Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Maxine Dovere / JNS.org
Israeli Jeweler Michal Negrin Opens Store in SoHo, Eyes U.S. Expansion
JNS.org - Iconic Israeli costume jeweler Michal Negrin, who for more than 25 years has been bringing romantic and vintage-inspired designs to the global...
From ‘Scared Child’ to Miss Israel
JNS.org - NEW MILFORD, NJ—When Yitayish "Titi" Ayenew, the first black Miss Israel, was a young orphan who moved from Ethiopia to Israel, it was learning...
Middle East Maps Portray ‘Actual Conditions’ of the Region
JNS.org - Israeli Minister of Tourism Uzi Landau caused a media stir last month when, at a cabinet meeting, he quoted from former Israeli foreign...
Alice Walker at the 92Y: Mild Program, Tight Security, and a Squelched Interview
JNS.0rg - The day before music star Alicia Keys rebuffed the appeals of author Alice Walker and Pink Floyd band member Rogers Waters to cancel...
Ehud Barak’s Ex-Wife Works to Get Troubled Israeli Youths Off the Street
ELEM vans go where the children are in Israel—venturing into dark and dangerous streets. The vans, and the volunteers on them, go to places where...
Funders, Advocates, Providers Rally Around Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Jewish Life
NEW YORK—When Pascale Bercovitch took a chair next to the podium at ADVANCE: The Ruderman Jewish Disabilities Funding Conference, she lifted herself from a sleekly...
Alan Dershowitz and Caroline Glick Clash on Two-State Solution
NEW YORK—Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Jerusalem Post columnist and senior contributing editor Caroline Glick, following their sharp disagreement on a two-state solution...
Ghana Builds Preschools With an Israeli Touch
They are two women divided by age, background and personal experience. But Janette Hirshmann and Gladys Amaning, of Israel and Ghana, respectively, have jointly developed...
Warsaw Ghetto Site of Newly Opened Museum to Show Jews Not a ‘Footnote to Polish History’
WARSAW—The Museum of the History of Polish Jews is built on the hallowed ground of the Warsaw Ghetto, literally on a site of genocide, at...
Holocaust History from Pope John Paul II’s Polish Hometown Explored
WADOWICE, POLAND—When Karol Wojtyla left his hometown of Wadowice, Poland, in 1938 to pursue his studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland was an independent...
From Sands to Skyscrapers: Tel Aviv Launches the Future
NEW YORK—Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai recently came to New York City to talk about his city of sun, sand, skyscrapers, and start-ups. With "just...
Rand Paul Straw Poll Win Means Continued Jewish Debate on Israel Aid Opponent
The foreign policy positions of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), which have already generated some concern in the Jewish community, might remain a topic of...
Experts Call For Change in UN Palestinian Refugee Policy
NEW YORK - The way that Steven J. Rosen sees it, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is being held back because of mathematics. "Multiplication of numbers does...
Robert Menendez, New Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair: “No Daylight Between US, Israel On My Watch”
WASHINGTON, DC - For U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), closing remarks at the recent American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference publicly marked the start of...
