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Knesset open house…playhouse

JERUSALEM — Thousands attended the first ever “open house” event in the Knesset building in Jerusalem on Tuesday, Jan. 19. The Israeli legislature opened its doors to...

Methodists divest from Israel

NEW YORK — The pension fund for the United Methodist Church, one of the largest Protestant denominations in the US, has removed five Israeli banks from its investment...

Bernie Sanders suddenly is taken seriously

WASHINGTON — Talk of a Bernie Sanders presidency has suddenly become a lot more serious. Recent polling shows the independent Vermont senator and Democratic...

BMH-BJ resigns from OU, ponders its future direction

 a letter dated Dec. 31, 2015, and distributed to synagogue members, H. Michael Miller, president, and Rabbi Yaakov Chaitovsky, spiritual leader, wrote that the...

Jewish leaders reach out to Greece

WASHINGTON — Less than a month after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled a readiness to mend ties with Israel after years of antipathy, a delegation of...

Activist poses as Jew looking to buy Palestinian land — a case of lethal entrapment?

By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS TWO LEFT-wing, pro-Palestinian Israeli NGOs —— Taayush and B’Tselem —— have come under fire in Israel after their senior leaders were...

American Historical Assn. rejects anti-Israel resolution

ATLANTA — The largest society of historians and history professors in the US rejected a resolution condemning what it calls Israel’s restriction of Palestinians right...

Window shuts on religious pluralism in Israel

JERUSALEM — Two years ago, Israeli advocates for religious pluralism spoke of a “window of opportunity” to advance their cause. For the first time in a decade, the...

Israeli officials fear ISIS threat from the north

JERUSALEM — Israeli security officials are increasingly concerned about the threat of large-scale terror attacks by ISIS. In an article on Dec. 30, Haaretz reported...

Israel and Brazil in envoy furor

RIO DE JANEIRO — Israel’s deputy foreign minister said Brazil is likely to fuel a diplomatic crisis by withholding consent for its choice of ambassador, a former...