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‘Fauda’ Lead Writer Reveals Toughest Scene He Had to Write — and Thoughts on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
How do you craft the perfect scene between the hunter and the hunted? That was Moshe Zonder’s concern. The head writer of the award-winning...
Is This the Jewish Tony Robbins?
While good and bad things happen every day, shootings like the one at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh don’t. Terrorist attacks in Israel are nothing new, but the murder of Ari Fuld, who...
Is Your Bread Still Kosher? Arnold’s Bread Manufacturer Drops the OU
JNS.org - Bimbo Bakeries USA, which owns many of the nationally-distributed bread and bun brands in the United States -- including Arnold’s, Thomas’, Sara Lee, Stroehmann, Freihofer’s, and Entenmann’s -- recently decided to drop the...
Why Should We Light the Menorah With Olive Oil?
Below is an excerpt from the book The Light That Unites: A Chanukah Companion (OU Press) by Aaron Goldscheider. There are several ways that one may fulfill the mitzvah of lighting the Hanukkah menorah. While one...
The Dead Sea Scrolls Monument
In 1946 or 1947 -- no one knows for certain -- a Bedouin goatherd nicknamed...
Polish Military Envoy to Israel Emphasizes Strong Defense Cooperation
JNS.org - Col. Adam Grzymkowski -- Poland’s Defense, Military, Naval, and Air Attaché to Israel...
Public Charter Schools Put Benefits of Teaching Hebrew to the Test
JNS.org - Now in its ninth year, the Hebrew Public network of 13 charter schools...
Hungarian Jews Examine Long-Lost Identity, and a JCC Is There to Help Them
JNS.org - Many Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since...
IDF Enlistment Officer Has ‘Moving Encounters’ with North American Jewish Youths
JNS.org - “That was a real wow for me,” said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander...
‘Fauda’ Lead Writer Reveals Toughest Scene He Had to Write — and Thoughts on Israeli-Palestinian Peace
How do you craft the perfect scene between the hunter and the hunted? That was Moshe Zonder’s concern. The head writer of the award-winning show...
Is This the Jewish Tony Robbins?
While good and bad things happen every day, shootings like the one at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh don’t. Terrorist attacks in Israel...
Is Your Bread Still Kosher? Arnold’s Bread Manufacturer Drops the OU
JNS.org - Bimbo Bakeries USA, which owns many of the nationally-distributed bread and bun brands in the United States -- including Arnold’s, Thomas’, Sara Lee,...
Why Should We Light the Menorah With Olive Oil?
Below is an excerpt from the book The Light That Unites: A Chanukah Companion (OU Press) by Aaron Goldscheider. There are several ways that one may...
The Dead Sea Scrolls Monument
In 1946 or 1947 -- no one knows for certain -- a Bedouin goatherd nicknamed Muhammad the Wolf led his flock around the cliffs lining...
Polish Military Envoy to Israel Emphasizes Strong Defense Cooperation
JNS.org - Col. Adam Grzymkowski -- Poland’s Defense, Military, Naval, and Air Attaché to Israel -- told JNS in an interview that military ties between...
Public Charter Schools Put Benefits of Teaching Hebrew to the Test
JNS.org - Now in its ninth year, the Hebrew Public network of 13 charter schools utilizes a blend of startup philanthropic funding and state funds...
Hungarian Jews Examine Long-Lost Identity, and a JCC Is There to Help Them
JNS.org - Many Jews in Hungary are discovering their roots for the first time since the end of Communist rule in 1989, and the only...
IDF Enlistment Officer Has ‘Moving Encounters’ with North American Jewish Youths
JNS.org - “That was a real wow for me,” said Lt.-Col. Tzachi Revivo, deputy commander of the Meitav recruitment unit of the Israel Defense Forces...
Devastated California Jewish Communities Fight Fire with Light
JNS.org - Their voices filled with emotion, Chabad rabbis from across California made clear their determination to help people in need while dealing with the...
Trauma and Terror: The View From Israel’s South
The sound of crunching under my feet made me wince. Amidst the debris, lay the belongings of the residents of a four-story apartment block in the Israeli...
‘We’ll Go on Forever’ — A Witness to Kristallnacht 80 Years Ago, My Grandmother Looks Back
I have long known that my grandmother witnessed Kristallnacht. But it is only this year -- as we mark the 80th anniversary of the vicious...
Antisemites to the Left of Me, Nazis to the Right: Stuck in the Middle With Jews
We enjoyed a wonderful 60-year run, we American Jews. The postwar boom of the 1940s and 1950s heralded a Golden Age of Jewish cultural acceptance...
In Teaching English to Hebrew-Speaking Kids, Educators Learn Their Own Lessons
JNS.org - A teaching program dedicated to tackling the achievement gap in Israel is helping Israeli students learn English and recent college graduates make stronger...
