As the annual AIPAC conference convened this week in Washington, the lobby’s status as a lightning rod for the pro-Israel community was more in evidence than ever before. Attacks on the group … more

The Jewish Museum Munich is being accused of “libel” against Israel and a Zionist agency for an exhibit that includes harsh criticism of the Jewish state. Critics of the museum object … more

Every Rosh Hashana, Anna Kondrashenko prepares hundreds of dishes of gefilte fish for the elderly members of the dwindling Jewish community of Transnistria … more

A delegation of 30 Jewish American leaders was hosted by senior government officials in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week for a four-day summit organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major … more

Remember when we used to go to shul, Mommy?”  It’s Shabbat morning and my children are repeating the weekly ritual which now seems to have replaced the practice of actually … more

I feel deep sorrow at the passing of a wonderful friend, and wonderful person, the late Sheldon Adelson. With a broken heart, in the name of my wife, Sara, on my own behalf and in the name of many … more

Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan z”l divided his Chumash translation, “The Living Torah,” by topics, in addition to the standard divisions by chapter and parsha. For verses 25:35-38, in this … more

It’s been almost a year since US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman completed his service. In an interview with JNS, Friedman — who recently joined former Treasury Secretary Steven … more

Symbols resonate. It is nearly impossible to calculate the regnant hold that symbols have over one’s identity, one’s core beliefs, one’s religion, one’s affiliation with a … more

Werner Reich, who survived Josef Mengele’s experiments and the Auschwitz concentration camp before making his home on Long Island, died July 8 at his Smithtown home. He was 94. “I … more