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Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.., last month following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the previous day. (File photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
Iran has a long track record of arranging attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets abroad.
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In 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is shown speaking about Iran's potential nuclear capabilities at his nation’s defense ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv. (File photo)
How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next, according to Ron Kampeas.
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Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.., last month following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the previous day. (File photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images via JTA)
Security professionals are urging Jewish institutions to expand the safety perimeter at events.
Read MoreFor those who warned of “Free Palestine” violence, the fatal shootings of Israeli embassy workers offer grim validation.
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Last May, Israel embassy workers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were killed by a gunman as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
The suspect, who was arrested, chanted, “Free, free Palestine,” police said.
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In Chizuk Amuno's auditorium, Jewish activist Shabbos Kestenbaum speaks to attendees of the JNF's annual "Breakfast for Israel in Maryland" event. (Photo by Greg Dohler)
More than 300 community leaders and activists attended the annual Jewish National Fund event, held this year at Chizuk Amuno.
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Protesters wave Palestinian flags as Yuval Raphael, representing Israel, walks the Turquoise Carpet at the opening of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 11, 2025. (Harold Cunningham/Getty Images via JTA)
Yuval Raphael is a survivor of the Hamas attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Environmentalist Alon Tal, who served as a Knesset member in 2021-2022 with the Blue & White party, says now is the time for action in Israel, not despair. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90, via JTA)
Environmentalist Alon Tal will host a landmark conference at Stanford University in late May on lessons from Los Angeles and Tel Aviv in climate resilience and local government policy.
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Chef Einat Admony: "Israeli cuisine is unique because it’s shaped not only by geography but by Jewish culture, especially the influence of kosher laws and Shabbat traditions." (Photo by Heidi Harris)
Jmore talked with Chef Einat Admony about her culinary journey, career and passion for Israeli cuisine ahead of her upcoming talk at The Associated’s Jewish Professional Women Leadhership Event.
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Rabbi Dana Saroken: "[The challenge] feels like it’s giving us the opportunity to think about the homeland that we love, to tap into happy memories, to share with our networks why Israel is so beloved and cherished among the Jewish people, and then to enable others to do the same.” (Screen shot)
The objective of the campaign is to serve as a vehicle for expressing love and support for Israel during this critical time.
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Each year, hundreds of Jewish American teenagers move to Israel to join the IDF as "lone soldiers," soldiers from abroad who do not have immediate family in Israel. ( (tovfla via Getty Images, via JTA)
Nearly a third of Berman Hebrew Academy’s class of 2023, who were in Israel when the war in Gaza broke out, enlisted in the Israeli army or national service.
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