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Young women arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport after a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, October 2018. Credit: Jonny Finkel Photography.

In 2018, more than 3,500 North Americans made Israel their new home

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Following the publication of the official year-end statistics by the Jewish Agency for Israel, Nefesh B’Nefesh assisted a total of 3,546 new immigrants (olim) from North America in cooperation with the Jewish Agency for...
Georges Loinger, a Jewish resistance fighter who saved more than 350 Jewish children by helping them escape from France over the border with Switzerland, passed away on Dec. 28, 2018. Credit: Claude Truong-NGOC/Wikimedia Commons.

Georges Loinger, who saved 350-plus Jewish children during the Shoah, dies at 108

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Georges Loinger, a Jewish man with Aryan features who managed to save hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust, died on Friday at the age of 108. Loinger became a member of the French Resistance...

Opening up the world of audiobooks to kids with learning disabilities

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Rashi Kuhr says that it would always take him a long time to read a book. But Kuhr, a 46-year-old immigrant to Israel from the United States who was born with a learning disability,...
The late Israeli author Amos Oz. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

World-Renowned Israeli Literary Figure Amos Oz Dies at Age 79

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Israeli author and intellectual Amos Oz died on Friday at the age of 79. “My beloved father, Amos Oz, a wonderful family man, an author, a man of peace and moderation, died today peacefully after...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The five biggest American Jewish news stories of 2018

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From triumph to tragedy, 2018 was a busy year for American Jewry. Take a look at what JNS is naming the top five stories of the year. 1. Pittsburgh synagogue massacre  In the deadliest attack in American Jewish...
Dr. Michal Tsur, top left, Dr. Tal Rabin, bottom left, Danit Peleg, center, Galia Benartzi. top right, Limor Shmerling Magazanik, bottom right.

5 Israelis Among Forbes Lists Of ‘Top 50 Women In Tech’

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Five Israeli women were named among Forbes’ lists of “Top 50 Women In Tech” including three to the inaugural global list and two to the European round-up. The lists, published earlier this month, identify...

Registration for YiddishSchool is now open

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Registration is now open for YiddishSchool, our popular Yiddish language and culture program for adult learners. Join us at the Yiddish Book Center March 31–April 5, 2019, for an exciting week of language-learning, lectures, workshops, and...

Los Genios De La Musika

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EL TROUT Keridos Amigos i mis Amigitas El TROUT es un grupo de sinko mansevos ekstremamente talentuozos i sin duvda los mijores del siglo 20 en sus kategoriyas. Los genios de la musika klasika ke se...
Hundreds of gap-year students in Israel attended the fifth annual Israel Fair in Jerusalem on Dec. 23, 2018, sponsored by Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh. Credit: Yonit Schiller.

Hundreds of gap-year students gather in Jerusalem to explore futures in Israel

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Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its fifth annual Israel Fair on Saturday night in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential new immigrants (olim) who are...
A 2,000-year-old ring was found in an ancient ritual bath uncovered at the City of David, just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo courtesy of City of David.

2,000-year-old ring found in ancient Jerusalem ritual bath

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A 2,000-year-old ring with a solitaire gem stone was uncovered in archaeological excavations in the City of David National Park in Jerusalem. The ring was found by Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists in what appears to...