Posts Tagged: Hadassah
Major American Jewish Organizations Urge Biden to Send More COVID Vaccines to India Before Third Wave
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations transmitted an open letter to the White House on Tuesday calling on the Biden administration to...
Five Leading US Jewish Groups Send Letter to Biden Calling for Action on Antisemitism
Five of America’s largest and most prominent Jewish organizations sent a letter on Friday to President Joe Biden asking for immediate action on antisemitism, as...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Hadassah Fights BRCA With Decorated Bras
JNS.org - BRCA. It’s the gene mutation that gives Ashkenazi Jews a higher risk of breast cancer than the general population. But the women’s Zionist organization...
Prophetesses of the Jews
Rabbenu Hananel, Rashi, and the Vilna Gaon -- the rabbinic sages who engaged in typology -- all enumerated seven identical Jewish prophetesses. These included a Matriarch,...
Queens of the Jews
Most of the queens in Jewish history are either unnamed or unknown beyond their names. Yet a number of female monarchs figure more prominently due...
Redemptive Reckonings: Purim’s Cautionary Lessons Against Disobedience, Ingratitude, and Dissatisfaction
In some ways, the Scroll of Esther is an epilogue to the episode in Samuel I concerning King Saul of Israel and King Agag of...
Kerry and his Court Jews
In an effort to secure support for his newly launched "peace process," Secretary of State John Kerry met last Thursday evening with a selected group...
Passover, Peace, and Palestine: An Arab-Style Seder in 1920s Long Island
Passover at Irma Lindheim's Long Island home in the 1920s was not your standard Jewish holiday experience. There was plenty of matzo ball soup and brisket,...
Modern Day Lessons from the Chanukah Story
The story of Chanukah we hear year in and year out is about the triumph of the gallant few Maccabee rebels against the might...
