Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference
“I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can...
Albert Einstein’s brilliance, humor and literal connection to Israel
One thing is for sure. While the writing on the pages lying on the table under a clear protective glass appeared as nonsensical gibberish or useless, mind-bending mathematical equations, they were anything but. These...
North American ‘aliyah’ tour travels east to west, noting anti-Semitism, assimilation
Nefesh B’Nefesh is hosting multiple aliyah events across North America to enable prospective new immigrants (olim) to be as prepared as possible for their move to Israel.
The tour started on Sunday with Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual...
What it’s like to be the rabbi of the rainforest
Nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest lies one of most isolated Jewish communities in the world. Located where the Solimões and Negro rivers join to form the Amazon—1,500 kilometers upstream from the Atlantic and...
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Jewish Agency offers tour of Mexican Jewish sites
The Jewish Agency for Israel has announced its first-ever mission to Mexico, May 22-27, in order to gain a more thorough perspective about Jewish life in the United States’ neighboring country.
As the American Jewish...
Chassidic rocket scientist overcame Soviet oppression to guide Israel’s space launch to the moon
One of the chief engineers involved in the creation and post-launch supervision of the moon-bound Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” is a Chabad-Lubavitch Chassid who overcame Soviet oppression and anti-Semitism to play a leading role in Israel’s public and private space programs.
Mathematician...
Philanthropist, GOP donor Sheldon Adelson undergoing cancer treatment
Jewish philanthropist, Republican billionaire donor and Las Vegas Sands Corp. founder and CEO Sheldon Adelson has been undergoing cancer treatment and not been at his firm’s office since the end of December, said one...
Hillel International tells Wake Forest Jewish students to ‘lay low’ during anti-Israel week
Amid this week being “Palestinian Rights Awareness Week” at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., pro-Israel campus students and Hillel professionals disagree on the appropriate approach toward countering the latest installation of anti-Israel bias....
Winning app of IAC Eitanim’s national competition provides ‘compass’ for Jewish life on campus
You’re a prospective college student. How do you navigate Jewish life and the pro-Israel community when you arrive on campus? With so many different organizations, how do you find the right group for you?
Eight...
Venezuela’s Guaidó appoints Jewish envoy to Argentina
Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó, has appointed Elisa Alejandra Trotta Gamus as the country’s envoy to Argentina.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Israeli...