Week of April 10, 2026
Week of April 10, 2026
El Al to launch direct flights to Argentina, starting this fall By Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — Israel’s flag carrier El Al plans to launch direct flights from Tel Aviv to Buenos Aires this fall, marking a renewed push into the South American market. The nonstop service, which comes amid growing relations between the two countries, is expected to begin by November, JNS has learned. “Today, a dream I have pursued with all my effort since taking office as Ambassador begins to become a reality,” Argentinian Ambassador to Israel Axel Wahnish...
(JNS) — The IDF attacked the largest petrochemical facility in Iran, located in Asaluyeh, Defense Minister Israel Katz announced on Monday. With that operation and another last week, Iran’s two major petrochemical facilities, together accounting for 85 percent of the country’s total petrochemical exports, are out of action. “The IDF has now aggressively attacked Iran’s largest petrochemical facility located in Asaluyeh—a major target responsible for about 50 percent of the country’s petrochemical production, after last week’s...
In a Passover eve address steeped in biblical imagery, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday framed Israel’s campaign against Iran and its proxies through the lens of the biblical Exodus, declaring that Israel had dealt its enemies “ten blows” echoing the Ten Plagues. Netanyahu listed strikes against Hamas, Hezbollah, Bashar Assad’s fallen regime in Syria, Palestinian terror groups and the Houthis in Yemen, alongside five direct blows to Iran — targeting its nuclear program, missile capabilities, regime...
(JNS) - One Israeli was kiled when Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists struck his vehicle in the Galilee Panhandle on Sunday morning. "Medics and paramedics report a man trapped in a vehicle with no signs of life," the Magen David Adom emergency response group stated. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that "fire from Lebanese territory toward a community on the northern border was identified." It added, "There is damage and there are casualties." The victim was later identified as Ofer...
(JNS) - The Israel Defense Forces' "Operation Roaring Lion" against the Islamic Republic will continue "with full force, on all fronts," until all objectives are achieved, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. The premier in his statement commented on the elimination of Brig. Gen. Majid Khademi, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' intelligence chief, and Asghar Bakri, who commanded Unit 840 of the IRGC's Quds Force. "Another central arm of the Iranian terror regime has been...
(JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces has killed more than 1,000 Hezbollah operatives since the Iranian-backed terrorist group joined the war on March 2, “and that number will continue to rise,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Sunday. The military is striking Hezbollah “with determination, extensively and across multiple fronts,” Zamir said during a visit to Ras el-Bayada, a strategic coastal headland located near Tyre that is the northernmost point in Southern Lebanon where Israeli soldiers are currently operating on the...
Four bodies have been retrieved from under the rubble at the site of the Iranian ballistic missile impact in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, rescue services said on Monday afternoon. Following overnight efforts with the Israel Defense Forces' Home Front Command, "two trapped individuals who were found under the rubble without signs of life," the Israel Fire and Rescue Authority said early on Monday. "Rescue operations and attempts are still ongoing at this time in an effort to reach two...
(JNS) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared on Monday morning that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump and was "deeply proud" that Israel could "contribute to saving a brave American warrior," referring to the rescue mission of the downed pilot from Iranian territory. "I spoke earlier with President Donald Trump and personally congratulated him on his bold decision and a perfectly executed American mission to rescue the downed pilot from enemy territory," Netanyahu tweeted. He...
(JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces killed Brig.-Gen. Majid Khademi, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence chief and one of the IRGC’s most senior operatives, Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed on Monday. “The terrorist regime in Iran continues to launch missiles at the Israeli home front, killing and harming Israeli civilians,” Katz said during a situational assessment with senior military officials. “I was updated by the chief of staff that, overnight in Tehran, the IDF eliminated Majid Khadami, head of the IRGC...
(JNS) — The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service, an agency of the department, said that they will create and issue “additional guidance” for religious institutions on how to apply the Johnson Amendment, which bars houses of worship from endorsing political candidates. “Religious liberty is foundational to our Constitution, and the freedom to practice one’s faith openly and in community is central to the American story as we celebrate 250 years of independence as a nation this year,” stated Scott Bessent, U.S....
Most American Jews oppose the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran, according to a poll released on Monday. The Jewish Electorate Institute found that 55 percent of Jewish respondents said that they opposed the war, 32 percent approved and 13 percent were undecided. When asked for a more detailed breakdown of their feelings about the stated objectives of the conflict, a similar number of Jews (31 percent) said that they supported action against Iran, because the Islamic Republic cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon, and 41...
(JNS) — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) issued a joint statement on Wednesday that they would proceed with the Senate’s funding bill for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have precipitated the move by demanding congressional action in a social media post earlier on Wednesday. “I am asking that the bill be on my desk no later than June 1,” Trump wrote. “We are going forward to fund our incredible Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents...
Get a glimpse of what it’s like living in the biblical Heartland during the victorious Operation Roaring Lion (Israel) as Yonaton Behar, a resident of Har Bracha in the community on Mt. Gerizim, brings news and his personal insights to Fellowship Church in Winter Springs on Sunday, April 26 at 7 p.m. Behar is a rabbinic scholar and public relations director for Yeshivat Har Bracha, an Orthodox Hezder Yeshiva (one whose curriculum includes military service). He works closely with Eliezer Melamed, the Rosh Yeshiva (Head of the Yeshiva),...
Yom HaShoah Commemoration On Sunday, April 19, the community is invited to the Yom HaShoah Commemoration at the Roth Family JCC, 2 p.m. This will be a powerful afternoon of remembrance and reflection as the community commemorates Yom HaShoah – Day of Remembrance of the Holocaust and the Heroism. Visit hmrec.org to learn more and reserve tickets. A Night at the Catskills variety show Wednesday, April 29, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Back by popular demand The Holocaust Center presents “A Night at the Catskills,” a nostalgic, retro-themed variety...
Comedy For Peace Arts at the J presents Comedy For Peace on Thursday, April 23, 7:30 p.m. Comedy for Peace is a live comedy experience on one stage to do what comedy does best, make us laugh, connect, and see each other differently. This is comedy that disarms, unites, and reminds us of our shared humanity. The show is joyful, accessible, and meaningful—bringing diverse and interfaith audiences together through the universal language of laughter. In a world full of tension and noise, Comedy For Peace offers a much-needed release, paired...
(JNS) - Eighteen-year-old S. lies in an underground hospital bed at Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya. An Arab citizen of Israel, he was in a car accident a week ago and brought here. Because of the frequent Hezbollah rocket attacks, virtually the entire hospital has moved underground. The wards are crowded, with beds separated only by curtains. There's a bit of a traffic jam as patients are moved to and from the wards. "It's a little hard being underground, but the doctors are great," S....
(JNS, Dimona, Israel) - Amid the soot-covered ruins of a home in southern Israel demolished by an Iranian ballistic missile, the wedding ring was found. It was just a day earlier when Dorit Azran and her 29-year-old son, Dor, along with their two dogs-all sheltering in their safe room at the time of the missile impact-escaped unscathed from the home. "It was a visible miracle," Dor recounts of the harrowing ordeal when the missile, packed with half a ton of explosives, slammed into the yard...
(JNS) - An Israeli university announced that archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known clay ornaments in Southwest Asia, dating back 15,000 years in modern-day Israel. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem said that 142 beads and pendants were created by Natufian hunter-gatherers. These ancient people lived by gathering wild food and hunting, rather than through agriculture or farming. The ornaments were found at four Natufian sites: el-Wad, Nahal Oren, Hayonim and Eynan-Mallaha, spanning...
Fourteen years ago, Loren London envisioned creating a program that would empower adults with disabilities to find and maintain employment. That vision became RAISE, Recognizing Abilities and Inclusion of Special Employees. What began as a program to help prepare adults with disabilities for the workforce has evolved into much more than London, founder and director of Strategy & Development and Rachel Slavkin, RAISE Inclusion director, could ever have imagined. On April 7, 2014, the RAISE...
The Jewish pavilion is hosting its annual charity golf tournament on April 27. The cost for a foursome is $700, individual, $175. Registration and range is a 8 a.m., shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Call 407-678-9363 for more information and to...
After six canceled and delayed flights, I was finally able to get home to Israel last week having been stranded in the U.S. for three weeks due to the war. I used my time productively, conducting 20 interviews and briefings in the last two weeks alone. Most of my interviewers were interested in my perspective as a dual American-Israeli citizen on the war against the Islamic Republic, the challenges in Israel, and my not being there with my family. In one of the conversations, the host affirmed his support for the war, and Israel, repeatedly...
(JNS) — Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens and Carrie Prejean Boller (“The Three Cs”) are probably the most exceptional examples of the renewed Christian theological opposition to Israel and Zionism that has always been lurking in dark corners. There are, of course, the “normal” fanatical Jew-haters—Nick Fuentes, Ana Kasparian and Myron Gaines (pseudonym of the Sudanese Amrou Fudl). And now, even conservative media personality Megyn Kelley is queuing up. All claim not to be antisemitic but, to varying degrees, express a rhetoric of...
(JNS) — The “Greater Israel” narrative (from the Nile to the Euphrates) is a modern reincarnation of antisemitic myths. The claim is not rooted in Israeli policy, strategy and action but in simplified, emotionally charged narratives that cast Israel as expansionist and aggressive. Israel is not pursuing a “Greater Israel” in any way or form. The lie is amplified by media networks with millions of audiences, such as podcasters and media personalities Tucker Carlson, Piers Morgan and others, dripping with imagery of expansion,...
(JNS) — For decades, the United States sold Gulf monarchies hundreds of billions of dollars in advanced weapons. These regimes were called “allies,” treated as partners and defended as pillars of regional stability. Yet now, with their order under threat, their American-built arsenals sit mostly idle. In the past decade, U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait totaled $300 to $450 billion. U.S. President Donald Trump also advanced a $142 billion deal with Saudi Arabia—the largest arms agreement...
(JNS) — Passover began this year on the evening of April 1, April Fools’ Day. It’s known as the day when practical jokes and hoaxes are perpetrated on unsuspecting victims, with the pranksters usually exposing themselves by shouting “April Fools!” This year’s timing is curiously coincidental, but arguably not without significance. The theme of Passover is succinctly stated in the Haggadah itself: “We were slaves unto Pharaoh in Egypt, and God took us out with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. If the Holy One, Blessed be He,...
Hearing loss is often considered a minor inconvenience or a normal part of aging. However, when hearing loss goes untreated for a long period of time, it can lead to a condition known as hearing deprivation. This occurs when the brain receives less sound stimulation over time and gradually loses some of its ability to process speech and other sounds. Hearing is not only about the ears — it is also about the brain. Sound travels from the ear to the brain, where it is interpreted and understood. When someone has hearing loss and does not use...
Forward Culture reporter "The Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles"" By Paul van Ravestein and Monique Mulder Chronicle Books, 224 pages, $27 "Pickles are a favorite food in Jewtown," muckraker Jacob Riis, referring to the Lower East Side, wrote in "How the Other Half Lives," his seminal exposé on poverty. "They are filling and keep the children from crying with hunger. Those who have stomachs like ostriches thrive in spite of them and grow strong - plain proof that they are good to...
After Passover, people wonder what to do with the leftover matzah. Some easy suggestions are to make appetizers using broken pieces of the cracker to serve with slices of cheese, cheese spreads or sauces from avocado and tomato. Adding salt and chopped herbs like oregano, basil, and dill, will add to the flavor. By making a fine powder or breadcrumbs in the food processor, you can thicken sauces and make cakes and cookies, bread chicken and fish and add to meat loaf and meatballs instead of breadcrumbs. Use the large pieces for lasagna,...
There's an FAQ on the website of the London theater where the Kadimah Yiddish Theatre of Melbourne's production of Yentl is running through April 16. The very first item reads: Is this a stage version of the 1983 musical film starring Barbara Streisand? No - the London production of Yentl is a play. It is a new adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer's 1962 short story, "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" - just like the Streisand film was at the time. This explanation does more than relieve box office staff...
Mom: Tell me about your day at school. Little girl: We went outside for a fire drizzle! So goes the first report of a new and strange weather phenomenon. And certainly not the first innocent misunderstanding experienced by a child or even by an adult. This was in 1956. Back then, Art Linkletter’s show had a segment called “Kids say the darndest things” in which he interviewed children. Its popularity led to a bestselling book by the same title. Kids often say funny things because they...
In the 1950s, Younes Dardashti, a Jewish man from Tehran's Jewish ghetto, became one of Iran's most celebrated singers. As the country underwent rapid secularization under the Shah, Jewish communities that had long been pushed to the margins found new opportunities. Dardashti's piercing, unmistakable voice filled Iranian airwaves, exclusive concert halls and the Shah's palace, earning him the title "Nightingale of Iran." Years after Younes Dardashti's death, his granddaughter Galeet is still...
On the morning of Wednesday, April 1, what began as an ordinary workday at Jewish Pavilion Senior Services quickly turned into an extraordinary example of community, compassion, and perfect timing. Vanessa Stein, assistant director of Jewish Pavilion Senior Services, was at her desk when she received an unexpected call from Joel Kirschblum, owner of Sababa Market and Catering. He explained that he had prepared more Passover foods than needed - including matzo ball soup, charoset, and gefilte...
(JNS) — A humble childhood, a meteoric rise to power, a fatal love affair, a confrontation with a giant. It’s no surprise that the life of King David, as told in the biblical book of Samuel, has attracted generations of filmmakers, with the second king of Israel played by Gregory Peck and Richard Gere, among others. More recently, the first season of “House of David” drew 22 million viewers in its first two weeks on Amazon Prime last year, with a second season released on March 27. David also features in a new animated musical and a...
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