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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
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In Orban’s rule, Israelis saw a model for their own country. Will he also be one in defeat?

by Deborah Danan April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
A poster is hung in Tehran's Revolution Square featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty, and photographs of several heads of state to mark the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis in Tehranon Nov. 5, 2025. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups urge Trump to prioritize Americans held in Iran during ceasefire talks

by Grace Gilson April 20, 2026April 20, 2026
A sign reading "Jewish Lives Should Matter, Too" is seen at the floral tributes area outside Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on Dec. 18, 2025, to honor victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Fatalities from antisemitic attacks reach highest toll in 30 years, Israeli analysis finds

by Grace Gilson April 13, 2026April 13, 2026
Roya Hakakian (left) listens to a question from Rabbi Sarah Joselow Parris at Congregation Emanu-El. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

‘We can’t quit’: Jewish Iranian human rights advocate urges complete victory

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 10, 2026April 13, 2026
Pro-regime Iranians gather for a massive memorial march marking the 40th day following the death of the former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, April 9, 2026. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Iran ceasefire teeters as IDF continues to pound Lebanon, Strait of Hormuz stays closed

by JTA Staff April 9, 2026April 9, 2026
A Jewish couple ride in a rickshaw in Shanghai in the late 1930s or early 1940s. (Courtesy Sino-Judaic Institute)
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Local scholar keeps history of China’s oldest Jewish community alive

by Julie Zigoris April 8, 2026April 8, 2026
Video of an alleged strike on a synagogue in Tehran. (Screenshot)
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Iran claims synagogue in Tehran was ‘completely destroyed’ by U.S.-Israeli strike

by Grace Gilson April 7, 2026April 7, 2026
Palestinians inspect a burned-out house following an attack by Jewish settlers, in the West Bank, March 23, 2026. (Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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1000+ diaspora leaders call for action against ‘Jewish-extremist terror’ in West Bank

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 27, 2026March 27, 2026
Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian Muslim political analyst and author, speaks on March 24 in San Francisco about her hope for Israel-Arab relations after  the current war with Iran. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Muslim Arab Zionist who fled Egypt still sees hope for Mideast coexistence

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 26, 2026March 27, 2026
A gallery of young Argentinian Jews "disappeared" under the military junta beginning in 1976 is featured on the website of Eduiot, an educational memorial project. Fernando Brodsky is at top right. (Eduiot)
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50 years after the Dirty War, Argentinians remember the Jews who ‘disappeared’

by Juan Melamed March 26, 2026March 26, 2026

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