Monthly Archives: June 2023
Florida to investigate Morningstar for potential BDS practices
The Florida agency responsible for investing state and local government assets confirmed to JNS that it is opening an investigation into potential boycott Israel (BDS) practices by the investment firm Morningstar and its subsidiary...
Report: ‘Radical roots’ of California ethnic-studies curriculum
Two radical organizations dominated by “ideological perspectives that are hostile to American democratic ideals” are behind California’s ethnic studies curriculum. The state will require the curriculum starting with the 2030 high school graduating class.
That’s...
“…Like A Field Of Ripe Corn” -The Origins Of American “Mass”
“The readers of the Boston Evening Transcript Sway in the wind like a field of ripe corn.” -T S Eliot
For the most part, what Americans receive as their daily news is reflection. Any more penetrating thought concerning such...
Independence Day: A tale of two nations
Independence Day holds immense significance for nations across the world. It’s a time when citizens come together to celebrate the birth of their respective nations and reflect upon the ideals that define their national...
Giant Mexican mural at Ben-Gurion Airport tells the story of the Jewish people
A huge mural, 50 meters long and five meters high and titled "Am Yisrael Chai," celebrating 4,000 years of Jewish history, was unveiled at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday.
The mural tells the story of the...
Speakers of Esperanto, which has Jewish origins, to convene in Italy
Between July 29 and Aug. 5, some 2,000 scholars and enthusiasts of Esperanto—the 136-year-old artificial language with Jewish roots—are expected to descend on Turin in northern Italy.
The World Esperanto Association (UEA), which has held...
Chabad expects 50,000 to visit Rebbe’s burial site on 29th yahrzeit
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, died 29 years ago today, on the third day of Tammuz. Chabad expects some 50,000 visitors to arrive throughout the day at the Ohel, the Queens, N.Y....
Oceangate CEO’s wife descended from famous Jewish ‘Titanic’ passengers
The wife of Stockton Rush, the OceanGate CEO whose submersible, Titan, vanished on June 18 during a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, is a direct descendant of two famous Jewish passengers who perished when...
Nonprofit founded by Australian Jewish family changes lives in Cambodia
If an Australian Jewish high school student hadn’t missed a deadline in 2009, her family might not have gone on to found a nonprofit, which is helping young people some 4,300 miles away in...
Israeli national security adviser hosts US Mideast envoy
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf met with Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi in Jerusalem on Thursday.
Leaf expressed condolences on behalf of the Biden administration for Tuesday’s Palestinian terrorist attack...