Shiryn Ghermezian / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Shiryn Ghermezian / JNS.org
‘HoloCoin’ Cryptocurrency Offers Users to Buy/Sell Ashes of Jews Burnt in Holocaust
JNS.org - An antisemitic website that is now shut down offered users the opportunity to trade a cryptocurrency called the “HoloCoin,” a reference to the...
Chabad Center in Southeast Florida Distributes 50,000-Plus Masks Streetside
JNS.org - A Chabad center in Florida conducted a free drive-through mask distribution and handed out more than 50,000 masks to help people stay safe...
Feeding Kosher Health Care Workers on the Front Lines
JNS.org - A new project that launched last week focuses on providing kosher meals to Jewish health care workers on the front lines fighting the...
Homebound Seniors in Israel Battle Isolation, Loneliness During Pandemic
JNS.org - While a number of Jewish organizations are focused on helping the elderly in Israel, who are at a higher risk of getting extremely...
YU President Slams Decision by Brooklyn College Athletes to Kneel During Israeli Anthem
JNS.org - Yeshiva University President Ari Berman slammed the “disrespectful” decision by two Brooklyn College volleyball players to kneel during the playing of “Hatikvah,” Israel’s...
Israeli Teens Learn Public Diplomacy Skills to Serve as Ambassadors Abroad
JNS.org - Itay Green, 16, wants to improve the way Israel is perceived by people outside the country. When traveling with his family to visit British...
Millennial Women Join New Effort to Combat Antisemitism
JNS.org - The organization Americans Against Antisemitism is turning to millennial women to lead efforts in combating antisemitic hatred and prejudice against Jews across the...
World Zionist Congress Elections Presents ‘Rare Opportunity’ to Strengthen Global Jewish Community
JNS.org - Jews in the United States are voting online for slates that represent diverse political beliefs, religious denominations and cultural traditions vying for a seat...
Pro-Israel Students at Conference Gain Knowledge, Confidence in Combating Hate on Campus
JNS.org - Pro-Israel students from 30 university campuses across the United States and Canada gathered last week in New York City for a three-day conference...
Canada’s Recent, Though Rare, Vote Against Israel at UN Sparks Concern in Jewish Circles
JNS.org - Aside from the United States, Canada has been one of Israel’s most stalwart allies on the international stage, often voting against one-sided resolutions...
American Jews to Vote for 38th World Zionist Congress in 2020
JNS.org - Thirteen slates representing the diversity of the American Jewish community will compete in an election to join the 38th World Zionist Congress (WZC), set...
Former Labour MP Denounces Party as ‘Institutionally Antisemitic’; Jews Were ‘Bullied’ Out
JNS.org - A former British Labour MP denounced the party for being “institutionally antisemitic” and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, as unfit to be Britain’s next...
New Report on Antisemitism at Columbia University, Barnard Points to a ‘Hotbed for Hate’
JNS.org - The American NGO Alums for Campus Fairness released a comprehensive report last week that documents what ACF describes as “systemic antisemitism and an...
Watchdog Group Launches Petition to Keep CAIR Off American College Campuses
JNS.org - The watchdog group Stopantisemitism.org is calling on the US Department of Education and Georgie State University to keep the “terror-affiliated” Council on American-Islamic...
