Spirituality/Tradition
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...
Egyptian Christians Cancel Church Services for First Time in More Than 1,600 Years
JNS.org - Several of Egypt's Coptic Christian churches canceled Mass services last Sunday for the first time in more than 1,600 years, amid the unprecedented wave violence against them. Christian churches in Minya, located in...
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 by the Nefesh B'Nefesh aliyah organization gathered in Jerusalem on...
Art Exhibit Corrects History and Helps Repair Jewish/Christian Relations
Rembrandt and the Images of Jesus, a 2011-2012 exhibit curated by the Louvre, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts presented artworks, primarily by 17-century, Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn,which displayed images of...
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...
U.S. Policy in Middle East Needs a Morality Check
On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama made his historic "New Beginning" speech in Cairo,...
Jewish Lawyers of Ohio Torturer Praise Plea Deal Outcome
JNS.org - The Jewish lawyers who defended Ariel Castro, the 53-year-old former school bus...
The Jewish-American Buzzword: Continuity
The American Jewish community buzzword is continuity. It's understandable in this great republic, where assimilation...
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...
Egyptian Christians Cancel Church Services for First Time in More Than 1,600 Years
JNS.org - Several of Egypt's Coptic Christian churches canceled Mass services last Sunday for the first time in more than 1,600 years, amid the...
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...
Art Exhibit Corrects History and Helps Repair Jewish/Christian Relations
Rembrandt and the Images of Jesus, a 2011-2012 exhibit curated by the Louvre, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts presented artworks, primarily...
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...
U.S. Policy in Middle East Needs a Morality Check
On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama made his historic "New Beginning" speech in Cairo, boldly seeking to harken a new day for the U.S....
Jewish Lawyers of Ohio Torturer Praise Plea Deal Outcome
JNS.org - The Jewish lawyers who defended Ariel Castro, the 53-year-old former school bus driver who kept Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight...
The Jewish-American Buzzword: Continuity
The American Jewish community buzzword is continuity. It's understandable in this great republic, where assimilation approaches 60 percent. Perhaps we can inspire continuity, in part,...
Book: American Jews Are Endangered Species
JNS.org - Let the general reader be warned: Shaul Magid's new book, "American Post-Judaism," is not easy to read. The writing is dense, and the...
Touro Synagogue Artifacts Dispute to Continue After Mediation Fails
JNS.org - Talks between the historic Touro Synagogue in Newport, RI, and a New York City synagogue that claims ownership over the Touro Synagogue...
The Wedding That Dented the Iron Curtain
In the history of the Soviet Jewry movement, the most spectacular - and possibly most pivotal - episode was a plot to hijack a plane...
Henry Shaw & Names
What's in a name? My late father had an only sibling called Henry Shaw. We loved our Uncle Hashy as we called him. He was...
Where and When to Give to Charity
I read a thought provoking article in Sunday's New York Times entitled "Good Charity, Bad Charity," in which an Ethics Professor from Princeton University argues...
