April 19, 2021

For student government, Jews and Zionists need not apply

by Zev Hurwitz (JNS) — The story goes like this: A Jewish student is elected to the university’s student government. The student’s fitness for office is challenged by peers who question whether that student can maintain “neutrality” on campus issues […]
April 18, 2021

Echoes of a Boom in Iran

by Jonathan Feldstein In case you missed the explosion, no worry. You may still be hearing its echoes and reverberations for a long time. This past week, reports within and outside Iran have confirmed a massive explosion deep underground at […]
April 18, 2021

On Israel Memorial Day, Birmingham couple reflects on family loss

From Israeli Foreign Ministry‘s website by Richard Friedman As Jews, we are taught all Jews are responsible for one another. Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, provides a sacred framework for all Jews remembering one another. This powerful truth was brought […]
April 17, 2021

Coach Pearl to headline Nights to Honor Israel in Mobile, Auburn

Auburn Head Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl spoke at the Alabama Holocaust Commemoration at the Old Capitol Building in April 2019. IIS file photo. Auburn Head Basketball Coach Bruce Pearl will be the keynote speaker for two Nights to Honor Israel […]
April 16, 2021

Palestinian elections could jeopardize Fatah’s rule in the territories

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas seen during a tour in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 15, 2020. Photo by Flash90 by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Should Palestinian elections go ahead in the territories, Fatah’s rule in the West […]
April 16, 2021

Changes must be made before UNRWA funds renewed

by David Bedein The United States government has announced the renewal of aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which the U.N. created as a “temporary” entity in the wake of the Israel War of Independence, to help […]
April 14, 2021

Canada’s third-largest party “overwhelmingly” endorses boycotting Israel

Jagmeet Singh (center), leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party. Source: NDP/Twitter. (JNS) — Members of Canada’s progressive New Democratic Party have voted overwhelmingly to endorse a boycott against Israel during its recent party convention. At its virtual party convention on […]
April 13, 2021

Israeli observers: A lot of Iranian nuclear work in Natanz went down the drain

A view of nuclear centrifuges at the Iran nuclear energy exhibition at the Islamic Revolution & Holy Defense Museum in 2018. Credit: Inspired by Maps/Shutterstock by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Threats by Iran to retaliate against what it said was […]
April 12, 2021

Can Biden fund the Palestinians without breaking the law — and does he care?

by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — Has the Biden administration found a way to spite its predecessor and aid the Palestinians without breaking the law? The U.S. State Department thinks it has, and so do its cheerleaders in the mainstream media […]
April 10, 2021

U.S. making serious mistake in restoring UNRWA funding

A view of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90. by Ben Cohen (JNS) — The Biden administration’s regressive decision to include $150 […]
April 9, 2021

Independence and Hope: From Dr. King’s Montgomery church to the Israeli Embassy

Wanda Howard Battle of Montgomery recorded the “Star Spangled Banner” and “Hatikvah” on the bimah at Temple Beth Or. She was accompanied by violinist Clare Weil, a Temple Beth Or member who serves as president of the Montgomery County Board […]