Daily Archives: September 10, 2024
Jewish pilgrims to Uman not allowed to connect in Moldova
Thousands of Israeli pilgrims traveling to the burial site of a revered rabbi in Ukraine ahead of Rosh Hashanah next month will not be permitted to connect through Moldova and will be rerouted via...
Florida Hebrew University debuts as a unique Torah-based institution
In a ground-breaking initiative, a new Orthodox Jewish university is set to open its virtual doors offering a learning experience that is truly unprecedented in the world of Jewish education.
At this university, a beacon...
The futility of Israeli concessions
Though there are many reasons why Israel’s enemies would never honor a cease fire agreement for Gaza, one reason is primal, overriding and immutable. Because Israel is a Jewish state, any concessionary commitments by...
Netanyahu is right to not listen to his generals
According to the Biden administration and left-wing opposition in Israel, the Netanyahu government should respond to the murders of six hostages earlier this month by rewarding Hamas in current negotiations by acceding to more...
Poll: Jews not heavily influenced by presidential candidates’ views on Israel
The Jewish Democratic Council of America released its September 2024 National Poll of Jewish Voters, which shows broad support among those polled for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and a clear deprioritizing of Israel as a...
Iranian-American voters remain divided on Harris and Trump, community leaders say
With the U.S. presidential election just two months away and some states already mailing out ballots, Iranian-American activists and leaders told JNS that the expat Iranian community in the United States is paying close...
Shin Bet slammed over detention of filmmaker seeking to expose agency’s alleged injustices
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have come under fire this week for ordering the arrest without charges of an acclaimed documentary filmmaker while he was working on a...
‘Pretty insane,’ comedian says of pro-Hamas frat ‘social experiment’
Pretending to recruit for a pro-Hamas fraternity on a college campus taught two Jewish comedians how much future leaders can be sheep.
Zach Sage Fox, the CEO and founder of a production company, and Yechiel...
No crueler fate than parent ‘waiting for a horribly injured child’s release,’ senator says
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor on Monday honoring the Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose body Israel recently recovered in the Gaza Strip and identified, and his parents, who sought...