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Illustrative image of Chabad emissary to the United Arab Emirates, Rabbi Zvi Kogan

Wife of murdered Chabad rabbi gives birth to daughter

The two had only been married for a little over a year before the Chabad emissary's death.

The letter signed by around 1000 families of fallen soldiers organized by the Gvura Forum.

Over 1,000 fallen soldiers' families sign letter calling to continue war until victory

Israel's President Isaac Herzog attends an emergency conference on the medical condition of Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip at the President Residence in Jerusalem, December 10, 2024.

Former security establishment figures meet with Herzog call to investigate Oct. 7

A drone view shows charred vehicles standing in the aftermath of what Al Masirah TV said was a U.S. strike on the Ras Isa fuel port, Al Jazirah, Yemen, in this screengrab from a handout video released on April 18, 2025.

US strikes Houthis again, Hezbollah chief says terror group won't disarm

Breaking News

At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo

Hundreds evacuated after hotel in northern Israel catches fire

Hezbollah chief says terror group will not be disarmed

Top News

Russian soldiers line up during an opening ceremony of the memorial to Russian service members killed during Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Yevpatoriya, Crimea February 22, 2024.

US open to recognizing Crimea as Russian in Ukraine deal

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Smoke rises after Israeli strikes near Sana'a airport, in Yemen, December 26, 2024

US Air Force strikes several areas of Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sana'a

By YUVAL BARNEA

HOUTHI DEFENSE Minister Mohamed al-Atefi salutes after addressing protesters, predominantly Houthi supporters, as they demonstrate in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, in Sanaa, Yemen, last month.

Houthis allegedly shoot down US MQ-9 drone in video footage

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tufts student challenging immigration arrest must be moved to Vermont, judge rules

By REUTERS

US Congressman Cory Mills and Congressman Marlin Stutzman meet Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem, in Damascus, Syria April 18, 2025.

US congressmen visit Syria in first trip since Assad's ouster

Israel at War

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2025.

IDF strikes Hezbollah, Iran draws red lines on Trump talks

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ACCORDING TO the UN Human Rights Office and the International Committee of the Red Cross, Israel has an obligation to remove or help remove war remnants that endanger the lives of civilians.

Gaza Strip 'uninhabitable' due to undetonated explosives, US says

Palestinians protest to demand an end to war, chanting anti-Hamas slogans, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip March 26, 2025.

Why Gazans won't protest Hamas in the face of destruction, death

MOTHERS ATTEND a protest calling for the release of the hostages held in Gaza, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

Negotiations continue despite Hamas refusing ceasefire deal, source tells 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. April 18, 2025.

IDF strikes over 40 terror targets throughout Gaza, destroys terror infrastructure

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hot Opinion

To prevent a nuclear Iran, it is time to bring back the Begin Doctrine

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Editor's Notes: A progressive love story – three times over

By ZVIKA KLEIN

Trump can still reinvent the Middle East, despite economic horror show

By AMOTZ ASA-EL

The Shin Bet leaker is not a hero, the hostages are

By YAAKOV KATZ

My Word: Split screens and split experiences

By LIAT COLLINS

Israel News

ZION SQUARE has become far more user-friendly in recent years.

Jerusalem violinist goes missing in Safed

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.

Haymanot Kasau marks 10th birthday still missing, away from family

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Loyalty, leadership, and the law: Ex-security officials confront the Shin Bet crisis

By GABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir asks the District Court in Jerusalem to bar the showing of an expose against him, November 10, 2024

Otzma Yehudit surges to 11 seats as Coalition bloc gains ground

(L-R): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and main suspect Eliezer Feldstein in a prison cell (illustrative)

Netanyahu aides to be indicted for financial offenses in Qatargate scandal

By ALON HACHMON , AVRAHAM BLOCH

Analyses & Features

Humanoid robot "Tiangong" participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025.

China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in London, in January.

Is the UK's push toward wokeness just extremism?

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

By REUTERS

Rent. Relax. Repeat: The future of mid-term apartment living in Israel is here

By ALAN ROSENBAUM , IN COLLABORATION WITH BLUEGROUND

Palestinian Hamas terrorists release Keith Siegel, in Gaza City, February 1, 2025

Former hostage Keith Siegel recounts captivity, calls for release of those still in Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elegance & Excellence

50 Influential Jews

Ono Conversation Corner

Real Estate Listings

AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Meta must label Al Jazeera as state media. Here's why

PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

Meta must ban Students for Justice in Palestine

By ZACHARY SCHILDCROUT

THE WRITER, second from right, appears at a gathering last year, as LIP Ventures periodically brings Latin American investors to visit Israel for an up-close look at the Israeli ecosystem.

Despite the war, we should invest in Israeli hi-tech

By MARIO NISSAN

Tomer Perry

Cyber arms race: Can Israel stay ahead of the increased threats of the Israel-Hamas War?

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Market Data

Antisemitism / BDS

DePaul University in Chicago.

Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Liberal Leader Mark Carney shakes hands with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre following the French-language federal leaders' debate, in Montreal, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Poilievre vows UNRWA funding cut over Hamas ties, Carney wants to maintain it

By MICHAEL STARR

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands in Budapest earlier this month.

Netanyahu's silence leaves truth of Hungary's Holocaust collaboration concealed

A pro-Palestinian demonstration passes in front of one held by supporters of Israel in London, Britain November 30, 2024.

Dozens of members of UK’s largest Jewish group sign letter condemning war in Gaza

By GRACE GILSON/JTA

Several hundred activists and community members led by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the US Palestinian Community Network, and other activist organizations gather to hold a march in Detroit, Michingan, United States on October 5, 2024.

Detroit Gaza conference announces dates with advert featuring PFLP terrorist

By MICHAEL STARR

Middle East

Illustrative image of Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia and Abraham Accords: Normalization with Israel is in Riyadh's best interests

By NEVILLE BERMAN

A model of an Iranian missile is seen during a gathering in Tehran, Iran, April 9, 2025

Iran wants guarantees Trump will not quit a new nuclear pact, Iranian official says

Netanyahu's office fails to deny Trump stopped Israeli strike on Iran nukes

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Former hostage Sasha Troufanov speaks of hostage Rom Braslavski. April 18, 2025.

Sasha Troufanov: I could see all the suffering in Rom Braslavski's eyes in hostage video

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A shirt bearing ISIS insignia, found on a terrorist who attempted to carry out a terror attack in Qalandiya, the West Bank, December 7, 2024.

Israeli, Palestinian youths suspected of pledging allegiance to ISIS, planning terror attack

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

World News

Taliban walk in front of a military airplane a day after the U.S. troops withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 31, 2021.

US rushed Afghan pullout allowed Taliban to traffic US weapons to Houthis

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 10, 2025.

Trump passport policy discriminates against transgender people, judge rules

The judges of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands.

ICJ publishes order extending Israeli response to genocide claims by six months

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Janan Suliman.

Israeli woman among four killed in Italy cable car plunge

The scene of the cable car crash in Naples, Italy.

Preventing the next tragedy: Lessons to learn on cable car safety

Environment & Climate Change

A free-diver swims next to Sandbar sharks in the Mediterranean sea near the northern Israeli coastal city of Hadera, on December 30, 2022.

Two sharks spotted at Beit Yanai Beach

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

More than 1.5 million people visited forests and parks across Israel managed by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael–Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) during the Passover holiday.

KKL-JNF parks draw 1.5 million visitors over Passover despite security concerns

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An artist's depiction of a planet and its host star with a misaligned disk of material, and a binary companion in the background, is shown in this undated handout image.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, April 10, 2025

US health chief Kennedy targets 'environmental toxins' as cause of autism

An alligator is seen in the Everglades' swamps during the 2020 Python Challenge Python Bowl in Big Cypress National Preserve near Ochopee, Florida, U.S. January 15, 2020. Picture taken January 15, 2020.

US proposes looser interpretation of law that protects threatened species

JPost Spotlight

DENI AVDIJA speaks to reporters upon his return to Israel this week following a NBA season that saw him take his game to the next level with the Portland Trail Blazers.

How Deni Avdija quietly became Portland’s most reliable star

Freed from a supporting role, Deni Avdija found his rhythm—and emerged as the Blazers’ most reliable force on both ends of the court.

ISRAELI TEENAGER Ben Saraf is one of the top international prospects looking ahead to the 2025 NBA Draft and the electric guard is co-captaining the blue-and-white at the ongoing U18 Euros.

Israeli PG Ben Saraf declares for NBA draft

Projected first-round pick Ben Saraf of Israel announced Friday he is entering the 2025 NBA Draft.

RABBI ELHANAN MILLER is interviewed in Arabic for Arabic Language Day at Ben-Gurion University, on student radio.

Voice of Israel from Al-Quds: How Rabbi Elhanan Miller fights stigma in fluent Arabic

From documenting stories of Jews from Arab countries to wartime commentating on Arab media, Rabbi Elhanan Miller challenges stigmas and celebrates Arabic-Jewish language and culture.

ONE DUBNOV in Jerusalem.

ONE DUBNOV: Jerusalem’s most exclusive new residence

ONE DUBNOV stands at the intersection of conservation and contemporary design, offering a rare opportunity to reside within the living history of Jerusalem.

Israel Real Estate

"Utopia" Project, Sde Dov Tel Aviv-Yafo

30 years in tower construction: Nachmias Group conquers Tel Aviv

By IN COOPERATION WITH NACHMIAS GROUP

The awakening phase: How real estate developers should prepare for the new era

Urban Renewal project by Almog Group in Bat Yam.

After a decade of waiting: Bat Yam’s mega urban renewal project finally set to begin

By OFER PETERSBURG

Urban renewal project in the Hachi"m complex in the Tel HaGiborim neighborhood.

Holon’s Tel HaGiborim neighborhood set for major transformation with tow

By OFER PETERSBURG

Illustration: Pisgat Ramot neighborhood

The IDF Is moving South – and Beersheba prepares with a variety of housing options

By THE BEERSHEBA MUNICIPALITY & THE CONSTRUCTION , HOUSING

Christian World

Pope Francis looks on as he leaves Regina Coeli prison after a visit, in Rome, Italy April 17, 2025.

Pope Francis, still recovering, skips Rome's annual Good Friday procession

Pope Francis gestures during his first public appearance in five weeks, on the day of his discharge from Gemelli Hospital, in Rome, Italy, March 23, 2025.

Pope Francis thanks doctors who saved his life in meeting at Vatican

The 88-year-old pontiff is gradually making more public appearances as he recovers from the biggest health crisis in his 12 years in the role.

Penitents place a statue of Jesus Christ on top of a float during the Palm Sunday procession of the "Estudiantes" brotherhood in Oviedo, northern Spain

Who killed Jesus? It wasn’t the Jews, writes a scholar of Roman law

To understand how the Roman authorities would have treated a dissident like Jesus, Andrade turned to a historical account of a trial that occurred 30 years after Jesus.

Christian monks and friars walk in procession around the Stone of Anointing during the Washing of the Feet ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 17, 2025.

Jerusalem celebrates Holy Thursday with ritual feet washing commemorating Last Supper

Members of the Church believe that the act is also symbolic of selflessness and compassion, commemorating the Last Supper.

Health & Wellness

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg arrives for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington April 25, 2015.

Jewish actress Michelle Trachtenberg died of diabetes complications, medical examiner says

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Yona Brief with parents, David and Hazel.

IDF soldier Yona Brief’s life and death: 417-day miracle defying all medical expectations

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

Dr. Rabbi Refael Feuerstein in the office of his late father, Prof. Reuven Feuerstein.

Jerusalem's Feuerstein Institute spreads its techniques for helping kids with trauma, disabilities

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

$DR. URI YOEL of the Soroka Medical Center conducted a new study that examined patients aged 65 and over who had undergone hip fracture surgery and were subsequently treated in the geriatrics department.$

Soroka-University Medical Center saves bones and lives with new special department

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Sheba Medical Center

IDF soldier walks again with help of cutting-edge exoskeleton after Gaza injury

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

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MDA Heroes

MDA paramedic officers get out of an ambulance a man to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center emergency and trauma care who was moderately injured when stabbed in a terrorist attack by the Neve Daniel junction, near Jerusalem on March 31, 2022.

MDA hero: We’re here for each and every person who is sick or injured

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

MDA’s Joint National Command Center on October 7

'The country was burning, and I was watching it happen'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Conferences

The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

Leading Israel’s Future: The Jerusalem Post’s Women Leaders Summit 2025

The Maariv and Walla 2025 Economic Conference

Senior Government and Business Leaders to attend Maariv-Walla Economic Conference

Archaeology

A synagogue mosaic at the Huqoq site depicts an elephant alongside other soldiers and war animals, as well as an elder holding a scroll surrounded by young men with sheathed swords.

Elephant in the synagogue: Iconography in thriving post-Temple community raises questions

Soviet M-class submarine Malyutka VI series.

Modern tech unveils WWII submarine 'M-49' lost for 82 years in Russian waters

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Aliyah

A pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign, as they take part in a protest against US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Turkey, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Istanbul, November 4, 2023.

World Betar leaders calls on diaspora Jews to immigrate to Israel amid rising antisemitism

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

ALIYAH AND INTEGRATION Minister Ofir Sofer welcomes immigrants from France at Ben-Gurion Airport in August. The writer asks: Isn’t it time to welcome immigrants the way we would embrace a long-lost friend who has finally come home?

More families with young children making aliyah, Sofer tells 'Post'

By AMICHAI STEIN

Diaspora

U.S. Marshals in the Central District of California on April 9 transferred custody of Tahawwur Rana, a Pakistani national and Canadian citizen, to representatives from India’s National Investigation Agency.

After nearly 17 years, conspirator in Mumbai Chabad terror attack extradited by the US

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

PROTESTERS MARCH outside the USAID building in Washington last week after Elon Musk announced that work is underway to shut down the US foreign aid agency. USAID embodies the soft power of the United States and dismantling it contradicts the concept of ‘American exceptionalism,’ the writer argues.

Orthodox rabbis call on Trump admin. to restore USAID funding, respect 'sanctity of life'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , REUTERS

Judaism

An illustrative image of a maze with a large question mark inside.

Passover 2025: When God hides, we still believe

By MOSHE TARAGIN

PHARAOH’S ARMY engulfed by the Red Sea, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman, 1900. ‘The wind dropped, the waters flooded back, and the entire Egyptian force was drowned.’

Passover 2025: Crossing your own Red Sea

By MICHAEL FREUND

Food

Casa Lavi.

Casa Lavi: A perfect la merienda experience in Jerusalem

By MARION FISCHEL

THE VERANDA AT Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel – a worthy stop for meat lovers.

The meat of the matter: Biting into the Veranda at Jerusalem’s David Citadel Hotel

By CALEV BEN-DAVID

Culture

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

'The Art of the Music Critic': Music through a former ‘Jerusalem Post’ critic's eyes

Jews from Yemen are seen heading to Israel during Operation Magic Carpet.

'Songs for the Brokenhearted': A mosaic of Israeli society

By JANICE WEIZMAN

Travel

HAMEGINIM FOREST – The Holiday of Spring comes at just the right time here in Israel.

Hiking the Holy Land: Israel’s outdoors during Passover

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

Mauritius

Visiting Mauritius is worth every minute of travel

By MEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Podcasts

Ronya Rubinstein CEO of Endospot

How EndoSpot’s CEO is pioneering a pain-free future for women

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Elliot Jager and Calev Ben David, in Episode 3 of The Jerusalem Dispatch.

Iran deal fears: Will a Trump-backed deal be a repeat of Obama's?

US Politics

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the Western Wall, April 18, 2025.

'We will bring them home,' US amb. Huckabee vows at Western Wall

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on upon his arrival at the Quai d'Orsay, France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, before a bilateral meeting with his French counterpart in Paris, France April 17, 2025.

EU needs to decide on possible Iran sanctions, Rubio says

History

YACOV LIVNE (left) had to contend with diplomatic issues between Israel and Poland, Israeli political infighting, and the Ukraine-Russia war, during his term. Here, the former ambassador meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda.

'History is central to Israel-Poland ties,' former ambassador to Poland tells 'Post'

SUPPRESSION OF Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, April 16-19, 1943. In this iconic image, captured Jews are led by Waffen SS soldiers to the assembly point for deportation (Umschlagplatz).

Warsaw Uprising's last survivor: The story, testimony of Michael Smuss

By RAPHAEL SHUCHAT

Science

Artist's impression of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

Webb telescope documents alien planet's death plunge into a star

(Left to right): Prof. Asaf Madi, Prof. Roded Sharan & PhD student Ron Sheinin.

TAU develops AI tool to decode cell responses to cancer treatments

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Finance

Illustrative photo of Israeli money

Doing business in Israel: How to make money and keep most of it

Vesey Ventures founders Lindsay Fitzgerald, Dana Eli-Lorch, Julia Huang.

Vesey Ventures launches $78m fund, highlighting power of well-connected investor team

OMG

Stenella frontalis.

Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins

By DR. ITAY GAL

Sperm.

Forget the egg and spoon! Los Angeles prepares for first ever sperm racing competition

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Sponsored Content

A heartwarming women’s gathering

Children of reservists from Sderot enjoying pizza.

Meir Panim preps for Passover amidst an ongoing conflict

By HADASSAH BAY

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