Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
Chavez Era Remembered as Perilous Time for Venezuelan Jewry
Michel Hausmann, a Jewish freelance theater director now living in New York, in 2009 was the producer of the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" in...
Would Newly Proposed Sanctions Be the ‘Tipping Point’ for Iran?
While the American public is being told that existing sanctions are crippling the Iranian economy, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reports continue to show the...
A Web of Hate: European, U.S. Laws Clash on Defining and Policing Online Anti-Semitism
Last October, the hashtag #unbonjuif (#agoodjew) was trending as the third-most tweeted subject in France. Users jumped on the chance to tweet phrases like "a...
Inside the 2013 Israeli Election: the System and the Players
"Bibi," "Bennett," "Tzipi," "Shelly." The way names of major candidates in the Israeli elections have been bandied about by international observers and media analysts, you...
Tales of Terror: Israelis Share Their Stories on Gaza Rockets
The day that longtime Sderot resident Adi Kaslasy, 25, was driving home in her car as rockets started falling around her, a cease-fire was supposed...
Jewish Travel Through the Ages
Among us Jews, it's a common saying that there's one of us everywhere. These days, whether it's the recently released Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier...
Making a Shidduch: Nobel Prize-Winning Jewish Economist Alvin Roth Discusses Matching (INTERVIEW)
Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley were awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in mid-October for their work in market design....
Battling the Post-Election Blues
It's all over. Barack Obama has defeated Mitt Romney to earn a second term, and that means a presidential race that has lasted for more than...
Soviet Aliyah Pioneer Reflects on Russia’s Past, Present, Future (INTERVIEW)
Members of the Russian Pussy Riot punk band were recently convicted for "hooliganism" after performing a song protesting against the Russian Orthodox Church and...
Latino Jews Weigh in on Immigration, Israel Leading Up to Election
Meet Alex Halberstein. A swing voter in a swing state, the registered Independent's family moved in 1938 from Vienna to Peru, and then ...
Jewish Travelers Undeterred by Worldwide Threats
Since a terrorist bus bombing killed five Israeli tourists and injured more than 30 in the Bulgarian city of Burgas, travel agencies (unsurprisingly)...
Documentary on UN Corruption Makes You Laugh, Then Cry
A picture of a burned Israeli bus appears among images of world terrorist attacks; a newspaper headline on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threat...
15 Quirky and Game Changing Israeli Inventions
MEDICINE Invented by electro-optical engineer Gavriel Iddan, the PillCam takes images of the digestive tract and detects gastrointestinal diseases such as Crohn's disease. Patients swallow...
Shareholders Demand Answers From CBS On Holy Land Christian Story
Four board members of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) attended the CBS May 24 shareholder meeting in New York,...
