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A view inside the Spanish Royal Academy's library. (Albeins/Wikimedia Commons)
October 30, 2026, 11:39 am
Spanish dictionary defies judge’s order to stop defining ‘Jewish’ as ‘miserly’
Frustrated Argentine Jewish groups are demanding the removal of an antisemitic trope.
By Juan Melamed
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas appears after the national election on Oct. 27, 2026, in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
October 29, 2026, 12:02 pm
Progressive US Jews call for Israel’s opposition bloc to welcome Arab parties
With neither the Netanyahu nor Eisenkot bloc capturing a majority in Tuesday’s vote, Arab parties could be kingmakers.
By Sharon Udasin
Israel’s Ambassador to Guatemala Alon Lavie (center) stands with indigenous leaders at the Shaarei Binyamin synagogue in Guatemala City, Oct. 22, 2026. (Credit: Israeli Foreign Ministry)
October 29, 2026, 8:39 am
Jews, Mayans find common ground in shared desire to preserve language, culture
The story of the Jewish people’s preservation of the Hebrew language moved indigenous leaders deeply.
By David Isaac | JNS
Members of Serbia's Gendarmerie stand guard at the entrance to the Israeli embassy in Belgrade, Oct. 28, 2026. (Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP)
October 28, 2026, 3:11 pm
Police shoot dead assailant outside Israeli Embassy in Serbia
The attacker threw a knife that cut an officer’s cheek.
By Shira Li Bartov
Voter on an waiving Israel flag background. 3d illustration (Image by Rawf8 via iStock)
October 28, 2026, 8:27 am
Israeli voter turnout hits 77.7% at close of Election Day, highest since 1999
Nearly 5.7 million cast ballots, with turnout about seven percentage points higher than in the previous election
By Joshua Marks | JNS
Presidential inauguration of Keiko Fujimori (Public domain photo via Wikimedia)
October 26, 2026, 9:53 am
Peru adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
The move reflects a diplomatic realignment of center-right governments in Latin America toward Israel.
By Etgar Lefkovits | JNS
Nuseir Yassin "Nas Daily" speaks at the Jerusalem Post Conference on May 19, 2025, in New York City. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
October 26, 2026, 9:28 am
Israeli-Arab influencer behind ‘Nas Daily’: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism
Viral video creator Nuseir Yassin talked to JTA at a conference aimed at combatting hatred of Jews.
By Sharon Udasin
This combination of pictures created on October 23, 2026 shows armed Palestinian men during a fire exchange with Israeli forces at the northern checkpoint of Hebron on October 23, 2026. (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
October 23, 2026, 4:23 pm
IDF planning major West Bank campaign after 2 soldiers killed, Netanyahu says
The army said it will also evacuate homes and destroy terror infrastructure in the Hebron neighborhood where the gunmen lived.
By Tomer Almagor
Secretary Marco Rubio attends the Papal Inauguration Mass in Vatican City, the Holy See, May 18, 2025. (Official State Department photo by Freddie Everett)
October 22, 2026, 4:02 pm
European Jewish Association welcomes pope’s rejection of antisemitism
Jewish group urges education and local partnerships to put the Catholic Church’s commitment into practice
By JNS Staff
British Secretary of State for Education and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Lucy Powell arrives in Downing Street to attend the weekly Cabinet meeting in London, United Kingdom, Oct. 13, 2026. (Getty Images via JTA)
October 22, 2026, 3:26 pm
UK adopts sweeping measures against antisemitism in schools
The country’s largest teachers’ union raised concerns about a recommended definition of antisemitism.
By Shira Li Bartov
A car is set ablaze during demonstrations on October 17, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
October 19, 2026, 11:04 am
A synagogue and Jewish-owned shops damaged in French riots
The destruction was part of nationwide riots over the rising cost of living.
By Ilan Bloom
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
Alan Shatter, an Irish lawyer and politician, visits an army base in Ireland on Sept. 2, 2013. (Credit: Irish Defence Forces via Wikimedia Commons)
October 15, 2026, 11:16 am
Dublin hotel cancels 70 rooms booked for antisemitism envoys
Former justice minister Alan Shatter said Herbert Park Hotel declined the conference after asking about an IDF connection, and later released delegates’ rooms.
By Canaan Lidor | JNS
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