Rabbi Neely signs long-term contract
Temple Israel recently signed a 9.5-year contract extension with Rabbi Joshua Neely. This is the synagogue's third contract with Rabbi Neely, who has been the spiritual leader of this progressive...
Weekly roundup of world briefs
Netanyahu wants to face his accusers on TV By Marcy Oster JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a chance to take on his accusers on live television. Speaking Monday night, the prime minister said that during...
MAGAL fosters love of Jewish learning and culture
Now in its third exciting year, the Meitin Alliance for Growth And Learning was created by Temple Shir Shalom (Reform) and Temple Israel (Conservative) to bring together Jewish students from a broad...
Israel supporters 'should have their immune cells killed'
(JNS)-A medical resident fired from the Cleveland Clinic last year posted on Twitter that supporters of Israel should have their immune cells killed. "Studying for my med micro final, came across...
New Jersey shul wins $2.5 million in landmark religious-discrimination case
(JNS)-It shouldn't take 10 years to get permission to build a synagogue, but it did in Clifton, N.J. Finally, after a mediation overseen by the state's former attorney general, a community in Clifton...
- Is our criminal justice system fair? What's the Jewish perspective?
- Call on US to recognize Israeli sovereignty over Golan Heights
- Jewish Academy of Orlando 5th graders create a kindness garden
- Netanyahu pushes for US recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan
- UNESCO highlights Israeli students' peace efforts
- In Cairo, Pompeo blasts Obama's Mideast agenda
- COS Men's Club presents 2019 annual World Wide Wrap
- Sanders lambasts introduction of anti-BDS bill as 'absurd'
- Touro winter and spring lectures
- Jewish employees affected by the government shutdown are getting some help from this organization
- The wisdom behind Israel's crazy multi-party system
- Israel to demand $250 billion from Arab countries
- Leading Senate Democrats seek to block pro-Israel bill
Who are the real isolationists in America?
(JNS)—Ever since President Donald Trump astounded the world by announcing the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria, commentators have been trying to work out the significance of this decision. Among those conservatives who believe America should...
The very real terror threat of Iran and Hezbollah in Europe
(Research Institute for European and American Studies via JNS)—In the course of almost 40 years, Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism and has a long and bloody history of terror attacks. Since 2017 the Iranian regime’s...
Rashida Tlaib should at least learn the history behind the dual loyalty canard
(JTA)—A great American Jewish jurist once argued against the idea of a “hyphenated American.” He said there was no place in America for immigrants and their children to hold on to differences based on “race or creed.” “[T]o keep alive...
Australia redivides Jerusalem? Then demand justice for the Aborigines!
(JNS)—The Australian government has decided that Israel’s capital should be torn in half, resuming the apartheid-like status that prevailed the last time the Arabs occupied part of Jerusalem. Would the Temple Mount be in Israel’s part of...
Danger on the Left
By Kenneth Hanson Not long ago I was privileged to take part in a panel discussion on the history of anti-Semitism. The shared comments of the panelists, I felt, yielded a considerable wealth of insight, until the notion was advanced that...
Nelly Ben-Or risked all to play the piano-it helped her survive the Holocaust
LONDON (JTA)-Like countless world-class pianists, Nelly Ben-Or began playing piano at the age of 5 and never stopped. That discipline helped Ben-Or, 86, became an international concert pianist and...
Helping caregivers understand Jewish residents
By Lisa Levine If you are an American Jew, chances are good that you have encountered many non-Jews who know little or have misconceptions about Jewish religion or culture. So if you or a loved one...
Ginsburg's personal trainer on how he keeps her healthy
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Bryant Johnson says pressure creates diamonds, and I think I just upped the carat level. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer did not know that his two other clients on the Supreme Court—Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan—are...
Scene Around
What a loss... The World Jewish Congress and its affiliated community in Lithuania recently marked the 75th anniversary of the liquidation of the Vilnius Ghetto, alongside Pope Francis and other...
Reactions pour in following death of Moshe Arens
(JNS)-Reactions and memories from the Jewish and pro-Israel community have filled news pages and social media following the death of Moshe Arens, former Israeli Defense Minister and mentor of...
Moshe Arens dies at 93
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Moshe Arens, a veteran Israeli politician and defense minister under three prime ministers, has died. Arens, who first hired Benjamin Netanyahu and is credited with helping him get...
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