Opinion
Israeli Combat Reaping Good Results
Israel got several indications early Wednesday that Hamas terrorists are in serious trouble and that the battle against them is proceeding better than is usually perceived: · About 150 Hamas fighters and agents surrendered en-masse to Israeli troops in Khan Yunis, in the southern portion of the Gaza Strip near Egypt’s border; · Overnight, there was a big decline in rocket attacks,...
July 24, 2014 1:32 am
Ninth Lesson From the Gaza War: Hamas Will Use Humanitarian Aid for Evil
It required 800 tons of concrete to build the terror tunnel that almost resulted in a massacre...
July 24, 2014 12:58 am
Opinion: Slate’s Blood Libel Against Birthright Israel
We Jews know what a blood libel is. It captures false accusations that Jews are culpable...
July 22, 2014 3:29 pm
Eighth Lesson of the Gaza War: Hamas Reeling, and Kerry Comes to the Rescue
With Hamas reeling from Israel’s military strikes, Secretary of State John Kerry is...
July 22, 2014 1:32 am
The Atrocious Accusation of Israeli ‘Genocide’
JNS.org – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claims Israel is carrying...
July 21, 2014 12:02 pm
Israel is Being Crucified by Unchallenged Lies
I recently received an email from a reporter asking me to comment on questions of the “when...
July 21, 2014 11:32 am
Jews Must Fight Back Against Anti-Semitism
JNS.org – The debate about whether Jews have a future in Europe has once again surfaced,...
July 20, 2014 7:20 pm
The Real Source of the Mideast Dispute: Hobbes vs. Locke
The conventional wisdom regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict is that peace in the Middle East...
July 20, 2014 9:12 am
Seventh Lesson of the Gaza War: We Must Demilitarize Gaza
A simple cease-fire in Gaza would give Hamas time to re-arm and renew its terrorist activities. The...
July 18, 2014 12:57 pm
Maternal Cognitive Dissonance
On Thursday night, after 10 days of aerial warfare between Hamas terrorists and Israel,...
July 18, 2014 12:18 am
Learning From History: Terrorists Don’t Uphold Agreements
Thousands of rockets launched from Gaza raining down throughout Israel. Israeli homes being...
July 18, 2014 12:15 am
Is Israel Acting Disproportionately?
It has been nearly two weeks since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge, in a stated...
July 17, 2014 12:46 am
Families Grapple With Lasting Effects of Israel-Gaza Conflicts
JNS.org – “I feel so vulnerable when I am driving my car,” said Ehud Zion Waldoks...
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Jewish Identity Sports
LeBron James’ New Coach Shaped by Summer on Kibbutz and Jewish ‘Life Lessons’
JNS.org – Influenced by his Jewish upbringing and a summer on a kibbutz, basketball coach David Blatt is embarking on his highest-profile challenge yet: coaching LeBron James, the four-time National Basketball Association (NBA) Most Valuable Player who has made waves for returning to his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. After guiding Israel’s storied Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball franchise to its 51st Israeli league championship and 6th Euroleague title this past season, Blatt landed the Cavaliers head-coaching job in June. Just weeks later, [...]
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Food Jewish Identity
Young Syrian Jewish Restauranteur Continues a Family Legacy
JNS.org – At the turn of the century, a young Jewish immigrant arrived in New York. So begins the history of many American Jewish families. It is 27-year-old Albert Allaham’s story, too, with a few unusual twists. Albert’s “century” is the 21st—he arrived almost 100 years after the massive waves of European Jewish immigration. Rather than coming from a small town along the Danube river, his shtetl was Damascus. His first American business was not a pushcart on the Lower East [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
A Holistic Look at the Rebbe’s Life and Career (REVIEW)
Did you know that in the entire Bible, only one birthday is mentioned and it is that of Pharaoh? And did you know that according to some scientists, by accepting Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity, it is impossible to prove or disprove that the sun is the gravitational center of our solar system? In his new book, REBBE, best-selling author Joseph Telushkin reveals many surprising and sometimes shocking details as he chronicles the life and teachings of the charismatic Rabbi [...]
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Food Mitzvos
New Jerusalem Eatery’s Uniform Pricing Seeks to ‘Help People Make It’
JNS.org – Omelet sandwich: 5 shekels. Iced coffee: 5 shekels. Tuna sandwich: 5 shekels. Fresh-squeezed orange juice: 5 shekels. Cheese bureka: 5 shekels. There’s plenty more on the Cofizz menu, but you get the idea. Dani Mizrahi and Amir Amshalm, two Israeli men in their early 30s, asked themselves: Why not launch a take-out food joint in busy neighborhoods around Jerusalem where everything—and that means everything—goes for five shekels, or about $1.50. They’d seen the concept take off in Tel Aviv, where [...]
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Arts and Culture Israel
New Primetime Drama ‘Tyrant’ Filmed Entirely in Israel (VIDEO)
The new FX Network drama Tyrant was shot entirely in Israel, just 10 miles north of Tel Aviv, Bloomberg News reported last Tuesday. Tyrant follows the life of an Arab dictator’s second son Barry, played by Adam Rayner, who reluctantly returns home to the Middle Eastern nation of his birth to join the family business away from his suburban life in America. The elaborate set production for the primetime drama included a crew of 300 and a reported cost of over $3 million [...]
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Arts and Culture US & Canada
Supermodel: Jewish Mothers Are Constantly Trying to Set Me Up With Their Sons
Skokie, Il-born 25-year-old Erin Heatherton (Erin Heather Bubley) is rocking the modeling world. And in a new interview accompanying a cover spread for Miami’s Ocean Drive magazine, she says Jewish moms are “constantly trying to set her up with their sons.” Imagine that – who would have thought? “The moms, they’re doing what they do. It doesn’t matter what country they live in, what city – grandmothers, too,” she admitted. “But I’m probably going to do that too one day.” Heatherton was [...]
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Education Israel
First Ever: Turkish Academics to Visit Israel Holocaust Museum for Seminar
Some 15 Turkish university professors and lecturers will take part in a first of its kind seminar at Holocaust museum Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies starting next week. The trip is especially significant as Holocaust denial is rampant in the Arab world. A Palestinian professor was recently forced to resign after he led a trip to the Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz. Participants in the week-long program at Yad Vashem will experience in-depth tours of the museum’s archives and [...]
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Israel Music
Guns N’ Roses Guitarist Rocks Solo Acoustic Version of Israeli National Anthem – Hatikva (VIDEO)
Ok, fans, question time. What do: Guns ‘n’ Roses shred-meister guitarist, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (aka Ronald Jay Blumenthal), “Hard Rock Hotel”, “Las Vegas” and Israel’s ”Hatikva” (The Hope) national anthem… all have in common? I know, you’re probably thinking, “Hmm, ‘One of these things is not like the other,’ would fit in here,” right? Um, no, turns out. Caught backstage by blogger Darren Garnick at the swanky Vegas gig in early June, Thal, acoustic guitar in hand, fretted out a sweetly melodic [...]
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