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People visit the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem, on January 9, 2025. (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
May 29, 2026, 6:51 am
Yad Vashem to open Holocaust education center in Munich, first outside Israel
‘In a world without Holocaust survivors, one needs new ways to tell the story,’ says head of Berlin-based Friends of Yad Vashem; extension also planned in Germany’s Leipzig
By Zev Stub and JTA
Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 9:22 pm
Ambassador to US slams minister’s ‘disgusting’ remark that Reform rabbi marries dogs
Yechiel Leiter’s condemnation of May Golan’s attack on MK Gilad Kariv comes as over 500 Jewish leaders demand envoy himself apologize for calling J Street a ‘cancer’ in Jewish community
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and JTA
US Rep. Mike Lawler, of New York's 17th District, marches in the 2025 Israel Day Parade, on New York's Fifth Avenue, May 18, 2025. (Richard Drew/AP)
May 14, 2026, 12:26 pm
US Senator Rand Paul’s son accosts NY congressman with drunken antisemitic tirade
William Paul apologizes after berating Rep. Mike Lawler about ‘you Jews’; when told his comments were hateful, he had reportedly told lawmaker to ‘watch more Tucker Carlson’
By JTA and ToI Staff
Portrait of Abraham Foxman, then national director of the Anti-Defamation League, May 7, 2009. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90/ File)
May 10, 2026, 10:45 pm
‘He pursued a world without hate’: Former Anti-Defamation League director Abe Foxman dies at 86
Successor Greenblatt hails Foxman, who served from 1987 to 2015, as ‘iconic Jewish leader, passionate advocate for the Jews and Israel’; Herzog mourns ‘Zionist, humanist, and friend’
By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and JTA
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch in an interview in February 2026. (YouTube)
May 7, 2026, 8:35 pm
Ohio GOP primary candidate who asked AI bot to praise Hitler loses, gets 17.5% of vote
Political outsider Casey Putsch loses in landslide to Trump-supported Vivek Ramaswamy; other races on Tuesday showcase Trump’s grip on party, special elections streak for Democrats
By JTA and ToI Staff
The New York Times' July 25 front page showing a picture captioned: "Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, about 18 months, with his mother, Hedaya al-Mutawaq, who said he was born healthy but recently diagnosed with severe malnutrition." On July 30, the paper acknowledged that he "had pre-existing health problems affecting his brain and his muscle development."
May 5, 2026, 11:35 pm
Palestinian photographer who captured ‘devastation and starvation in Gaza’ wins Pulitzer
Prize committee praises Saher Alghorra’s ‘haunting, sensitive’ work; his front-page NYT photo of emaciated child who had preexisting medical issue sparked scrutiny of famine claims
By JTA and ToI Staff
Rahm Emanuel speaks to voters as he participates in the South Carolina Democratic Party's "On the Road" series on April 2, 2026, in Newberry, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
April 21, 2026, 6:53 am
Rahm Emanuel joins calls to end US ‘financial aid’ as Democratic support for Israel hits new lows
Former Chicago mayor says ‘US should never spill any blood for Israel’s security,’ asserts Jerusalem dragged US into the conflict in ‘violation of a rule it had for 78 years’
By JTA and ToI Staff
US Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA tour stop at the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
April 15, 2026, 8:10 pm
‘You’re bombing children’: JD Vance heckled over Gaza, Iran at Turning Point event
With criticism of Trump’s Middle East policy now also coming from the right, VP says he ‘understands’ young people don’t support US wars, but deflects blame to Joe Biden
By JTA and AP
Illustrative: Anti-Israel protesters rally in New York's Times Square, September 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
April 9, 2026, 10:46 pm
Poll finds 60% of Americans have unfavorable view of Israel, up sharply since 2022
Pew survey adds to recent findings that sympathies for Palestinians are eclipsing support for Jewish state; shows 56% of US Jews have little or no confidence in Netanyahu
By JTA
Fairfield College Preparatory Academy in Fairfield, Connecticut, as captured in 2018. (Google Maps)
April 4, 2026, 6:46 am
Connecticut school punishes students for antisemitic posts against hockey rivals
Fans of Catholic school’s team wrote, ‘Win or lose we booze, and at least we’re not Jews,’ and called the New Canaan team, ‘Jew Canaan,’ on social media
By JTA
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, speaks at the NYCLU's May Day rally for worker's and immigrants rights at Foley Square, May 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
April 1, 2026, 8:41 pm
AOC signals opposition to all Israel aid, including defensive spending
Ocasio-Cortez says Iron Dome ‘critical’ to civilians, but Israel should pay for it; statement comes after she reportedly tells socialist party she is against all aid to Israel
By JTA and Luke Tress
Screen capture from undated video of Fiona Monro who was convicted on February 2026 of stealing a poster of a former Hamas hostage Tzachi Idan from a memorial in Brighton, England. (X)
February 18, 2026, 10:44 am
British woman who removed Israeli hostage poster from memorial is convicted of theft
Fiona Monro escapes conviction for criminal damage over 2024 incident in Brighton when she removed photo of Tsachi Idan, who was abducted on Oct. 7 and murdered in captivity
By JTA and ToI Staff
Israel's pitcher Dean Kremer, right, celebrates his team's victory with catcher Nick Rickles against Taiwan after the first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
February 7, 2026, 2:09 pm
Israel’s World Baseball Classic team to be headlined by Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer
Twenty nations submit 30-man rosters for 6th edition of international tournament; putting Team Israel together is ‘always a rollercoaster ride,’ says general manager
By ToI Staff and JTA
Minnesota Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes (43) skates with the puck as Calgary Flames center Yegor Sharangovich (17) follows during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Jan. 29, 2026, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP/Abbie Parr)
February 5, 2026, 11:51 am
Six Jewish athletes to watch at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Five hockey players and a speed skater will vie for medals and glory at the Milano Cortina Games – including a pair of brothers
By JTA and ToI Staff
A protester holds a placard with a dove carrying a yellow ribbon, symbolizing solidarity with the hostages taken by Hama-led terrorists during the October 7, 2023 attack, during a demonstration calling for their release outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on January 4, 2025 (Jack GUEZ / AFP)
January 27, 2026, 7:09 pm
Jewish world sheds symbols of support, marking first day without hostages in Gaza
President Herzog removes his yellow pin, as does Israel’s UN ambassador; parents of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin remove masking tape counting days since Oct. 7
By JTA and Luke Tress
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