Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / JNS.org
Israeli Defense Minister: Dealing With Iranian Aggression Requires Political Responsibility
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Monday that dealing with Iranian aggression required determination, responsibility and prudence, not “hollering from the podium.” Speaking...
Ukrainian Refugees to Receive Free Medical Services in Israel
JNS.org - Israel’s Terem Medical Clinics will be providing free treatment to Ukrainian refugees who do not qualify to join a health fund. Earlier this week,...
Report: Israelis Live Longer Lives Than Most, Despite Major Deficits in Health Care
JNS.org - Israelis have a higher-than-average life expectancy than the majority of people living in 38 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, but...
Israeli Medical Discovery Could Help Stop Spread of Pancreatic Cancer
JNS.org - A team of researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells spread in the liver, which could be...
A Look at the Candidates to Become Jerusalem’s Next Mayor
JNS.org - The late Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek used to say that if one wanted to uproot and replant a tree in Jerusalem, it might require...
Faith and Fasting: A Look at the Practice Ahead of Yom Kippur
JNS.org - Fasting is the most commonly known Yom Kippur ritual. According to a 2016 Pew survey, 40% of American Jews and 60% of Israeli...
Fire Kites Sting Negev Honey Farms Just Before Rosh Hashanah
JNS.org - When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and...
American Teenagers Spend Their Summer Saving Lives in Israel
JNS.org - Sophie Roth, 17, from Long Island, New York, had always watched as ambulances whirred by, and wondered what it would be like to...
Israel and South Korea Grow Closer Based on History, Innovation — and God
JNS.org - On Sunday, IOC President Thomas Bach closed the 2018 Winter Olympics, declaring that the sporting event is “an homage to the past and an act...
Israeli Military Technology Leads to Everyday Advances — All Over the World
JNS.org - Did you know that the same Israeli technology used to track the virtual movements of terrorists across the Internet is also being used to...
Ireland’s Jewish Population Faces Sad Decline
JNS.org - An Israeli and an Irish Jew walk into a bar. After a shot of whiskey and a pint of Guinness, they discuss neither leprechauns...
At Sukkot, Israeli Farmers Enjoy the Fruits of Their Faith
JNS.org - Avichai Koch says farming is in his blood. He is the son of Holocaust survivors from Europe who immigrated to Israel, where they worked the...
Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews Are Returning Home to Israel
JNS.org - Sonya Loya never felt Catholic; she was drawn to Judaism instead. Then, in her late 30s, the New Mexico native discovered her family’s hidden secret....
Israel’s Education System Should Be a Tool for Economic Productivity and Unity, Not a Religious Divider
JNS.org - A recent controversial decision by Israel’s Education Minister Naftali Bennett means that haredi (ultra-Orthodox) students in Israel may continue to miss out on the...
