Hourly Roundup 02:00 Israel · 14 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- Instructive reminder for those who tokenize themselves to appease “anti-Zionists” like these ones.Instructive reminder for those who tokenize themselves to appease “anti-Zionists” like these ones. As long as you’re a Jew, it will never be enough for them!
- Jewish Teens in France Tell US Ambassador About Enduring Antisemitism in SchoolsMembers of French Cteen chapters meet with United States Ambassador to France Charles Kushner and his wife Seryl on Monday, May 4, 2026. They discussed their experiences with antisemitism and what keeps them motivated. Photo:…
- New Jersey man pleads guilty to ramming Chabad headquarters with his carDan Sohail pleaded guilty on Wednesday to damaging Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y., facing a maximum sentence of three years in prison and mandatory restitution, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Sohail, 36,…
- Soldier sentenced to 30 days in prison after IDF Chief of Staff catches him with 'Messiah' patchZamir had been touring the West Bank when he encountered several soldiers who were behaving inappropriately and failing to follow military discipline.
- Sarah Lawrence student senate rejects J Street U chapter after fierce backlash'Student senators compared recognizing the group to approving ‘a white supremacist organization.’
- Holocaust survivor Albrecht Weinberg, who moved back to Germany in his 80's, dies aged 101Weinberg, who was born in Rhauderfehn in 1925, passed away in the town of Leer, not far from his birthplace in northwest Germany.
- Rubio: US will work to enlist China to pressure IranUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News that the US hopes "to convince China to play a more active role in trying to persuade Iran to cease its actions…
Torah perspective
The image of an 18-year-old in Paris refusing a letter from the US Embassy because he cannot let his school discover he is Jewish is a snapshot of what exile looks like when stripped of all abstraction. Only his best friend knows. Another teen, Salomé, drives 90 minutes each week just to sit in a room with other Jews, counting days all week at school for that moment. What keeps them going is not ideology but touch: a face, a friend, a shared fate. The Midrash teaches that Israel was redeemed from Egypt because they did not change their names or their language. Today, when a classroom feels like a mask and a CTeen Shabbaton feels like home, those small acts of holding on are already redemption in miniature.