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A pro-Palestine rally in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Hladnikm via Wikimedia Commons.

You’re not antisemitic? Sure?

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Amid the current debate over whether a new front will open up in Israel’s war against Hamas and its regional allies, it might be observed that this is already happening. In the aftermath of the...
A Birthright Israel trip in 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Birthright trips to restart in early January, with new focus on impact of Oct....

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After it resumes its free, 10-day educational trips to Israel in the first week in January, Birthright Israel expects 350 people—roughly 80% of them from the United States—to visit the Jewish by the end...
“March for Israel” rally in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14, 2023. Credit: Tedeytan via Wikimedia Commons.

When American Jews first marched for Israel

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The organizers of the Nov. 14 March for Israel in Washington, D.C. called it “the largest pro-Israel gathering in history.” Attendance estimates ranged from 160,000 to 290,000. No doubt, the number was huge, but...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., during which he delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, calling for an end to racism, Aug. 28 1963. Credit: Rowland Scherman/National Archives at College Park via Wikimedia Commons.

The king of the free world

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I loved growing up in America. Prior to my first year learning in Israel, I believed that there was no better country in the world. I felt that my values were American values, and...
Volunteers. Credit: Masa Israel Journey.

Masa Israel intros program for Diaspora volunteers during war

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The first group of 20 volunteers for a six-week Masa Israel Journey program to assist residents in the country's south arrived this week. "The new program allows young Jewish adults from around the world to...
Community members unveil a plaque at the reopening of the Ohel Ezster synagogue in Budapest, Sept. 5, 2023. Photo by Zsolt Demecs.

Hungary’s Jewish renaissance

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Another Budapest synagogue rose from the ashes last week thanks to Chabad of Hungary. It was the tenth to do so, marking a Hungarian Jewish renaissance that began some 10 years ago, breathing new...
American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch (left) in conversation with opposition leader Yair Lapid at the AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, June 11, 2023. Photo by Yair Meyuhas/AJC.

AJC Global Forum meets to tackle challenges facing the Jewish people

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Political heavyweights and prominent journalists discussed key issues affecting Israel and the Jewish people at the opening plenary of the American Jewish Committee’s second AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening. Those issues...
An Azerbaijani Jewish dance group at the Khari Bulbul Music Festival in Shusha, May 12, 2021. Credit: President.az via Wikimedia Commons.

Times are good for Azerbaijan’s 30,000 Jews

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“The Jewish community in Azerbaijan dates back to antiquity. Every group in Azerbaijan has its own synagogue, Rabbi Zamir Isayev, the chairman of the Georgian-Jewish community of Azerbaijan, told JNS in an exclusive interview last...
Daniel and Tzerel Goldschmiedt arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in February 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

A 75-year-old makes ‘aliyah’ in time for Israel’s 75th anniversary year

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In a way, Daniel Goldschmiedt and the modern State of Israel have grown up together. They both recently turned 75. Their Jewish identity is central to their lives. And now that Daniel and his...
Opposition leader Yair Lapid speaks at a protest against the proposed judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem. Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Orthodox Jewish group: ‘Lapid delegitimizing not just Israeli government, but Israel itself’

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Am Echad, a U.S. group associated with the ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel of America, sent an open letter to Israeli opposition leader and Yesh Atid Party chairman Yair Lapid on April 11 expressing their “grave...