Monthly Archives: November 2018
8 ways to celebrate Hanukkah that don’t involve gifts
Despite Hanukkah being one of the few Jewish holidays not mentioned in the Torah, it gets a lot of play—pun intended. Shmuel Arnold of Baltimore recalls how while growing up in a secular Jewish...
Silent majority needs encouragement in fight against anti-Semitism
For anyone unaware of Europe’s anti-Semitism problem, CNN’s “Anti-Semitism in Europe Poll 2018,” released this week, would have made for grim reading on many levels.
Polling 7,000 respondents in seven European countries, the survey revealed that one...
Epsteins donate $1 million to UC San Diego
Daniel and Phyllis Epstein’s move to La Jolla in 1986 started them on a path to becoming loyal advocates and supporters for their neighbor, the University of California San Diego.
“UC San Diego is so...
Mexico City: Waters’ Antisemtism Exposed by Mexican Volunteers as they Urge Concert Sponsors to...
Young Mexicans joined the Simon Wiesenthal Center campaign against the message of hate that has soiled the once beautiful image of Pink Floyd. They congregated at the entrance to the performance in the Aztec...
Business leaders, officials lament the toll BDS has taken on Judea and Samaria
At a gathering of senior Israeli officials, business leaders and other global representatives at the Jerusalem Post Diplomatic Conference, the BDS movement was at the forefront of discussion following the recent news of Airbnb’s...
Newly elected progressive Democrat Angie Craig promises ‘strong’ support for Israel, denounces BDS
Editor’s Note: A number of incoming members of Congress, including those in the upcoming Democratic House majority, will bring new faces to the Jewish and pro-Israel community. JNS will introduce some of these elected...
What would a PLO state portend?
People often speak about an independent PLO state as an untested entity about to emerge, like a new neighbor who deserves a welcome wagon.
The INSS , The Institute for National Security Studies, has commissioned...
Unprecedented Official Call to close UNRWA – Now for Follow Up
Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely told foreign ambassadors and diplomats on Tuesday that UNRWAshould be shut down. “Israel’s policy is to close UNRWA. They are the problem, not the solution. Over the years,...
Meet the pastors behind Brazil’s new pro-Israel foreign policy
Brazil used to be known as an anti-Israel country. Dominated for years by the leftist Workers’ Party, its elite society was largely shaped by anti-Israel intellectuals, academics and political activists for Arab countries.
But behind...
Marc Lamont Hill fired from CNN for blasting Israel, retained by Temple U
Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill, no stranger to anti-Israel vitriol with his embrace of the Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, is under fire for calling for “a Free Palestine From the River to the...