Beards and mustaches do battle
JNSAug 24, 2017
Visitors to the Otto Weidt Workshop for the Blind Museum in Berlin would need to be blind themselves not to notice Haim Hoffmann — or rather, his weird beard — as he...
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...
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”...
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,...
Israel: Only country where women are obliged to serve
JNSApr 20, 2017
Israel’s female soldiers seem to break barriers on a consistent basis. In January, new figures revealed that the number of women serving in combat roles in the IDF’s...
Why does Verizon call Israel ‘Palestine’?
JNSApr 20, 2017
When Mark Rosenblatt touched down at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv April 5 and powered on his cell phone, he got the surprise of his mobile technology life. Rosenblatt...
US action against genocide and mass murder: a brief guide
JNSApr 14, 2017
By Rafael Medoff, JNS President Donald Trump’s missile strike against Syria inaugurates a new chapter in the long and controversial history of American responses —...
Economic integration; cultural tensions
JNSMar 09, 2017
Recently aired TV interviews with young Arabs who moved to major Israeli metropolitan areas underscore the varied and complex nature of Arab life in the Jewish state:...
