This week, as New York City inaugurated its first Muslim mayor, two cities in the United States also made history with the swearing-in of their first Orthodox Jewish mayors.
A public meeting hosted by Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency and the city of Brook Park will be held from 6 to 8 ...
The Negev is home to about 13% of Israel’s population. The Negev Foundation’s goal is to promote more growth in that 12,000- ...
Rabbi Josh Joseph, executive vice president and COO of the Orthodox Union, said that he “can’t imagine an American Jewish world without the impact and influence of Rabbi Julie Berman.”The ...
My wife, Carol, and I recently returned from Israel, where we were volunteers with Sar-El. What is Sar-El? Sar-El was started ...
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James Fishback demanded a transcript of a supposed meeting between the Israeli prime minister and Jay Collins that doesn’t appear to have occurred.The post Florida gubernatorial candidate decries what ...
Wherever anti-Zionism has been normalized, it has led to an increase of hostilities toward Israel and the Jewish people,” Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch told JNS. “I would welcome the mayor waking ...
The new mayor's actions "pose an immediate threat to the safety of Jewish communities in New York City and could lead to an increase in violent antisemitic attacks throughout the ...
Bias and discrimination that can lead to outright antisemitism has no place in California,” said AJC CEO Ted Deutsch.The post AJC applauds protections for Jewish students in California public schools ...
The decision to erase official statements affirming the safety and protection of Jews is not merely tone-deaf; it is shameful,” stated Mark Goldfeder, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center.The post ...
All democracies face tests in how leaders set, or fail to set, clear social norms.The post The civic leadership New York needs now appeared first on JNS.org.