Michigan Jews don’t need Peter Beinart to explain their fears to them
After the attack on Temple Israel, they understand—better than any New York-based columnist writing from a distance—what threatens their community.
Source: JNS81
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Ohio Republican fires campaign political director for using Nazi soldiers in social-media profile photo
Stephen B. Woytek, 25, who worked for Sen. Jon Husted's campaign, told The Washington Post that while he participates in historical re-enactments, he should have “exercised…
Source: JNS88
City Harvest’s holiday food drive helps put food on tables of Jewish New Yorkers
It plans to deliver 9.2 million pounds of food, including fresh produce and kosher meat, to 29 kosher-food programs citywide.
Source: JNS88
Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding celebrations partly funded by Putin-linked Russian oligarch
Bettina Trump says International Boxing Association chief Umar Kremlev paid for two nights of celebrations as a wedding gift, after a report said he covered hundreds…
Source: Ynetnews83
The suicide of American Jewish leadership
American Jews must understand that their current leaders cannot save them. And so, they must save themselves.
Source: JNS86
CUNY says it will not divest from Israel after disclosing investment portfolio sought by anti-Israel activists
"The university has made it clear it will not participate in divestment and is prohibited by law," a university spokesperson told JNS.
Source: JNS84
Emory University launches institute to combat antisemitism
Founded by former U.S. antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt, the institute will study policy responses to Jew-hatred and train leaders to confront it.
Source: JNS86
Is the United Kingdom breaking apart? Separatist leaders join forces in historic push
Leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland declare Westminster’s days are 'coming to an end' and demand the right to independence votes, as Trump backs Irish…
Source: Ynetnews77
Extended crossing times on Shabbat at Skokie intersection
Ann Tennes, mayor of the heavily Jewish village, told JNS that “there were people trying to cross pushing wheelchairs and with small children,” and “they just…
Source: JNS86
Jesuit school in Connecticut dedicates Holocaust memorial
The sculpture commemorates the defiance of five Jewish Latvian women and girls who “embodied unshakable courage and dignity in the face of certain death.”
Source: JNS86
The problem with the Nexus Project
A Diaspora Jewish organization is trying to define antisemitism out of existence.
Source: JNS86
Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parties sign agreement asserting right to leave UK
SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein sign memorandum of understanding declaring 'Westminster’s time is coming to an end,' days after Trump backed a united Ireland
Source: The Times of Israel86
Norway weighing bill imposing up to 3 years in prison for trade with settlements
Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says situation in West Bank 'has become even worse,' and the world is no longer swayed by accusations from Jerusalem that…
Source: The Times of Israel90
Israel would benefit from a stable Syria, but not one under Turkish influence, expert tells ‘Post’
Ankara’s growing influence in Syria, along with the presence of Turkish forces there, poses a significant risk to Israel, JISS President Prof. Efraim Inbar told The…
Source: The Jerusalem Post82