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Jewish 100, 2014: Scarlett Johansson – Arts and Culture
Scarlett Johansson Actress The talented, stunning (and Jewish) actress Scarlett Johansson stumbled into advocating against Boycott, Divest and Sanction efforts, and she deserves kudos for...
Jewish 100, 2014: Alain Finkielkraut – Academia
Alain Finkielkraut Essayist and Author During more than a decade of turbulent political change in France, essayist and author Alain Finkielkraut has emerged as one of the most perceptive and reliable voices on the noxious fusion...
Jewish 100, 2014: Jacob Metzer – Academia
Jacob Metzer Economist and Academic Israeli academic Jacob Metzer is one of his country's leading economists, having published widely on the economic aspects of building a Jewish state, and having taught at some of the world's...
Jewish 100, 2014: Deborah Lipstadt – Academia
Deborah Lipstadt Historian and Academic Deborah Lipstadt is one of a handful of scholars to have enriched our understanding of the dynamics of contemporary antisemitism. The Emory University-based academic, who became a household name in 2000,...
Jewish 100, 2014: David Brooks – Voices
David Brooks New York Times columnist As one of the few representatives of conservative opinion at The...
Israeli Company Creating Drinking Water Out of Thin Air Now Used by Seven Armies (VIDEO)
Israeli water tech company Water-Gen, which has developed a technique for creating drinkable water out of...
Competition for $250K Inclusion Prize Launched by Jewish Foundation
JNS.org - The Ruderman Family Foundation on Tuesday announced the opening of a global competition...
Billy Crystal Shows Serious Side
JNS.org - After suffering a tough personal loss early in life, there has always...
Jewish 100, 2014: Scarlett Johansson – Arts and Culture
Scarlett Johansson Actress The talented, stunning (and Jewish) actress Scarlett Johansson stumbled into advocating against Boycott, Divest and Sanction efforts, and she deserves kudos for standing...
Jewish 100, 2014: Alain Finkielkraut – Academia
Alain Finkielkraut Essayist and Author During more than a decade of turbulent political change in France, essayist and author Alain Finkielkraut has emerged as one of...
Jewish 100, 2014: Jacob Metzer – Academia
Jacob Metzer Economist and Academic Israeli academic Jacob Metzer is one of his country's leading economists, having published widely on the economic aspects of building a...
Jewish 100, 2014: Deborah Lipstadt – Academia
Deborah Lipstadt Historian and Academic Deborah Lipstadt is one of a handful of scholars to have enriched our understanding of the dynamics of contemporary antisemitism. The...
Jewish 100, 2014: David Brooks – Voices
David Brooks New York Times columnist As one of the few representatives of conservative opinion at The New York Times, it's easy to imagine that David Brooks...
Israeli Company Creating Drinking Water Out of Thin Air Now Used by Seven Armies (VIDEO)
Israeli water tech company Water-Gen, which has developed a technique for creating drinkable water out of air, is providing its technology to military units in seven...
Competition for $250K Inclusion Prize Launched by Jewish Foundation
JNS.org - The Ruderman Family Foundation on Tuesday announced the opening of a global competition for its third annual $250,000 Ruderman Prize in Inclusion, to...
Billy Crystal Shows Serious Side
JNS.org - After suffering a tough personal loss early in life, there has always been a serious side to the comedy of famed Jewish...
House of Mendelsohn: Jon Joins Lords, Nicola Leads Facebook to Israel
This has been a big week for the Mendelsohns of London, what with Jon being introduced to the House of Lords Wednesday, and Nicola bringing...
An Unorthodox Jazz Musician, Encountering Mixed Reactions to His Jewish Music
At first you may be skeptical of Isaiah Richardson Jr. He doesn't look like somebody who would be playing Hava Nagila for passengers waiting for...
Harvey Weinstein to Elie Wiesel: Without You There Would be no ‘Schindler’s List’ (VIDEO)
Famed film producer Harvey Weinstein presented Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel with the Algemeiner newspaper's 'Warrior for Truth' award at its recent star...
