The News

November 13, 2019

Deporting the Israel Director of Human Rights Watch for BDS Activism is a Victory for Democracy

By Matthew Mainen (JNS) — On Nov. 11, the European Union called on Israel to “reverse its decision” to deport Omar Shakir, Human Rights Watch’s director for Israel and the disputed territories. This request comes in the wake of a […]
November 10, 2019

Omaha Jewish cemetery vandalism shows vigilance against anti-Semitism needed everywhere

By Richard Friedman There was a news story recently about an attack on a Jewish cemetery in Omaha, Neb. I shared it on Facebook in the midst of an exciting football Saturday only to remind my Jewish and Christian friends […]
November 7, 2019

After stepping down from Federation, BJF’s Friedman joining Israel InSight, USIEA staffs

Birmingham Jewish Federation Executive Director Richard Friedman, currently the longest-serving Federation director in the country, will embark on two new professional endeavors when he steps down from his Federation role on Dec. 31. For 37 years, Friedman has been the […]
November 6, 2019

Crisis or opportunity? Israel, U.S. must tread carefully as Lebanon nears collapse

By Ken Cohen (FLAME/JNS.org) — It is imperative that the United States and Israel’s other allies ensure that Lebanon not become another Afghanistan — a terror group masquerading as a state. This is a real danger now, and Israel is […]
November 5, 2019

Foreign aid burden? How the relatively small U.S. investment in Israel is returned many times over

By Yoram Ettinger and Fred Zeidman (JNS.org) — The growing sophistication of domestic oil and natural-gas production has enhanced the U.S. national security. It has transformed the leader of the free world from a major importer of crude oil into […]
November 5, 2019

Israeli Disaster Response Group ZAKA Expanding Operations in the Americas

(JNS) — ZAKA Search and Rescue, Inc., one of the world’s premiere international mass-disaster response agencies, has announced plans to expand operations in strategic cities in North and South America, as well as in the Caribbean. “ZAKA’s primary mission is […]
November 5, 2019

An Open Letter to UMass Faculty Members Who Signed a Pro-BDS Letter

Editor’s Note: The following letter was released by Scholars for Peace in the Middle East on Nov. 4. We do not know whether you signed because you are knowledgeable on the issue, or you are just trusting the colleague who […]
November 1, 2019

11 biblical experiences in Israel you’ll never forget

A visitor at the living history museum Nazareth Village. By Jessica Halfin (ISRAEL21c.org) — You’re in the Holy Land and you want to experience it through the eyes of your ancestors. In Israel, modern as it may be, you can […]
October 29, 2019

Georgia State anti-Israel advocacy prompts push to bar CAIR from U.S. college campuses

Pro-Palestinian activist Said Durrah speaks at a CAIR Georgia event on Feb. 24, 2018. Source: Facebook. By Shiryn Ghermezian (JNS) — The watchdog group Stopantisemitism.org is calling on the U.S. Department of Education and Georgie State University to keep the […]
October 28, 2019

With Christian help, Kurdish kids get urgent medical treatment in Israel

A Kurdish refugee mother tends her toddler after emergency open-heart surgery at Sheba Medical Center in Israel. Photo by Steve Walz/Sheba Medical Center By Abigail Klein Leichman (ISRAEL21c.org) — A Kurdish refugee toddler — we’ll call him Ajwan, for security […]
October 27, 2019

After Democrats and the media finish with Trump, will they go after Israel?

By Caroline Glick (JNS) Nearly every week, the Democrats reach new heights of radicalism. Israel has good reason to be deeply worried. Until 2000, the peaceful transition of power in the wake of elections was a feature of American democracy […]