French court jails nanny for poisoning Jewish family but dismisses antisemitism charge. Aggravating circumstance thrown out for procedural reasons, as alleged antisemitic remarks to police only came after the poisoning, weren’t recorded in presence of lawyer

On Hanukkah and Sydney. The prophet does not deny the danger. He transcends it.

Michigan State Chabad vandalized on back-to-back nights. Unknown vandal throws stones at campus Chabad center’s windows, returns the following night to leave swastikas and “he’s back” graffiti on the doors.

Iran’s President signals surrender as he admits he can’t fix crises. In rare candor, President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran’s problems are self-inflicted and urges officials and provinces not to expect solutions from him.

Footage from heart of Jenin: Undercover units arrest terrorists and seize weapons. Security forces continue operations in Jenin as part of a large-scale operation in northern Samaria, which began last night.

Israel will ‘deal with Hamas’ if it won’t disarm, Sa’ar says. Jerusalem’s foreign minister said he would prefer resolving the situation in Gaza through diplomacy, but the military option remains on the table.

Report: Abbas called Oct. 7 ‘the greatest day in Palestinian history’. The P.A. leader allegedly praised the Hamas-led massacre on the morning of the attack.

Israeli education leaders visit NYC to learn how to teach Jewish identity. “I want every child in the non-religious schools to understand that Judaism belongs to them just as much as it does to children in religious schools,” a senior Israeli education official told JNS. “I want them to know that this is their birthright.”

‘We’ll have to pass,’ UN officials say when asked for any positive message about Israel amid holiday season “That says more about the U.N. than it does about Israel,” the Israeli ambassador to the global body in New York told JNS.