Jewish Identity
Arabs Desecrate Tomb of Patriarchs, for Third Time This Month
For the third time this month, Muslims visiting the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron have desecrated Jewish religious objects, stealing Mezuzahs after tearing...
Tornado-Hit Ursuline College Gets Help from Jewish Community
JNS.org - Less than 24 hours after a tornado did widespread damage to Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, one synagogue in the city opened its arms to its neighbors. Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, a Conservative synagogue with...
The AJC Embraces Social Media and Other Communication Tools
A recent blog on this site charged that the AJC and other mainstream Jewish organizations are not keeping pace with a rapidly changing communications environment, particularly in videos and social media. The author is entitled...
Contemporary Artist Gary Baseman Goes Back Home Through Los Angeles Museum
JNS.org - Inviting the museum visitor down hallways and through rooms of rendered memories and memorials, the Gary Baseman show at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles uses a design based on the artist's Jewish childhood home to offer up...
The American Jewish Establishment Must Embrace Social Media
One of the biggest challenges facing American Jewry is assimilation, which is happening at an...
Bay Area Initiative Shows Strides in Integrating Israel Education into Curriculums
JNS.org - "In a beautiful valley, among vineyards and fields, there stood a tower...
College Care Packages, From Starbucks Cards to Pharaoh Punching Bags, Help Synagogues Stay in Touch With Students
JNS.org - What do hamantaschen, a Starbucks gift card and a pharaoh punching bag...
The Jews of Pinsk
I have just read almost a thousand pages of the two-volume history of The Jews of...
Bread, Bucks, and Making a Living
Man does not live by bread alone. A famous line (it even figured prominently...
Arabs Desecrate Tomb of Patriarchs, for Third Time This Month
For the third time this month, Muslims visiting the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron have desecrated Jewish religious objects, stealing Mezuzahs after tearing them...
Tornado-Hit Ursuline College Gets Help from Jewish Community
JNS.org - Less than 24 hours after a tornado did widespread damage to Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, one synagogue in the city opened its...
The AJC Embraces Social Media and Other Communication Tools
A recent blog on this site charged that the AJC and other mainstream Jewish organizations are not keeping pace with a rapidly changing communications environment,...
Contemporary Artist Gary Baseman Goes Back Home Through Los Angeles Museum
JNS.org - Inviting the museum visitor down hallways and through rooms of rendered memories and memorials, the Gary Baseman show at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles uses a design...
The American Jewish Establishment Must Embrace Social Media
One of the biggest challenges facing American Jewry is assimilation, which is happening at an alarming rate. Looking at the situation, it is clear that the...
Bay Area Initiative Shows Strides in Integrating Israel Education into Curriculums
JNS.org - "In a beautiful valley, among vineyards and fields, there stood a tower with five floors. Who lived in the tower? On the...
College Care Packages, From Starbucks Cards to Pharaoh Punching Bags, Help Synagogues Stay in Touch With Students
JNS.org - What do hamantaschen, a Starbucks gift card and a pharaoh punching bag have in common? They're all goodies that Jewish college students may...
The Jews of Pinsk
I have just read almost a thousand pages of the two-volume history of The Jews of Pinsk published by Stanford University Press. It is translated from...
Bread, Bucks, and Making a Living
Man does not live by bread alone. A famous line (it even figured prominently in an ad for a burger chain some years ago),...
From Academia to the Real World: Making Jewish Research Have an Impact
JNS.org - Effective Jewish education doesn't just happen. Strategic planning, smart use of resources, and proper implementation all play a role in educating today's Jewish...
Five Proud 20th Century Jews Who Changed the World
The Jewish people have had such a positive effect on the world - so many heroes and so many great contributions in so many arenas....
Ohio Will Be First State with Holocaust Memorial on Statehouse Grounds
JNS.org - Ohio is set to become the first U.S. state with a Holocaust memorial on statehouse grounds. In an 8-1 vote July 18,...
Jewish Celebrities Join Royal Baby Frenzy
JNS.org - Jewish celebrities were tweeting sarcastic remarks about the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Monday as Kate Middleton went into labor for...
ADL: U.S. Anti-Semitism Down 14 Percent in 2012
JNS.org - The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, published Monday, shows that the total number of anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S....
