Monthly Archives: December 2018
Israeli Americans represent a growing ‘new power’ in the Jewish Diaspora
More than 3,000 Israeli Americans gathered to celebrate “Israeliness” and to profess their unconditional support for the State of Israel at the fifth annual Israeli-American Council convention for three days in Hollywood, Fla.
A population...
Mark Green: Supporting Israel, inspired in part by faith
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...
Netanyahu, Pompeo to hold urgent talks on ‘regional developments’ (aka Iran)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels late Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
Sources close to the prime minister have called...
US envoy: United Nations cannot just ‘vote away’ Jerusalem’s status as capital
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman lambasted the United Nations on Monday over its anti-Israel bias, using the occasion of Hanukkah to highlight Israel’s legitimate claim to Jerusalem.
Friedman, the first U.S. envoy to serve...
While French citizens protest increased taxation, France gives 16 million euros to PA
The government of France recently donated 8 million euros to the Palestinian government’s 2018 general budget. . This brings France’s direct support to the PA’s general budget to 16 million euros in 2018 (67,869,600...
Auteurs irakiens : L’establishment religieux et politique est incapable de protéger les femmes et...
Au cours des récents mois, on a assisté à plusieurs meurtres avérés et suspectés de femmes irakiennes de grande notoriété. En août 2018, deux femmes bien connues de l’industrie cosmétique sont décédées dans des...
Remembering President George H.W. Bush: ‘A great friend of Israel, the Jewish people’
War hero. Congressman. U.N. Ambassador. Director of Central Intelligence. Vice President.
Former President George H.W. Bush died on Nov. 30 at the age of 94. At the time of his passing, he was the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
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US President Donald Trump wishes the Jewish people a ‘Happy Hanukkah’
U.S. President Donald Trump released a statement wishing Jews a “blessed and happy Hanukkah” in honor of the first of eight lights lit on Sunday night.
“Melania and I send our warmest greetings to our...
After anti-Semitic attack, Columbia professor lights campus Hanukkah menorah
A Columbia Teachers College professor whose office was vandalized with anti-Semitic images earlier this week lit the first Hanukkah candle on the campus menorah in front of a crowd of students, faculty and other members of the...
Study of American, Israeli Jews shows differences in Hanukkah observance
A new study reveals that Hanukkah holds different levels of importance to Israeli Jews than American Jews, and highlights disparities in participation between Jews in the two countries.
According to the newest Jewish People Policy...