Coronavirus vaccine race hearkens to Dr. Jonas Salk
JNSAug 27, 2020
By Heather Robinson PITTSBURGH — Each year in the 1940s and ’50s, more than 15,000 Americans were paralyzed by polio and thousands died. The disease reached its peak...
Safed: ‘Terror tunnel’ from 1948 unearthed
JNSAug 20, 2020
By Adi Hashmonai, Israel Hayom via JNS Work to upgrade the entrance to Safed’s Old City has unearthed an attack tunnel dating to Israel’s 1948 War of Independence....
Fifteen years after Gaza disengagement, effects still felt
JNSAug 13, 2020
By Josh Hasten Israel will mark 15 years since the 2005 Gaza Disengagement — former Prime Minister’s Ariel Sharon’s operation to evict all 8,000 or so Israelis...
New highway to encircle Jerusalem
JNSJul 16, 2020
By Josh Hasten JERUSALEM — Jerusalem has started construction on parts of a three billion shekel (approximately $870 million) major highway that will eventually serve...
Court rules: Pissarro painting belongs to Jewish collector
JNSJul 09, 2020
A French appeals court ruled against an American couple that sought to get back the 1887 painting called La Cueillette des Pois (“Picking Peas”) by French...
Photos capture mystique of the Dead Sea
JNSJun 04, 2020
By Eliana Rudee In honor of 50 years of Earth Day this year, an Israeli-led photo competition by photojournalist and Dead Sea activist Noam Bedein garnered global...
When a saver of lives needs to be saved
JNSMay 07, 2020
By Josh Hasten United Hatzalah of Israel, the country’s largest independent volunteer emergency medical response organization, put on an online telethon on May 3 to...
What does growing scrutiny of China mean for Israel?
JNSMay 07, 2020
By Ariel Ben Solomon Growing calls for an investigation into China’s handling and possible coverup of the coronavirus outbreak have observers debating the potential...
Last surviving Bielski brother: ‘If you see a person who needs help, help’
JNSApr 23, 2020
By Jackson Richman Aron Bielski is the youngest and last living member of the Bielski brigade, which he founded along with three of his brothers. Their activities have...
Many anticipate a baby boom, but infertility stress is heightened by COVID-19
JNSApr 23, 2020
By Orit Arfa Amy Klein thought she had a hard time with infertility, having gone through 10 doctors, nine rounds of IVF in three countries and four miscarriages. But she...
