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British Jewish Leader Attacks Labour Leader’s ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Defense of Brother’s ‘Belittling of Antisemitism Problem’

British Jewish Leader Attacks Labour Leader’s ‘Deeply Disturbing’ Defense of Brother’s ‘Belittling o...

The head of UK Jewry’s umbrella organization railed against Labour...

Major Jewish Organizations Decry Bernie Sanders’ ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Claim That ‘Over 10,000 Innocent People Killed in Gaza'; Candidate Disputes Account

Major Jewish Organizations Decry Bernie Sanders’ ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ Claim That ‘Over 10,000 Innocent Peop...

American Jewish leaders decried an allegation about Israel...

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  • Features Opinion At Forbes Summit in Israel, Entrepreneurship Is a ‘Common Language’

    At Forbes Summit in Israel, Entrepreneurship Is a ‘Common Language’

    JNS.org – Nine months ago, Seth Cohen, director of network initiatives for the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, and Randall Lane, editor of Forbes Magazine, were schmoozing about the “vibrancy of Tel Aviv and soul of Jerusalem,” as Lane put it. They dreamed about how they could bring young and innovative millennials to the so-called “start-up nation.” From April 3-7, Forbes turned that dream into a reality. Israel played host to the first-ever Forbes Under 30 EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) […]

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  • Arts and Culture Blogs Israeli-Druze Grandma Entrepreneur Becomes a Star at Spanish ‘Festival of Women’

    Israeli-Druze Grandma Entrepreneur Becomes a Star at Spanish ‘Festival of Women’

    JNS.org – An Israeli-Druze grandmother entrepreneur has become a star in Spain after representing Israel at the prestigious annual Festival of Women in the city of Segovia. Jamila Hir, 76, from the Druze village of Peki’in — who has become known as “Grandma Jamila” — participated in the festival after arrangements were made by the Israeli government’s cultural attaché in Spain, Hagit Mualem. There, Grandma Jamila impressed the Spaniards with her business of natural soaps made from olive oil and medical herbs. The soaps […]

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  • Features Spirituality/Tradition Timna Valley’s New Visitor Center Is the Latest Enhancement in Israel’s Negev Desert

    Timna Valley’s New Visitor Center Is the Latest Enhancement in Israel’s Negev Desert

    JNS.org – Signs along the road remind drivers and hikers not to drop fruits or vegetables on the ground as they make their way through the Negev desert. It’s a small request for people to help preserve the unique nature of the desert ecosystem by not introducing invasive species to the area. When you arrive at Timna Valley National Park in southern Israel, located a half hour north of Eilat and facing the nearby mountains of Jordan, you see the preservation […]

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  • Arts and Culture Jewish Identity In ‘My Fat Dad,’ Wisdom Balances Recipes and Relationships

    In ‘My Fat Dad,’ Wisdom Balances Recipes and Relationships

    JNS.org – “A good relationship, like a good recipe, requires balance — three cups of wisdom to every one cup of sugar,” says Beauty, Jewish author and nutritionist Dawn Lerman’s beloved grandmother and revered role model, capturing the flavor of the New York Times wellness blogger’s food-centric memoir. Grandma Beauty bakes important morals into Lerman’s My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes. The detailed memories recounted in this well-paced narrative — punctuated by delicious-sounding home recipes — depict the healing power of […]

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  • Jewish Identity Lifestyle ‘God Is in My Kitchen’: Grandma Beauty’s Hamantaschen Recipe

    ‘God Is in My Kitchen’: Grandma Beauty’s Hamantaschen Recipe

    JNS.org – In her recently published memoir, My Fat Dad: A Memoir of Food, Love, and Family, with Recipes (Berkley Books, September 2015), New York Times wellness blogger and nutritionist Dawn Lerman shares her food journey and that of her father, a copywriter from the “Mad Men” era of advertising at the Leo Burnett and McCann Erickson firms. Dawn spent her early childhood in Chicago constantly hungry as her ad man father pursued endless fad diets from Atkins to Pritikin, and insisted that […]

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  • Commentary Featured Features Jewish 100 The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2015

    The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2015

    The Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2015 ACADEMIA Daniel Sperber Jeffrey Herf Jon Levenson Jonathan Sarna Mark Yudof Niall Ferguson Rivka Carmi Steven Pinker ARTS AND CULTURE Adam Sandler Robert Kraft Evgeny Kissin Garry Kasparov Géza Röhrig Helen Mirren Howard Stern Mayim Bialik Nili Block Roseanne Barr Sara Briman INNOVATION AND ACTIVISM Eviatar Matania Gavriel Iddan Gabriel Nadaf Gal Lusky Gilad Ach Yonatan Weintraub Laurie Cardoza-Moore George Weidenfeld Marta Weinstock-Rosin Meyer Seewald Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky Yosi Druker Zvi […]

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  • Jewish 100 Jewish 100, 2015: Simon Sebag Montefiore – Voices

    Jewish 100, 2015: Simon Sebag Montefiore – Voices

    Simon Sebag Montefiore Historian and author Simon Sebag Montefiore is a British historian, television presenter and award-winning author of popular history books and novels, as well as a source of pride for the Jewish people. Descended from a line of Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers across Europe, Montefiore in 2015 hosted a thrilling three-part series for BBC Four, embarking on a fascinating journey to unlock 2,000 years of Spain’s history. He also has worked as a banker, a foreign affairs journalist, […]

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  • Jewish 100 Jewish 100, 2015: Tuvia Tenenbom – Voices

    Jewish 100, 2015: Tuvia Tenenbom – Voices

    Tuvia Tenenbom Playwright and journalist  Tuvia Tenenbom, born in Israel, is a theater director, playwright, author, journalist, essayist and the founding artistic director of the Jewish Theater of New York, the only English-speaking Jewish theater in New York City. Tenenbom was called the “founder of a new form of Jewish theatre” by the French Le Monde and a “New Jew” by the Israeli Maariv. He is also an academic, having university degrees in mathematics, computer science, dramatic writing and literature. […]

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