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Gene Simmons at the Orpheum Theatre on October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
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Stars read letters linking Jews to Israel at Los Angeles unity fundraiser
By Ryan Torok
Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and others perform in benefit for the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre.
Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, waves to supporters near his campaign bus after a rally in Flint, Michigan, Oct. 18, 2026. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
PoliticsMichigan’s El-Sayed doubles down: Israel ‘not an ally’
By Shira Li Bartov
Mordechai Ovadia
Senior livingBurial wishes belong in Jewish family planning
By Mordechai Ovadia
Gene Simmons at the Orpheum Theatre on October 14, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)
October 20, 2026, 9:41 pm
Stars read letters linking Jews to Israel at Los Angeles unity fundraiser
Dustin Hoffman, Gene Simmons and others perform in benefit for the Sha’ar HaNegev Resilience Centre.
By Ryan Torok
Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery, Jerusalem (Photo by Nikodem Nijaki / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0)
October 20, 2026, 3:12 pm
Burial wishes belong in Jewish family planning
For families considering burial in Israel, advance planning becomes particularly important.
By Mordechai Ovadia
Abdul El-Sayed, U.S. Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, waves to supporters near his campaign bus after a rally in Flint, Michigan, Oct. 18, 2026. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
October 20, 2026, 9:49 am
Michigan’s El-Sayed doubles down: Israel ‘not an ally’
The Democratic Senate candidate also said that “the government of Israel has done nothing but use us.”
By Shira Li Bartov
A giant anti-Israel and anti-Netanyahu billboard is displayed at Enghelab Square in Tehran as tensions between Iran and the United States and Israel continue, on October 12, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. The billboard depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing an empty hall and carries Persian messages reading, 'More isolated with each passing day' and 'Al-Aqsa Flood is a definite defeat for the Zionist regime.' (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
October 19, 2026, 10:53 am
A renewed Iran war is only a matter of time, Israeli experts warn
In a regional stalemate, Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, while the U.S. applies economic pressure.
By Tomer Almagor
Blue and White party chairman Benny Gantz attends an agriculture conference ahead of the upcoming general elections in Herzliya, Sept. 12, 2026. (Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 10:39 am
Israeli party leader Benny Gantz drops out of race
Once a rival to Benjamin Netanyahu, Gantz’s party has been polling below the electoral threshold.
By Tovah Lazaroff
Screenshot from video of diplomats attacked by settler extremists in the Taybeh area of the West Bank, October 17, 2026. (Doron Kadash / Army Radio via X, from The Times of Israel)
October 18, 2026, 3:14 pm
Amid outrage, Netanyahu claims no ‘compelling evidence’ settlers attacked European diplomats
Despite images from scene of attack and IDF condemnation, PM suggests incident could be part of ‘coordinated smear campaign’; Belgium to push for EU sanctions on those involved
By Lazar Berman, Nurit Yohanan, ToI Staff and Agencies
Israel's Raz Hershko reacts after defeating Croatia's Helena Vukovic (white) in the women's over 78 kg bronze medal bout at the World Judo Championships in Baku on October 10, 2026. (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP via Getty Images)
October 14, 2026, 11:22 am
Bronze-winning Israeli judoka: ‘I stand for something far bigger than myself’
She dedicated her victory to Yonatan Gutin, an Israeli soldier killed on Oct. 7, 2023, while rescuing civilians at Kibbutz Be’eri.
By Tomer Almagor
New York City Comptroller-elect Mark Levine addresses a crowd outside Park East Synagogue, in New York City, December 4, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
October 14, 2026, 10:55 am
NYC comptroller walks back pledge to invest in Israel bonds
The city’s investments in Israel bonds has been an issue for years.
By Luke Tress
Israeli President Isaac Herzog presents the Presidential Medal of Honor to Israel Bonds Global President and CEO Dani Naveh and U.S. and International Chairman Andrew M. Hutter at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Oct. 12, 2026. (Photo by Sharon Altshul)
October 13, 2026, 4:30 pm
Israel Bonds receives Presidential Medal of Honor for 75 years of investing
Herzog praised the organization for strengthening Israel’s economy and providing vital support after Oct. 7.
By Sharon Altshul | JNS
Miri Bar-Halpern (Credit: Courtesy)
October 13, 2026, 4:12 pm
Psychologists seek APA reforms to protect Jewish patients from ‘decolonial therapy’
“People need to be aware, and institutions need to repair,” Miri Bar-Halpern told JNS. “Clinicians are engaging in activism. It’s not about therapy anymore.”
By Jessica Russak-Hoffman
Israeli security and rescue forces evacuate injured people near the site where suspected unexploded ordnance detonated during a school trip near Kibbutz Yiftah in the Ramim Ridge area, close to the Israeli border with Lebanon, October 12, 2026. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90
October 13, 2026, 8:46 am
Israeli boy killed, hikers injured, after coming upon suspected Hezbollah cluster bomb
With unexploded munitions left along the border with Lebanon, police are considering banning hikes along the trail.
By Tomer Almagor
Abelardo de la Espriella (Credit: CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
October 12, 2026, 3:14 pm
Colombia to open embassy in Jerusalem on Wednesday
The South American nation will be the 10th country to establish a diplomatic mission in Israel’s capital.
By Etgar Lefkovits
Benyamin Storchan, excavation director on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, at the Jerusalem Aqueduct excavation. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
October 11, 2026, 3:56 pm
300-meter stretch of ancient aqueduct uncovered during planning for new Jerusalem neighborhood
Newly discovered section of the city’s ancient water system will be prominently displayed in development south of Ramat Rachel, highlighting its significant history
By Zev Stub
Playing wheelchair basketball at ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran (Credit: Courtesy of Jewish National Fund-USA)
October 10, 2026, 10:11 pm
Made in Israel: A living implant aims to restore movement after paralysis
Built from a patient’s own cells, the technology is advancing toward its first human trial at Sheba Medical Center in 2027, pending regulatory approval.
By Shimon Sherman
Navi Pillay, then-U.N. high commissioner for human rights, addresses the ninth session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, September 2008. (Credit: Jean-Marc Ferré/U.N. Photo)
October 9, 2026, 9:24 am
Navi Pillay, who accused Israel of genocide, wins Nobel Peace Prize
Israel denounced the decision as a “grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice.”
By Steve Linde
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