Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org
Reform Leader Sees GA as Synergy of Federation and Synagogue Worlds (INTERVIEW)
BALTIMORE—Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement's congregational arm, was an atypical choice as scholar-in-residence for the 2012 Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA)...
Jewish Federations of North America CEO on Sandy, Iran and Young Leadership (INTERVIEW)
BALTIMORE—The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) set a theme of "Where the Jewish community downloads/uploads/shares" for its 2012 General Assembly well in advance. Then...
Sharansky Urges Soviet Jewry Freedom Movement’s Inclusion in Jewish Education
BALTIMORE—Modern Jewish education, according to Natan Sharansky, ignores an event of historic proportions akin to the exodus from Egypt. While in dialogue on Monday with Elie...
After Obama Wins Second Term, Debate Shifts to Future of U.S.-Israel Relationship
Capping a race that on a national level was largely defined by the economy but in the Jewish community turned into an extended debate over...
U.S., Israel Launch Largest-Ever Joint Defense Exercise
The largest-ever joint defense exercise between the United States and Israel kicked off on Sunday and is lasting for three weeks in the Jewish state. Austere...
Thinking Outside the Walls
If you can't build your own sukkah, Levi Duchman pedals one right to you. Since 2009, Duchman and his fellow Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic yeshiva students have been...
California Students Respond to ‘Undemocratic’ Anti-Israel Resolution
After being caught off guard by a resolution condemning a measure intended to defend their state's campus communities against anti-Semitism, pro-Israel students at the University...
Talk on Iran ‘Red Lines’ Comes After U.S. General Distances Himself from Israeli Strike
Following U.S. General Martin Dempsey's statement that he won't support an Israeli strike on Iran and the report that the Islamic Republic has doubled its uranium...
Legal Panel Frames New Debate on Judea, Samaria Jewish Development
Sparking intense debate over an area whose Israeli-Arab disputes are already the subject of frequent international scrutiny, the Commission to Examine the Status of...
Rubashkin Legal Team Braces for Supreme Court Filing
Another important date for jailed kosher meatpacking CEO Sholom Rubashkin looms July 25, when the U.S. government is scheduled to file a brief...
The NBA’s Next Israeli Player?
National Basketball Association teams, fans and analysts seem to be in a constant search for the "next Michael Jordan," looking for a player...
Olmert Raises Eyebrows, Passions in New York
NEW YORK—Ehud Olmert or Neville Chamberlain? The former Israeli prime minister told the crowd at Sunday's Jerusalem Post Conference in New York City that he...
Measuring Sanctions on Iran
To this point, the U.S. administration and the rest of the international community has responded to the perceived threat of a nuclear Iran...
INTERVIEW: Natan Sharansky on Funding, Identity Building, and Democracy
After spending nine years in the Soviet Gulag, Natan Sharansky learned not to get too caught up in current events. "You have to look at [the...
