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Noam Party MK Avi Maoz resigns as deputy minister
Knesset member Avi Maoz resigned his post as deputy minister on Monday, citing a lack of intent on the part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to honor its coalition agreement.
However, the right-wing lawmaker...
Educational group formed to address day-school strategies, teacher shortage
Seeking to address a shortfall of educators in Jewish schools, Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day School and the Jewish Education Innovation Challenge established a working group to find creative proposals and solutions.
The Jewish Day...
Violinist Miri Ben-Ari aims to create a ‘Symphony of Brotherhood’
Miri Ben-Ari began studying violin at age 5. “I grew up in a classical music bubble,” the Israeli-American musician told JNS. “I didn’t know anything except classical music as a child. I was so...
Chabad Shabbaton to attract thousands of teens from around the world
More than 3,000 Jewish teens from 30 countries will converge on New York City this weekend for the annual CTeen International Summit, which includes a mega post-Shabbat rally in Times Square and a concert...
Another Gaza War? Legal and Strategic Aspects of Israeli Counterterrorism
In its steadily escalating war on Palestinian terror, Israel has a law-based responsibility to limit harm to Arab populations and a concurrent responsibility not to bring war-related suffering to its own populations. To clarify these intersecting...
How worrying is the far-right’s ‘Day of Hate’ stunt?
Far-right hate groups have got the Jewish community scared and with good reason. After the murderous synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh in 2018 and Poway in 2019, extremist antisemitic hate ceased being a theoretical problem....
One year into the war, the displacement, physically and emotionally, of Ukrainian Jews
PART TWO OF TWO STORIES
The term “displaced persons” doesn’t always capture adequately how much of a geographical impact wars have. Diana Bukman, who is now half a world away from a colleague in Ukraine...
Law enforcement on alert for ‘Day of Hate,’ as Jewish groups call for show...
Law-enforcement agencies and Jewish communal security organizations are advising extra vigilance this weekend after several antisemitic groups have designated Saturday a “National Day of Hate.”
The Secure Community Network, which coordinates security for Jewish communities...
Israeli Consul General to Midwest addresses Illinois House of Representatives
Consul General of Israel to the Midwest Yinam Cohen addressed the Illinois House of Representatives on Wednesday at the invitation of Speaker Chris Welch to commemorate Israel’s 75th anniversary.
During his address, Cohen stressed the...
Insect named for Hitler draws criticism from organizational, academic circles
Connections between the Nazis and Volkswagen Beetles are well known. But an insect that looks like Adolf Hitler bearing his name? That’s like letting the bed bugs bite.
An insect endemic to Southeast Asia and...