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Artemis II astronauts safely back on Earth after trip around moon

It took recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the crew, ending the first human voyage to the vicinity of the moon in over fifty years.

NASA's Orion spacecraft with Artemis II crewmembers NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, commander; Victor Glover, pilot; Christina Koch, mission specialist; and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist aboard is seen as it lands in the Pacific Ocean on April 10, 2026.
Airplanes fly out from Ben Gurion International airport. April 7, 2025.

Several airlines to reinstate flights to Israel in coming weeks

An Israeli artillery unit fires towards Lebanon, amid escalation between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel, and amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, in northern Israel, March 17, 2026.

US, Lebanon request Israel pause attacks against Hezbollah prior to talks - report

Harrison Hochberg, the first Jewish member of the University of Michigan basketball team to win a National Championship.

On the record and off the court: Meet the only Jewish player on the NCAA championship team


Russia warns US-Israeli strikes near Bushehr nuclear plant are extremely dangerous

The Kremlin spokesman said that the conflict in Iran, "as recently as yesterday," should have been channeled towards a political and diplomatic settlement.

FILE PHOTO: A view of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, in Bushehr, Iran on April 28, 2024.

US imposes sanctions targeting Hezbollah financial network, State Department says

According to the statement, the sanctions are intended to disrupt fundraising and money laundering activities carried out on behalf of Hezbollah’s finance team.

Photos of prominent Hezbolla leaders are seen at the site of a reported IDF air strike on March 19, 2026 in Baalbek, Lebanon.

Danish military planned to blow up Greenland airfields to prevent US takeover - NYT

The plan came into place amid US President Donald Trump's attempts to acquire Greenland, despite his statements that he "won't use force" to acquire it.

Propeller planes of Air Greenland used for regional connections stand at Nuuk Airport on January 16, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland.

First, second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, share a bar mitzvah

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and the former mayor and congressman David Cicilline had been studying Hebrew, parsing Torah portions, and preparing together for the past 16 months.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley (L) and former Providence Mayor David Cicilline (M) gather for the gathered for our annual St. Joseph’s Day celebration on March 19, 2026.

Meet the Connecticut dad and children’s book author who won a JFK Jr. lookalike contest

“He was Catholic. I’m Jewish. I married a Jew. He married a goy,” joked Andrew Ginsburg, who has been inundated with comments that he resembles the late John F. Kennedy Jr. since he was 22.

Andrew Ginsburg celebrates after winning a JFK Jr. look-alike competition in the West Village.

UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’ in antisemitism settlement

The university further agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, with its senior litigation counsel describing the settlement as a "major milestone."

The University of California, Berkeley.

US push for Western Hemisphere dominance could extend to Cuba and Nicaragua, experts say

Trump's new policy, which he calls the “Donroe" Doctrine, aims to establish US dominance throughout the Western Hemisphere by replacing regime leaders with US-allied governments.

The US flag flutters at the US embassy in Caracas on March 14, 2026, ten days after the restoration of diplomatic relations following the capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro in a US military raid.

Iran’s textbooks promote violent martyrdom, normalize militarization, IMPACT-se finds

IMPACT-se says Iran’s Khomeinist ideology is deeply embedded in schools, with textbooks reflecting the regime’s political values, narratives, and agendas.

Afghan refugee schoolboys wearing protective face masks look on as they holds their schoolbooks while sitting in a classroom at the Farhang school in the first day of the new academic year in southern Tehran on November 1, 2021.

Maryland man who sent threatening letters to Jewish institutions sentenced to three years in prison

55-year-old Clift Seferlis of Garrett Park had pled guilty to 17 counts of mailing threatening communications and eight counts of obstructing the free exercise of religious beliefs.

A view of the J. Edgar Hoover Building, which served as the headquarters building for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1975, in Washington, DC, on February 6, 2026.

Michigan synagogue shooter had vehicle full of fireworks, shot himself during attack, FBI says

The suspect, a naturalized US citizen with no criminal record, had recently lost family members in Lebanon due to an IDF airstrike.

Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside Temple Israel guarding the scene in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026, after an person identified as Ayman Ghazali drove a vehicle into the building.