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Mr. Joel Robert Stern (Zusha), 80, passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Orlando Health, Lake Mary following a brief illness. Mr. Stern was born April 29, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Morris and Florence (Kislefsky) Stern of blessed memory. Mr. Stern was a retired antique dealer and a United States Army Veteran. Mr. Stern is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Edna (Golcman) Stern of Longwood, Florida; devoted children, Mark (Idy) Stern of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Barry (Andrea) Stern of Longwood, Florida and Debra Stern of... Full story
“Guns & Moses.” It sounds like a Jewish movie. Nu? The main character is a rabbi who reluctantly becomes a gunslinger after his community is attacked. Naturally, it piqued our interest, but we were torn. On the one hand, we wanted to show our support for those who worked hard to produce and present a film with Jewish content. But, in a time of much antisemitism, divisiveness, and violence we were hesitant about going to the movie theater. Could some crazed fanatic attack the audience? Things lik...
(JNS) — As antisemitism surges worldwide and international criticism of Israel intensifies, mostly the result of the fallout from its war with Hamas in Gaza following the terrorist invasion of Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli scholar Yisrael Ne’eman has warned that it’s not only Jews who should be concerned. Ne’eman, a historian who taught for more than three decades at the University of Haifa and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, also in Haifa, argues that an alliance between the far left and radical Islamist movements—what he calls the “Red-...
(JNS) — Jason Stahl, 47, of Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen and Appetizing in Jersey City, N.J., launched a Rosh Hashanah-inspired sandwich this year called “sweet new year.” Error! Filename not specified. A Jersey Jew tomato sandwich from Hank Schwartz’s Delicatessen and Appetizing in Jersey City, N.J. Credit: Courtesy of Jason Stahl. The $18 sandwich, which consists of slow-cooked brisket, horseradish mayonnaise and caramelized onions on challah, is available for preorder. Customers can pick it up on Sept. 21 at Riverview Farmers Market in...
Netanyahu defends strike on Hamas terrorists in Qatar Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night defended Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, arguing that the terror group remains the main obstacle to ending the conflict. “The Hamas terrorist chiefs living in Qatar don’t care about the people in Gaza. They blocked all ceasefire attempts in order to endlessly drag out the war,” said Netanyahu. “Getting rid of them would rid the main obstacle to releasing all our hostages and ending the war,” he added. On Wednesda...
(JNS) — The Israel Defense Forces launched the main phase of its ground operation into Gaza City in recent hours, a military official stated on Tuesday, initiating the final series of battles of the war to dismantle Hamas’s last remaining military and governing stronghold. The start of the offensive was reportedly marked by one of the most intense and widespread aerial and ground bombardments in recent months, with massive “belts of fire” reported across multiple neighborhoods throughout Gaza City, including Sabra, Daraj, Sheikh Radwan,...
(JNS) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed to Jerusalem what his office described as the largest-ever bipartisan delegation of American lawmakers to ever visit the Jewish state. “We value and cherish your support,” Netanyahu told the delegation of some 250 U.S. state legislators gathered at the Foreign Ministry, noting that there was an “active effort” ongoing to erode the ties between the two countries. These efforts are “orchestrated by the same forces that supported Iran,” he continued, accusing China and Qatar of spearheadi...
(JNS) - Raised in a Hasidic home in Jerusalem, Ayelet Raymond was taught that women's beauty should be concealed "like a precious diamond kept inside its box." Life, she explained, centered on good deeds and prayer, with no exposure to television or fashion. "Pageants were foreign to me-I never imagined stepping on a stage," she told JNS. Raymond was recently crowned Miss World Influencer 2025, competing against contestants from 71 countries. She described the pageant as an "incredible...
