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ARTICLES BY: Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org
Brandeis Suspends Partnership With Palestinian School After Nazi-Style Rally
JNS.org -Brandeis University on Monday announced the suspension of its decade-old partnership with Al-Quds University following a recent Nazi-style rally at the Palestinian school in...
Trainer of IDF Paramedics Discusses Life-Saving Improvisation (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - LOS ANGELES—For Israel Defense Forces Lt. Anastasia Bagdalov, there was no time to ponder the gunshot that penetrated both legs of a...
Pop Culture, The White House, and American Jews (REVIEW)
JNS.org - Yehuda Avner's 2010 book "The Prime Ministers" reveals a tradition of voracious readers among Israel's leaders, whose homes were lined with books...
New Director of Israel On Campus Coalition Vows to Empower Jewish Students
JNS.org - In a story of "what goes around, comes around" in the pro-Israel world, Jacob Baime will seek to empower Jewish students through...
Analyzing the New Report on Trends in American Judaism
JNS.org - New reports from the Pew Research Center and Brandeis University's Steinhardt Social Research Institute (SSRI) estimate the Jewish population of the United...
Where Do Jewish Federations Draw ‘Red Line’ On Israel Criticism?
JNS.org - The "red line" associated with Iran's nuclear program or Syria's use of chemical weapons has sparked an ongoing international debate, in which...
The Cantor’s Perspective: Preparation is Necessary for Meaningful High Holiday Prayer (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - LOS ANGELES—The holiest days on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are largely spent in synagogue. Yet prayer isn't...
Helen Thomas Interviewer: Media Whitewashes Late Journalist’s Anti-Semitism
JNS.org - On June 1, 2010, the day after the Gaza flotilla incident in which nine Turkish militants were killed after attacking Israeli soldiers aboard...
BDS Activist Voted in as University of California Student Regent
JNS.0rg - Sadia Saifuddin, an activist in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, on Wednesday in San Francisco was voted in as...
Hillel’s New CEO Discusses Israel and Future Plans (INTERVIEW)
JNS.0rg - Among the discussions that led to the hiring of former Ohio congressman Eric Fingerhut as the next president and CEO of...
Poland’s Jewish Renaissance Brings to Light ‘Underpinnings’ of Judeo-Christian Western Culture
JNS.org - June 28 will mark the start of the 23rd annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, whose closing event is a concert that routinely...
Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek...
Samantha Power, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Appointee, Has History of Controversial Statements on Israel
JNS.org - Samantha Power, President Barack Obama's replacement for Susan Rice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has a history of controversial comments about...
Lag B’Omer: Matisyahu Tops Noteworthy Jewish Shaving Stories
For the first 32 days of the Omer period between Passover and Shavuot, many men in the Orthodox Jewish community refrain from shaving and getting...
