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Yaakov Kirschen at the drawing board in his home. Photo by Sali Ariel.

‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87

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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...
Film director and comedian Mel Brooks at the 20th Century Fox lot on Oct. 23, 2014 in Century City, Calif. Credit: Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

For Mel Brooks, world history (no joke!) repeats itself

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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 Football Association President Moshe "Shino" Zuares delivers a speech during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok on May 17, 2024. Photo by Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images.

Israel’s Moshe Zuares elected to top UEFA committee

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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...
Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer in his office at Iscar Metalworking in the Teffen industrial zone in Israel's Western Galilee. Credit: ISCAR/Getty Images.

Netanyahu eulogizes Stef Wertheimer as ‘a man of industry, vision and the Land of...

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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...
Avigdor Kahalani attends the 50th anniversary ceremony for the 1973 Kippur War on July 12, 2023. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

A heroic ‘Jew of Color’ refutes the lies

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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...
Outside the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Gal Gadot became the first Israeli actress to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, March 18, 2025. Photo by Ryan Torok.

Luminaries, much support and protests at Gal Gadot Hollywood star ceremony

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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...
The tabernacle in the wilderness. Credit: Library of Congress.

God in a box

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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...
The Shvesters: Paulina Levi (left) and Polina Fradkin. Photo by Nira Dayanim.

How two Yiddish soul sisters became a singing sensation

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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...
A view of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican City. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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...
Boys in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea She'arim recite the "Shema Yisrael" prayer in the presence of a week-old baby, a day before his circumcision ceremony, July 9, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Top baby names in Israel biblical, data over seven decades shows

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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...