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Rescuers work on the scene after a driver injured seven people in Modena, Italy, May 16, 2026. (Giorgia Bassoli / AFP)
May 16, 2026, 11:34 pm
At least eight injured in car ramming in Italian city of Modena
Driver arrested after allegedly deliberately driving into pedestrians, stabbing a bystander who tried to stop him; authorities investigate motive, possible terrorism link
By Reuters
Sami Rahamim and his dog Bamba arrive at Ben Gurion airport, March 25, 2026 (Yonit Schiller)
March 25, 2026, 1:15 pm
Immigrating to Israel during war ‘closes a circle,’ Iranian-American Jew says
Sami Rahamim, whose parents left Shiraz in 1949, is one of 30 new citizens arriving Wednesday, despite travel restrictions
By Zev Stub
A protest organized by a large number of Jewish groups gathers outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters to protest ICE raids and arrests in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2026. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images, via JTA)
March 12, 2026, 9:01 am
‘Do not oppress the stranger’: 1,000-plus US rabbis sign letter backing immigrant rights
Ahead of HIAS’s annual ‘Refugee Shabbat,’ Jewish clergy from 45 states invoke biblical commandments, say ‘tradition is clear’ in support of refugees, immigrants, and asylum seekers
By Grace Gilson
96-year-old Holocaust survivor Charlotte Roth celebrates her immigration to Israel with one of her great-great-grandchildren, February 18, 2026 (Nefesh B'Nefesh)
February 20, 2026, 4:12 pm
‘Deep joy and strength’: 96-year-old Holocaust survivor is Israel’s newest immigrant
After losing her entire immediate family, Charlotte Roth rebuilt her life in US and spent decades living in Cleveland. Now, the matriarch of four generations is settling in Netanya
By Zev Stub
Screen capture from video of former US president Barack Obama during an interview with commentator Brian Tyler Cohen published February 14, 2026. (X)
February 15, 2026, 9:59 am
Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist monkey clip
In interview, former US president asserts most Americans find such behavior ‘deeply troubling,’ will hurt Republicans in midterms; denounces ‘dictatorship-like’ immigration policies
By AFP
Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm, of the Conservative Beth Jacob Congregation in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, speaks out with other faith leaders against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the Twin Cities at a press conference at a Lutheran church in St. Paul, January 20, 2026. Local cantors Tamar Havilio and Rachel Stock Spilker are behind Magill-Grimm to the right. (Courtesy of TC Jewfolk via JTA)
January 23, 2026, 2:33 pm
Invoking the Torah, Minnesota Jews are mobilizing against ICE operations
Jewish groups of all denominations opposed to the aggressive surge in immigration enforcement sign open letters, help plan protests and aim to mend frayed interfaith partnerships
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: Members of the UK Jewish community hold placards mourning the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration, in Trafalgar Square, London, December 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
January 20, 2026, 9:51 am
Trump lawyer claims US may grant asylum to UK Jews, though no such plan seems in the works
US president’s British-Jewish attorney Robert Garson says UK no longer safe, claims Trump would welcome ‘persecuted’ Jews; State Department does not respond to request for comment
By JTA and ToI Staff
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference as Police Chief Brian O'Hara listens, on January 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
January 13, 2026, 3:57 pm
Online ICE fundraiser calls Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey a ‘Jewish traitor’
Now deleted, the attack appeared on a page soliciting donations for the agent who killed Renee Good, reportedly launched by a social media user with an antisemitic history
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: People standing in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 31, 2025, 4:46 pm
More than 69,000 Israelis left Israel in 2025, as population reached 10.18 million
According to government, the population grew just 1.1% in the shadow of war, an unusually low rate, as the country saw a net negative migration of 20,000 people
By Zev Stub
New immigrants arrive in Israel after a Nefesh B'Nefesh charter flight, August 20, 2025. (Zev Stub/Times of Israel)
December 29, 2025, 1:44 pm
2025 saw sharp drop in immigration to Israel even as arrivals from Western nations surged
Total aliyah fell by a third as Russian immigration halved; French immigration rose 45% while immigration from North America jumped 12% amid skyrocketing antisemitism
By Zev Stub
National Guard patrol the National Mall near the Lincoln Memorial, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
November 30, 2025, 12:03 am
US freezes all asylum decisions, visas for Afghans after National Guard shooting
Director of US immigration services says asylum approvals will be paused ‘until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible’
By AP
Emergency personnel keep a presence following the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House in Washington, November 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
November 27, 2025, 11:05 pm
Afghani man who shot officers in DC served in CIA-backed force, was granted US asylum
Trump urges removal of any non-citizen ‘who does not belong here’ after Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly drove across US to carry out ‘targeted’ attack near White House, critically injuring two National Guard soldiers
By Maria Danilova
Illustrative: People standing in line to go through passport control at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
October 20, 2025, 4:51 pm
Hidden cost of war: 125,000 Israelis emigrated between 2022 and 2024
Knesset report shows a ‘tsunami’ of Israelis leaving the country with no plans to return, possibly linked to Gaza war
By Zev Stub
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (not pictured) give a press statement after their meeting at the Prime Minister Office in Jerusalem, on September 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 15, 2025, 9:07 pm
Netanyahu admits Israel economically isolated, says will need to become ‘super-Sparta’
Premier blames new threats of arms embargoes and sanctions on Muslim immigration to Europe, online propaganda by Qatar and China; says Israel must be self-reliant ‘super-Sparta’
By Nava Freiberg, Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
People hold candles and signs reading 'Put Noem in Krome' during a vigil protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami on May 24, 2025. (Photo by Giorgio VIERA / AFP)
July 9, 2025, 3:55 pm
‘Alligator Auschwitz’: Nickname for new ICE facility renews debate over Nazi comparisons
A US detention center for undocumented immigrants in the Florida Everglades has critics invoking the death camp where a million Jews were systematically exterminated
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
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