by Alexandra Ahdoot (JNS) — I am a Persian Jew who has lived all of my life in America. Yet at the same time, Israel is my home. I get the chills every time I sing “Hatikvah” because even though […]
by Moshe Phillips Sometimes there’s a thin line between a journalist reporting news about Israel, or actually shaping the story. A recent exchange between a Jewish news correspondent and a State Department spokeswoman gives us a glimpse of the tricky […]
NBA Hall of Famer, two-time world champion and team USA Olympic gold medalist Ray Allen conducts a training session for kids at the YMCA in Jerusalem, on May 15, 2022. Credit: Gali Tibbon/America’s Voices in Israel. by Josh Hasten (JNS) […]
by Micha Danzig (Jewish Journal) — So much of what has happened surrounding the death of Shireen Abu Akleh is emblematic of the entire Arab-Israeli conflict. If you have been hiding under a rock for the past few days, here […]
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Source: Screenshot. by Fiamma Nirenstein (JNS) — The tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed last week in a firefight in the Palestinian town of Jenin, has prompted worldwide […]
by Hili Yacobi-Handelsman (Israel HaYom) — For the first time in Israel’s history, high tech exports accounted for more than 50 percent of the country’s exports in 2021, now standing at 54 percent, while in another first, more than 10 […]
by Moshe Phillips Much has written about the recent endorsement of BDS by the editors of The Harvard Crimson, the Harvard student newspaper. But how do you suppose Harvard students got that way? Could it have anything to do with the […]
Part of an exhibit on the Holocaust supported by the International Holocaust Remembrance Association. Photo: courtesy of IHRA. (JNS) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts inaugurated May as Jewish American Heritage Month in Nebraska, becoming the first American state to do […]
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on July 30, 2021. Credit: Official White House Photo by Erin Scott. (JNS) — The new […]
Auburn Coach Bruce Pearl and new Florida Coach Todd Golden at the Jewish Coaches Association breakfast during the Final Four, April 2 at Tulane Hillel in New Orleans. Golden received the 2022 Red Auerbach Coach of the Year award. Photo […]
by Mitchell Bard (JNS) — Every once in a while, I stumble onto an old article that offers interesting insights on today’s political situation. One example is an article from The Atlantic published in 1961 about the Palestinian refugees written […]