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Poll
Chronicle poll results: Blocking people on social media

By Toby Tabachnick
Poll
Chronicle poll questionn
Opinion
Why progressives must retire the slogan ‘free Palestine’

By Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Opinion
Iran declared war on Israel long ago; now it is facing the consequences

By Yair Lapid
Opinion
Judaism never asked me to choose between identity and belonging

By Beth Wallach
Opinion
Letters to the editor
Torah
Honoring the non-Jews who stand with us

By Rabbi Aaron Meyer
Opinion
Exile in every generation: On Jewish loneliness and longing

By Tim Miller
Poll
Chronicle poll results: Zionism

By Toby Tabachnick
Poll
Chronicle poll question
Opinion
Et tu, Rubio?

By Mitchell Bard
Opinion
Molotov cocktail: Page to pavement

By Sarah Kendis
Opinion
Moral clarity matters: Leaders must call this what it is
Opinion
For this I became a Jew? Yes, for exactly this I became a Jew.

By Meg Keene

National

Israel at war
Lawmakers push to block US involvement in Iran as Trump signals willingness to join fight

By Grace Gilson
News obituary
Leonard Lauder, who expanded family business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92

By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israel at war
Support pours in from Congress

By JNS Staff
US/Israel relations
Sympathy for Israelis drops among Republican voters, poll finds

By Grace Gilson
Antisemitism
Brooklyn interfaith Pride service nixed over synagogue’s alleged pro-Israel alignment

By Grace Gilson
Antisemitism
Head of new RFK Jr. support group believes Protocols of the Elders of Zion are real

By Andrew Lapin
Politics
House passes bipartisan resolution decrying Jew-hatred by wide margin

By Jonathan D. Salant
Antisemitism
All San Diego Jewish organizations pull out of Pride festival over Kehlani performance

By Grace Gilson
Terrorism
At least 5 people injured in Boulder, Colorado, attack on supporters of Israeli hostages

By Philissa Cramer
Politics
DSA condemns Washington shooting after one of its factions praises the attack

By Ben Sales
Antisemitism
Official who posted antisemitic rhetoric becomes Pentagon press secretary

By Grace Gilson
Motorsports
Israeli rookie Robert Shwartzman crashes out of Indy 500

By JNS
Antisemitism
For those who warned of ‘Free Palestine’ violence, shooting in DC offers grim validation

By Philissa Cramer
Antisemitism
‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Capital Jewish Museum shooting

By Ben Sales
Terrorism
Two Israeli embassy staffers shot dead outside Jewish museum in DC

By Charles Bybelezer
Antisemitism
ADL report: Families find little support on Jew-hatred at K-12 independent schools

By Jonathan D. Salant
Israel at war
George Washington U bans commencement speaker from campus after calling to divest from Israel

By Andrew Lapin
Education
School vouchers would expand nationwide under federal proposal

By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Politics
Chicago City Council appointee who tore down hostage posters steps down amid backlash

By JNS
Motorsports
Israeli-born rookie Robert Shwartzman takes Indy 500 pole

By JNS Staff

World

Israel at war
Israel embarks on plan to bring more than 100,000 Israelis stuck abroad safely home

By Sharon Wrobel
Israel at war
At least 11 killed across Israel amid multi-day barrage of missiles from Iran

By Philissa Cramer
Israel at war
Flights canceled. Parties scrapped. Bomb shelters full: 24 hours of war leaves Israel reeling

By Grace Gilson and Deborah Danan
Israel at war
Mossad set up drone base in Iran, UAVs took out missile launchers overnight

By Lazar Berman and Emaunuel Fabian
Israel at war
Israel launches ‘preemptive’ strike on Iran

By JNS Staff and Andrew Bernard
Israel at war
Israel reportedly is preparing for an imminent Iran strike despite Trump’s prior admonitions

By Philissa Cramer
Israel at war
Two slain hostages returned from Gaza

By JNS Staff
Terrorism
Gaza aid group says Hamas killed at least 8 local staffers, possibly abducted others

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman
Israel at war
Thunberg deported from Israel, eight activists refuse

By JNS Staff
Israel at war
Israeli Navy intercepts boat carrying Greta Thunberg to Gaza

By Joshua Marks
Israel at war
Israel recovers remains of Thai farmworker abducted on Oct. 7 from Gaza

By Philissa Cramer
Israel at war
IDF recovers bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai, Judih Weinstein in Gaza operation

By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Antisemitism
Paris synagogues and Holocaust memorial vandalized with green paint on Shabbat

By Philissa Cramer
Culture
Northern Ireland’s lone synagogue aims to stave off decline by engaging Christian neighbors

By Rosario Del Valle
Antisemitism
More organizations are fighting surging antisemitism. But how many do we need?

By Zev Stub
Politics
Trump confirms he told Netanyahu not to attack Iran

By Ben Sales
Terrorism
Israeli baby born after mother was killed in terror attack dies of his wounds

By Ben Sales
Israel at war
German chancellor issues rare public criticism of Israel

By Philissa Cramer
Documentary
‘The 2,000 Kidnapped Jewish Children’ connects hostages across time

By JNS Staff
Recognition
Argentina’s President Milei to receive $1m Genesis Prize in Israel

By JNS Staff

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