Monthly Archives: May 2023
‘US, Israel stepping up deterrence campaign against Iran’
U.S. and Israeli officials have made multiple threats in recent weeks regarding the possibility of a joint strike on Iran's nuclear program. According to experts spoken to by JNS, these declarations are part of...
Antisemitic Incident Report: May 20-25
JNS publishes a weekly listing of antisemitic incidents recorded nationally by Jewish, pro-Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as various news media. By the Anti-Defamation League’s count, an average of seven such instances of varying...
US State Department designates five al-Shabaab leaders as terrorists
Maxamed Siidow, Cali Yare, Maxamed Dauud Gabaane, Suleiman Cabdi Daoud and Mohamed Omar Mohamed—all influential leaders of al-Shabaab, a terror group based in Somalia—have now been labeled Designated Global Terrorists under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224 by...
Erdoğan re-election as president would be boon to Islamists, say Turkish policy experts
Following a record-high turnout in last week’s Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is facing a runoff—his biggest political challenge since assuming office in 2014.
Michael Doran, senior fellow and director...
Netanyahu says reform compromise effort to continuese effort to continue
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday reaffirmed his commitment to reaching a compromise on judicial reform.
“We will of course continue with our efforts to arrive at a broad consensus agreement, to the extent possible,...
Holocaust survivors to rewrite recently discovered Torah scroll
The Survivor Torah Project, an effort to restore a Torah scroll hidden from the Nazis, has now reached Toronto, Canada.
The scroll was found recently after being hidden for 75 years, given for safekeeping by a...
Conservative movement to train doctors in ritual circumcision
Two institutions of the Conservative movement—the Rabbinical Assembly and Jewish Theological Seminary—announced that they will offer “comprehensive training” on brit milah to medical professionals who perform non-religious circumcisions.
“Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the ceremony,...
The battle of the Zionisms
The Palestinians have taken the old adage, “If you can’t beat them, join them” and expanded it to “If you can’t beat them, copy them, and then try to beat them.”
Muslim armies conquered the...
I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is deeply troubled
The U.S. State Department says it is “deeply troubled” that the Israeli government has lifted a ban on Jews living in the community of Homesh. Well, I’m deeply troubled that the State Department is...
Noa Kirel ‘totally fine’ with Moshe Gafni’s remarks
Israeli pop star Noa Kirel said on Tuesday that she was not disappointed or upset about remarks made the previous day by Knesset member Moshe Gafni.
Speaking during a parliamentary debate on the budget, the United...