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February 22, 2019

State of Tennessee to celebrate Israel at March 7 ceremony

Above: On Feb. 14, Rabbi Yitzchok Tiechtel from Chabad of Nashville met with Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, presenting him with a personalized tzedakah box for his desk and sharing a moment of prayer in his office. The state of Tennessee […]

February 18, 2019

Mississippi House passes anti-BDS bill

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant and Israeli Consul General Lior Haiat at the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, last November. Mississippi is looking to join its neighbors in barring state investments in companies that participate in anti-Israel boycotts. The Mississippi House […]

February 15, 2019

Backgrounder: Jewish Voice for Peace is none of those

Above: Jewish Voice for Peace activists protest at a New Orleans City Council meeting on Jan. 25, 2018, when the city rescinded a resolution proponents said two weeks earlier was about universal human rights, but the groups, including JVP, then […]

February 10, 2019

LSU, Check Point Agreement a Tangible Result of Trade Mission

On Jan. 15, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced the signing of a research agreement between Check Point Software Technologies of Israel and the Stephenson Technologies Corp., the applied research corporation at Louisiana State University, which serves U.S. federal markets. […]

February 10, 2019

Edwards touts Louisiana-Israel trade partnership possibilities

Above: Israeli Consul General Gilad Katz presents Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards with photos from the state’s Israel mission, as Bill Hess looks on, before the Jan. 28 panel in New Orleans Over two evenings, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards […]

February 6, 2019

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, stalwart promoter of ties between Jews and Christians, dies at 67

Above: Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon with International Fellowship of Christians and Jews founder and president Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. Photo by Capehart Photography. by Jackson Richman (JNS) Israeli American Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, whose life goal was […]

January 29, 2019

When is the tent too big? Boston Jewish umbrella kicks out group over BDS support

Members of the Boston Workmen’s Circle attending a rally. Credit: Boston Workmen’s Circle via Facebook. By Sean Savage (JNS) — The decision in January by the Boston Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) to pass a resolution declaring that any member […]

January 24, 2019

Federal court upholds anti-BDS bill in Arkansas

(JNS) A federal judge upheld an Arkansas law that forbids state agencies from investing in or contracting with companies that boycott Israel. Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Miller threw out a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf […]

January 23, 2019

Ten Toxic Terms that Pro-Israel Advocates Must Fight

By Lee Bender and Jerome R. Verlin (JNS) Mainstream Western media coverage of Israel is laced with expressions intentionally crafted to delegitimize the Jewish state. By forfeiting this language, we forfeit our history. The good news is that these terms […]

January 15, 2019

The “apartheid road” that isn’t

Photo: View of Route 4370, northeast of Jerusalem, which connects the Geva Binyamin area to Route 1, and separates vehicles of Israeli citizens and non-citizens, Jan. 10, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 By Stephen M. Flatow (January 14, 2019 / […]

January 7, 2019

All talk: The United Church of Christ’s Non-existent Boycott

At the United Church of Christ (UCC) General Synod in Cleveland, Rev. Mitri Raheb, a Palestinian Christian and pastor of the evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, called the UCC’s resolution to divest from Israel “a strong […]