Deborah Fineblum / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Deborah Fineblum / JNS.org
Shofar: A Love Song
JNS.org - As first-chair trumpet in the Orville Wright Junior High School band in Los Angeles in 1966, Robbie Weinger didn’t know it, but he...
‘And Your God Will Be My God’: For One Jewish Convert, the Wait Is Over
JNS.org - “I’m so thrilled to be a part of B’nai Israel and to have finally found my place with the Jewish people, after nearly...
Mourning in 2020: Tisha B’Av Spotlights Losses Old and New
JNS.org - This year, Jews the world over got into the Tisha B’Av mood several months earlier than usual. During a typical summer, Jewish families and...
Masked Mitzvot: Welcoming New Life Amid COVID-19
JNS.org - “In this time of great darkness, the souls who come down now must be sources of great light.” -- Rabbi Doniel Katz, whose...
In an Era of Global Uncertainty, Record Numbers of Jews Seek Out Israel
JNS.org - In a time of darkness, pandemic, pandemonium, and power struggles, a thin ray of light can be seen in the Jewish world and...
‘Your People Will Be My People’: A Shavuot Shout-Out to Ruth’s ‘Daughters’
JNS.org - “You shall love the convert, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.” -- Deuteronomy 10:19 There was a moment some 2,500...
In a Time of Need, Jewish Teens Give Back
JNS.org - Tutor a kid in math. Paint a community center. Distribute challahs to the homebound. Raise money for trees in Israel. Upgrade your school’s...
The Challenges, and Beauty, of This Year’s Passover
JNS.org - In Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a complete lockdown for Passover seder night, threatening arrest or a fine to anyone found on...
A Parents’ Guide to This Year’s Nuclear Family Seder
JNS.org - “Even if all of us were wise, all of us understanding, all of us knowing the Torah, we would still be obligated to...
New Immigrants to Israel Jump Right In… to a Coronavirus Quarantine
JNS.org - The first few weeks after making aliyah are typically a flurry of activity, with the newly minted Israeli dashing from government offices to...
Give It Up for the (Israeli) Kids: Hanukkah and Charity Drives
JNS.org - The staff and volunteers at Yad Ezra V’Shulamit’s children’s center in Jerusalem began noticing that one little girl only came to the after-school...
The Attitude of Gratitude: Jewish Insights to Share at Thanksgiving
JNS.org - Thanksgiving. They got it from us. The evidence: Things that aren't taught in school, such as the Pilgrims modeling their autumn thanksgiving holiday after...
Saluting One of the Last Living Heroes of Israel’s Fight for Independence
JNS.org - When Harold “Smoky” Simon grins at you, it’s hard to remember that, at 99, the man is one of a dwindling club: the...
High Holiday Challenge for College Students: Finding a (Spiritual) Home Away From Home
JNS.org - Spending the High Holidays away from home can be a lonely experience. And, sadly, without the family around, many a Jewish college student simply...
Dozens of NGOs Urge UN Action to Free Gaza Peace Activist Detained by Hamas
Ahead of Court Testimony, Paris Kosher Market Cashier Recalls ‘Worst 4 Hours’ of Her Life During Terrorist Massacre
Celebrities Eulogize ‘Trailblazer’ Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
US Imposes New Sanctions on Iran’s Defense Ministry
Germany Earmarks 22 Million Euros to Secure Country’s Jewish Facilities