Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
In Finance-Focused GOP Debate, Candidates Don’t Forget Middle East
JNS.org - On Wednesday, Republican presidential primary candidates debated for the third time in consecutive second-tier and first-tier debates on the CNBC network. Both debates focused primarily...
Treating Terrorists Before Victims: How Real is the Choice for Israeli Responders?
JNS.org -In the midst of the ongoing wave of Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis, a controversy has brewed with regard to how Emergency Medical Services...
IDF Captain Who Lost Hand in Gaza Welcomes First Child
JNS.org - In a bit of upbeat news during a tough week for the Jewish state, Israel Defense Forces Captain Ziv Shilon, who lost his left hand...
Iran Document on Amended JCPOA Includes Anti-Israel Section
JNS.org - This week, several news outlets have reported that the Iranian parliament, the Majlis, approved the nuclear deal that was signed in July with world powers, known...
Amid Terror Wave in Israel, Haifa Remains Beacon of Coexistence
JNS.org - This week, as Israel is dealing with a wave of Palestinian terror attacks across the country ranging from stabbings to car-rammings — and in one...
Israeli Designers Create Buzz at NYC International Bridal Week
JNS.org - Fourteen Israeli fashion designers exhibited their wedding gown designs at New York City’s International Bridal Week, held Oct 10-12. The Bridal Week is a major annual...
The Holocaust Makes an Appearance in New Ben Carson Rhetoric Hubbub
JNS.org - U.S. Republican presidential primary candidate Ben Carson sparked renewed controversy after telling CNN on Thursday that "the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Revisiting Program Employing Blind Women
JNS.org - During Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 2013, I reported on an innovative initiative launched by German gynecologist Dr. Frank Hoffmann. Discovering Hands gives blind...
German Reunification: 25 Years Haven’t Cured Antisemitism
JNS.org - The 25th anniversary of German reunification falls on Oct. 3. In thinking about it, I am reminded of how in the summer of 2008, fresh...
Syria Sizzles, Lebanon Stinks: Another Complex Day in Israel’s Neighborhood
JNS.org - As untouched mounds of trash piled up on the streets of Beirut, Lebanon, in recent months, with no one coming to clean it up,...
Doctor: Salmonella Exists in ‘Most Poultry’ in Israel
JNS.org - On Monday, Stewart Parnell, the former CEO of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), was sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in...
Hungarian Ambassador to Israel: Refugee Clashes Misrepresented by Media
JNS.org - As the Middle Eastern migrant crisis continues in Europe, Hungary has received particularly harsh criticism for its harsh treatment of the refugees, including the...
Jewish National Fund Commemorates 9/11 at Israeli Monument
JNS.org - On the 14th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Jewish National Fund-Keren Kayemet LeYisrael (JNF-KKL) held a memorial ceremony outside of Jerusalem...
Dutch Holocaust Survivors Attacked as 70 Percent of Europe Jews Hide Faith
JNS.org - In the latest case of antisemitic violence in Europe, two elderly Holocaust survivors in the Netherlands were brutally beaten and robbed. The assailants, reportedly...









