Firefighter triumphs over learning disabilities
JNSMar 08, 2018
By Elizabeth Kratz Students with special needs often feel overwhelmed and helpless; many roadblocks can appear to block their way to success and cause them to think that...
Exhibit explores ‘Jews in Space’
JNSMar 08, 2018
By Shiryn Solny A new exhibition debuted in New York last week that explores the connection between Jews and something outside of our own world: outer space. At the...
Trailblazing bourbon-style whiskey in Israel
JNSJan 04, 2018
By Eliana Rudee Noam Cohen and Alan Cohl are confident that their new breed of whiskey will echo Israel’s success in making the desert bloom. They are creating...
‘Remember Baghdad’ captures Iraqi Jews’ unfinished business
JNSDec 28, 2017
By Eliana Rudee When thinking of the words “refugee” and “Middle East,” many displaced groups come to mind. But few know that some of the original refugees of...
Why Israel seeks overseas buyers for its natural gas
JNSDec 28, 2017
By Alex Traiman By 2019, Israel’s large Leviathan natural gas field is expected to transform a once resource-poor developing economy into a major energy exporter. Yet...
In Jerusalem, food creates bridges between faiths
JNSNov 23, 2017
By Eliana Rudee What can unite Jerusalem, a holy city for the three Abrahamic faiths, and often the site of high-profile religious and political conflicts? Food might be...
Rutgers stands behind employment of Assad defender
JNSNov 16, 2017
By Rafael Medoff Jewish leaders are strongly criticizing Rutgers University for employing a longtime Syrian government official to teach in its political science...
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...
