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UNRWA Raises Less Than a Tenth of Annual Budget in International Fundraising Event
A fundraising conference held by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Tuesday raised over $110 million from 35 countries, enough to allow the...
Jack Hughes Becomes First Jewish Player to Be First Overall Pick in NHL Draft
JNS.org - Jack Hughes became the first Jewish player to be the No. 1 overall pick in the National Hockey League draft. Hughes, 18, was selected...
Canada Adopts Universal Definition of Antisemitism
Canada’s government announced on Tuesday that it will formally adopt the widely accepted definition of antisemitism by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as part of the country’s...
‘Beresheet 2’ Won’t Attempt Moon Landing, SpaceIL Searches for New Challenge
JNS.org - Proceeding a lengthy debate, Israel’s SpaceIL announced on Tuesday that it will not make a second attempt to successfully land on the moon. “The...
Netanyahu Considers Canceling Israel’s Second Round of Elections on Sept. 17
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering canceling the Sept. 17 elections, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. This development came after Knesset Speaker Yuli...
Nintendo Opens Second Retail Store in World in Tel Aviv
JNS.org - Nintendo opened its second retail store in the world on Monday—this one in Israel—14 years since opening its first in New York. The opening...
Erdogan Suffers ‘Huge Blow’ as Turkish Opposition Wins Istanbul Mayor Race
JNS.org - Turkey’s opposition candidate won the mayoral election rerun in Istanbul on Monday, handing longtime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a stinging defeat and...
As European Defense Budgets Rise, Israel Showcases Its Cutting-Edge Military Technology in France
Israeli defense companies were out in full force at a key European defense exhibition in France in recent days, responding to a growing European willingness...
Ocasio-Cortez Rejects Auschwitz Tour With Holocaust Survivor
JNS.org - US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) rejected an invitation on Sunday to tour Auschwitz with a Holocaust survivor. The organization From the Depths, whose president,...
Two New Israeli Contenders Enter Political Fray Before Fall Elections
JNS.org - Israel’s repeat election on Sept. 17 might not be a literal do-over of April 9, as two new parties may be entering the...
Israel to Cut Gaza Fuel Supply After Wave of Arson Attacks
Israel announced on Tuesday that it will cut the supply of fuel to the Gaza Strip in response to a wave of arson attacks from...
Russia Insists It Will Counter New US Sanctions on Iran
JNS.org - Russia is going to counter new sanctions put on Iran by the Trump administration, said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov to reporters on...
Microsoft Hires Former Amazon Executive to Lead Startup Accelerator Program
JNS.org - Microsoft announced on Sunday that it has hired Amazon Web Services (AWS) leader Raz Bachar as managing director for its startup accelerator program...
Largest Anti-BDS Conference to Date Probes Minds and Methodologies
JNS.org - Marking the largest international anti-BDS conference in the world, the Annual Global Coalition 4 Israel (GC4I) Forum and the Legal Network Initiative (LNI)...
Shunned by the US, Russia’s Most Westernized Oligarch Turns to Israel
‘We Are All Jews,’ David Brooks Claims, Stretching Definition to Breaking Point
UK Labour Party’s Readmission of Corbyn Ally Accused of Antisemitism Called ‘Slap in Face’ to Jewish Community
Ex-US Envoy to UN Nikki Haley Prays at Western Wall After Israel Arrival
Cary Nelson Makes the Progressive Case Against BDS