After Pittsburgh: Can synagogues feel open with locked doors?
Jacob Kamaras, JNSOct 28, 2021
In a sense, the Jewish communal reactions to the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and the coronavirus pandemic were diametric opposites.
Struggle for bipartisanship at AIPAC
Jacob Kamaras, JNSMar 30, 2017
WASHINGTON — In recent years, the AIPAC lobby’s policy conferences have centered on hot-button issues such as the emerging and later finalized Iran nuclear deal,...
Galveston synagogue survives Ike, now rebuilding
Jacob Kamaras, JNSMar 10, 2016
TAKING THIS reporter on a recent tour of Galveston Islands Congregation Beth Jacob, the synagogues staff and lay leaders show remarkable attention to detail. The...
Employment next frontier on disabilities
Jacob Kamaras, JNSNov 13, 2015
MILESTONES WERE in the air at the Ruderman Family Foundations inclusion summit, which drew 500 people including three from the Denver-Boulder Jewish community ...
New book traces proud legacy of the Maccabiah
Jacob Kamaras, JNSAug 13, 2015
WHAT DO basketball player and coach Larry Brown, swimmers Jason Lezak and Mark Spitz, and gymnast Mitch Gaylord have in common? Theyre among a group of 25 individuals...
Trump joins the race: ‘I’m no apprentice on Israel’
Jacob Kamaras, JNSJul 02, 2015
IN THE middle of a phone interview with Jewish News Service on June 26, billionaire real estate mogul and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leaves his desk...
Will Pollard, Gross follow in wake of Ostreicher?
Jacob Kamaras, JNSJan 02, 2014
WHILE an air of mystery surrounds the details of Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreichers return to US soil after being held for more than two years in Bolivia, the...
