Category: Israel

TEL AVIV — When news broke that Israel might gradually reopen schools in areas considered safe enough, Yael Daniel, a mother in Bat Yam in the missile-hit center of the country, joked that she was “moving north.” The war has shut schools and pushed children onto Zoom learning while many parents, like Daniel, keep working. […]

JERUSALEM — Walking with her children in Pisgat Zeev, a leafy neighborhood in Jerusalem, on Monday afternoon, Rivka recalled the missile that flew nearby the day before. An impact could be felt as the family hunkered in their private “mamad” or safe room, required in all new homes in the Jewish neighborhood. Those who live […]

About two-thirds of “connected” American Jews support the U.S.-Israel war against Iran, a new survey has found, even as they are concerned that it could exacerbate antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment in the United States. The results of the survey, taken last week by Israel’s Jewish People Policy Institute, suggest that American Jews are more supportive […]

President Donald Trump renewed his push on Thursday for the Israeli government to pardon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, labeling Israeli President Isaac Herzog “a disgrace” for dismissing the idea over the last year. Trump’s latest remarks come days after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack against Iran, circumstances that the president […]

MODIIN, Israel — To get a sense of what life is like in Israel these days, consider the circumstances in which air raid sirens have caught me over the last several days:  Reading the Purim megillah in a school bomb shelter near my synagogue. We closed the door when the siren sounded, causing us to […]

TEL AVIV — Smartphones have become as essential as shelters for Israelis riding out Iran’s missile attacks, with internet traffic up 25% since the war began on Saturday. From the screaming alerts of the military’s official app that, as one comedian put it, sound like a “baby dragon giving birth,” to bomb-shelter Tinder to multiple […]

JERUSALEM — As the sun rose over Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, sirens rang out, signaling yet another incoming missile attack from Iran. This time, it coincided with the morning of Shushan Purim, as thousands of Israelis gathered — despite a prohibition on public gatherings — to read the Megillah and fulfill the mitzvah of hosting […]

Two unprecedented developments took place in the U.S.-Israel war against Iran on Wednesday, as fighting entered its fifth day. First, Israel said its forces had shot down an Iranian plane over Iranian territory, in the first-ever direct combat between the two nations. Second, Turkey says an Iranian drone headed toward its airspace was shot down […]

“I’m not doing this!” the mother screamed. “Tell everyone they can go home — I won’t hold my baby’s Bris while rockets are on the way.” It’s not every day a mohel has to balance such tensions, but when war breaks out, the eighth day waits for no one. The event was scheduled for Shabbat […]

As war rages in the Middle East, Iranian Jews in the United States are experiencing a familiar, almost generational whiplash: fear and hope, pride and anxiety intertwined. In Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside of Iran including tens of thousands of Iranian Jews, synagogues and community leaders say the moment feels historic. […]