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Chabad Emissaries Doing ‘Extraordinary’ Work in Nepal Rescue Efforts
Having sent their children to the safety of Israel, Chani and Chezki Lifshitz, the Chabad emissaries based in Kathmandu, have stayed behind to continue...
Israel and India Work Together on Nepal Quake Relief
As the dust settles in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that hit Nepal last week, the real extent of the disaster is slowly coming to light. Local authorities have revised the death toll to...
IDF Sets Up Field Hospital to Treat Nepal Earthquake Victims
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces (IDF) members arrived in Nepal on Tuesday and began setting up a field hospital, where they will treat those injured by this week's massive earthquake. The local Nepalese military hospital has been badly...
Nepal Thanks Israel for Humanitarian Aid in Earthquake Recovery Efforts
On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, thanked Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for the humanitarian aid that Israel has sent in the wake of the country's devastating earthquake. Pandey noted that the Nepalese...

Bar Mitzvah Memorial Project Links Teens With Holocaust Victims
JNS.org - When 12-year-old Max Levin was looking for a meaningful way to celebrate...

Jewish Foundation Opens Competition for $250K Disability Inclusion Prize
JNS.org - The Ruderman Family Foundation—an organization headquartered in both Boston and Israel that...

‘Officers’ Hearts’: Israeli Cops to Walk With Children With Disabilities in Marathon
JNS.org - For a child with a severe developmental disability, walking just one step...

In Baltimore and Atlanta, a Model for Jewish Community Disability Inclusion
JNS.org - From the time that Daniel was born in Baltimore, he was a...

Ari Ne’eman, Disability Self-Advocate on a National Stage, Receives $100K Inclusion Prize
JNS.org - Disability self-advocate Ari Ne'eman, a member of the President's National Council on...

Chabad Emissaries Doing ‘Extraordinary’ Work in Nepal Rescue Efforts
Having sent their children to the safety of Israel, Chani and Chezki Lifshitz, the Chabad emissaries based in Kathmandu, have stayed behind to continue spearheading...

Israel and India Work Together on Nepal Quake Relief
As the dust settles in the aftermath of the massive earthquake that hit Nepal last week, the real extent of the disaster is slowly coming...

IDF Sets Up Field Hospital to Treat Nepal Earthquake Victims
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces (IDF) members arrived in Nepal on Tuesday and began setting up a field hospital, where they will treat those injured by this week's...

Nepal Thanks Israel for Humanitarian Aid in Earthquake Recovery Efforts
On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mahendra Bahadur Pandey, thanked Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for the humanitarian aid that Israel has sent in the wake...

Bar Mitzvah Memorial Project Links Teens With Holocaust Victims
JNS.org - When 12-year-old Max Levin was looking for a meaningful way to celebrate his upcoming bar mitzvah, he decided to do a project...

Jewish Foundation Opens Competition for $250K Disability Inclusion Prize
JNS.org - The Ruderman Family Foundation—an organization headquartered in both Boston and Israel that promotes the inclusion of people with disabilities in the Jewish...

‘Officers’ Hearts’: Israeli Cops to Walk With Children With Disabilities in Marathon
JNS.org - For a child with a severe developmental disability, walking just one step could be a feat. To complete 800 meters (2,625 feet)...

In Baltimore and Atlanta, a Model for Jewish Community Disability Inclusion
JNS.org - From the time that Daniel was born in Baltimore, he was a happy and engaged child. But around the age of 2,...

Ari Ne’eman, Disability Self-Advocate on a National Stage, Receives $100K Inclusion Prize
JNS.org - Disability self-advocate Ari Ne'eman, a member of the President's National Council on Disability, on Monday was named the recipient of the second...

Temimah Zucker Consumed by Mission of Tackling Eating Disorders in Jewish Community
JNS.org - Temimah Zucker, 24, is a modest young woman with an equally modest frame. But her smile, vitality, and drive fill a room....

With New Staff, FIDF Maintains Israeli Soldiers’ Morale in Precarious Times
JNS.org - Israel's tumultuous summer and fall tested the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on many fronts, as a 50-day conflict with Hamas was followed...

Israel’s Bedouin Schools Flourish in the Negev Desert
In the sandy dunes of the northern Negev desert between Arad and Be'er Sheva, 130 students who belong to a local Bedouin tribe study at...

Haifa’s Rambam Hospital Treats, Protects, Innovates in the Face of Looming Danger
JNS.org - Not unexpectedly, southern Israel suffered more than other areas of the Jewish state during this summer's conflict with Hamas. Yet up in...

Israel Helping to Boost Pomegranate Yields in India
For nearly 23 years, since India and Israel entered into full diplomatic relations in 1992, relations between the countries have progressed rapidly, including politically,...