Articles from the August 18, 2023 edition
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Tlaib spoke at art show in Detroit advocating Israel's destruction
(JNS) - Reports have circulated that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) spoke at an art exhibit in Detroit held from May 26 to June 17, though the featured works didn't represent any classic school or...
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Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams wins cycling world championship in Scotland
(JTA) - Israeli-Canadian billionaire and philanthropist Sylvan Adams, a key figure in the development of Israeli competitive cycling, won a world championship of his own in the sport's 65-69 age group...
State Department:'The thinking is that it was a terror attack'
(JNS) — In back-to-back social-media posts on Aug. 5, the U.S. State Department stated that it “strongly” condemned two attacks—one of which it blamed on “Israeli extremist settlers” and a second incident that “killed one and wounded two others....
Jeffries: US support for Israel above judicial reform
(JNS) — U.S. House of Representatives Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said on Monday in Jerusalem that judicial reform should have no bearing on American military support for Israel. Speaking to Israeli journalists about the divisive domestic d...
Obituary - BEVERLY JOY OPPER ROSENBERG
Beverly Joy Opper Rosenberg, 76, of Paterson, N.J., passed away on Aug. 6, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. She was born on Sept. 27, 1946. Beverly was a creative and generous individual who had a deep desi...
Yeshiva University, a pillar of Orthodox Judaism, launches master's program for Christian students
(JTA) — Emily Talento grew up with Jewish friends and relatives on Long Island, attending Passover seders, bar and bat mitzvahs and Shabbat dinners. When she arrived at Cedarville University, a private Baptist university in Ohio, she found herself e...
Weekly roundup of world briefs
US tops list of tourists to Israel (JNS) — Some 2.25 million foreign tourists entered Israel in the first seven months of the year, with the largest group coming from the United States, figures the Central Bureau of Statistics released on Sunday s...
Maui fire survivors tell of Chabad's assistance in wake of disaster
(Chabad.org/News via JNS) — When Ido Sarfati moved to the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui a decade ago, he thought he had the perfect place to build a business. And he did; it grew to include seven retail shops that sold skincare p...
'US defense pact would render Saudi nuclear program unnecessary'
(JNS) — U.S. defense guarantees under an Israeli-Saudi normalization agreement would make Gulf states’ nuclear ambitions “unnecessary,” according to Jerusalem’s top diplomat. The Americans would be able to provide protection against Iranian a...
Movie Review: 'Oppenheimer' and the lesson of brainy Jews
(JNS) - Finally, a movie about two Jews facing off in a war of ambitions, petty rivalries and contrasting moral absolutes-with actual wars in the background! ("Schindler's List," after all, is a film...
TikTok endorsement of Iowa's sole kosher deli
(JNS) - Sarah Booz, a recent transplant to the Midwest from New York, found a familiar taste of home more than 1,100 miles away. In a video that has now received more than 275,000 views (and...
Manila boosts agricultural ties with Israel
(JNS) - The Philippine government is expanding its partnership with Israel to strengthen the archipelagic country's agricultural sector. The move follows a meeting between Philippine Senior...
