Spirituality/Tradition
13 Year Old Wins National Spelling Bee with Yiddish Word ‘Knaidel’ (VIDEO)
"Knaidel," the Yiddish word for matzah ball, propelled a 13-year old from Bayside, Queens, to victory and a $30,000 prize in the Scripps National...
Muslims Combating Anti-Semitism
A small, but increasingly vocal number of Muslims are rejecting radical hate speech and combating anti-Semitism in the Muslim world. In the recent Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism held this week in Jerusalem, Palestinian Media...
ADL’s Foxman Analyzes Intersection of Online Hate and Free Speech in New Book (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), on June 4 is releasing his new book VIRAL HATE: Containing Its Spread on the Internet, co-written with attorney Christopher Wolf, a pioneer...
How to Develop the Outer Persona and the Inner Person
Our Torah portion, this week's sedra, ends with one of the great commands of Judaism - tsitsit, the fringes we wear on the corner of our garments as a perennial reminder of our identity...
Torah Scroll Found in Italian University Library is Possibly World’s Oldest
JNS.org - A university in Italy has discovered what it said might be the...
Rededicated Burial Site Among ‘Beautiful Vestiges’ of Cape Verde’s Jewish Presence
JNS.org - There are just 10 Jewish graves at the Jewish burial site in the...
Cleveland Jewish News Names New Publisher/CEO
JNS.org - The Cleveland Jewish News has named Kevin S. Adelstein as its new publisher and CEO. The...
Holocaust Seder a New ‘Ritual of Remembrance and Redemption’
WHIPPANY, NJ—The imperative to remember the Holocaust is motivating new forms of Holocaust education, with...
13 Year Old Wins National Spelling Bee with Yiddish Word ‘Knaidel’ (VIDEO)
"Knaidel," the Yiddish word for matzah ball, propelled a 13-year old from Bayside, Queens, to victory and a $30,000 prize in the Scripps National Spelling...
Muslims Combating Anti-Semitism
A small, but increasingly vocal number of Muslims are rejecting radical hate speech and combating anti-Semitism in the Muslim world. In the recent Global Forum...
ADL’s Foxman Analyzes Intersection of Online Hate and Free Speech in New Book (INTERVIEW)
JNS.org - Abraham H. Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), on June 4 is releasing his new book VIRAL HATE: Containing Its Spread...
How to Develop the Outer Persona and the Inner Person
Our Torah portion, this week's sedra, ends with one of the great commands of Judaism - tsitsit, the fringes we wear on the corner of...
Torah Scroll Found in Italian University Library is Possibly World’s Oldest
JNS.org - A university in Italy has discovered what it said might be the oldest complete Torah scroll known to exist, according to a BBC...
Heads Up!
Perspective. What a difference it can make. How we look, where we look and the way we look at things always colors our impressions. In this...
Rededicated Burial Site Among ‘Beautiful Vestiges’ of Cape Verde’s Jewish Presence
JNS.org - There are just 10 Jewish graves at the Jewish burial site in the Cape Verde capital of Praia—several with Hebrew inscriptions, the oldest...
Cleveland Jewish News Names New Publisher/CEO
JNS.org - The Cleveland Jewish News has named Kevin S. Adelstein as its new publisher and CEO. The 45-year-old is currently the director of sales and co-manager of Cleveland.com....
Holocaust Seder a New ‘Ritual of Remembrance and Redemption’
WHIPPANY, NJ—The imperative to remember the Holocaust is motivating new forms of Holocaust education, with fewer survivors alive to tell the tale themselves. With that...
Full Transcript: Shimon Peres Remarks at the World Economic Forum in Jordan 2013
Below is the full transcript of remarks by Israeli President Shimon Peres at the World Economic Forum in Jordan, delivered on May 26th 2013. "Thank...
Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West
The gruesome murder last week of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert, Michael Adebolajo, brings to mind that throat slitting and...
The Resurgence of European Antisemitism
Anti-Semitism is on the rise in Europe. A recent Tel Aviv University report found that the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Europe increased by...
The Beauty of Jewish Baby Naming Ceremonies
I ended up attending a baby naming ceremony recently "by accident." I was there because I was meeting a friend for breakfast who...
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson Donate Another $40 Million to Birthright
The Birthright Israel Foundation on Friday announced a new $40 million gift from Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson that continues their commitment to fund free,...
