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.

|ByMICHAEL FREUND
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

CBS correspondent Marcia Kramer reported that deaths from 9/11-related illnesses have surpassed the number of people killed on the day of the attacks, citing a report released Tuesday.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-SHAMIR
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

Political extremes are draining words of meaning, weaponizing language and distorting the debate over Israel, Zionism and the Jews.

|ByGIL TROY
: 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 does not need to win a conventional war to endanger Americans. The FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Forces must ensure that Tehran’s shadow threat never becomes America’s next tragedy.

|ByERFAN FARD

Rosh Hashanah, 9-11 and COVID-19 through the lens of the Jerusalem Post

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur act as an anchor for the Jewish people.

Biden orders declassification reviews of documents related to Sept 11

Biden said his order directed the Department of Justice and other agencies to "oversee a declassification review of documents" related to the FBI probe.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021ByREUTERS
A GLOVED hand rests on names of those who perished, at New York City’s National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The Tribute in Light will not be illuminated this year on the anniversary of the attacks due to corona restrictions.

Israel consulate in New York honors 20th anniversary of 9/11

Port Authority Police Superintendent Ed Cetnar, Rabbi Mendy Carlebach, and UJA-Federation of New York president Amy Bressman also attended the event.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Statue of Liberty and One World Trade Center are seen as the Tribute in Light shines in downtown Manhattan to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, Sep

Looking back at 9/11, 20 years later

Twenty years seems like a long time, a lifetime. Or thousands of missed lifetimes.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021ByHENRY SCHUSTER
Henry Schuster in Afghanistan in 2009

Biden welcomes fresh review of Sept. 11 attack documents

Family members of victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, which killed nearly 3,000 people, made the appeal to Biden in a letter released on Friday as the 20th anniversary nears.

AUGUST 9, 2021ByREUTERS
World Trade Center in New York hit by hijacked plane on September 11, 2001

Did Turkey conduct illegal rendition of “terrorist” abroad

It is not the first time Turkey sent agents to abduct someone they accuse of terrorism. What laws enable Turkey to do so remains unclear.

MAY 31, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media after attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey August 7, 2020.

US commander in Afghanistan says steps to end military mission launched

Earlier this month Biden said he would withdraw troops from Afghanistan before Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the militant attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

APRIL 25, 2021ByREUTERS
U.S. Army General Scott Miller walks during a change of command ceremony in Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan September 2, 2018

The 9/11 attacks and the resilience of New York

On September 11, 2001, I witnessed the 9/11 terror attacks from a high-rise building in the Washington Heights neighborhood of northern Manhattan.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByJOSEPH SCUTTS
‘Raising the Flag at Ground Zero’ is a photograph by Thomas E. Franklin of ‘The Record’ taken on September 11, 2001. The picture shows three New York City firefighters raising the US flag at Ground Zero of the World Trade Center following the 9/11 attacks

Judge says Saudi official must testify in suit related to Sept. 11 attacks

US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn's decision was made public on Thursday in Manhattan federal court.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020ByREUTERS
Am American flag flies near the base of the destroyed World Trade Center in New York, September 11, 2001. Planes crashed into each of the two towers, causing them to collapse

Netanyahu on 9/11: We shall always stand with the United States

Some 2,996 people were killed in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020ByCODY LEVINE
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu speaks about the Israel-UAE peace accords, in Jerusalem last month.