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Esther Safran Foer’s ‘Post-Holocaust Memoir’ Mixes Sadness, Smiles
Esther Safran Foer wrote her new “post-Holocaust memoir,” I Want You To Know We’re Still Here, before the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet the third paragraph of...
Israeli NGO Steps Up to Help Americans in Time of Need During Coronavirus Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Amir Kashfi arrives early in the morning around 6:30 a.m. outside a Los Angeles school to set up boxes of canned goods, pasta, rice and other non-perishables to dispense. A number of recipients line...
‘We’re Here to Help’ — Coronavirus Won’t Stop Assistance to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Head of Jewish Social Service Program Pledges
"There is a small yet mighty domestic violence community in New York that is here to help clients navigate to safety during this crisis. If they need to leave, we will help them leave. If...
New Jersey Middle School Students Keep Holocaust Memories Alive With Documentaries on Survivors
“Kids can change the world,” said Tova Fish-Rosenberg, founder of Names, Not Numbers -- a national non-profit that is an intergenerational Holocaust oral history film documentary project. She was speaking of students from Kellman Brown Academy,...
‘Israeli Playbook’ Has Helped Us Deal With Coronavirus Crisis, Says Head of New York Jewish Council on Poverty
The head of the main Jewish welfare institution serving poor and low-income residents in the...
‘Each One of Us Is a Slap in the Face of Hitler’
"This document saved my life." This is what Kurt Maier tells schoolchildren in Germany about his...
New Book Takes on Ilhan Omar, but Ends Up a Missed Opportunity
Review of "American Ingrate: Ilhan Omar and the Progressive-Islamist Takeover of the Democratic Party" by...
From Harlem to Tel Aviv: Aulcie Perry’s Basketball Journey
Legendary basketball player Aulcie Perry’s life has been remarkable on and off the court. This African-American...
Kids in the Kitchen Light Up Hanukkah
JNS.org - Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is one of those holidays that takes over...
Esther Safran Foer’s ‘Post-Holocaust Memoir’ Mixes Sadness, Smiles
Esther Safran Foer wrote her new “post-Holocaust memoir,” I Want You To Know We’re Still Here, before the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet the third paragraph of the...
Israeli NGO Steps Up to Help Americans in Time of Need During Coronavirus Pandemic
Twenty-two-year-old Amir Kashfi arrives early in the morning around 6:30 a.m. outside a Los Angeles school to set up boxes of canned goods, pasta, rice...
‘We’re Here to Help’ — Coronavirus Won’t Stop Assistance to Victims of Domestic Abuse, Head of Jewish Social Service Program Pledges
"There is a small yet mighty domestic violence community in New York that is here to help clients navigate to safety during this crisis. If...
New Jersey Middle School Students Keep Holocaust Memories Alive With Documentaries on Survivors
“Kids can change the world,” said Tova Fish-Rosenberg, founder of Names, Not Numbers -- a national non-profit that is an intergenerational Holocaust oral history film...
‘Israeli Playbook’ Has Helped Us Deal With Coronavirus Crisis, Says Head of New York Jewish Council on Poverty
The head of the main Jewish welfare institution serving poor and low-income residents in the New York area said on Tuesday that his organization had...
‘Each One of Us Is a Slap in the Face of Hitler’
"This document saved my life." This is what Kurt Maier tells schoolchildren in Germany about his multi-stamped visa when he speaks to them regarding his successful...
New Book Takes on Ilhan Omar, but Ends Up a Missed Opportunity
Review of "American Ingrate: Ilhan Omar and the Progressive-Islamist Takeover of the Democratic Party" by Benjamin Weingarten, Bombardier Books, 2020. Representative Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has...
From Harlem to Tel Aviv: Aulcie Perry’s Basketball Journey
Legendary basketball player Aulcie Perry’s life has been remarkable on and off the court. This African-American athlete’s life changed dramatically after playing basketball on a court...
Kids in the Kitchen Light Up Hanukkah
JNS.org - Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is one of those holidays that takes over everything. The pantry overflows with bottles of oil and baking...
Give It Up for the (Israeli) Kids: Hanukkah and Charity Drives
JNS.org - The staff and volunteers at Yad Ezra V’Shulamit’s children’s center in Jerusalem began noticing that one little girl only came to the after-school...
Greek Woman Reunited With Siblings She Saved During Holocaust and Their 40 Descendants
JNS.org - “There is no way to describe the acts of heroism and the danger they took upon themselves and all those around them to...
How to Fight the Cultural BDS Movement
One of the good things about the bad times of today is that people are not staying silent about rising antisemitism. Polls and reports of...
‘New Hope’ in Fight Against Tay-Sachs Disease
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School are touting a possible breakthrough in the fight against Tay-Sachs disease, a genetic disease that killed 50...
Severe Storm Flattens Sukkahs From New Jersey to Boston
A fierce wind and rainstorm wreaked havoc on sukkahs from New Jersey to Boston, leaving a path of destruction that had Jews rescheduling holiday events...
