Maccabiah is good for Israel
JNSJul 20, 2017
By Adam Abrams Maccabiah is world’s third largest sporting event Some 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries prepared to head back to their home countries this week...
Israel: No Iran in southern Lebanon
JNSJul 20, 2017
By Yaakov Lappin Netanyahu tells Trump and Putin: Iran in southern Lebanon would cross a ‘red line’ With the help of its powerful allies, President Bashar Assad’s...
UNESCO to vote on whether Machpelah is Jewish
JNSJul 06, 2017
By Alex Traiman An upcoming vote by the United Nations cultural body UNESCO on whether to declare Hebron’s Cave of the Patriarchs as an endangered Palestinian heritage...
Israel’s response to mortar fire deemed ‘old policy’
JNSJun 29, 2017
By Adam Abrams JERUSALEM — Mortar shells fired from Syria into the Israeli Golan Heights Saturday, June 24, prompted the IDF to respond with a retaliatory strike in...
A decade of Hamas rule in Gaza
JNSJun 22, 2017
JERUSALEM — Long before ISIS first grabbed international attention in 2014 through its brutal conquests in Iraq and Syria, another terrorist organization had already...
Exploring Dresden’s Jewish past
JNSJun 15, 2017
By Orit Arfa, JNS Cross the August Bridge over the Elbe River toward the Altstadt (Old City) of Dresden on a tour bus, and you’ll likely hear “oohs” and “aahs”...
Trump in Israel
JNSMay 25, 2017
By Adam Abrams JERUSALEM — During his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday and in speeches throughout the day, President Donald Trump...
US veterans seek healing in Israel
JNSMay 25, 2017
By June Glazer About 20 veterans commit suicide across the US each day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. An organization providing spiritual healing,...
From caves to shaves: the Lag b’Omer Top 10
JNSMay 11, 2017
By Deborah Fineblum Lag b’Omer isn’t one of the best-known Jewish holidays — though some may notice that the men whose faces have grown fairly fuzzy following...
Le Pen scares French Jews
JNSApr 27, 2017
By Adam Abrams Jewish leaders inside and outside France expressed alarm after far-right populist Marine Le Pen’s strong showing in the first round of the French...
