Baby girl born in northern Israel marks first birth of Jewish New Year 5787

The first birth of the new year 5787 at the North Medical Center (Poriya).

Saudi pipeline struck by drone launched from Iraq, Israel-Lebanon talks to continue in Washington

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NYC Mayor Mamdani shares Rosh Hashanah message with Jewish community

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters for a press conference to ask for the release of Federal Counterterrorism Funding in New York City, US, September 1, 2026.
Tourists walk down Bangla Walking Street on March 24, 2024 in Phuket, Thailand; Illustrative.

Phuket Chabad House cancels Rosh Hashanah meal following anti-Israel protest

US President Bill Clinton meets with his National Security team on April 7, 1999, in the White House Cabinet Room. From left: Clinton, Steve Ricchetti, Gen. Donald Kerrick, CIA Director George Tenet, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Samuel Berger, and Gen. Hugh Shelton.

CIA reveals Clinton administration was warned in 1998 of potential bin Laden plane attack

Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE of Israel to the United Nations Danny Danon says Israel has begun to regain international respect and deterrence following its military successes against Hezbollah and Iran, even as hostility toward the country remains deeply entrenched at the organization.

Inside the lion’s den: Israel is quietly regaining respect at the UN, Danny Danon tells 'Post'

FRONTLINES
A single lit candle lies on a frost covered concrete block at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe on January 26, 2026 in Berlin, Germany.

Syrian national indicted for aiding 2025 Berlin Holocaust Memorial stabbing

Directors Gabriella Lev (L) and Yael Valier explore texts with their audience through theater.

'Sarah: Text and Presence' offers a 21st-century reimagining of traditional Jewish texts

REVIEW
WHO IS AN AMERICAN? BELONGING AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISH CITIZENSHIP By Lila Corwin Berman

'Who Is American?' Exploring the complicated history of Jewish citizenship in the US

REVIEW
Former US President George W. Bush and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (not pictured) have a conversation as the George W. Bush Presidential Center commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Dallas, Texas, US, September 9, 2026.

Americans 'don't pay attention to lesson of 9/11,' former US president Bush says

REPORT
Daniel M. Lewin, the first victim of 9/11.

Who was Israeli American Daniel Lewin, the first victim of 9/11?

EXPLAINER

Lighting the way: Meet the next generation of Zionist leaders

JNFuture JLIM participants in Israel

No. 31: Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart: Turning aliyah into a force for strengthening Israel

Co-Founders of Nefesh B’Nefesh, Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart

No. 32: Amir Yaron and Michal Abadi-Boiangiu: Economic policymakers leading Israel toward recovery

No. 33: Boaz Levy: Engineering Israel’s defense future

(L-R) Shlomi Binder, Tomer Bar, Omer Tishler.

No. 34: Tomer Bar, Omer Tishler, and Shlomi Binder: Reshaping Israel’s military after October 7

(L-R): Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel (Butzi) Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss

No. 35: Yoav Turgeman, Bezalel Machlis, and Inbal Kreiss: Powering Israel’s defense revolution

Reshaping the Mossad: Inside Roman Gofman’s world of spies, Iran, and high-stakes strategy

EXCLUSIVE
Mossad Director Roman Gofman.

Upcoming Israel-Lebanon talks to take place in Washington instead of Rome, US State Department says

WATCH

IDF releases footage of Hezbollah infrastructure below Ali al-Taher ridge after destroying tunnels

 A graphic depicting all of the underground routes beneath the Beaufort and Ali al-Taher Ridges.
REPORT

Netanyahu offered Saudi to join regional campaign against Houthis, stop advance, US source says

Prime Minister Netanyahu on Mount Hermon, overlooking Syria during a tour briefing him and the Defense Minister Israel Katz on the situation with Syria.
EXCLUSIVE

How Shayetet 13 is transforming war at sea: New details of Mideast attacks revealed

US President Donald Trump places a note in the stones of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 22, 2017.

Trump sends Rosh Hashanah greetings, vows to combat antisemitism

An AI-generated political cartoon.

Rosh Hashanah 2026: Captive on the carousel of time

OPINION
TOURISTS RETURN: Crowds at the Old City last Sukkot, Oct. 12, 2025.

Rosh Hashanah 2026: Top 10 things to pray for in 5787

OPINION
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, with a map of the Middle East (Illustrative).

Rosh Hashanah political quiz: What's going to happen in the Middle East in 5787?

OPINION: QUIZ

Antisemitic conspiracies blaming Jews for 9/11 resurface ahead of 25th anniversary, CyberWell warns

The remaining tower of New York's World Trade Center, Tower 2, dissolves in a cloud of dust and debris about a half hour after the first twin tower collapsed September 11, 2001.

Israeli consul general Ofir Akunis’ Rosh Hashanah message: ‘Wake up’

Switzerland releases digital files on Josef Mengele to public with 'as little as possible' redacted

Josef Mengele, in a document released by the Swiss intelligence service, September 10, 2026.

Toronto debate on antisemitism takes place with mayors absence

Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow participates in the 2026 Toronto Pride Parade on June 28, 2026 in Toronto, Ontario.

Pro-Israel rally outside Downing Street calls to ‘Sanction Terror Not Judea and Samaria’

Trump declines Saudi crown prince's call for US strikes on Houthis

REPORT
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, US, September 9, 2026.

Iran used AI to develop military, propaganda strategies, Anthropic report reveals

Iraqi military commander dismissed following drone attack on Saudi Arabia originating from Iraq

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud as Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar looks on, before their meeting on Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkey, November 3, 2025.

Turkey's foreign minister discusses attacks on Saudi Arabia with Saudi counterpart, source says

During the most fateful political year in Israel’s history, Gadi Eisenkot has come to be seen, on both sides of the political divide, as the harbinger, symbol, and potential engine of change. Here, the Yashar party leader speaks at the presentation of the party’s candidate list in Rosh Ha’ayin.

Middle Israel: Gadi Eisenkot is Person of the Year - this is why

OPINION

Israeli documentary 'NAZA' challenges official accounts of Gaza civilian deaths

Directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor pose during a photocall for the documentary "Naza" in Competition, at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 10, 2026.

Twenty-five years is long enough: It is time for Trump to declassify the Saudi 9/11 files

OPINION

J Street goes on the offensive against AIPAC-backed candidates

A visitor holds an AIPAC folder in an elevator in Rayburn House Office Building on March 12, 2024 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC; Illustrative.
JERUSALEM REPORT

Uniting nations? Inside the global body Israel can no longer trust

The United Nations brings together 193 member states, but its treatment of Israel has long fueled accusations of institutional bias and demands reform.
FEATURE

What remains of America’s 9/11 memory - and what is disappearing

Reinventing the battlefield

AeroSentinel G2 drone in active operation, providing real-time aerial intelligence in complex environments.

Russia markets drone-like missiles in Egypt during Su-57 jet's Africa air show debut

Swarming the battlefield: Elbit-FUSE reveals mass drone and robot armies as IDF plans new AI branch

Lockheed Martin’s California Skunk Works facility spans 215,000 square feet

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works quietly meets with Israeli defense-tech start-ups

EXCLUSIVE
Covenant's Anthem while in flight

Covenant emerges from stealth and unveils Anthem, a deep‑strike precision missile

Washington eyes foreign warships from Japan, South Korea, Turkey amid China naval threat

Aselsan display a model of TCG Istanbul (F-515) Istanbul-class frigate during the UDT, Undersea Defence Technology 2026 at ExCel London on April 14, 2026 in London, England.

ChatGPT invented fake police testimony in murder appeal, New Mexico high court says

Germany’s far-right AfD, riding state win, targets more gains in elections from east to west

People gather in front of the Brandenburg Gate to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) the day after the party won in Saxony-Anhalt state elections, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 7, 2026.
JERUSALEM REPORT

The United Nations has drifted beyond its charter - it is time to rethink it

The UN Charter was not intended to create a supranational government, but an organization with limited powers dependent on the good faith of its sovereign member states.
JERUSALEM REPORT

At the UN, gifts are never just gifts - they are influence

Silk portraits of every UN secretary-general. A collection donated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1997.

Going where the need is greatest

Yael Eckstein with food packages delivered to the Christian community in Syria.

Shaping the future of aerospace

Max and Desiree Blankfeld.

Gaza GenoLIE: The campaign fighting “a modern blood libel”

A new billboard about the GazaGenoLIE.com campaign in the center of Times Square, next to the NASDAQ

Your Investments: Turning Rosh Hashanah reflection into financial action

A man blows a shofar outside the Jerusalem Central Bus Station.

Returning to Tel Aviv: First United Airlines flight since February lands at Ben-Gurion Airport

Your Taxes: Israeli property flip ends with a costly VAT lesson

 Illustrative image of doing taxes.

Israeli company finds over one million online fraud cases, including fake hostage forum listings

Hacker stealing money

Israel ranks third worldwide in AI commercialization as economy grows 3.2% ahead of Rosh Hashanah

Israel prepares for effects of 'Godzilla' El Niño with Health Ministry drills

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

How Ethiopia’s green energy boom is rewriting the rules of regional diplomacy

OPINION

Water sector 'fully stable' following assessment, reservoirs to be filled over weekend

Rescue workers build a makeshift zip line to cross the Trishuli River, following the deadly flash floods and a mudslide, in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal, September 4, 2026.

Two people rescued alive from Nepal hydropower tunnel

Smoke rises following eruption of the Mount Anak Krakatau volcano, in Anak Krakatau, Lampung province, Indonesia, September 5, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video/

Seven Indonesian airports remain shut due to volcanic ash from Anak Krakatau

Cancer cases among 9/11 survivors surge nearly 25 years later

REPORT
FILE PHOTO: The second tower of the World Trade Center explodes into flames after being hit by a airplane, New York September 11, 2001 with the Brooklyn bridge in the foreground.

Children survivors of 9/11 attacks to finally get a major health study

Magen David Adom ends year with nearly two million dispatches as Rosh Hashanah approaches

STUDY

Brain drain: Israel’s medical exodus grows as nearly 1,400 doctors leave inside three years

WATCH

Prosecutors move to indict Beersheba man in sedative-laced baby food case

Over 20,000 olim made Aliyah to Israel from 100 countries in past year, data shows

New Olim coming to Israel 2026

New school, new home: Young olim begin the school year in Israel

WATCH
INTERVIEW

Ma’ayan: New Jersey-born artist shares how art, faith, and loss shaped her journey to Israel

Ma'ayan in her studio.
JERUSALEM REPORT

Meet the small, growing wave of Latin American IDF lone soldiers

Ofir Levy with the Panamanian flag during his ‘masa kumta,’ the final march marking the completion of combat training in the IDF.
OPINION

Time to give olim a voice: Israel’s immigrants deserve more than symbolic representation

OFER WINTER speaks at the launch of the People of Israel party in Jerusalem.
ByYOSEPH HADDAD, FLEUR HASSAN-NAHOUM

Selichot above Jerusalem: An evening of music, reflection and connection

SPONSORED
Maxim Cohen and Yonatan Hamburger

Tzarfati Shimon launches phase 2 of Luria Project in Jerusalem's Moradot Arnona

Midtown Jerusalem by Israel Canada: A premier living, retail & leisure hub

Image for illustration purposes only.

In the middle of the triangle

The Grand in Netanya - a new luxury residential tower overlooking the Mediterranean.

Everything on a grand scale. Except the price

All JPost Conferences   

The Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference returns to Jerusalem

Diplomatic Conference

Heading ‘Down Under’: The Jerusalem Post announces Sydney Summit

Sydney, Australia Summit

Past Event - Building tomorrow, today: Jerusalem Post Washington Conference heads to Capitol Hill

Jerusalem Post Washington Conference

Conference   

Israel’s First Lady, Michal Herzog

Michal Herzog: Women must 'use their voice' to shape Israel’s future

'Without human insight, innovation is useless'

Mekorot’s Shira Singer on the future of water infrastructure

MDA Heroes   

 Michaela Berku: "Doing good is the best therapy."

Michaela Berku on volunteering, MDA, and saving lives through service

MDA Women's Circle launches new year with "Adopt a Paramedic" initiative

'I’ll keep showing up': MDA paramedic who saved dozens on Oct 7 recounts 600 days

Podcasts   

UK Foreign Secretary Edward Miliband.

Are the new sanctions a threat to Israel's economy, or just election season theater?

Houthis take control of Mocha, Trump promises $5,000 dividends of Republicans win midterms

Netanyahu announces lawsuit against Haaretz, John Malkovich pulls out of Israel performance

US Politics   

Former US President George W. Bush and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (not pictured) have a conversation as the George W. Bush Presidential Center commemorates the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in Dallas, Texas, US, September 9, 2026.

Americans 'don't pay attention to lesson of 9/11,' former US president Bush says

Fetterman introduces Republican senator at Dallas convention in latest split from Democrats party

Trump claims firefighters carried him to safety after 9/11 attacks, 'New York Times' disputes

Diaspora   

WHO IS AN AMERICAN? BELONGING AND THE QUESTION OF JEWISH CITIZENSHIP By Lila Corwin Berman

'Who Is American?' Exploring the complicated history of Jewish citizenship in the US

NYC Mayor Mamdani shares Rosh Hashanah message with Jewish community

Gal Gadot and Jimmy Kimmel blow the shofar to celebrate Rosh Hashanah

Judaism   

DEEPLY PERSONAL experience: Blowing the shofar on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Aug. 31.

Rosh Hashanah 2026: The sound of the shofar as a vessel for victory, struggle, and self-sacrifice

Rosh Hashanah: The time to look inward and reveal what is unseen

Shabbat candle lighting times for Israel and US

Christian World   

Theodor Herzl in Palestine. November 1898. Photography by David Wolffsohn. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images) [Theodor Herzl in Palaestina. Anfang November 1898.

For Zion’s Sake: Why two Catholic theologians are taking a stand for Israel

Christian Zionists ignore reality of West Bank living, Palestinian Christian leaders say

Many Christian Arabs proud to be part of Israeli society, ambassador to Christian World says

Food   

Tenne.

Tenne offers gourmet kosher food for effortless holiday hosting

Wine talk: Eat well, drink well

In the kitchen with Henny: Sweetness in every course

Archaeology   

Cache of 10th-century pottery found during roadwork in Georgia, September 9, 2026.

Roadworks in Tbilisi uncover oldest medieval pottery cache ever found in Georgian capital

Is Monte Verde really 14,500 years old? Researchers clash over true age of Chile's ancient site

At least 120 Roman-era inscriptions, worship to unknown goddess identified inside Spanish cave

Science   

Professor Tal Dvir

New technology emerging from TAU's Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine

NASA launches powerful Roman Space Telescope, a spy satellite turned to the stars

Is AI clairvoyant? ChatGPT can make personality tests and predict responses, Israeli study finds

Culture   

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and his students hold the Four Species as they attend a morning prayer during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in Katzrin, northern Israel, on October 12, 2025.

Two three-day cultural festivals to mark Sukkot with poetry, dance, and eco-tours

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, Dudu Tassa to kick off Jerusalem Oud Festival

Jerusalem Cinematheque pays tribute to actor, director, and sex symbol Paul Newman

History   

AMID ‘THE PILE’: New York City fireman calls for additional firemen.

What remains of America’s 9/11 memory - and what is disappearing

Switzerland releases digital files on Josef Mengele to public with 'as little as possible' redacted

Mao Zedong, Israel and the road not taken - 50 years after leader’s death

OMG   

A Hungarian Cessna 172 crashed in a field after being stolen by a drunk pilot, August 29, 2026.

Drunk pilot arrested in Hungary after stealing plane, flying towards nuclear plant, crash-landing

Over 150 beagles rescued from testing at Wisconsin facility, marking over 2,000 released this year

Catch him if you can: Ex-flight attendant pleads guilty to posing as pilot for nearly five years

Travel   

The "Harmony in the Forest" wellness event.

Short drive from the center: Yom Kippur wellness event

81% of Israelis agree: This is the most important thing in a hotel room

Hiking in the Holy Land: A new year brings a change in the air

David Alexander, Deputy CEO of Phoenix Financial

Israel’s hidden strength: Institutional capital pools

Israel can no longer afford the privileges of adolescent behavior

Evolving regional economic opportunities

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