June 17, 2022

Mayors of Greensboro, Louisville among AJC delegation to Israel

Mayors Nancy Vaughan of Greensboro, N.C., and Greg Fischer of Louisville, Ky. by Richard Friedman  “It was an amazing trip. It was an experience I will never forget. I know I want to go back. There is nothing like being […]
June 14, 2022

From a Kibbutz to Bryant-Denny to serving the worldwide Jewish community

by Richard Friedman  Truth, as the old saying goes, is stranger than fiction. So… did you hear about the Israeli kibbutz girl who barely knew English who wound up as one of the halftime dancers during an Alabama football game […]
June 3, 2022

Convicted in Advance: What you need to know about the U.N. Commission of Inquiry against Israel

by David Litman (CAMERA) — On June 13, the United Nation’s new Commission of Inquiry against Israel is scheduled to deliver its first report. Created after the conflict between Israel and Gaza terror groups in May 2021, the COI is […]
June 2, 2022

Israel “foreign aid” brings multi-billion dollar benefit to the U.S.

by Yoram Ettinger (Ettinger Report) — The U.S. does not give foreign aid to Israel, the U.S. makes an annual investment in Israel, one that provides the American taxpayer a return on investment of several hundred percent. Is that a […]
June 2, 2022

Arizona governor leads trade mission to Israel

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey visits the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron, on May 30, 2022. Photo by Dudu Koren. by Josh Hasten (JNS) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is in Israel this week on a five-day trade mission with […]
June 1, 2022

Challenging Students for Justice in Palestine’s lies and toxic radicalism

by Richard Cravatts (JNS) — In yet another example of the University of Chicago chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine’s refusal to face the consequences of its own behavior, the group has decided to whine yet again about its […]
May 28, 2022

Tennessee adopts IHRA antisemitism definition guidelines

Nashville, the capital of Tennessee. Credit: Pixabay. (JNS) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a law this week a “written policy prohibiting the teaching of anti-Semitic concepts” in schools. It also authorizes schools to utilize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s […]
May 27, 2022

Louisiana Governor Hosts Israel Independence Celebration as Consul General Makes First State Visit

Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans CEO Arnie Fielkow, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, Israel Consul General Livia Link-Raviv and JFGNO President Brian Katz On May 5, leaders from Jewish communities in Louisiana gathered at the Governor’s Mansion as Governor […]
May 23, 2022

On last legislative day, LSU Student Senate passes BDS bill

by Larry Brook In a move that received almost no publicity until well after the fact, the Student Senate at Louisiana State University passed a bill that urges the university to divest from firms that “profit from or engage in […]
May 19, 2022

De-list? Let dead terrorist groups lie

by Jonathan Feldstein There have been recent reports that the Biden administration is planning to remove five groups from the United States foreign terrorist blacklist. Each of these groups is now considered defunct. But it’s strange that if they are […]
May 17, 2022

Partner, not patron: U.S. “economic aid” to Israel no longer exists

by Lenny Ben-David (JNS) — Following the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in a firefight between the IDF and Palestinian terrorists in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israel’s detractors in Washington rushed to declare without evidence that […]