Commmmorating Nostra Aetate, Chief Rabbi and Cardinal Call for Unity Against Persecution, Brutality

Two prominent religious leaders, a Jew and a Catholic, marked the 50th commemoration of the formative Nostra Aetate proclamations, by calling on more faiths to form close working...

A Day in Rahat: The Bedouin Capital of the World

JNS.org - Liat Cohen is a seasoned member of an organization called Ma’agalim-Halkat (“Cycles” in Hebrew), which arranges visits between Jews and Arabs. Yet she admitted...

Jewish Unity Is the Answer to Israel’s Troubles

I live in Israel, and most everyone I know there is busy trying to make sense of an insane situation. It’s not that anyone is...

The Hardest Part of Love is Letting Go

There is a mystery at the heart of the biblical story of Abraham, and it has immense implications for our understanding of Judaism. Who was Abraham...

Widow of Israeli Terror Victim Delivers Message of Hope, Not Hate

JERUSALEM - Richard Lakin, an American-Israeli who was critically wounded in a terrorist shooting on October 13, died of his wounds on Tuesday, October 27, after...

Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin Remembered 20 Years After Murder

JNS.org - At a state ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, his daughter Dalia warned that the...

Jewish Humanitarian Group JDC Responds to South Asia Earthquake

JNS.org - The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) on Monday responded swiftly to the latest earthquake to strike South Asia. JDC said it has disbursed emergency...

Eichmann Daughter-in-Law Defends Nazi’s Holocaust Actions, Leaves Mayor Race

JNS.org - Carmen Bretin Lindemann, a daughter-in-law of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, has withdrawn her candidacy for mayor in the northeastern village of Garupa in...

Britain’s Former Chief Rabbi Tackles the Roots of Islamist Terror in New Book (INTERVIEW)

An ominous shadow has swept across the Middle East and North Africa, leaving chaos and carnage in its wake. Mad men armed with Kalashnikovs and depraved...

1,300 Israeli Americans Attend Group’s Second National Conference

JNS.org - The fast-growing Israeli American Council (IAC) recently drew 1,300 Israeli Americans to its second annual national national conference in Washington, DC, with conference sessions...

Temple Mount Forbidden to Jewish Visitors, Israeli Chief Rabbis Reiterate

JNS.org - Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel David Lau and Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Yitzhak Yosef, as well as more than 100 prominent Israeli rabbis,...

The Flight of Peace

New Organization Helps Ukrainian Jews Make Smooth Aliyah to Israel

KIEV - Since last year, there has been a 35% increase in the number of immigrants who have made aliyah to Israel -- and one of the largest...

Attempts to Claim the Western Wall as Muslim Holy Site Are Absurd

If there is one thing that we were all pretty certain of a week ago, it was that the Kotel is universally regarded as a...