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US Jews feel ‘precarious’ as High Holy Days approach amid antisemitism fears and internal divisions

NEW YORK (AP) — As the High Holy Days approach, rabbis in the United States say their congregations are deeply unsettled by antisemitic threats and aware of sharp divisions in their own communities. But many are also determined to embrace the coming days of celebration and reflection.

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‘One in six attacks’: Israel was most targeted nation by hacktivism campaigns in first half of 2026

Ron Meyran, vice president of Cyber Intelligence at Radware, said that the most worrying data is that the gap between Israel and the other countries continues to widen.
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Houthi rebels reach a strategic port city in Yemen and other Mideast developments

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered Yemen’s strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, according to several residents, which could bring the rebels closer to targeting shipping through a critical waterway to the Red Sea.

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Trump reportedly warned by advisers Iran conflict could last beyond his presidency

WSJ report says Vance, Rubio and others told US president the war may extend beyond January 2029 inauguration, while he asserts it will end ‘immediately after’ November midterms
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UN nuclear watchdog board reports Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the first time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites.

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Israeli security forces dismantle Palestinian terror network, five indicted

Over 30 suspects from Judea and Samaria plotted deadly shootings targeting a Modi’in restaurant as well as police officers stationed around Jerusalem.
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Appeals court reviving challenge to Los Angeles ethnic studies materials ‘changes everything,’ Deborah Project says

“As we all know, antisemitism is a mutating virus that changes and spreads as it comes into contact with more people,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus told JNS.
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Israel gives British Consulate in eastern Jerusalem 30 days to close

U.K. officials attached to missions in Kiryat Gat and Ramallah were told to halt their operations immediately, an Israeli source told JNS.
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Iran is forging a new ring of proxies to threaten US allies in the Gulf, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — In July, Saudi Arabia and the United States bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, another Iranian ally.

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US military says it destroyed 5 more Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday in response to the latest attacks on its warships and Tehran hit back at American targets in Jordan, the latest burst of back-and-forth strikes that have lurched the sides back toward open hostilities in a more than 6-month-old war.

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VW plans German plant sale for Rafael air-defense project

Lower Saxony and Israeli firm Aurelius aim to develop Volkswagen’s Osnabrück site into a defense hub after vehicle production ends in 2027.
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‘Very unlikely’ anti-Jewish hate crimes will return to pre-Oct. 7 levels anytime soon, expert says

Ayal Feinberg of Gratz College told JNS that “antisemitism is becoming more normalized in this country.”
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Israeli seriously wounded in terror stabbing at Samaria farm

The victim sustained multiple wounds to his hand and upper body “until the knife broke,” the Rescuers Without Borders volunteer emergency service said.
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Danger remains real despite Israeli wins against Iranian nukes, sources tell ‘Post’

Iran’s surviving centrifuges, inaccessible enriched uranium, and weapons-group recovery efforts could sustain a future nuclear threat despite the heavy damage inflicted by Israeli and US strikes.
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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people

CAIRO (AP) — The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and igniting fires at oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom, authorities said.

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IDF says it entered, cleared Hezbollah’s Ali Taher Ridge tunnels ahead of demolition

Hezbollah operatives were killed or fled terror group’s ‘nerve center’ beneath hill in south Lebanon in recent weeks, army says, belying reports it was holding off offensive amid threats by Iran
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IDF busts terror cell plotting attacks, detains wanted suspects in Samaria ops

Five terrorists apprehended in the Qabatiya area and more than 10 near Nablus.
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US Jewish community security costs surpass $1 billion per year — study

Jewish Federations of North America says record expenses amount to around $225,000 in annual costs per institution
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Netanyahu: Toppling Iran’s regime ‘within reach’

The Israeli premier told the IDF General Staff that the Islamic Republic is “weaker than ever before” and “fighting for its life.”
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US House passes bill stripping federal funds from universities that boycott Israel

“This legislation has true teeth and completely severs any possible taxpayer support of these concrete campaigns of antisemitism in the form of BDS and academic boycotts of Israel,” Foxx added.
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