Jewish News Briefing

On the briefing today:  In Canada, Jewish leaders call for armed guards and more police after the Yome Kippur attack in Belleville. In the West Bank, suspected settler extremists torch Palestinian property. In Washington, former Jewish establishment leaders join J Street. In Britain, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband condemns Israel's government. In Germany, a town bans stumbling-stone memorials to Nazi victims. And in Portugal, a Holocaust museum reaches nearly a third of the country's teenagers.

For further reading:

https://thecjn.ca/news/jewish-leaders-want-armed-guards-more-police-at-all-canadian-institutions/

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-909940

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/28/politics/jewish-establishment-heavy-hitters-are-joining-j-street-in-a-sign-of-the-changing-times

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/ed-miliband-suffering-inflicted-on-gaza-by-netanyahu-is-stain-on-conscience-of-the-world/

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/27/global/german-city-bans-stumbling-stone-memorials-to-nazi-victims

https://ejpress.org/since-2021-holocaust-museum-of-porto-hosted-nearly-30-of-portugals-teenage-population/

On the briefing today:  Prime Minister Netanyahu's combative speech at the United Nations; new details about the drone blast that killed two Israeli reservists in Gaza; a federal lawsuit accusing an Ohio hospital of firing a surgeon for being Jewish; Dutch airport searches of Israeli travelers; arrests and a major incident at a British air base used for strikes on Iran; Belgium's intelligence chief blaming Iran for attacks on Jewish sites; and protests at the U.S. premiere of the documentary "NAZA."

For further reading, url's to the articles mentioned:

https://www.australianjewishnews.com/benjamin-netanyahus-fiery-unga-speech/

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/433710

https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/09/27/police-arrest-men-explosives-act-fairford/

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-909878

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-909874

https://www.jns.org/news/world/belgian-intel-chief-tehran-behind-attacks-on-jewish-sites-in-liege-antwerp

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/26/ny/naza-documentary-draws-sold-out-crowd-and-protests-at-us-premiere

On the briefing today - The son of Israel's ambassador to the United States is badly hurt in a West Bank attack. the  Trump-backed board of peace puts a price tag on Gaza's first rebuilding phase. Mahmoud Abbas addresses the U.N. by video. Algae knocks most of Israel's desalination plants offline. Jewish groups rally outside the U.N. to oppose anti-semitism.  And shareholders take the New York Times to court over Mideast coverage. 

Here are links to the articles mentioned in this briefing:

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/23/israel/son-of-israels-us-ambassador-seriously-injured-in-west-bank-ramming-attack

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/trump-peace-board-unveils-2-45bn-plan-to-rebuild-gaza/

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-909610

https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-desalination-plant-shutdown-exposes-precarious-water-reserves-1001557481

https://www.jns.org/news/u-s-news/jewish-groups-hold-large-rally-outside-un-general-assembly-to-demand-action-against-antisemitism

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/new-york-times-sued-by-shareholders-over-alleged-anti-israel-bias/

At the United Nations, President Trump says Iran faces a choice between a deal and more force. Britain's prime minister criticizes Israel's conduct in Gaza and the West Bank. A new poll finds shrinking faith in two-state coexistence. A Jerusalem Reform synagogue is targeted again over Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur Brings Threats to Jewish Communities in Three Countries.  And thousands of Dutch Christians rally for Israel in Amsterdam. 

Here are url's to the articles covered today:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-tells-un-he-may-sign-deal-with-iran-after-midterms-or-annihilate-it-instead/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pew-poll-finds-majority-of-israelis-and-palestinian-say-two-state-coexistence-impossible/

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/22/israel/reform-synagogue-in-jerusalem-vandalized-congregants-harassed-in-three-incidents-around-yom-kippur

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/burnham-tells-un-that-oct-7-hamas-attack-and-threats-to-jews-worldwide-does-not-justify-netanyahus-war-in-gaza/

https://ejpress.org/thousands-of-christian-friends-rally-in-support-for-israel-in-amsterdam/

 https://thejewishweekly.com/manchester-yom-kippur-plot-foiled/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/uk-police-2-arrested-over-suspected-plot-to-target-manchester-jewish-community/

https://www.jta.org/2026/09/20/united-states/attacks-on-synagogues-were-part-of-massive-isis-inspired-plot-by-pittsburgh-area-man-fbi-says

https://www.algemeiner.com/2026/09/22/wave-yom-kippur-incidents-canada-highlights-rising-hostility-toward-jewish-community/

On the briefing today - A shooting outside a synagogue in Ontario, Canada, at the start of Yom Kippur draws swift condemnation from Canadian leaders. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a disaster for the world. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says Jewish life in his country is no longer safe. An Argentine court orders eight suspects to stand trial for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. An Israeli robotics company spun out of Intel is bought for six hundred million dollars. And Culture Club's Boy George confirms he's heading to Tel Aviv despite backlash over his pro-Israel song. Now, let's go deeper.

On the briefing today: the State Department clears the way for a massive F-35 fighter jet sale to Saudi Arabia. Israel goes quiet for Yom Kippur under the shadow of a deadly West Bank shooting. A father of seven from England is found dead in the forest near Uman during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage. The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan faces a federal lawsuit alleging religious discrimination. Hundreds of Michigan Jews publicly back Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. And Israel's newest submarine completes a secretive journey home from Germany. Now, let's go deeper.

on the briefing today: the UK, France, and Canada move to ban goods from Israeli settlements, and Israel hits back by closing the British consulate in Jerusalem. Prime Minister Netanyahu says he'll sue Haaretz over a report claiming the UAE's leader warned him about a Hamas attack days before October 7th. Israel's October 27th election takes shape as thirty-eight parties register their candidate lists. A Canadian federal court orders the Carney government to release more documents on Nazi war criminals who entered Canada after World War Two. A top EU official rejects calling Israel's actions in Gaza a "genocide." And new data shows Jewish communal security spending in North America has topped one billion dollars a year.