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Lauder Slams de Blasio for Tepid Response to Antisemitic Attacks in New York City
JNS.org - World Jewish Congress president Ronald S. Lauder blasted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for the uptick in antisemitic crimes in the city. “This...
Jewish Group Starts Project to Plant ‘Trees of Life’ in Honor of Synagogue Victims
JNS.org - The Jewish organization United With Israel is inviting people to sponsor the planting of more than 20 different fruit trees in Israel in...
Tunisia’s New President: Any Ties With Israel ‘High Treason’
JNS.org - Tunisia’s new president said late last week that relationship or ties with Israel equals “high treason.” “‘Normalization’ is the wrong word to use,” said...
Netanyahu Congratulates Ethiopia’s Leader on Winning Nobel Peace Prize
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to congratulate him on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. According to a statement...
‘Entry of Radical Islamist Forces Into Northern Syria is Disturbing,’ Ex-Israeli Intelligence Official Says
JNS.org - Israel has been closely monitoring Turkey’s brutal offensive against the Kurds in northeast Syria in recent days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the...
Children’s Book Reading Prompts Legal Action Against Borough in Central New Jersey
JNS.org - A controversy that began last summer, pitting community library-event planners in a New Jersey suburb and various Palestinian sympathizers against a Jewish community,...
Antisemitic Posters Found on Door of Michigan Synagogue
JNS.org - Black-and-white antisemitic posters were found this week on the door of a synagogue in Michigan. Rabbi Michael Schadick of Temple Emanuel in Grand Rapids,...
Israeli Farmland Set to Be Handed Back to Jordan
JNS.org - Israel will have to return two parcels of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to Jordan after the Hashemite Kingdom refused to extend...
Israeli Artists, Designers Get Ready to Represent Culture in Iconic Festival in Japan
JNS.org - Israeli artists and designers who participated in the Jerusalem Design Week exhibition will represent Israel later this month in one of Japan’s largest art...
Romania Set to Open First Holocaust Museum Since End of Second World War
JNS.org - Romania will open its first national Holocaust museum more than seven decades since the end of World War II. The National Museum of Jewish...
Report: Rivlin Unlikely to Extend Netanyahu’s Mandate to Form Coalition
JNS.org - Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin is not expected to grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an extension to form a majority government and will likely...
Rumblings Quiet After Knesset Vote Assures Netanyahu as Likud Head and Premier Designate
JNS.org - As the situation stands right now, Israel seems to be headed toward a third election in the early months of 2020. The Likud Central...
Democrat Rep. Nita Lowey Announces Retirement, Pro-Israel Sector Lauds Her Support
JNS.org - US Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) announced on Thursday that she won’t seek re-election next year, following a three-decade-long career in Congress as a...
Initiative Seeks to Double Number of International Students in Israel Programs
JNS.org - The Council for Higher Education in Israel (CHE) this week officially launched the national initiative “Study in Israel” to double the number of...
Putin, Netanyahu Discuss Pardon for US-Israeli Woman Jailed in Russia
Pentagon Chief Visits Saudi Arabia as Tensions Simmer With Iran
Israel’s Upstream Wins Funding to Expand in Automotive Cybersecurity