Daily Archives: April 14, 2025
‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen dies at 87
Israeli cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, whose iconic daily cartoons were published by JNS for the last several years, died at Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba on Monday after a lengthy illness, aged 87.
After making...
Passover emphasizes the communal identity of the Jewish people
Many in Israel are focusing their Passover thoughts on the 59 Israelis still languishing in Hamas captivity. Unsurprisingly, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum recently published a new Haggadah that tells the holiday story...
Hezbollah crackdown in Europe indicates it’s time for the EU to blacklist it
The Spanish “Guardia Civil,” one of the country’s security forces, arrested three Lebanese individuals on April 2 in an international counterterrorism operation against a Hezbollah-linked group. Additional arrests were made in the United Kingdom...
A Passover lesson for Jews who oppose Trump more than antisemitism
Is there such a thing as being too opposed to antisemitism? Can fighting those who call for the genocide of Jews be somehow bad for the Jews? Is it better to let bigotry flourish...
First day of Passover sees 43% rise in Jewish visits to Temple Mount
Four hundred ninety-four Jewish worshippers ascended the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday, the first day of Passover, a 43% increase over 2024, when 345 visited Judaism's holiest site.
Hundreds of Jews took...
President Trump wishes Jews a ‘blessed Passover’
U.S. President Donald Trump published a video statement on Saturday evening wishing Jewish communities worldwide a "blessed Passover."
“I want to wish the Jewish people in America and Israel, and all around the world, a...
Yair Netanyahu to Macron: ‘Screw you’ over ‘Palestine’ recognition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair on Saturday told French President Emmanuel Macron to "screw you," following the announcement Paris could recognize a Palestinian state later this year.
"Screw you! Yes to independence of...
Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, federal immigration judge rules
Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia University graduate who the Trump administration says has terror ties, can be deported for his involvement in anti-Israel protests on the Ivy League school campus, a federal immigration judge...
Arsonist forces PA Gov. Shapiro, family to evacuate home on Passover
A man suspected of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion, while Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were sleeping inside overnight Saturday, was arrested.
Shapiro, his wife, Lori, their four children, two dogs and...
Chaim Grade’s last Yiddish novel ‘Sons and Daughters’ finally available in English
When millions of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews perished in the Holocaust, their stories, culture and way of life were wiped out with them.
One survivor, the novelist Chaim Grade, made it his life’s mission to...