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ARTICLES BY: Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman / JNS.org


July 10, 2016 4:18 am
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In ‘iTrek,’ Israeli Start-Up Scene Is Future Business Leaders’ Training Ground

JNS.org - Ever since Dan Senor and Saul Singer’s 2009 book, Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, came out, the Israeli innovation scene has...

July 7, 2016 6:16 am
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Is an Election Brewing in Israel?

JNS.org - At the annual Herzliya Conference in Israel last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a seemingly unprecedented barrage of attacks from a number of...

July 1, 2016 2:48 am
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Understanding the ‘Human Evolution’ of a Hamas Terror Leader’s Son

JNS.org - Mosab Hassan Yousef, the son of Hamas terrorist leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef and author of a 2011 New York Times bestseller memoir, recently re-emerged in news headlines...

June 28, 2016 9:58 am
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Can ‘Open Source Jihad’ Be Stopped? Israeli Conference Searches for Solutions

JNS.org - It was Oct. 27, 2015, shortly after 10 am. Two terrorists from the Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber boarded an Egged bus in the...

June 28, 2016 12:36 am
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With Genesis Prize, Violinist Itzhak Perlman Eyes a More Inclusive World

JNS.org - In his book, To Heal a Fractured World, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks recalls how renowned Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue Itzhak Perlman came onto the...

June 21, 2016 6:51 am
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Jewish Author’s ‘Messy’ Draft Transforms Into Rock Star Novel on Amazon

JNS.org - “Writing is a messy process,” says author Elizabeth Poliner. “People who don’t write fiction would be surprised to see what early drafts could look...

June 21, 2016 6:31 am
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At Israeli Confab, Searching for ‘Silver-Bullet Solutions’ to Europe’s Migrant Crisis

JNS.org - The influx of migrants and refugees into Europe has presented that continent’s leaders and policymakers with some of their greatest current challenges. Those challenges...

June 15, 2016 1:41 pm
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6 Jerusalem Gems That Likely Won’t Appear on Your Tour Guide’s Itinerary

JNS.org - You’ve traveled to Israel one, two, or three times. You’ve seen the Kotel (Western Wall), taken a tour of the City of David, and...

June 5, 2016 5:58 am
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‘Mekonen’ Puts a Face on the Stories of the IDF and Ethiopian Jewry

JNS.org - Squeals of laughter and high-spirited traditional Ethiopian dancing, coupled with deep and mournful cries of loss and pain. The piercing sound of bullets whizzing...

May 27, 2016 2:38 am
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Before Jerusalem’s Reunification, There Were Defiant Carvings on a Prison Wall

JNS.org - In late fall 1947, Shmuel Matza, then a 20-year-old member of the Etzel (also known as Irgun) Jewish underground paramilitary organization, was detained in...

May 24, 2016 7:00 am
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Sykes-Picot at 100: Mideast Chaos Highlights the Perils of Drawing Borders

JNS.org - One-hundred years ago this month, British colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes and French diplomat François Marie Denis Georges-Picot divided the Middle East loosely...

May 24, 2016 6:06 am
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Cuban-Jewish Women ‘Lit Up Their Souls’ in Israel

JNS.org - Dr. Sara Bedoya was raised in a small Cuban town. She was a member of the town’s only Jewish family. Though she knew of...

May 20, 2016 1:10 am
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Does Poverty Motivate Palestinian Terror? Examining Perception and Reality

JNS.org - Israel has endured terrorism for decades — since the state’s establishment. But ever since 9/11 and subsequent major terrorist attacks worldwide, more countries are starting...

May 18, 2016 6:40 am
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Experts Say North Korea Is an Overlooked Player in the Mideast Threat Landscape

JNS.org - North Korea has provided the technology or weapons for Hamas’s cross-border attack tunnels from Gaza to Israel, Hezbollah’s Scud-D missile stockpile in Lebanon, and...

World

Pierce Brosnan, Former James Bond, Endorses Casting of Jewish Actor Aaron T...

Irish actor Pierce Brosnan is the latest former James Bond to endorse British Jewish actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson amid reports that...

Israel

IDF Moves to Purchase 20,000 Israeli-Made Guns as Country Seeks Less Foreig...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has moved forward with a purchase order of 20,000 Israeli-made M4A1 rifles, a move that...

Middle East

Druze Israeli Killed in Hezbollah Strike as Tensions Escalate on Lebanon Bo...

A 25-year-old Druze Israeli was killed during a massive rocket attack by Hezbollah on northern Israel on Wednesday, the latest...

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