Paul Foer / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Paul Foer / JNS.org
After 250 Years at Touro Synagogue, Jewish History is Alive and Well in Newport
JNS.org - NEWPORT, RI—It is best known as one of America's most celebrated and picturesque seaside towns, a summer playground for the rich, a...
Gomez Mill House, Oldest Jewish Site in North America, Approaches 300th Anniversary
JNS.org - MARLBOBO, N.Y.—The oldest Jewish site in North America is not Newport's famed Touro Synagogue, or any other synagogue. Rather, it is a...
The Arab Spring, Israel and Bahrain’s 38 Jews in the Eyes of Jewish Ambassador to U.S. (INTERVIEW)
Tiny Bahrain consists mainly of a 34-mile island connected to Saudi Arabia by a causeway, but aside from having modest oil and gas reserves,...
The Yiddish Language’s Literal and Figurative Rescuer
AMHERST, MA—Aaron Lansky's decades-long mission is typified by an "emergency" call he once received on a wintry night, summoning him to New York to rescue thousands...
New York State’s Oldest Continually Occupied Synagogue Not in the City You’d Expect
TROY, NY—The city of Troy, NY (population 50,129), is just a few miles upriver from the state capital of Albany and is known as the...
The Much-Vaunted ‘Jewish Vote’ Needs to be Demythologized
The much-vaunted "Jewish vote" garnered even more attention this election than it normally does, culminating perhaps in one newscast that basically stated how Florida's Jewish...
Jewish Jamaica, Then and Now
The many Cohens and Levys in the Jamaican phone books may not be practicing Jews, though they most likely recognize that they may be descendants...
Electronic and Cyber Communication in Relationships: Futility or Utility?
The 30-something businessman was just finishing lunch when a text message came to his fancy device in his suit pocket. "Dear Mark, I am sorry but I'm...
‘Harvesting People and Pickles’: An Inside Look at Jewish Farming
FALLS VILLAGE, CONN.—Nadav Slovin cultivates the fields of potatoes and other crops in the rural Litchfield Hills of northwestern Connecticut. As he moves between the...
JDate: The Weekend
It was not beautiful Jewish maidens who greeted me at JDate's recent Club Getaway weekend in rural Connecticut, but a couple of guys...
The Forgotten Jewish Aviator
As the clouds and rain gave way to evening sunshine at Maryland's historic College Park Airport, Rabbi Gil Steinlauf of Washington, DC's Adas Israel...
Jewish Ties to the U.S. Naval Academy
June marks the arrival of a new Jewish chaplain, Lieutenant Joshua Sherwin, at the sprawling United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. But the Jewish...
One of America’s Most Influential Jews Leaves The Israel Project
The frontlines of the Arab-Israeli dispute are not just at border crossings, West Bank towns or Gaza streets, but play out in Washington...
Jamaica’s New Rabbi
How was this year's seder different from all other years at Shaare Shalom Synagogue in Kingston, Jamaica? It marked the Passover debut of Rabbi Dana...
