Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / JNS.org
‘Concierge Rabbi’ Envisions New Kind of Religious Experience
JNS.org - In layman’s terms, “concierge” essentially means a personal assistant. So what exactly does a “concierge rabbi” do? Just ask Rabbi David Greenspoon of Reisterstown, Md.,...
The Diverse Faces Aboard the 53rd Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Flight
JNS.org - “We will be a part of something so big—it is unthinkable to me,” Tracie Beavers said three-quarters of the way through a nearly 12-hour...
Israeli Entrepreneur Wants to Send Torah to the Moon
JNS.org - “The Torah is going to the moon.” It sounds like a phrase straight out of a Jewish fairytale or children’s book, but the real-life Torah...
Israeli Computer Expert Works to Simplify Cyber Security
You want to send a PDF to your colleague, but the information is sensitive. You password-protect the document (encryption) and store it on your flash...
Pew and the Jews, Part 2: Experts Say Leveraging Poll Data Trumps Numbers
JNS.org - Since the Pew Research Center released its U.S. Religious Landscape Study in May, most discussion of its findings has been quickly drowned out by other news....
Will Sephardic Jews Join Ashkenazi Embrace of Pre-Marriage Genetic Testing?
JNS.org - “There is no person in the world without issues,” says Rabbi Yosef Ekstein, the founder of the organization Dor Yeshorim (“Upright Generation” in Hebrew),...
Israel Crisis Averted in Missouri as Biology Professor’s Anti-Zionist Course Nixed
JNS.org - A University of Missouri (MU) fall 2015 honors tutorial that pro-Israel students felt would promote bigotry and misinformation on their college campus has been...
Why Does the Jewish World Put on Conferences?
JNS.org - In one of the larger Jewish-related events of the year, more than 1,500 people as well as an impressive lineup of political and thought...
Kosher Meals on Wheels Bring Food and Happiness to Jewish Seniors
JNS.org - Beth sits patiently at her dining room table, waiting for her Kosher Meals on Wheels (MOW) volunteer to arrive. A visit from a volunteer...
Israel’s Political Circus Comes to New York City
JNS.org - “Israel is the most embattled democracy on earth. And what a democracy it is—robust and rollicking, with an often rancorous parliament,” Prime Minister Benjamin...
After Considering Suicide, Jewish Author Shows Another Way Forward
JNS.org - It’s a bold statement. But it is one that Jewish author John Shuchart of Leawood, Kan., thinks could positively impact the 14.8 million American...
Summer Nights: Marriage as a Byproduct of Jewish Summer Camp
JNS.org - Eighteen-year-old Bernie Kozlovksy spent from sundown to sunrise on a boat with 16-year-old Sonia Rosenbaum in the summer of 1972. "We talked...
After Decades of IOC Silence, Slain Israeli Olympians Headed for Recognition
JNS.org - "We have given the best years of our lives to remember—to remember the tragedy of what happened. ... Now we are starting...
Seven Ways to Celebrate a Meaningful Shavuot
JNS.org - At sundown on Saturday, May 23, Jews around the world will start the two-day holiday (which lasts only one day in Israel)...
