Jewish Identity
What I Owe Jerusalem
I arrived in Jerusalem from New York in July 1977, 10 years after the Six-Day War, and three weeks after Menachem Begin took office...
A Student Named Greenberg Has a ‘Koufax Moment’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - In 1965, legendary Major League Baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax opted not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers because the game coincided with Yom Kippur. Half a...
Jerusalem Day Statistics Reveal Israeli Capital’s Progress, But Room for Growth
JNS.org - May 17 marks Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) in Israel, a national holiday commemorating the reunification of eastern and western Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. In honor of this year's holiday, Israel's Central Bureau...
Pew Survey: Judaism Rises With Christianity’s Decline, But Not as Fast as Islam
JNS.org - The Pew Research Center's newly released 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study revealed that while the Jewish population in the U.S. increased by 0.2% from 2007-13, the fastest-growing religion in the U.S. is currently...
Study Shows High Jewish Engagement for Alumni of OU Teen Israel Experience
JNS.org - A newly released study reveals that non-Orthodox participants of an Orthodox Union summertime...
Pro-Israel Advocates Should Stand Up and Support Ted Cruz’s Gay Host
Something disturbing recently happened that slipped right past pro-Israel advocates. Mati Weiderpass is a...
Why Won’t Jewish Leaders Fight BDS?
Press reports about the dinner in Washington last week honoring Abe Foxman's 50 years as...
The Jewish Connection to Lampedusa
Lampedusa, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, has been in the news in...
How to Effectively Fight for Israel on College Campuses
In today's world of lightning-fast news updates, Twitter stump speeches, and morose newsroom ethics, finding...
What I Owe Jerusalem
I arrived in Jerusalem from New York in July 1977, 10 years after the Six-Day War, and three weeks after Menachem Begin took office as...
A Student Named Greenberg Has a ‘Koufax Moment’ (VIDEO)
JNS.org - In 1965, legendary Major League Baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax opted not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles...
Jerusalem Day Statistics Reveal Israeli Capital’s Progress, But Room for Growth
JNS.org - May 17 marks Jerusalem Day (Yom Yerushalayim) in Israel, a national holiday commemorating the reunification of eastern and western Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day...
Pew Survey: Judaism Rises With Christianity’s Decline, But Not as Fast as Islam
JNS.org - The Pew Research Center's newly released 2014 U.S. Religious Landscape Study revealed that while the Jewish population in the U.S. increased by 0.2%...
Study Shows High Jewish Engagement for Alumni of OU Teen Israel Experience
JNS.org - A newly released study reveals that non-Orthodox participants of an Orthodox Union summertime Israel experience for teenagers are more engaged Jewishly than their...
Pro-Israel Advocates Should Stand Up and Support Ted Cruz’s Gay Host
Something disturbing recently happened that slipped right past pro-Israel advocates. Mati Weiderpass is a fervent ally of Israel who happens to be gay. He...
Why Won’t Jewish Leaders Fight BDS?
Press reports about the dinner in Washington last week honoring Abe Foxman's 50 years as head of the ADL had the White House Chief of...
The Jewish Connection to Lampedusa
Lampedusa, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, has been in the news in Europe lately. This is where the boats land that are...
How to Effectively Fight for Israel on College Campuses
In today's world of lightning-fast news updates, Twitter stump speeches, and morose newsroom ethics, finding the truth is harder than ever. Thankfully, a new organization,...
Number of Eastern European Jews Making Aliyah Sees Dramatic Increase Over Past Year
The Jewish Agency for Israel said in a new report that immigration to Israel (Aliyah) from Western Europe in the first quarter of 2015 was...
Remembering the Work of Soviet Jewish Activists
Last week, I was deeply saddened to learn that Volodya Slepak passed away. A week earlier another giant among the heroes of Soviet Jewry, Volodya...
Are Jews Republicans or Democrats? Who Cares?
As we head into the 2016 presidential election season, there's a plethora of noise about the Jewish vote in America. But the real issue isn't...
Melting Pot Miseries
The protests over the past week in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, sparked by the unprovoked beating of Ethiopian-Israeli soldier Damas Pakada at the hands of...
Nicki Minaj Bar Mitzvah Performance Inspires ‘Late, Late Show’ #CordenMitzvah Feature (VIDEO)
The Late Late Show with James Corden announced on Wednesday a new feature in which fans who have an upcoming bar or bat mitzvah...
