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Redomestication: How businesses are escaping California, New York, and Washington State

|ByTAMI DEMSKY
“Businesses are relocating from high-tax states to Florida and Texas”
Defense Tech saves lives

Caveret Ventures launches second Israeli defense-tech accelerator in Texas

The accelerator functions as a comprehensive soft‑landing platform, offering direct access to US military stakeholders, federal customers, defense primes, and investor groups

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Columbia students, professors, gather in front of the University to rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, and the numerous other community members who have been unlawfully detained by ICE, in New York City, United States, on March 09, 2026.

Palestinian activist Leqaa Kordia released on $100K bond from Texas detention

Immigration authorities say they detained her in 2025 for overstaying her expired student visa, though her attorney said she was in the process of securing legal residence.

|ByREUTERS
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL candidate Brandon Herrera speaks during a campaign rally at the Constantino S Pizza restaurant on February 26, 2026 in Somerset, Texas.

Trump endorses Brandon Herrera, Texas GOP candidate who owned copy of ‘Mein Kampf’

“Brandon is strongly supported by many Highly Respected MAGA Warriors in Texas, and Republicans in the US House,” the president wrote on his social network Truth Social.

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Finding true sense of belonging in Israel despite the challenges - opinion

I am part of something greater – a nation that stands together in both sorrow and joy. That’s why I need to be here. Am Yisrael Chai.

MARCH 13, 2025ByHOLLY CIN
THE WRITER’S husband, Elliott Cin, with Hila Boaron from Yedidim: ‘Whether it’s in times of crisis or in a simple roadside service, I am part of something greater – a nation that stands together in both sorrow and joy,’ says the writer.

Rare new sunflower species discovered in Texas national park

Scientists have identified both a new species and genus of sunflower in the Texas desert, but climate change may threaten its future before we fully understand it.

MARCH 11, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A close-up view of the wooly devil, a new species and genus identified in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Evangelical support for Israel: NRB breakfast unites Christians against antisemitism

“Four years ago, I stood in this room and warned that this fight against antisemitism is your fight," said CAM Director of Christian Outreach and Engagement.

MARCH 2, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
CAM Director of Christian Outreach and Engagment EJ Kimball addresses the "Breakfast to Honor Israel," at the annual National Religious Broadcasters Convention, in Grapevine, Texas, Feb. 26, 2025.

Texas faces largest measles outbreak in over 30 years with 124 cases

Most cases are among unvaccinated children in Gaines County, where vaccination rates are under 50%.

FEBRUARY 26, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Gaines County, Texas.

El Paso Jewish community is 'being targeted,' rabbi claims after two synagogues vandalized

B'nai Zion synagogue and Temple Mount Sinai were spraypainted with red swastikas entwined with Magen Davids.

FEBRUARY 7, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
El Paso Police Department.

Breaking barriers: a Jewish teen’s role in desegregation in 1950s Texas

A small Texas town took a stand against segregation through sports.

JANUARY 20, 2025ByBARUCH SCHMIDT
THE WRITER is photographed in the New Braunfels High School Unicorn 1950 Yearbook. Racial discrimination and the various sins that go with it are faded shadows of what they once were, says the writer.

'Behead' and 'bury' Jews: Texas man arrested after threatening email to Jewish funeral home

Saif Tajiran's phone number was reportedly included in the email

JANUARY 10, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Saif Tajiran.

Texas school district removes Bible from libraries

During a recent school board meeting, parents expressed their outrage, calling the decision "absurd."

JANUARY 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Texas school district removes Bible from libraries. Illustration.

'Giant Love': Shedding light on Edna Ferber and the making of 'Giant' - review

As Edna Ferber’s popularity has waned over the years, Julie Gilbert hopes to reintroduce the first Jewish Pulitzer Prize winner and “put her at the center of 20th-century women writers.”

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByGEORGE MEDOVOY
A photograph of Edna Ferber from Theatre Magazine, July 1928.

Former NASA astronaut Leroy Chiao recalls sighting mysterious metallic spheres over Texas

Chiao speculates objects may be military drones, saying 'if it's not that, then it gets a little more scary.'

DECEMBER 30, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Leroy Chiao at the world premiere of "The Astronaut Farmer."