‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87
Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose iconic daily cartoons were published by JNS for the last several years, died at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba on Monday after a lengthy illness, aged 87.
After making...
For Mel Brooks, world history (no joke!) repeats itself
Nearly 40 years after his “History of the World, Part I” debuted in 1981, Mel Brooks released “History of the World, Part II” on the eve of Purim, which began on March 6.
Brooks (he’ll...
Israel’s Moshe Zuares elected to top UEFA committee
Israel Football Association Chairman Moshe "Shino" Zuares was elected to the UEFA Executive Committee, the top governing body of European soccer, the organization announced on Thursday.
Zuares was voted in for a two-year term alongside...
Netanyahu eulogizes Stef Wertheimer as ‘a man of industry, vision and the Land of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eulogized billionaire and former Knesset lawmaker Stef Wertheimer, who died at age 98 on Wednesday, as "a man of industry, vision and the Land of Israel."
"My wife Sara and...
A heroic ‘Jew of Color’ refutes the lies
It’s not often that one Jew’s life refutes so many anti-Israel lies. But when a relative of mine in Israel recently mentioned a chance meeting with Avigdor Kahalani, I was reminded of the numerous ways...
Luminaries, much support and protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony
Gal Gadot joined luminaries like William Shatner, Jodie Foster and even Godzilla when she was honored on Tuesday with a star on the iconic Hollywood Walk of Fame—a first for an Israeli actress.
The mood...
God in a box
Martha Goldberg was a middle-aged Jewish woman from the Bronx, N.Y., on her visit to the Far East. After the long trip from New York, she was exhausted but insisted on continuing her journey...
How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation
When singers Polina Fradkin and Paulina Levi got 50,000 Instagram followers, they celebrated with a cake.
But these days, they are really cooking.
The Shvesters (the Yiddish word for “The Sisters”) now have 134,000 followers on...
Why the Catholic Church should recognize Israel as the inheritance of the Jewish people
I am currently at the Vatican with Gary Krupp of the “Pave the Way Foundation” to engage with high-ranking Catholic leaders. Krupp has spent his life building bridges between the church, the Jewish community...
Top baby names in Israel biblical, data over seven decades shows
On March 9, 1950, Iraq’s Chamber of Deputies and Senate approved the "Supplement to Ordinance Cancelling Iraqi Nationality" law. It stipulated that Jews could leave the country, on condition they renounce their citizenship and their...