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December 29, 2019 3:30 am
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Five Wounded, Two Critical After Stabbing Attack on Jewish Worshipers at Hanukkah Celebration in New York

An attacker stabbed five people late on Saturday at a Hasidic rabbi's home in New York state and fled before apparently being arrested, a Jewish...

November 17, 2019 7:24 pm
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UK Prime Minister Johnson Vows to Expand Efforts to Confront Britain’s Antisemitism Problem

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, recently acknowledged the rise in antisemitic attacks within his country and vowed to take additional steps...

May 10, 2017 1:27 pm
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Start-Up Nation Meets Shavuot: Israel’s Efficient, High-Tech Dairy Industry

JNS.org - Self-driving cars. Drip irrigation. Missile defense. Milk? Amid all the buzz around Israel’s “start-up nation,” including Intel’s $15 billion acquisition of Mobileye in April, a lesser-known...

September 7, 2015 3:26 pm
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Fear of Inter-Religious Tension as Jewish and Muslim High Holidays Coincide This Year

The Jewish High Holiday of Yom Kippur and the Muslim feast of Eid Al-Adha are set to fall this year on the same Gregorian (or...

September 24, 2013 12:42 pm
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Thousands Descend Upon Israeli President Peres’s Residence to Revel in Sukkah (VIDEO)

Citizens from all over Israel joined President Shimon Peres at his residence's official Sukkah on Tuesday morning. Thousands of people began lining up outside...

September 23, 2013 9:20 am
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A New Purpose for the Lulav and Etrog

JNS.org - Another High Holidays season is upon us, which means Sukkot is right around the corner. In no time you'll be ordering your annual...

September 4, 2013 1:03 am
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The Cantor’s Perspective: Preparation is Necessary for Meaningful High Holiday Prayer (INTERVIEW)

JNS.org - LOS ANGELES—The holiest days on the Jewish calendar, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, are largely spent in synagogue. Yet prayer isn't...

May 12, 2013 7:15 am
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Mother’s Day: Celebrating the Insanity That is Parenthood

J.D. Salinger wrote in The Catcher in the Rye, "Mothers are all slightly insane." This is, of course, not what you want to hear on Mother's...

January 25, 2013 10:56 am
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Yair Lapid and The Elections in Israel

I am pleasantly surprised by the results of the latest elections in Israel. Not because anything has significantly changed, but precisely because, other than superficially,...

December 9, 2012 3:30 am
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Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed 2012

1.  Chanukah is the only Jewish holiday which commemorates a Land of Israel national liberation struggle, unlike Passover (the Exodus from Egypt), Sukkot/Tabernacles & Shavouot/Pentacost...

October 5, 2012 1:59 am
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Christians Show Love of Israel in Jerusalem Streets

There was love in the air of Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Marching through the streets of Jerusalem, approximately 6,000 Christian friends of Israel made their...

September 30, 2012 3:58 am
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Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed

1. The US covenant with the Jewish State dates back to Columbus Day, which is celebrated around Sukkot (October 8).  According to "Columbus Then and Now" (Miles...

May 25, 2012 12:07 pm
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NYC: Pre-Shavuot Clamp Down on Illegal Flower Trade

As Shavuot approaches - the Jewish holiday that emphasizes flowers in places of worship and in homes - the New York Police Department has made...

March 5, 2012 2:25 pm
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The Taste of Purim, Year Round

Hamantaschen, as three-cornered pastries representing the evil Haman's ears, are most "timely" when consumed on Purim. But like other foods associated with the...

World

Democrats, Republicans Make Final Push for Jewish Voters on Eve of US Presi...

Both Democratic and Republican parties are scrambling to galvanize Jewish support on the eve of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election. In...

Israel

Israel Officially Informs UN of End to Relations With Palestinian Relief Ag...

Israel has officially notified the United Nations that it was canceling the agreement that regulated its relations with the main UN...

Middle East

Iran Executes Jewish Man for Fatal Stabbing

JNS.org — Authorities in Iran on Monday executed a Jewish man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, who had been sentenced to death for murder, Iranian media reported. "The sentence of retribution was executed...

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