The 83-year rabbi emeritus of a Long Island synagogue said his visit to four of the communities savaged by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 “was exhausting, sad and exhilarating.”
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By Daniel Offner, LI Herald
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3/13/24
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Accepting the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” read, with quivering hands, from a prepared …
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By David Swindle, JNS
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3/13/24
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As the world marked International Women’s Day last Friday, the various social-media platforms lit up with posts from pro-Israel celebrities and influencers demanding the release of the female …
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By Ben Cohen
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3/13/24
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I recently watched a YouTube video filmed last year in which a Jewish woman tried to have a respectful conversation with a virulently anti-Israel student at UC Berkeley.
I was in awe of her …
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By Tabby Refael, Jewish Journal
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3/13/24
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Despite Israel’s herculean efforts to avoid killing noncombatants in the Gaza Strip, a new wrinkle has been added to media charges of indiscriminate Israeli killing — a kind of blood …
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By David Isaac, JNS
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3/6/24
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The Israeli Ministry of Education is imploring Israeli citizens to think long and hard about how their Purim costume choices may affect traumatized members of the community.
“Everything …
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By Judith Segaloff, JNS
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3/6/24
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Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, we have witnessed Israel’s long arm of counter-terrorism operations. Two examples were the assassination of a Hamas leader with a well-placed rocket …
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By Stephen M. Flatow
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3/6/24
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The death in a Siberian prison of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny could be the spark that burns down today’s iron curtain, Rabbi Avi Weiss told The Jewish Star.
Rabbi Weiss, retired …
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By Alex Augenbraun
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3/6/24
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In an appearance this week on MSNBC, veteran Democratic political strategist James Carville made a stunning statement. Speaking of the uncommitted vote in Michigan, Carville said that it will be …
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By Caroline Glick
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3/6/24
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It is painful for Jack Betteil, 100, to remember the concentration camps he survived during the Holocaust, narrowly escaping death many times. But after offering chocolate babka and water to a JNS …
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By Heather Robinson, JNS
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3/6/24
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