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What’s Happening to New York’s Jewish Delis?
JNS.org - Leaving the iconic kosher delicatessen Ben’s Best in Queens, New York, diners recently made a point to wish owner Jay Parker the “best of...
Terror Victims Call for End to Palestinian ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Policy
JNS.org -The Palestinian Authority pays terrorist prisoners and the families of dead and wounded terrorists nearly $1 million every day. According to the PA’s 2018 projections, 7.5 percent of its annual budget will go to...
Has the US Stopped Palestinian Aid Payments?
The United States has halted aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until further review, i24News reports, two months after Congress passed the Taylor Force Act. The act mandates that the US freeze assistance to the Palestinian territories "that...
Constructive Dialogue Remains Critical to Moving American Zionism Forward
JNS.org -- For Israelis, Zionism is part and parcel of the national experience, regardless of religious or political affiliation. Yet in America, where Judaism has been undergoing a crisis of apathy and assimilation, the concept of...
Readers Should Take a Walk on the Wildes Side
When your father is one of the best immigration attorneys on the planet -- and...
Amid F-35 Expectations, the F-16 Remains the Backbone of Israel’s Air Power
JNS.org - Despite the excitement and expectations generated by the arrival of the fifth-generation F-35...
Making Beautiful Food and Music: The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Trip to Israel
JNS.org - A delegation of 60 donors from the Philadelphia Jewish Federation traveled to Israel this...
Haley: UN Makes ‘Morally Bankrupt Judgement’ by Passing Resolution Against Israel
JNS.org - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Israel for using...
Toward a Judaism of Resistance
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I...
What’s Happening to New York’s Jewish Delis?
JNS.org - Leaving the iconic kosher delicatessen Ben’s Best in Queens, New York, diners recently made a point to wish owner Jay Parker the “best of luck”...
Terror Victims Call for End to Palestinian ‘Pay-to-Slay’ Policy
JNS.org -The Palestinian Authority pays terrorist prisoners and the families of dead and wounded terrorists nearly $1 million every day. According to the PA’s 2018...
Has the US Stopped Palestinian Aid Payments?
The United States has halted aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) until further review, i24News reports, two months after Congress passed the Taylor Force Act. The act mandates...
Constructive Dialogue Remains Critical to Moving American Zionism Forward
JNS.org -- For Israelis, Zionism is part and parcel of the national experience, regardless of religious or political affiliation. Yet in America, where Judaism has been...
Readers Should Take a Walk on the Wildes Side
When your father is one of the best immigration attorneys on the planet -- and saves John Lennon from getting deported -- there is pressure to follow...
Amid F-35 Expectations, the F-16 Remains the Backbone of Israel’s Air Power
JNS.org - Despite the excitement and expectations generated by the arrival of the fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jets into the Israeli Air Force fleet, much...
Making Beautiful Food and Music: The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Trip to Israel
JNS.org - A delegation of 60 donors from the Philadelphia Jewish Federation traveled to Israel this month with the Philadelphia Orchestra, which played three concerts there from...
Haley: UN Makes ‘Morally Bankrupt Judgement’ by Passing Resolution Against Israel
JNS.org - The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn Israel for using “excessive force” against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in...
Toward a Judaism of Resistance
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. -- Joel 4:10 My first encounter with antisemitism came quite...
‘Fauda’ Creators Talk BDS, Critics, and Whether There Will Ever Be Peace
When Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff pitched their TV series about an undercover Israeli unit that hunts Palestinians preparing to launch terror attacks, Israel's Keshet...
Kindergarten Graduation in Gaza: Kids Stage Mock Attack, Including Hostage-Taking
JNS.org - At the graduation ceremony of the Al-Hoda kindergarten in Gaza, pre-schoolers carrying mock guns and rifles simulated Islamic Jihad militants storming an Israeli building...
Supporting the Real-Life ‘Fauda’ Soldiers
I spent Memorial Day weekend binge-watching season two of Fauda, the amazing Israeli drama on Netflix about an elite counter-terrorism unit of the Israel Defense Forces....
Jewish Self-Defense Course Gains Steam, Changes Lives
When Ortal Kindell exited her car a block away from her Brooklyn home, she never thought that she’d be fighting for her life. Out of...
Dairy, First Fruits, and More: Welcoming Shavuot With Customs of the Season
JNS.org - I’ve often heard, and many rabbis lament, that Shavuot is the only major Jewish holiday that many Diaspora Jews have never heard of, let...
