Jewish Identity
Ethiopian Aliyah Ends With Last 450 Arrivals
JNS.org - A group of 450 Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel on Wednesday, marking the end of Operation Kanfei Yonah (Wings of a...
CAMERA Helps Jewish Students Fight Back on Campus
JNS.org - Lighting up the screen at Boston University Hillel is a progression map of Israel titled "Palestinian Loss of Land." The image isn't surprising to the students attending the annual Student Leadership and Advocacy...
Youth and Beauty Abound in Israel
On a recent return visit to Israel this summer, I couldn't help but notice its beauty; the land and seas of course but also the people. While Israel is known for its brains (more PHDs per...
Thousands of Western Wall Prayer Notes Removed Ahead of Jewish New Year Celebrations
Thousands of prayer notes were removed Sunday from the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Jewish New Year celebrations beginning next week, Israel's Channel 2 reported. The Western Wall Foundation Council, led by Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch,...
Netanyahu Says Israel’s Success is Due to Focus on ‘Values and Excellence’
Speaking two days before the opening of the country's school year at the start...
Technoda Program Cultivates Future Israeli Scientists
JNS.org - On the one hand, Givat Olga is an underprivileged neighborhood in the...
New Olim Receive Identity Documents in Jerusalem
JNS.org - JERUSALEM - Some 40 hours after landing in Israel last week, many...
Jewish Agency Turns Over Ethiopian School That Educated Immigrants to Local Authorities
JNS.org - Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky handed Getnet Amare, the mayor of Gondar,...
Jews Can’t Turn a Blind Eye to Syrian Refugees
JNS.org - Not for the first time, events elsewhere in the Middle East—the renewed bloodshed...
Ethiopian Aliyah Ends With Last 450 Arrivals
JNS.org - A group of 450 Ethiopian immigrants arrived in Israel on Wednesday, marking the end of Operation Kanfei Yonah (Wings of a Dove). Since...
CAMERA Helps Jewish Students Fight Back on Campus
JNS.org - Lighting up the screen at Boston University Hillel is a progression map of Israel titled "Palestinian Loss of Land." The image isn't surprising...
Youth and Beauty Abound in Israel
On a recent return visit to Israel this summer, I couldn't help but notice its beauty; the land and seas of course but also the...
Thousands of Western Wall Prayer Notes Removed Ahead of Jewish New Year Celebrations
Thousands of prayer notes were removed Sunday from the Western Wall, in Jerusalem, ahead of Jewish New Year celebrations beginning next week, Israel's Channel 2...
Netanyahu Says Israel’s Success is Due to Focus on ‘Values and Excellence’
Speaking two days before the opening of the country's school year at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Technoda Program Cultivates Future Israeli Scientists
JNS.org - On the one hand, Givat Olga is an underprivileged neighborhood in the Israeli city of Hadera with about 12,000 people, primarily immigrants...
New Olim Receive Identity Documents in Jerusalem
JNS.org - JERUSALEM - Some 40 hours after landing in Israel last week, many of the new olim who arrived on the 50th flight chartered...
Jewish Agency Turns Over Ethiopian School That Educated Immigrants to Local Authorities
JNS.org - Jewish Agency for Israel Chairman Natan Sharansky handed Getnet Amare, the mayor of Gondar, Ethiopia, the keys to the school that had prepared thousands...
Jews Can’t Turn a Blind Eye to Syrian Refugees
JNS.org - Not for the first time, events elsewhere in the Middle East—the renewed bloodshed in Egypt and Israel's decision to release 104 Palestinian terrorists...
Aliyah Flight Brings 331 Immigrants, 125 Future IDF Soldiers to Israel
JNS.org - At a pre-departure ceremony on Monday in the El Al Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Rabbi Yehoshua...
Father’s Book Offers Insight into Netanyahu’s Worldview
JNS.org - Although the late Benzion Netanyahu wrote four of the five essays in "The Founding Fathers of Zionism" years before his middle son Benjamin Netanyahu was...
Israeli Jeweler Michal Negrin Opens Store in SoHo, Eyes U.S. Expansion
JNS.org - Iconic Israeli costume jeweler Michal Negrin, who for more than 25 years has been bringing romantic and vintage-inspired designs to the global...
Other Religions are Modernizing With Social Media
For thousands of years, there have been many different religious belief systems. In ancient times, religion was often spread by word of mouth - or...
A Week in Israel With Dr. Oz
Everything over the past week was memorable and magical as Dr. Mehmet Oz, America's foremost daytime TV host and the world's most famous doctor, toured...
