September 16, 2026 — Strong community ties linked to lower mortality risk, Israeli study finds. Study of more than 1.2 million Israelis finds kibbutz residents have significantly lower mortality risk than haredi and non-haredi Jews living in urban communities.

September 16, 2026 — Huckabee: America has never defended Israel, only its own interests. In an interview with ynet, the US ambassador to Israel says Trump was never pushed into war with Iran, Hamas has no intention of disarming and ties between Trump and Netanyahu remain strong and solid

September 15, 2026 — Poll: Nearly half of secular Israeli Jews fast on Yom Kippur. IDI poll finds 74% of Israeli Jews fast at least partially on Yom Kippur and 57% attend synagogue, including many who rarely attend during the year.

September 15, 2026 — 1948 bullet stopped in prayer book on word ‘kills,’ saving Israeli medic. Nearly 80 years after Moshe Kamara survived fighting in Gush Etzion, his family donates the olivewood-bound prayer book whose pages stopped the bullet near the words ‘brings death and gives life’

September 14, 2026 — Rosh Hashanah 2026: The 10 events that defined 5786. Trump’s Knesset visit, a landmark High Court ruling and one Israeli athlete who shone above them all. The Jewish calendar year 5786, now drawing to a close, was turbulent. And by next year’s Rosh Hashanah, the next one will likely be no different.

September 14, 2026 — President Herzog reflects on Israel’s challenges for new year; prioritizes unity, diplomacy, Jewish peoplehood. Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who has two years remaining in his seven-year term, has identified three priorities for the remainder of his presidency: strengthening Israel’s diplomacy, deepening Jewish peoplehood and healing divisions within Israeli society.

September 14, 2026 — Israel’s oldest Holocaust survivor dies at at 107 on Rosh Hashanah. Born in Poland in 1919, Widawski was imprisoned with his family in the Lodz Ghetto following the Nazi invasion. He was later deported to Auschwitz, where he lost his parents and most of his siblings.

September 11, 2026 — 25 years after 9/11, memory and resolve endure at Jerusalem memorial. Families, first responders and officials gather in Jerusalem to honor the victims and reaffirm the U.S.-Israel bond.

September 11, 2026 — ‘The most crucial election in Israel’s history’? Just asking. Gadi Eisenkot makes no secret of his plan to form a minority government with Arab parties abstaining, but he could end up helping crown another candidate as prime minister.

September 11, 2026 — ‘We bow our heads in memory’: Herzog marks 25th anniversary of September 11 attack on Twin Towers. He also praised the courage and heroism of first responders, emergency services, and citizens of New York who assisted in the aftermath of the attack.

September 11, 2026 — Daniel Pinsky becomes first Israeli sailor to embark on 250-day global race. Competitors of the 2026 Golden Globe Race are allowed to navigate only single-handedly and without modern technology.

September 11, 2026 — Israeli scientists develop huge sponge to mop up and ‘eat’ oil spills. Ben-Gurion University scientists say plant material, enriched with nutrients to attract oil-guzzling bacteria, can absorb 100 times its own mass in crude oil or fuel in just seconds