FM Saar's Secretive Meeting with Somaliland President Abdullahi
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/07/fm-saars-secretive-meeting-with-somaliland-president-abdullahi/
Israel seeks to build a warm friendship not only between governments but also between peoples, while developing cooperation in the fields of the economy, water, agriculture, and security as part of a broad strategic partnership.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/07/fm-saars-secretive-meeting-with-somaliland-president-abdullahi/
Israel seeks to build a warm friendship not only between governments but also between peoples, while developing cooperation in the fields of the economy, water, agriculture, and security as part of a broad strategic partnership.
Radical Arab “Settlers”
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/radical-arab-settlers/
Palestinian terrorism has names when it is organized. Hamas. Palestinian Islamic Jihad. There is a long list of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist groups under the Palestinian banner. Yet the most persistent form of Palestinian terrorism over the last two decades carries no collective name at all. More than a thousand Stateless Arabs from Palestine (SAPs) have carried out individual fatal terrorist attacks—stabbings, shootings, vehicle rammings, ambushes at bus stops and junctions. The numbers recur year after year. The pattern holds. The vast majority originate in the land east of the 1949 Armistice Lines (E49AL) / “West Bank”. Monthly tally of attacks […]
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/radical-arab-settlers/
Palestinian terrorism has names when it is organized. Hamas. Palestinian Islamic Jihad. There is a long list of U.S.-designated foreign terrorist groups under the Palestinian banner. Yet the most persistent form of Palestinian terrorism over the last two decades carries no collective name at all. More than a thousand Stateless Arabs from Palestine (SAPs) have carried out individual fatal terrorist attacks—stabbings, shootings, vehicle rammings, ambushes at bus stops and junctions. The numbers recur year after year. The pattern holds. The vast majority originate in the land east of the 1949 Armistice Lines (E49AL) / “West Bank”. Monthly tally of attacks […]
Parashat Shemot: Shades of Geula
https://thejewishedition.com/judaism/parsha/2026/01/07/parashat-shemot-shades-of-geula/
This week we excitedly begin a new book of the Torah. When we read a book, any book, someone might ask us: “What is it about?” It is sometimes difficult to encapsulate a book in a short phrase or comment, but it is a task that forces us to think about the central messages and to examine the storyline of the book in question. This is true about the Torah as well. Many of our sages tried to give titles or themes for the books of Chumash. As we begin Sefer Shemot, we might want to think about the central […]
https://thejewishedition.com/judaism/parsha/2026/01/07/parashat-shemot-shades-of-geula/
This week we excitedly begin a new book of the Torah. When we read a book, any book, someone might ask us: “What is it about?” It is sometimes difficult to encapsulate a book in a short phrase or comment, but it is a task that forces us to think about the central messages and to examine the storyline of the book in question. This is true about the Torah as well. Many of our sages tried to give titles or themes for the books of Chumash. As we begin Sefer Shemot, we might want to think about the central […]
Iran's State Sponsored Academic Antisemitism
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/irans-state-sponsored-academic-antisemitism/
For years, the Iranian regime has insisted that it is not antisemitic, only “anti-Zionist.” This distinction is repeated endlessly in diplomatic forums, academic exchanges, and media appearances. Even their infamous Holocaust cartoon contests are framed as exposing Western hypocrisy towards censorship and not antisemitism. According to Tehran, hostility is directed solely at a political ideology, not at Jews as a people or a religion. That claim collapses under even minimal scrutiny. A recent peer-reviewed article published by a journal affiliated with Al-Mustafa International University provides a clear and well-documented example of how the Iranian state sponsors antisemitism under the guise […]
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/irans-state-sponsored-academic-antisemitism/
For years, the Iranian regime has insisted that it is not antisemitic, only “anti-Zionist.” This distinction is repeated endlessly in diplomatic forums, academic exchanges, and media appearances. Even their infamous Holocaust cartoon contests are framed as exposing Western hypocrisy towards censorship and not antisemitism. According to Tehran, hostility is directed solely at a political ideology, not at Jews as a people or a religion. That claim collapses under even minimal scrutiny. A recent peer-reviewed article published by a journal affiliated with Al-Mustafa International University provides a clear and well-documented example of how the Iranian state sponsors antisemitism under the guise […]
Covenant & Conversation: Shemot: Leadership and the People
https://thejewishedition.com/judaism/parsha/2026/01/07/covenant-conversation-shemot-leadership-and-the-people/
The sedra of Shemot, in a series of finely etched vignettes, paints a portrait of the life of Moses, culminating in the moment at which God appears to him in the bush that burns without being consumed. It is a key text of the Torah view of leadership, and every detail is significant. I want here to focus on just one passage in the long dialogue in which God summons Moses to undertake the mission of leading the Israelites to freedom – a challenge which, no less than four times, Moses declines. I am unworthy, he says. I am not […]
https://thejewishedition.com/judaism/parsha/2026/01/07/covenant-conversation-shemot-leadership-and-the-people/
The sedra of Shemot, in a series of finely etched vignettes, paints a portrait of the life of Moses, culminating in the moment at which God appears to him in the bush that burns without being consumed. It is a key text of the Torah view of leadership, and every detail is significant. I want here to focus on just one passage in the long dialogue in which God summons Moses to undertake the mission of leading the Israelites to freedom – a challenge which, no less than four times, Moses declines. I am unworthy, he says. I am not […]
Inside The MAGA Movement: A New Approach To Israel Advocacy
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/inside-the-maga-movement-a-new-approach-to-israel-advocacy/
Anyone who still thought the conservative movement was unified and the place of the Jews inside the movement was secure was disabused of that notion at AmFest. What is your take on what is going on? Rabbi Wolicki: Well, look, the American right has its antisemitic wing. Just as the American left has its antisemitic wing. I don’t think anyone ever thought that the American right was unified, especially the MAGA movement, which is really the dominant and ascendant political force in American politics over the last decade. It is actually a loose coalition of different factions that agree on […]
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/07/inside-the-maga-movement-a-new-approach-to-israel-advocacy/
Anyone who still thought the conservative movement was unified and the place of the Jews inside the movement was secure was disabused of that notion at AmFest. What is your take on what is going on? Rabbi Wolicki: Well, look, the American right has its antisemitic wing. Just as the American left has its antisemitic wing. I don’t think anyone ever thought that the American right was unified, especially the MAGA movement, which is really the dominant and ascendant political force in American politics over the last decade. It is actually a loose coalition of different factions that agree on […]
Knesset Pushes Back: Legal Advisers to Serve Ministers, Not the Attorney General
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/politics/2026/01/08/knesset-pushes-back-legal-advisers-to-serve-ministers-not-the-attorney-general/
The bill’s sponsor, MK Avichai Boaron, said that it was not an attack on the government’s legal advisory system, but an effort to save it.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/politics/2026/01/08/knesset-pushes-back-legal-advisers-to-serve-ministers-not-the-attorney-general/
The bill’s sponsor, MK Avichai Boaron, said that it was not an attack on the government’s legal advisory system, but an effort to save it.
The pure nihilism of ‘by any means necessary’
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/08/the-pure-nihilism-of-by-any-means-necessary/
There are certain signs that a political movement is one of pure nihilism. In the case of the antisemitic Red-Green Alliance (RGA) between radical progressives and radical Muslims, it is their slogans. Having polluted the streets, campuses, halls of Congress, and municipal politics for over two years, the RGA’s slogans are now irritatingly familiar: The […]
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/op-eds/2026/01/08/the-pure-nihilism-of-by-any-means-necessary/
There are certain signs that a political movement is one of pure nihilism. In the case of the antisemitic Red-Green Alliance (RGA) between radical progressives and radical Muslims, it is their slogans. Having polluted the streets, campuses, halls of Congress, and municipal politics for over two years, the RGA’s slogans are now irritatingly familiar: The […]
Yad Sarah Founder and Former Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupoliansky Dies at 74
https://thejewishedition.com/featured/2026/01/08/yad-sarah-founder-and-former-jerusalem-mayor-uri-lupoliansky-dies-at-74/
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote that “the people of Israel owe Rabbi Uri great gratitude for a life’s work devoted to kindness, dedication, and boundless giving.”
https://thejewishedition.com/featured/2026/01/08/yad-sarah-founder-and-former-jerusalem-mayor-uri-lupoliansky-dies-at-74/
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote that “the people of Israel owe Rabbi Uri great gratitude for a life’s work devoted to kindness, dedication, and boundless giving.”
Albanese Established Royal Commission on Antisemitism to Look into Bondi Beach Massacre
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/antisemitism/2026/01/08/albanese-established-royal-commission-on-antisemitism-to-look-into-bondi-beach-massacre/
The government has appointed former High Court Justice Virginia Bell AC to lead the royal commission on antisemitism in Australia.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/antisemitism/2026/01/08/albanese-established-royal-commission-on-antisemitism-to-look-into-bondi-beach-massacre/
The government has appointed former High Court Justice Virginia Bell AC to lead the royal commission on antisemitism in Australia.
A New Year but the same old terror policy:
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/analysis/2026/01/08/a-new-year-but-the-same-old-terror-policy/
Fatah, the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, continues to promote terrorism as legitimate, necessary, and inevitable more than two decades after Yasser Arafat was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for claiming that the PA/PLO (also ruled by Fatah) had given up terror. Fatah’s terror wing used the anniversary of Fatah’s founding—January 1, 1965—to amplify […]
https://thejewishedition.com/opinions/analysis/2026/01/08/a-new-year-but-the-same-old-terror-policy/
Fatah, the ruling party of the Palestinian Authority, continues to promote terrorism as legitimate, necessary, and inevitable more than two decades after Yasser Arafat was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for claiming that the PA/PLO (also ruled by Fatah) had given up terror. Fatah’s terror wing used the anniversary of Fatah’s founding—January 1, 1965—to amplify […]
Australian, South African Educators in KKL-JNF Seminar following Bondi Beach Massacre
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/education/2026/01/08/australian-south-african-educators-in-kkl-jnf-seminar-following-bondi-beach-massacre/
The seminar included over 40 participants from Australia and South Africa, most of whom teach in Jewish schools and early childhood programs in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Cape Town, and Johannesburg.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/education/2026/01/08/australian-south-african-educators-in-kkl-jnf-seminar-following-bondi-beach-massacre/
The seminar included over 40 participants from Australia and South Africa, most of whom teach in Jewish schools and early childhood programs in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Cape Town, and Johannesburg.
Axios: Trump to Announce Gaza Board of Peace next Week
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/08/axios-trump-to-announce-gaza-board-of-peace-next-week/
The announcement will likely be made regardless of whether Hamas returns the body of the last Israeli hostage, Sgt. Maj. Ran Gvili.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/08/axios-trump-to-announce-gaza-board-of-peace-next-week/
The announcement will likely be made regardless of whether Hamas returns the body of the last Israeli hostage, Sgt. Maj. Ran Gvili.
IDF Troops Barred from Shooting at Suspicious Vehicles in Judea and Samaria
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/war-peace/2026/01/09/idf-troops-barred-from-shooting-at-suspicious-vehicles-in-judea-and-samaria/
The IDF said that there had been a tightening of the rules of engagement regarding firing at the wheels of vehicles that do not pose an immediate threat to forces.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/war-peace/2026/01/09/idf-troops-barred-from-shooting-at-suspicious-vehicles-in-judea-and-samaria/
The IDF said that there had been a tightening of the rules of engagement regarding firing at the wheels of vehicles that do not pose an immediate threat to forces.
UK Ex-Defense Chief: Russian Jets En Route to Tehran to Evacuate Ayatollahs
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/09/uk-ex-defense-chief-russian-jets-en-route-to-tehran-to-evacuate-ayatollahs/
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham warned Khamenei directly: “You should know that if you continue to kill your people who want a better life, Donald Trump will kill you.”
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/diplomacy/2026/01/09/uk-ex-defense-chief-russian-jets-en-route-to-tehran-to-evacuate-ayatollahs/
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham warned Khamenei directly: “You should know that if you continue to kill your people who want a better life, Donald Trump will kill you.”
Jewish Girl Suffers Brain Injury After Rock Thrown at Bus in New Jersey
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/terrorism/2026/01/09/jewish-girl-suffers-brain-injury-after-rock-thrown-at-bus-in-new-jersey/
An eight-year-old Jewish girl was seriously injured after a rock was hurled at a yeshiva bus on a New Jersey highway.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/terrorism/2026/01/09/jewish-girl-suffers-brain-injury-after-rock-thrown-at-bus-in-new-jersey/
An eight-year-old Jewish girl was seriously injured after a rock was hurled at a yeshiva bus on a New Jersey highway.
Security Fears Rise as Pro-Hamas Protest Targets Israeli Event at Queens Synagogue
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/antisemitism/2026/01/09/security-fears-rise-as-pro-hamas-protest-targets-israeli-event-at-queens-synagogue/
Pro-terror protesters chanted support for Hamas outside a Queens synagogue, raising serious security concerns in a Jewish neighborhood.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/antisemitism/2026/01/09/security-fears-rise-as-pro-hamas-protest-targets-israeli-event-at-queens-synagogue/
Pro-terror protesters chanted support for Hamas outside a Queens synagogue, raising serious security concerns in a Jewish neighborhood.
Iran Goes Dark as Millions Protest the Mullahs' Regime
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/politics/2026/01/09/iran-goes-dark-as-millions-protest-the-mullahs-regime/
Iran cut off internet access nationwide as mass protests engulfed Tehran, threatening the Islamic Republic’s grip on power.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/politics/2026/01/09/iran-goes-dark-as-millions-protest-the-mullahs-regime/
Iran cut off internet access nationwide as mass protests engulfed Tehran, threatening the Islamic Republic’s grip on power.
Khamenei’s Crackdown Begins: Hundreds Dead as Iran Erupts in Fury
https://thejewishedition.com/news/middle-east-levant/2026/01/10/khameneis-crackdown-begins-hundreds-dead-as-iran-erupts-in-fury/
Iran’s regime unleashed deadly force on mass protests, killing hundreds as nationwide unrest and communications blackouts intensify.
https://thejewishedition.com/news/middle-east-levant/2026/01/10/khameneis-crackdown-begins-hundreds-dead-as-iran-erupts-in-fury/
Iran’s regime unleashed deadly force on mass protests, killing hundreds as nationwide unrest and communications blackouts intensify.
US, Europe, UN Back Iranian Protesters as Tehran Escalates Repression
https://thejewishedition.com/news/middle-east-levant/2026/01/10/us-europe-un-back-iranian-protesters-as-tehran-escalates-repression/
Global leaders rally behind Iranian protesters as Trump warns the mullah regime against violent repression.
https://thejewishedition.com/news/middle-east-levant/2026/01/10/us-europe-un-back-iranian-protesters-as-tehran-escalates-repression/
Global leaders rally behind Iranian protesters as Trump warns the mullah regime against violent repression.
IDF Eliminates Terror Cells as Hamas Continues to Test Readiness in Gaza
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/war-peace/2026/01/10/idf-eliminates-terror-cells-as-hamas-continues-to-test-readiness-in-gaza/
IDF forces eliminated multiple Hamas terrorists after repeated Yellow Line breaches and imminent threats to Israeli troops in Gaza.
https://thejewishedition.com/topics/war-peace/2026/01/10/idf-eliminates-terror-cells-as-hamas-continues-to-test-readiness-in-gaza/
IDF forces eliminated multiple Hamas terrorists after repeated Yellow Line breaches and imminent threats to Israeli troops in Gaza.