Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Alina Dain Sharon / JNS.org
Netanyahu Gets Coalition Negotiations Extension After Meetings With Bennett and Lieberman
JNS.org - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has received a two-week extension from President Reuven Rivlin to finalize negotiations over forming Israel's next governing coalition. "We...
Iran Nuclear Deal’s Fate Could Swing on Decisions of a Few US Lawmakers
JNS.org - In the aftermath of the recently reached framework understanding on Iran's nuclear program, the agreement's fate on American soil could rest in...
Good Friday, Start of Passover Fall on Same Day for First Time in Years
JNS.org - The Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins Friday at sundown, is overlapping with the pre-Easter Christian holiday Good Friday. While the two holidays rarely...
Analysis: Nations Reach Deal With Iran as Islamic Republic Continues Mideast Power Play
Iran and P5+1 reached an agreement on a preliminary nuclear deal two days past the original March 31 deadline. Secretary of State John Kerry posted...
The Big Inversion: White House Soft on Khamenei, Hard on Netanyahu
JNS.org - This week, the Obama administration had decidedly different attitudes about statements from leaders of the Jewish state of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the...
Israeli Bioengineer Launches Project to Culture Chicken
JNS.org - A professor at Tel Aviv University has launched a research project studying the possibility of producing chicken meat in a lab. The...
Mideast Christian, Yazidi Groups Urge UN Action on Islamic State Persecution
JNS.org - Organizations representing religious minorities in the Middle East have submitted a memorandum to the United Nations in New York City, asking that...
Response to Oklahoma SAE’s Racist Chant Highlights Lack of Response to Campus Antisemitism
JNS.org - The controversy surrounding the video of the racist chant made by members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity chapter at the...
On Selma Anniversary, Remembering the Civil Rights Activism of Rabbi Heschel (VIDEO)
JNS.org - This past weekend marked the 50th anniversary of the march by African-American protesters across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, in defiance...
US Denies Report That Obama Threatened to Shoot Israeli Jets Trying to Strike Iran
JNS.org - The US administration is denying reports by a Middle Eastern news outlet that President Obama has threatened to have US forces shoot down Israeli...
Decision 2015: Israelis’ Choices When They Head to the Polls
JNS.org - The leaders of the eight political parties running in the March 17 Israeli Knesset election participated in their first televised debate on...
Scandinavian Nations Grapple With Radical Islam and Antisemitism After Denmark Attacks (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Last Sunday, terrorist Omar El-Hussein fired shots outside a Copenhagen cultural center that was holding a debate about free speech and Islam, killing...
Investigative Journalist Distrusts AP Report on Gaza Casualties
JNS.org - Investigative journalist Richard Behar has issued a detailed rebuttal to the Feb. 13 Associated Press (AP) report on the number of Palestinians killed...
BDS With a Twist: Campus Divestment Measures Target More Than Israel
JNS.org - While two recent student resolutions initiated by Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement advocates in California ultimately had different fates, the episodes...
