In memoriam: The man who fostered my love of Israel
I’ve been writing this column for more than a decade, but this week will, sadly, be very different for a few dozen of my readers.
I’m referring to a group of people—friends, family members, Israel...
Israeli boy orphaned by Hamas attack to mark bar mitzvah
An Israeli boy whose parents, two sisters and grandfather were murdered in the Hamas attack on his kibbutz will celebrate his bar mitzvah on Thursday.
Ariel Zohar of Kibbutz Nahal Oz was saved from the...
Two Jews, Jewish group honored with prestigious Milan civic awards
The publisher Andrea Jarach and psychologist Silvia Vegetti Finzi, both of whom are Jewish, and the Gariwo (“Gardens of the Righteous”) Foundation, which is chaired by the Jewish journalist Gabriele Nissim, are among the...
Wife of Yankees team president visits United Hatzalah in Jerusalem
Mindy Levine, director of the Yankees Universe Fund and wife of New York Yankees baseball team president Randy Levine, visited United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem on Nov. 30 as part of a solidarity trip...
Sheryl Sandberg: UN silence ‘unacceptable’ for Israeli women, all women
Speaking with JNS just outside the lines of U.N.-member state flags at Flag Hall on Monday, the technology entrepreneur, philanthropist and author Sheryl Sandberg told JNS there was nowhere else she’d rather be than...
Hannukah reminds Jewish people of their faith
Hanukkah reminds the Jewish people of their dedication to faith, and of their eternal right and connection to the land of Israel.
During 25 years of battles, 2,200 years ago (166 BCE–139 BCE), a tiny...
Mark Cuban agrees to sell majority Dallas Mavericks stake to Dr. Miriam Adelson for...
Mark Cuban, the Jewish billionaire technology entrepreneur, investor and NBA team owner, is poised to make two major changes in his business and public presence.
Cuban has agreed to sell his majority ownership of the...
Historic statesman, who advised presidents, Henry Kissinger dead at 100
Alan Dershowitz first met Henry Kissinger in the mid-1960s. “We were both professors at Harvard, and his son and my son were elementary school classmates,” Dershowitz, an attorney, commentator and Harvard Law School professor...
Farmer hero saved scores while Hamas massacred 364 at music festival
Rami Davidian, a farmer from Moshav Patish, an Israeli farming community located about 10 miles from the Gaza Strip, saved scores of young partygoers during Hamas's murderous assault on the northwestern Negev.
Davidian, 58, will...
The Philanthropy of Ernest and Evelyn Rady
Editor’s Note: This is the 10th chapter in Volume 3 of Editor Emeritus Donald H. Harrison’s 2022 trilogy, “Schlepping and Schmoozing Along the Interstate 5.” All three books as well as others written by Harrison may...