Jewish Identity
Birthright Record: 1,600 Participants Arrive in One Day
JNS.org - The Taglit-Birthright Israel program broke its own record with 39 groups, totaling 1,600 Jewish young adults from across the globe, landing...
Secret Israeli Government Report on Temple Mount Revealed
JNS.org - A secret Israeli government report that was published by the Brooklyn-based newspaper The Jewish Voice highlights the Muslim Waqf's attempts to erase Jewish ties on the Temple Mount and Israeli authorities' neglect of those...
Israeli Population Tops 8 Million in 2013
JNS.org - Israel's population grew in 2013 by 1.8 percent, or 147,000 people, bringing the country's total population to 8.1 million, according to data from the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Immigrant...
Major Jewish-Themed Films Reimagined in New Cinematic Concert
JNS.org - Clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer's new project takes listeners on a journey of personal discovery, while exploring the intersection of music and Jewish identity in the iconic movies of the last 50...
Deck the Halls with Boughs of… Lieberman?
JNS.org - High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Chuck Lieberman...
“ŽAmerican Jewish Establishment Must Do More to Embrace Russian Jews
I spent the weekend at a Russian-Jewish Shabbaton on the Upper West Side of Manhattan...
John Kerry, Members of Congress Praise Joint Distribution Committee at its Centennial
JNS.org - WASHINGTON—On John Kerry's first visit to Israel in 1986, he toured...
“ŽNew Study Claims Arab Population in Israel is Shrinking
A newly published study shows that the Arab population in Israel's region is constantly shrinking,...
Vice President Biden Announces Special Envoy to Support Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that the White House is appointing...
Birthright Record: 1,600 Participants Arrive in One Day
JNS.org - The Taglit-Birthright Israel program broke its own record with 39 groups, totaling 1,600 Jewish young adults from across the globe, landing at...
Secret Israeli Government Report on Temple Mount Revealed
JNS.org - A secret Israeli government report that was published by the Brooklyn-based newspaper The Jewish Voice highlights the Muslim Waqf's attempts to erase Jewish ties...
Israeli Population Tops 8 Million in 2013
JNS.org - Israel's population grew in 2013 by 1.8 percent, or 147,000 people, bringing the country's total population to 8.1 million, according to...
Major Jewish-Themed Films Reimagined in New Cinematic Concert
JNS.org - Clarinet virtuoso David Krakauer's new project takes listeners on a journey of personal discovery, while exploring the intersection of music and...
Deck the Halls with Boughs of… Lieberman?
JNS.org - High in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Chuck Lieberman sells around 200 hundred Fraser firs a year to families...
“ŽAmerican Jewish Establishment Must Do More to Embrace Russian Jews
I spent the weekend at a Russian-Jewish Shabbaton on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and was reminded of just how different Russian-American Jews are...
John Kerry, Members of Congress Praise Joint Distribution Committee at its Centennial
JNS.org - WASHINGTON—On John Kerry's first visit to Israel in 1986, he toured a bomb shelter in Kiryat Shemona, inserted a prayer into...
“ŽNew Study Claims Arab Population in Israel is Shrinking
A newly published study shows that the Arab population in Israel's region is constantly shrinking, especially in the Gaza Strip, which is in contrast to...
Vice President Biden Announces Special Envoy to Support Holocaust Survivors
JNS.org - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said that the White House is appointing a special envoy to support Holocaust survivors during a luncheon...
‘Rabbi Rocketpower:’ The Superman of the Jewish Holidays
JNS.org - Superman was created by two Jews (writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster), and the latest buzz about the...
20th-Century American Music Owed Much to Jewish Artists
JNS.org - Discuss these names—Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Benny Goodman—with author/musician Ben Sidran, and you will understand how being Jewish, the Jews'...
At South Africa Synagogue, Attendance for Mandela Memorial Tops High Holidays
As many around the world turned out at the weekend for memorial services to honor the iconic human rights leader Nelson Mandela, who passed away...
Holocaust Survivor Breaks 70-Year Silence to Tell of Young Friend Experimented Upon by Mengele at Auschwitz (VIDEO)
Auschwitz survivor Iby Knill, 90, ended 70 years of silence to keep a promise she made on the first night she spent at the death...
Bike Tours Offer New Way to See Jerusalem
JNS.org - JERUSALEM—What kind of ground can you cover in three hours in Jerusalem? Start at First Station (the renovated train station), go to the...
