Hourly Roundup 21:00 Israel · 15 May 2026
Stories in this hour
- This Jewish lawyer is running against a rabbi to represent the Upper West Side in AlbanyTo explain his outlook on Israel, Eli Northrup, a candidate for New York State Assembly on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, reaches into his bag and pulls out a copy of Moment magazine. The American Jewish…
- Justice Dept seeks death penalty against alleged gunman in killing of Israeli Embassy staffersThe U.S. Department of Justice will seek the death penalty against Elias Rodriguez, who is accused of fatally shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025.…
- Reminder: Izz al-Din al-Haddad was one of the architects of the October 7 massacre.Reminder: Izz al-Din al-Haddad was one of the architects of the October 7 massacre. During the war, he surrounded himself with Israeli hostages, including Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Liri Albag, exploiting them as human…
- At Jewish Democrats summit, Senate candidate Graham Platner divides the room“As far as I’m concerned, you can regret having a Nazi tattoo, you can try to cover it up, but it’s still there,” JDCA CEO Halie Soifer said.
- America’s National Shabbat: An invitation Jews cannot afford to miss - opinionTrump’s call for a national Shabbat highlights a growing Judeo-Christian alliance and a new cultural moment in America.
- IDF strikes Hamas military leader, former hostage Liri Albag's captor, say senior defense sourcesInitial indications point towards a successful assasination, according to military reports.
- Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’Maureen Galindo, the housing activist and conspiracy theorist whose rants about “billionaire Zionists” have defined her pursuit of a U.S. House seat in Texas, is within spitting distance of winning a Democratic runoff in a…
- Bill seeks to deny, revoke visas for relatives of designated terrorists, hostile foreign actorsSen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) has introduced legislation that would bar the relatives of designated terrorists and other hostile foreign actors from entering the United States and revoke existing visas, following reports that relatives of former…
- BREAKING: Kataib Hezbollah Commander Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi arrested for planning terror attacks targeting Jewish sites in the USBREAKING: Kataib Hezbollah Commander Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi arrested for planning terror attacks targeting Jewish sites in the US Al-Saadi reportedly planned at least 18 attacks across Europe and Canada since the Iran war…
- Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his districtRep. Steve Cohen, the Jewish Democrat from Tennessee at the center of a controversial Republican-led redistricting push, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection. In his press conference announcing his decision, the congressman also…
- Jerusalem Day: Israelis cannot afford to take a united Jerusalem for granted - opinionJerusalem Day should be appreciated and celebrated in all its manifestations – as a historic achievement, a political challenge, and a spiritual opportunity.
- Freed hostage Emily Damari celebrates elimination of captor Izz al-Din al-HaddadCaptivity survivor Emily Damari, who was held by Izz al-Din al-Haddad in captivity, commented on his elimination in a post on Instagram. "It's official, Izz al-Din al-Haddad has been eliminated !!!!!! Thank you to all…
Torah perspective
Emily Damari's words carry the weight of a soul that has passed through the valley of death and emerged into light. 'With God's help, we will reach every single one of them,' she said, and in that sentence lies the Torah's vision of justice: not vengeance, but the sacred duty to remove evil from the world so that life can flourish. The elimination of Izz al-Din al-Haddad is not merely a military success; it is a restoration of divine order. The verse 'the wicked shall perish from the land' is not a cry of hatred but a precondition for peace. When a hostage survivor can say 'Shabbat Shalom to the entire Nation of Israel,' she has already begun the work of healing, and that is the deepest victory of all.