Eitan Arom / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Eitan Arom / JNS.org
North American Studios Look to Israel for Next Animation Hit
JNS.org - In 2008, Yoram Honig was a producer and director living in Jerusalem, fresh off his first international hit, when the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA)...
A Remnant of Better Days, Jerusalem’s Only Gay Bar Remains Open
JNS.org - If any city needs a nonjudgmental space, it’s Jerusalem. Both sides of Israel’s capital — the Muslim eastern half and the Jewish western half —...
As BDS Opponents Move From Campuses to State Capitols, California Is Next
JNS.org - Close observers of the anti-Israel Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement have long kept a weather eye on California. But that attention has mostly...
A Vanished Jewish Boomtown Lives on Through Its Holocaust Survivors, Stories
JNS.org - The Eastern European countryside is haunted by the ghosts of countless shtetls whose surviving residents have long since scattered. For the most part, those...
Israel and the Apartheid Narrative: 2 South African Student Leaders Weigh In
JNS.org - About two-dozen people file into Dodd 175 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on a Thursday night, scouting out seats and...
Former Soviet Union Jews Convene for Their First Major West Coast Conference
JNS.org - For one weekend at the Westin Pasadena hotel in the Los Angeles area, hallway conversations were conducted mostly in Russian and Hebrew, with English...
CAMERA Conference Fights Efforts to Turn Evangelicals Against Israel
JNS.org - Immanuel Paul looked somewhat out of place in a leather jacket and priest’s collar, seated by himself in a Hollywood ballroom where a conference...
Conservative Judaism’s Rebranding Effort Could Signal a Sea Change
JNS.org - Conservative Judaism has always had something akin to middle-child syndrome: squeezed on both sides by the Orthodox and Reform movements. But lately, its identity...
Hanukkah Candles Lend Warmth and Community to Ailing Ukraine
JNS.org - In the United States, there are those who believe Christmas has swallowed Hanukkah whole, reducing it to a sort of Christmas for Jews. But...
Don’t Think Israel is a Luxury Destination? Check Out These 6 Spots
JNS.org - While Israel is a common destination for cultural and religious pilgrimages, travelers seeking the best hotels, fine dining, and upscale relaxation less often find...
On Syrian Refugee Crisis, Jewish Community Moves From Words to Action
JNS.org - Will Recant pulls both heartstrings and purse strings for a living. As the head of the Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief, a consortium of 49...
Holocaust to Hebrew: Cantor’s Album Bridges Generations, Genres, Families
JNS.org - These are Israeli folk songs as you’ve never heard them before. And that’s exactly the point: Cantor Elisa Waltzman’s debut album seeks to bridge a...
With Senate Set to Clear Iran Deal, Opponents Must Choose: Keep Opposing, or Call for Strict Enforcement
JNS.org - When she became the 34th U.S. senator to publicly support the Iran nuclear deal, thereby stripping Congress of its power to block the Obama...
In the Ashkenazi Heartland, a Struggle Over Ruins and Jewish Memory
JNS.org - Walking through Lviv, a Ukrainian city near the Polish border whose Jewish population is a small fraction of what it once was, it’s not...
