This week: Iranian cluster missiles killed 20 civilians across Israel and the West Bank, including four Palestinian women and a couple in their seventies as the war continues.

In Michigan, a armed man rammed a truck into America’s largest Reform synagogue while 140 children were inside.

Belgium deployed soldiers to guard Jewish schools and synagogues after coordinated bombings hit Liège, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam.

In the UK, one in five students said they would refuse to live with a Jewish peer, the Guardian rationalised attacks on a Jewish-founded bakery, and a Jewish NHS worker was investigated for celebrating Jewish festivals.

And lastly some good news, USA Today named Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son Hersh was murdered in Hamas captivity, as one of its 2026 Women of the Year.