Personalities
Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin Remembered 20 Years After Murder
JNS.org - At a state ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, his daughter Dalia warned that...
Remembering a True Superhero
JNS.org - “Batman” has died. And it doesn’t matter that the recently deceased Leonard “Lenny” Robinson lived in the suburbs of Baltimore, rather than Gotham, for all of us to feel the pain of that loss. Robinson took...
Commemorating the 75th Memorial of Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Below is a speech I delivered at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City at an event organized by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) to commemorate the 75th annual memorial for Ze’ev Jabotinsky on August 4,...
Abe Foxman’s Retirement is the End of an Era
I received a call recently from Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, in which he castigated me for not consulting him in advance of my publishing strong criticism of his remarks. After a...
Award-Winning American Jewish Author E.L. Doctorow Dies at 84
JNS.org - Award-winning American Jewish author E.L. Doctorow died Tuesday at age 84 due to complications from lung cancer,...
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Broadway Actor Theodore Bikel Dies at 91
JNS.org - Theodore Bikel, an American Jewish actor of Austrian heritage who played Tevye in "Fiddler...
American Jewish Pilot Lou Lenart, Savior of Tel Aviv in 1948 War, Dies at 94
JNS.org - Lou Lenart, a U.S. Marine Corps pilot during World War II who later helped...
From Haifa to Houston: Israeli Ballet Dancer Makes Unlikely Dream Come True
JNS.org - When Shahar Dori left his Haifa home at age 17 and made a 6,500-mile...
Book Pitches World War II as Lasting Part of Hank Greenberg’s Legacy
JNS.org - Baseball fans might most vividly remember Hank Greenberg for his chase of Babe Ruth’s...
Former Israeli PM Yitzhak Rabin Remembered 20 Years After Murder
JNS.org - At a state ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the assassination of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, his daughter Dalia warned that the...
Remembering a True Superhero
JNS.org - “Batman” has died. And it doesn’t matter that the recently deceased Leonard “Lenny” Robinson lived in the suburbs of Baltimore, rather than Gotham, for all...
Commemorating the 75th Memorial of Ze’ev Jabotinsky
Below is a speech I delivered at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City at an event organized by Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI)...
Abe Foxman’s Retirement is the End of an Era
I received a call recently from Abe Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, in which he castigated me for not consulting him in advance...
Award-Winning American Jewish Author E.L. Doctorow Dies at 84
JNS.org - Award-winning American Jewish author E.L. Doctorow died Tuesday at age 84 due to complications from lung cancer, his son Richard Doctorow told The New York Times. Doctorow wrote a dozen...
‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Broadway Actor Theodore Bikel Dies at 91
JNS.org - Theodore Bikel, an American Jewish actor of Austrian heritage who played Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof” on Broadway, died Tuesday in Los Angeles...
American Jewish Pilot Lou Lenart, Savior of Tel Aviv in 1948 War, Dies at 94
JNS.org - Lou Lenart, a U.S. Marine Corps pilot during World War II who later helped thwart an Egyptian advance on Tel Aviv in Israel’s 1948...
From Haifa to Houston: Israeli Ballet Dancer Makes Unlikely Dream Come True
JNS.org - When Shahar Dori left his Haifa home at age 17 and made a 6,500-mile trip to Montgomery, Ala., to attend a summer ballet program,...
Book Pitches World War II as Lasting Part of Hank Greenberg’s Legacy
JNS.org - Baseball fans might most vividly remember Hank Greenberg for his chase of Babe Ruth’s single-season home run record in 1938 and his other impressive...
A Year After Milestone, Visitors Mark 21st Anniversary of Chabad Leader’s Death
JNS.org - More than 50,000 people visited the gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson—the seventh and final leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidism, most commonly...
The Rebbe Represented the Best of Religion
The past few years have been tough on religion. Muslim radicals have made a mockery of their faith. The Catholic Church is still reeling from...
Remembering a Fighter Against Oppression of Jews and Blacks
JNS.org - Before he gained fame for posing as an African-American in order to expose racism, journalist John Howard Griffin secretly helped rescue Jewish...
Viewer Discretion Advised (VIDEO)
A couple of weeks ago I saw a video circulating on Facebook titled The Butterfly Child. The screen shot and headline of the video told...
At 80, Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen’s Jewish Roots ‘Very Much Intact’
JNS.org - Eighty years young, Leonard Cohen fits many descriptions—singer, songwriter, poet, novelist, monk. From his Jewish upbringing in Canada to the present day,...
