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Synagogues across the US targeted in bomb threat Bitcoin extortion campaign

At least six synagogues were targeted in similar incidents that according to Israeli crypto transaction monitoring company Nominis were similar to bomb threat hoaxes in 2018.

JANUARY 8, 2026|ByMICHAEL STARR

A New York City police officer stands guard outside Central Synagogue during Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, in New York City, US, October 2, 2025.

THE DEVASTATING surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, December 7, 1941.

On This Day: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, thrusting US into WWII

The infamous Japanese surprise attack on the US naval base in Hawaii 80 years ago became immortalized as a "day which will live in infamy."

DECEMBER 7, 2025|ByAARON REICH

New carnivorous 'bone collector' caterpillar species discovered in Hawaii

This rare caterpillar decorates itself with insect remains to camouflage from predators.

APRIL 27, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

ON OAHU: View at sunrise from Lanikai Pillbox Trail.

Shalom & Aloha: Volcanoes, beaches, sunsets – and Jews – in Hawaii

The history of Jews in the Hawaiian Islands, when they arrived, what happened during World War II, and what their lives are like today – including the Big Island's first bar mitzvah boy in 1970.

MARCH 29, 2025|ByHOWARD BLAS, NATAN ROTHSTEIN

Jewish groups launch relief effort for Maui as island’s Jews are among the evacuated

The wildfires have all but destroyed the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui.

AUGUST 12, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA

Views from the air of the community of Lahaina after wildfires driven by high winds burned across most of the town several days ago, in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 10, 2023.

Maui wildfire death toll rises to 80 in Hawaii's most deadly disaster

Officials have warned that search teams with cadaver dogs could still find more dead from the fire that torched 1,000 buildings and left thousands homeless.

AUGUST 12, 2023ByREUTERS

Hawaii wildfires to cause second-largest total insured loss in state's history

An inferno, which started earlier this week, ravaged the historic resort town of Lahaina that was once the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom.

AUGUST 11, 2023ByREUTERS

A view of flames as wildfires engulfed the historic town of Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, U.S. August 9, 2023.

Westboro Baptist Church: 'Hawaii will be destroyed'

According to the fundamentalist church, now that the warners have failed, divine retribution is imminent.

AUGUST 7, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Members of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, protest outside the venue of "The Response", an event billed by its organizer, Texas Governor Rick Perry, as a call to prayer for a nation in crisis, at the Reliant stadium in Houston August 6, 2011.

Kilauea volcano erupts in Hawaii, lava confined to crater

Kilauea last erupted in January, with activity stretching into March

JUNE 7, 2023ByREUTERS

Scientists explain alien comet 'Oumuamua's strange acceleration

'Oumuamua (pronounced oh-MOO-uh-MOO-uh) lacks the tail of gas and dust characteristic of many comets.

MARCH 23, 2023ByREUTERS

A comet is seen flying by the Earth (Illustrative).

Happy New Year! Which country will be the first to ring in 2023?

From Christmas Island to Hawaii, which country will be the first to ring in the new year, and which will be the last?

DECEMBER 31, 2022ByWALLA!

Early fireworks explode over Sydney Opera House during the New Year's Eve celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2022.

Alert level raised for Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano after eruption

The notification warned that the early eruption stages of this volcano can be very dynamic and the location and advance of lava flows can change rapidly.

NOVEMBER 28, 2022ByREUTERS