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National Library of Israel's new digital archive opens window into New York’s vibrant Jewish past

The National Library of Israel has digitized nearly five decades of New York Jewish Week, New York’s leading Jewish newspaper, making its archive free and accessible to the public for the first time.

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US, November 11, 2026.

Eight dead, 17 injured in partial building collapse in Brooklyn

A New York City Police Department (NYPD) vehicle is seen outside the Israeli Consulate building in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 22, 2025; Illustrative.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man attacked on way to synagogue in Brooklyn, NYPD investigating

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) holds a press conference as the House departs for August recess, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 23, 2026.

Hakeem Jeffries set to become US House speaker amid Democrats victory in midterm elections


Middle Israel: 25 years after 9/11, the global fight against jihadism remains unsettled - opinion

A quarter century after 9/11, the world has seen victories against terrorism but also new attacks and unresolved challenges in confronting jihadist ideology.

THE 9/11 MEMORIAL at Ground Zero: Flags, flowers, photographs, and a stuffed toy mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. The writer argues America recovered, but the wider war against jihadism remains unfinished.

Israel, Morocco agree to upgrade diplomatic ties, expand flights at US-backed summit

The meeting of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, and US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz comes a day after the sixth anniversary of the Abraham Accords.

From left: Israeli FM Gideon Sa'ar, US amb. to UN Mike Waltz, and Moroccan FM Nasser Bourita meet to discuss the upgrade of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel on September 16, 2026.

Unnecessary and cruel: Using chickens for kapparot on Yom Kippur violates Jewish values – opinion

The practice has invited widespread scrutiny, even from sages, over the inhuman treatment of livestock. Trigger warning: Some readers might find the disclosed descriptions disturbing

Ultra-Orthodox men line up to partake in the kapparot tradition in Mea She’arim in 2025.

Netanyahu’s New York UN visit sees unusual US Secret Service security involvement

This comes after NYC Mayor Mamdani admitted that his office lacked the authority to arrest the prime minister, though he emphasized that Netanyahu "is not welcome in New York City."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, 2025 in New York City

Trump to review 9/11 victims' request to declassify records on alleged Saudi links to attacks

"I'm going to look at it when I get back," he told reporters in Ireland before boarding a plane to fly back to the US.

US President Donald Trump arrives to meet with Ireland's Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Micheal Martin at Farmleigh House in Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland, September 12, 2026.

Mamdani, AOC spark backlash after appearing to laugh during 9/11 memorial ceremony

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced criticism after footage showed them smiling and laughing during the Ground Zero ceremony marking 25 years since the 9/11 attacks.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) listen as the names of victims are read during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial, in New York City, U.S., September 11, 2026.

NYC Mayor Mamdani shares Rosh Hashanah message with Jewish community

Zohran Mamdani shared a Rosh Hashanah message to Jewish New Yorkers, wishing those celebrating a sweet and meaningful holiday as they mark the start of the Jewish New Year.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters for a press conference to ask for the release of Federal Counterterrorism Funding in New York City, US, September 1, 2026.

Psalms in the morgue and scrapped Rosh Hashanah sermons: What rabbis remember about 9/11

For the Holocaust survivors, who had completely rebuilt their lives, it was another trauma - like, humanity is doing this again - and I think it just deepened the despair.

New Yorkers look at posters of missing persons days after the World Trade Center attack in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

Americans 'don't pay attention to lesson of 9/11,' former US president Bush says - report

Former US president George W. Bush was entering the eighth month of his first term when Al-Qaeda launched the attack that killed thousands of Americans.

Former US President George W. Bush and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (not pictured) have a conversation as the George W. Bush Presidential Center commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Dallas, Texas, US, September 9, 2026.

What remains of America’s 9/11 memory - and what is disappearing

While September 11 is not being scrubbed from the record, demography, partisan fights, and a shift in public language all point to fading lived memory and a softer or redirected story.

AMID ‘THE PILE’: New York City fireman calls for additional firemen.