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ARTICLES BY: Peter Rothholz / JNS.org
Jewish Life in Azerbaijan Embodies Muslim-Majority Nation’s Culture of Tolerance
JNS.org - At a time when, due to rampant antisemitism, thousands of Jews are leaving France, the United Kingdom, and other countries in Europe, there is...
Father’s Book Offers Insight into Netanyahu’s Worldview
JNS.org - Although the late Benzion Netanyahu wrote four of the five essays in "The Founding Fathers of Zionism" years before his middle son Benjamin Netanyahu was...
South Africa Parliament Member and Clergyman Makes the Case for Israel
LOS ANGELES—Reverend Kenneth Meshoe, a member of the South African Parliament and founder of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), sees irony in how the...
How Saul Bellow ‘Blew It’ With the Holocaust, Changed His Tune After Six Day War
LOS ANGELES—Born in Canada into an immigrant Jewish family in 1915, Nobel Prize-winning author Saul Bellow had a traditional Jewish upbringing, which included Torah study,...
Tale of the ’50 Children’ to Debut This Holocaust Remembrance Day on HBO
Journalist Steven Pressman first learned of the 50 children rescued by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus in 2002 from his wife Liz Perle, the Krauses' granddaughter,...
Eilat, Timna and the Negev: Rich History, Not Just a Seaside Holiday
When my wife and I planned our recent visit to Eilat, we expected a glorious seaside holiday. Little did we know that we would also...
The Jewish Guianas
Situated on the northeast coast of South America, between Venezuela and Brazil, are three remote former colonies of Britain, Holland and France. Even though they...
Media Mogul Zuckerman Assesses the Threats Against Israel (INTERVIEW)
EAST HAMPTON, NY—For the first time since its founding in 1948, Israel is now the most dangerous place in the world for Jews. That is...
Liberal Party Founder Warns of Rising Islamic Power in Egypt
"Islam is a political doctrine, not a religion, and America needs to speak out to make sure that Cairo does not turn into another...
A Jewish Medical Giant in Ethiopia
When a planeload of secular Israelis landed in Addis Abba shortly before Pesach last spring, they were greeted by a small Ethiopian boy ...
Reform Leader Seeks to ‘Go Beyond Denominations’
During a recent visit to three synagogues (two Reform, one Orthodox) on eastern Long Island, Rabbi David Ellenson, PhD—president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish...
The Jewish Hamptons
The villages of Westhampton Beach, Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton and Sag Harbor, all located along the Atlantic shore on the east end of...