September 11

‘You are standing today’: A Jewish lesson for America, 25 years after 9/11

As we approach the 25th anniversary of that terrible day, this week’s haftarah (Isaiah 61:10-63:9) offers a powerful perspective on destruction, rebuilding, and memory.

 THE TWIN Towers burn
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani enters for a press conference to ask for the release of Federal Counterterrorism Funding in New York City, US, September 1, 2026.

Mamdani says 9/11 docs should be released to the public, ahead of 25th anniversary of terror attack

Candace Owens speaking at a Turning Point USA event in Detroit, Michigan, June, 14, 2024; illustrative.

Political language has become a weapon against the truth and Israel - opinion

: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies before a Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, May 12, 2026.

The FBI must prevent Iran’s covert war from reaching US soil - opinion


Iran's Zarif urges Trump to discuss avoiding another 9/11 with Saudis

Saudia Arabia denies supporting its citizens who hijacked planes on September 11, but modern critics wonder if the nation's growing extremism could lead to a repeat of the incident.

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001.

Osama bin Laden's son calls for lone-wolf attacks on Jews, Americans

Hamza Osama bin Laden has continuously called for revenge for the death of his father.

A propaganda video release by Hamza Osama bin Laden calling for lone-wolf attacks

Alleged 9/11 mastermind blames US, Israel in letter to Obama

Guantanamo Bay prisoner Khalid Sheik Mohammed charged that the series of deadly 2001 al-Qaida attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people were conducted in retribution for US foreign policy.

The World Trade Center burns after being hit by a plane in New York on September 11, 2001

Saudi royal involved in aiding terrorists, says Guantanamo detainee

Allegations of Saudi involvement in the September 11, 2001 attacks still persists in the US despite denials by the FBI and White House.

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001.

The Human Spirit: Twin terror

An ocean separates Jerusalem and New York, but today we feel twinned – like the towers.

A man arrives at the World Trade Center complex on the morning of the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Manhattan this week

Hot off the Arab press 467888

What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East.

Muslim pilgrims gather on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual haj pilgrimage, outside the city of Mecca this week

Snap Judgement: The limits of empathy

The 9/11 attacks did not noticeably influence discourse abroad on the Israeli/Arab conflict, or generate any additional sense of identification with victims of terrorism here, for several reasons.

US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro at the 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem, September 11, 2016

Man sets fire to Muslim woman in suspected New York hate crime

Local authorities are searching for the perpetrator of the incident.

Muslim woman (illustrative)

Being Jewish and American on 9/11

What were the outcomes of 9/11? America unified in a manner not seen in decades, perhaps since Pearl Harbor.

Boy among some of the 3,000 flags placed in memory of lives lost in the September 11, 2001 attacks, at park in Winnetka, Illinois, September 10, 2015.

Will 9/11 victims' families be able to sue Saudi Arabia?

Gulf states rap passage by US Congress of law allowing families of the deadly 2001 attacks to sue the kingdom; White House expected to veto measure.

The second tower of the World Trade Center bursts into flames after being hit by a hijacked airplane in New York on September 11, 2001.