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Lessons from the Golan
I was privileged to have been invited to a meeting last month of the cabinet of the government of Israel. Convened in an open field on the Golan Heights with pure air and breathtaking...
Israel Project CEO Josh Block leaving after seven years
Josh Block, a former Clinton aide, announced on Monday that he is stepping down after seven years as CEO and president of the nonpartisan educational group The Israel Project (TIP).
Block announced his departure in a...
Negotiations with Germany result in increased welfare for Holocaust survivors, payment for surviving spouse
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (also known as the Claims Conference) announced on Monday the results of the organization’s negotiations this year with the German government on behalf of Jewish Holocaust...
Canadian political candidate ejected for comparing Israel to Nazi Germany
A candidate for the Canadian Parliament has been ejected from her party for previous anti-Israel comments, including comparing the Jewish state to Nazi Germany.
Rana Zaman, a social activist and Muslim who won in May...
Netanyahu names Knesset member David Amsalem as communications minister
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that he was appointing Likud Knesset member David Amsalem as communications minister.
Amsalem, who serves as the coalition chairman, will replace Ayoub Kara, who resigned his post...
Unsurprisingly, Iran exceeds uranium enrichment limit under 2015 nuclear deal. Now what?
Iran has exceeded the uranium enrichment limit under the 2015 nuclear deal, the International Atomic Energy Agency announced on Monday.
Tzvi Kahn, senior Iran analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS that Iran’s aim is...
Auschwitz exhibit examines faith as a mechanism for survival during the Holocaust
An exhibition that offers the public a glimpse into the role of faith as a mechanism for survival during the Holocaust opened at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland on Monday.
“Through the Lens of...
Israeli foreign minister visits Abu Dhabi, discusses Iran and other regional issues
Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz visited Abu Dhabi this week to participate in a U.N. climate conference, according to his office.
However, Katz met with an unnamed “senior UAE official” to discuss “regional issues and...
Israel and its immediate future
In approximately three month Israel will have again an election to establish who will form the next government. The reason for an election only some five months after the previous one is because the...
Holocaust survivor calls for Ocasio-Cortez to be removed from Congress for comments
Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg accused U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday of “spreading anti-Semitism, hatred and stupidity” and called for her to be ousted from Congress.
“She should be removed from Congress. She’s spreading...