France’s Loire Valley: Chateaux, wine, and quiet beauty

Wine Talk: The journey continues

Passador in Tel Aviv: A meat lover’s paradise - restaurant review

Archaeology   

A damaged tomb is pictured in the abandoned Turkish Cypriot cemetary in the village of Kofinou, in the south of the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, on July 10, 2024.

Ancient tomb linked to King Midas’ family sheds new light on ancient kingdom

Israeli archaeologist whose work reshaped Jerusalem archaeology, dies at 81

Israeli archaeologists launch project to trace origins of ancient pottery

Science   

A piece of tissue from a woolly rhinoceros that was found inside the stomach of an Ice Age grey wolf puppy discovered in permafrost near the Russian village of Tumat in northeastern Siberia is seen in a laboratory in Vienna, Austria, in this handout picture taken in 2020.

Scientists recover genome from woolly rhino eaten by Ice Age wolf puppy - study

Astronomers spot white dwarf star creating a colorful shockwave

BIU study reveals that origin of sleeping in humans is deduced from jellyfish, sea anemones

Culture   

HEBREW POET Leah Goldberg.

ALEPH festival to celebrate Hebrew, from ancient roots to modern expressions

Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv deliver duo Euroleague victories

Painting longing: Journey through loss, memory, and renewal

History   

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Member of Knesset Michael Biton prepare falafel in memory of late Holocaust survivor David (Dugo) Leitner at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem, on January 14, 2026.

Why falafel is at the heart of Israel’s 'Operation Dugo' Holocaust remembrance

From Auschwitz to Dachau: How a pharmacist became central to Nazi camp medical crimes

This week in Jewish history: Yearning for Zion

OMG   

Candace Owens (L), Charlie Kirk over illustrative photo of wormhole.

Candace Owens pushes theory Charlie Kirk was 'time traveller' who went to 'X-Men school'

Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’

British intelligence agency investigated UFOs, secret documents show

Consumerism   

SO.KO by Super-Pharm

The Korean trend arrives in Israel: Single-use skincare capsules at Super-Pharm

A place that feels like a hug: The hottest trends in home design

Chery lowers prices: Tiggo 4 will cost almost as much as Picanto. But there’s a catch

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Chen G. Schimmel and the demands for truth: A new generation bearing witness

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