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Women’s Pre-Army Program Forced to Move, Reflecting Religious Debate in Israel
JNS.org - It’s hard to believe that 27 female teenagers are the cause of an intense debate within Israel’s national-religious population. The young women are students at...
How Two US-Trained Israel Advocates Became International Spokesmen
JNS.org - You could say that Yishai Fleisher was destined to be a Jewish activist. Born in Haifa on the day of the 1976 Entebbe hijacking to parents who struggled to escape from the Soviet Union,...
Pro-Israel Christians Rally in Support of US Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem
JNS.org - Aside from its centrality to Jewish history, and its role as Israel’s capital, Jerusalem is also a holy place for many Bible-reading Christians. As such, prominent pro-Israel Christian organizations are lining up to express their support for President...
German Agency Helps Families Learn About Nazi Family Ties
JNS.org - While the annual commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day gives voice to the victims of the Nazi atrocities, can this also be a day for Germans to learn about perpetrators from their own families? That was precisely...
Consequences on Jerusalem Will Be Devastating if UN Resolution Is Implemented, Say Representatives of Israeli Schools, Synagogues
JNS.org - The human consequences of implementing the recent United Nations resolution on Israel would be devastating,...
New Israeli Program for Teachers Addresses Diaspora Jewish Education
JNS.org - For Shani Tauber, it all came together when her group left the house of...
After Bedouin Riots, Israeli Arabs Set Violent Precedent for Future Demolitions of Illegal Communities
JNS.org - Israeli authorities last week began dismantling Umm al-Hiran -- one of hundreds of illegal Bedouin communities...
What Will Trump’s Presidency Mean for US Ties With Israel’s Peaceful Arab Neighbors?
JNS.org - The upcoming Donald Trump presidency likely means a sharp break from President Barack Obama’s...
Israel’s German-Made Submarines Engulfed by Controversy, Shrouded in Secrecy
JNS.org - Silently cruising in the depths of the seas, the Israeli Navy’s growing submarine fleet...
Women’s Pre-Army Program Forced to Move, Reflecting Religious Debate in Israel
JNS.org - It’s hard to believe that 27 female teenagers are the cause of an intense debate within Israel’s national-religious population. The young women are students at Mechinat...
How Two US-Trained Israel Advocates Became International Spokesmen
JNS.org - You could say that Yishai Fleisher was destined to be a Jewish activist. Born in Haifa on the day of the 1976 Entebbe hijacking...
Pro-Israel Christians Rally in Support of US Embassy Relocation to Jerusalem
JNS.org - Aside from its centrality to Jewish history, and its role as Israel’s capital, Jerusalem is also a holy place for many Bible-reading Christians. As such, prominent pro-Israel Christian...
German Agency Helps Families Learn About Nazi Family Ties
JNS.org - While the annual commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day gives voice to the victims of the Nazi atrocities, can this also be a day for...
Consequences on Jerusalem Will Be Devastating if UN Resolution Is Implemented, Say Representatives of Israeli Schools, Synagogues
JNS.org - The human consequences of implementing the recent United Nations resolution on Israel would be devastating, according to representatives of Israeli schools, synagogues and other institutions in...
New Israeli Program for Teachers Addresses Diaspora Jewish Education
JNS.org - For Shani Tauber, it all came together when her group left the house of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, the religious-Zionist pioneer known as “Rav...
After Bedouin Riots, Israeli Arabs Set Violent Precedent for Future Demolitions of Illegal Communities
JNS.org - Israeli authorities last week began dismantling Umm al-Hiran -- one of hundreds of illegal Bedouin communities throughout the Negev region -- as Arab activists and politicians and local Bedouins...
What Will Trump’s Presidency Mean for US Ties With Israel’s Peaceful Arab Neighbors?
JNS.org - The upcoming Donald Trump presidency likely means a sharp break from President Barack Obama’s foreign policy. For Egypt and Jordan, the only two Arab...
Israel’s German-Made Submarines Engulfed by Controversy, Shrouded in Secrecy
JNS.org - Silently cruising in the depths of the seas, the Israeli Navy’s growing submarine fleet conducts missions that are shrouded in secrecy, and considered essential...
IDF Welcomes Soldier With Cerebral Palsy
JNS.org -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has welcomed its newest member, a soldier with cerebral palsy, as part of the military’s prioritization of the inclusion of...
Prominent American Pollster Brings Hard-Hitting Workshop to Foreign Students in Israel
JNS.org -- A renowned American pollster and political adviser recently came to Israel to give high school students a workshop intensive on defending the Jewish state on the...
Channeling Jewish Values in the Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease
JNS.org -- Elizabeth Gelfand Stearns channels the Jewish values of tikkun olam (repairing the world) and personal experience in her work as an advocate for Alzheimer's awareness. She...
Trump Taps Israel Adviser Jason Greenblatt for International Negotiations Post
JNS.org -- President-elect Donald Trump has named one of his campaign advisers on Israel as his incoming administration's special representative for international negotiations. In the announcement, Trump praised the...
Israel’s First Hanukkah Candle Factory Endures 77-Year History
JNS.org - The Menorah Candle Company, a manufacturer and exporter of millions of Hanukkah candles worldwide, is one of the oldest businesses in the industrial zone of...
