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September 17, 2018

Israeli media mis-characterize Alabama’s JH Israel, Ariel Leadership Center

On the surface, the news should have been something to be celebrated after years of hard work. On Aug. 19, Israel’s Ministry of Education announced an allocation of 1 million shekels for programs at the National Leadership Center in Ariel, […]

September 13, 2018

Operation Lifeshield: Saving Lives While Building Bridges

Dedicating two shelters at Regba, where “Lone Soldiers” from outside Israel are housed For over a decade, Operation Lifeshield has provided above-ground bomb shelters to Israeli communities under threat from missiles launched from Lebanon and Gaza. With the “kite fires” […]

September 6, 2018

What is Israel’s Nation-State Law?

If you care about Israel, and have been following the recent controversy about the new Nation-State law, then you know it’s touched some nerves. Here is an explanation of the law, why it is controversial, and how in some cases […]

September 5, 2018

Defunding UNRWA: What It Means

News in August that the United States would stop its $300 million annual funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency set off different reactions — would it be the start of a humanitarian crisis, or the removal of […]

August 14, 2018

Tulane President Fitts visits Israel to explore expanded collaboration

With a large Jewish student population, Tulane University has always had close ties with Israeli institutions. In June, Tulane President Michael Fitts made his first visit to Israel as part of a 17-member delegation of university presidents, seeking to further […]

July 11, 2018

Finding Friendship in Interfaith Trip to Israel, Jordan

by Barry DeLozier In 25 years of marriage, my wife, Cathy, has rarely asked for anything significant. So, in late 2016, when she told me she wanted to travel to Israel with two Bunko girlfriends and their spouses, how could […]

June 13, 2018

Opinion: Saying the Jewish memorial prayer for Hamas activists makes no sense

It is one of the best-known moral tenets in Judaism — one should not rejoice at the downfall of one’s enemy. Each year at Passover, the most widely observed holiday in Judaism, part of the Seder is the spilling of […]

June 6, 2018

At 70th anniversary celebration, Louisiana strikes blow against BDS

The State of Louisiana celebrated Israel’s 70th birthday on May 22 with a series of events at the State Capitol in Baton Rouge, culminating in an executive order by Governor John Bel Edwards that forbids state agencies from doing business […]

April 11, 2018

Mississippi joins neighboring states in buying Israel Bonds

Following in the footsteps of a majority of states, on March 27, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed a law allowing the state to invest a maximum of $20 million in Israel Bonds. The bill authorizes “a portion” of excess state […]

March 28, 2018

Israeli companies flock to homeland security conference in Biloxi

Surrounded by Mississippi, U.S. and Israeli officials, Governor Phil Bryant addresses the media Officially, the March 13 summit in Biloxi was called the International Homeland Defense and Security Summit, but in practical terms, it could have been referred to as […]

February 1, 2018

Some Jewish groups, activists backed the NOLA BDS resolution

Anti-Israel activists from Jewish Voice for Peace at the Jan. 25 New Orleans City Council meeting While there were many groups in the Jewish community who mobilized to battle Resolution R-18-5, opposition was by no means unanimous. At the Jan. […]