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The Man Who Chose Israel
I am the CEO of the Israel Scholarship Education Foundation. This organization, founded in 1977, helps young people in Israel’s periphery and development towns...
Report: Hezbollah Hacked Into Mobile Devices Worldwide
Hezbollah hackers used "catfishing" techniques on social media to infiltrate mobile devices worldwide, according to a release from the Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS), as reported by Radio Praha (Prague). Hezbollah operatives posed as attractive women...
UCI Preparing to Refer Anti-Israel Disrupters to Prosecution
Campus police at University of California, Irvine will in the near future refer anti-Israel disruptors of a May 3, 2018 pro-Israel event to Orange County prosecutors, according to a UCI spokesperson. Referral will occur, says...
A Look at the Candidates to Become Jerusalem’s Next Mayor
JNS.org - The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wanted to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require the UN Security Council. He was not exaggerating. Jerusalem is home...
Faith and Fasting: A Look at the Practice Ahead of Yom Kippur
JNS.org - Fasting is the most commonly known Yom Kippur ritual. According to a 2016...
An Israeli Investment in Diaspora Relations
JNS.org - For the last four years, a virtual classroom has united students from Akko’s Weizmann...
Receiving, Rebuilding, and Resiliency: Jewish Houston One Year After Harvey
JNS.org - Sodden prayer books, flood waters pouring into a sanctuary, bed-ridden patients at the Jewish...
The Rosh Hashanah Fuss-Free Meal for the Modern Host
JNS.org - It started with a chance remark after a Shabbat dinner: “What a feast!...
Berlin Falafel Wars: A Microcosm of Changing Sentiment Towards Jews in Germany?
JNS.org - A small protest in Germany’s capital city on August 11 revealed a cross-section...
The Man Who Chose Israel
I am the CEO of the Israel Scholarship Education Foundation. This organization, founded in 1977, helps young people in Israel’s periphery and development towns to...
Report: Hezbollah Hacked Into Mobile Devices Worldwide
Hezbollah hackers used "catfishing" techniques on social media to infiltrate mobile devices worldwide, according to a release from the Czech Security Intelligence Service (BIS), as...
UCI Preparing to Refer Anti-Israel Disrupters to Prosecution
Campus police at University of California, Irvine will in the near future refer anti-Israel disruptors of a May 3, 2018 pro-Israel event to Orange County...
A Look at the Candidates to Become Jerusalem’s Next Mayor
JNS.org - The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wanted to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require...
Faith and Fasting: A Look at the Practice Ahead of Yom Kippur
JNS.org - Fasting is the most commonly known Yom Kippur ritual. According to a 2016 Pew survey, 40% of American Jews and 60% of Israeli...
An Israeli Investment in Diaspora Relations
JNS.org - For the last four years, a virtual classroom has united students from Akko’s Weizmann School and Indianapolis’s Bureau of Jewish Education, including joint programming...
Receiving, Rebuilding, and Resiliency: Jewish Houston One Year After Harvey
JNS.org - Sodden prayer books, flood waters pouring into a sanctuary, bed-ridden patients at the Jewish senior residence being rushed to higher ground, a crib reduced...
The Rosh Hashanah Fuss-Free Meal for the Modern Host
JNS.org - It started with a chance remark after a Shabbat dinner: “What a feast! You must have cooked for hours!” I didn’t answer immediately. Working...
Berlin Falafel Wars: A Microcosm of Changing Sentiment Towards Jews in Germany?
JNS.org - A small protest in Germany’s capital city on August 11 revealed a cross-section of national attitudes towards Jews and Israel, and perhaps a...
IDF Ground Forces Acquire More Precise Rocket Firepower
JNS.org - A recent deal for the purchase of hundreds of millions of shekels worth of guided rockets for the IDF is a forward-looking step...
Fire Kites Sting Negev Honey Farms Just Before Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and...
Israel’s Glushko Qualifies for US Open
Moments after her match was over on Court 9 on Friday, Julia Glushko put her hands over her eyes -- as if she could not...
A Conversation About Tikkun Olam and Its Discontents
The question of why non-Orthodox American Jews tend to be disproportionately progressive politically has occupied the thoughts of intellectuals and pundits, both Jewish and Gentile,...
As Anti-Israel Threats Emerge, Students Get Crash Course on Changing Campus Environment
JNS.org - For most college students, summer is an opportunity to travel, hang out with friends, or land an exciting internship. But for more than...
