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‘Cholent Festival’ brings Jewish culture to Hungary via food, music, traditions
Eliana Rudee
JNS
September 12, 2021
It’s part of a rejuvenation of Jewish life, particularly in Budapest, that has come about in the last decade after the dark shadow of the Holocaust and then years of Communist rule.
Featured Column
Jonathan S. Tobin
JNS
September 13, 2021
Time for both parties to repent for their Nazi analogies
A Jewish GOP Senate candidate was roasted for comparing vaccine mandates to the Gestapo. Democrats who have used such analogies about Republicans are not in a position to talk.
The Column
Views on the news
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Gregg Roman
Breaking the will of terrorists in Israeli jails will lead to the defeat of their leaders
Jonathan S. Tobin
The real lesson of 9/11 isn’t a story about Islamophobia
Yoram Ettinger
Yom Kippur 2021: A guide for the perplexed
Caroline Glick
Israel Hayom
Assessing the twin disasters of September 2001
Amir Avivi and Or Yissachar
As Afghanistan collapses, Israel learns the value of international ‘security guarantees’
Clifford D. May
After twenty 9/11 anniversaries, the sleeping giant nods off again
Melanie Phillips
Two decades on, the West’s cultural fault line exposed by 9/11 remains
Jonathan Ariel
The real lesson of the Afghanistan debacle
James Sinkinson
Why America values Israel today more than ever
Yoav Limor
Time for Israel to take back control of its prisons
Donna Robinson Divine
Fuzzy language can’t change Afghanistan reality
Dan Schueftan
The Gilboa Prison escape and Israel’s fear of rocking the boat
Mitchell Bard
Labor Zionism is alive and well
Jonathan S. Tobin
Get out your crystal ball! Take the 5782 Jewish pundit quiz
Naya Lekht
Jewish teens are already targets, ethnic studies offers better aim
Moshe Phillips
J Street’s atheist rabbi named Harvard’s chief chaplain
Harold Rhode
How Muslims understand recent comments by US officials
Rebecca Sugar
Another year, another political lecture from the pulpit?
Caroline Glick
Bennett’s voters face Bennett’s diplomacy
Aiman Mansour
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security
The collapse of Lebanon: Scenarios for the future
Fiamma Nirenstein
Is Europe using Afghanistan as an excuse for a new explosion of anti-Americanism?
Rabbi Ben Richards
Labor Day: The unexpected Jewish holiday
Farley Weiss
The urgency of preventing a nuclear Islamic Republic
Jonathan S. Tobin
In addressing anti-Semitism, honesty matters
Ben Cohen
Accosted by a hater: What would you do?
Pinhas Inbari
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Why did Abbas meet with Israel’s defense minister?
Lyn Julius
Why can’t Moroccan Jews be deemed Shoah survivors?
Shuki Friedman
The military-service exemption for ‘haredim’: A small hope for change at a steep price
Melanie Phillips
When anti-Semitic lunatics take control of the academic asylum
Jonathan S. Tobin
‘Top Story,’ Ep. 17: Anne Bayefsky: ‘Apartheid Label Could Succeed in Destroying Israel’
Yisrael Medad
The call for the Shiloh allegiance pledge
Lauri B. Regan
It’s past time to protect Jewish students on college campuses
Jonathan S. Tobin
Will the plight of Afghanis recast the debate about refugees?
Alan Baker
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Repatriating Israeli captives is a humanitarian right under international conventions
Stephen M. Flatow
Rescuing Biden from Afghanistan
Yoav Limor
The new Shin Bet chief has his work cut out for him
Jonathan S. Tobin
Flattery and empty promises won’t preserve an alliance
James Dorsey
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Afghanistan may be a bellwether for Saudi-Iranian rivalry
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Old tricks, new humiliation
Mitchell Bard
Delta couldn’t keep us from Israel
Clifford D. May
Taliban calls the shots as America’s humiliation continues
Daniel Greenfield
Afghanistan after America
Burak Bekdil
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
How an Erdoğan crony made a fortune
Ofira Seliktar and Farhad Rezaei
Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
Tehran tests Joe Biden in Afghanistan and beyond
Danny Ayalon
A US visa waiver for Israelis? Doubtful
Caroline Glick
Bennett’s goals, Israel’s goals
James Sinkinson
FLAME
Will a new Iran deal be Biden’s next folly?
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The Wire
Latest releases from the Jewish World
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StandWithUs Refutes Misinformation in San Diego AFT Guild Local 1931 Statement
StandWithUs
More than 3,000 expected at Orthodox Union’s Virtual Torah Yerushalayim on Sept. 12
Orthodox Union
Nearly 500 participants join 23 Yachad Summer Programs
Orthodox Union
Jewish-American Entrepreneur Michael Golomb Joins Forbes Business Council
FanVestor
Women’s International Zionist Organization names new chairperson in California
Women's International Zionist Organization
Amid Rising Antisemitism, Concerned Citizens League Shul Members Train to Protect
Concerned Citizens League (CCL) Shul Members
Jewish National Fund-USA Delivers Food to Families for Rosh Hashanah
Jewish National Fund-USA
Jewish New Year presents new opportunities for thousands of young adults from the US and around the world
Masa Israel Journey
2,300 Teens Join 23 NCSY Summer Programs in Israel & US this Summer
Orthodox Union
OU Joins FBI-Newark Field Office in Launching ‘Protecting Our Communities Together’
Orthodox Union
First NYC DOE Parent Education Center for Queens Yeshiva Day School parents opens
Hidden Sparks
Jewish National Fund-USA to Hold 9/11 Memorial Events Across the Country
Jewish National Fund-USA
Alums for Campus Fairness Survey Reveals Shocking Growth of Antisemitism at U.S. Universities
Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)
The Jewish Agency for Israel Offers Rosh Hashanah E-Cards
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Artscroll Rosh Hashana/ Yom Kippur Prayer Books For Rent
Jeff Seidel's Student Center
Jewish National Fund-USA’s Alternative Break Inspires the Next Generation
Jewish National Fund-USA
Kitah Offers Jewish Families Flexible Online Education Options
Kitah
Organization wins right to sing Israel national anthem on Temple Mount
Beyadenu
Jews in All Six Gulf Countries Join together for First Selichot Gathering in Decades
Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC)
OU Women’s Initiative Launches Yemei Ratzon Program
Orthodox Union
New Course Helps Haredim Make Significant Strides Toward Entrance into Israel’s High-Tech Workforce
Jerusalem College of Technology
Against All Odds: Touro College Traveled Abroad for Israel Summer Study Tour
Touro College
Discussion with Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY15)
Pro-Israel America
StandWithUs Demands Universities Act Against Use of Official Accounts for Anti-Israel Activism
StandWithUs
Hundreds Gather at Bergen Hatzalah’s Community Awareness Event
Bergen Hatzalah
Educational Mission to Israel an Eye-Opening Experience for Teachers
Jewish National Fund-USA
Google and Unilever Among Companies Receiving Failing Grades in New Report on Antisemitism in Corporate America
StopAntisemitism.org
Long Beach’s BACH Jewish Center membership experiences 15% growth during new rabbi’s first year
BACH Jewish Center
22 Israeli Students Visit US for In-Depth Look at American Jewish Life
Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies
Gulf Arabs, Sephardic Jews Advancing Abraham Accords
American Sephardi Federation
PLO Ordered to Pay Compensation to Achille Lauro Hijacking Victims
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
StandWithUs: Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever: Recap and Frequently Asked Questions
StandWithUs
High School in Israel Students Support Jewish Youth Pledge
Jewish National Fund-USA
Rising antisemitism prompts CAMERA student training conference
CAMERA on Campus
Israeli Law Center Moves to Seize Ben and Jerry’s Rights to Manufacture Ice Cream in Judea and Samaria After Announced Boycott by Vermont Company
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
Jewish National Fund-USA Launches “This Is What Zionism Looks Like” Campaign
Jewish National Fund-USA
Honeymoon Israel trips and applications to resume
Honeymoon Israel
Mama Knows Best and Masa Israel Journey Launch a First Ever Matchmaking App in Time for Tu B’Av
Masa Israel Journey
Global Online Bariatric Surgical Seminar — Fruit of Galilee Medical Center, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Bar Ilan University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and the UAE’s Gulf Medical University Collaboration
Galilee Medical Center
Bergen Hatzalah Will Host Community Awareness Event on Aug. 5
Bergen Hatzalah
President Isaac Herzog Tours Jewish Agency’s Amigour Joseph Wilf Home for the Elderly
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Green Now, SPNI, and Resident’s Committee sue the Civil Administration:
Green Now
Galilee Medical Center: Technological Progress is Here
Galilee Medical Center
3,000 Rally Together Against Antisemitism in Major Show of Unity at U.S. Capitol
NO FEAR RALLY
JNF-USA Supports Jewish Future Pledge, Securing Israel’s Future
Jewish National Fund-USA
Tikvah Fund Launches New Krauthammer Fellowship for Aspiring Writers
The Tikvah Fund
University of Haifa’s Laboratory for Religious Studies Receives $50K Gift From The Wayfarer Foundation
American Society of the University of Haifa
HonestReporting Canada Insider Briefing: Hollywood and the Jews, with Noa Tishby
HonestReporting Canada
Coming soon! Middle East Scholar to Give Live Course on Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and International Law
Tikvah Fund
TideSmart and Reveal Partner to Offer Face-to-Face Customer Experience (CX) Insights Solution
TideSmart Global
see more
The Wire
Latest releases from the Jewish World
Publish to the JNS Wire
StandWithUs Refutes Misinformation in San Diego AFT Guild Local 1931 Statement
StandWithUs
More than 3,000 expected at Orthodox Union’s Virtual Torah Yerushalayim on Sept. 12
Orthodox Union
Nearly 500 participants join 23 Yachad Summer Programs
Orthodox Union
Jewish-American Entrepreneur Michael Golomb Joins Forbes Business Council
FanVestor
Women’s International Zionist Organization names new chairperson in California
Women's International Zionist Organization
Amid Rising Antisemitism, Concerned Citizens League Shul Members Train to Protect
Concerned Citizens League (CCL) Shul Members
Jewish National Fund-USA Delivers Food to Families for Rosh Hashanah
Jewish National Fund-USA
Jewish New Year presents new opportunities for thousands of young adults from the US and around the world
Masa Israel Journey
2,300 Teens Join 23 NCSY Summer Programs in Israel & US this Summer
Orthodox Union
OU Joins FBI-Newark Field Office in Launching ‘Protecting Our Communities Together’
Orthodox Union
First NYC DOE Parent Education Center for Queens Yeshiva Day School parents opens
Hidden Sparks
Jewish National Fund-USA to Hold 9/11 Memorial Events Across the Country
Jewish National Fund-USA
Alums for Campus Fairness Survey Reveals Shocking Growth of Antisemitism at U.S. Universities
Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF)
The Jewish Agency for Israel Offers Rosh Hashanah E-Cards
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Artscroll Rosh Hashana/ Yom Kippur Prayer Books For Rent
Jeff Seidel's Student Center
Jewish National Fund-USA’s Alternative Break Inspires the Next Generation
Jewish National Fund-USA
Kitah Offers Jewish Families Flexible Online Education Options
Kitah
Organization wins right to sing Israel national anthem on Temple Mount
Beyadenu
Jews in All Six Gulf Countries Join together for First Selichot Gathering in Decades
Association of Gulf Jewish Communities (AGJC)
OU Women’s Initiative Launches Yemei Ratzon Program
Orthodox Union
New Course Helps Haredim Make Significant Strides Toward Entrance into Israel’s High-Tech Workforce
Jerusalem College of Technology
Against All Odds: Touro College Traveled Abroad for Israel Summer Study Tour
Touro College
Discussion with Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY15)
Pro-Israel America
StandWithUs Demands Universities Act Against Use of Official Accounts for Anti-Israel Activism
StandWithUs
Hundreds Gather at Bergen Hatzalah’s Community Awareness Event
Bergen Hatzalah
Educational Mission to Israel an Eye-Opening Experience for Teachers
Jewish National Fund-USA
Google and Unilever Among Companies Receiving Failing Grades in New Report on Antisemitism in Corporate America
StopAntisemitism.org
Long Beach’s BACH Jewish Center membership experiences 15% growth during new rabbi’s first year
BACH Jewish Center
22 Israeli Students Visit US for In-Depth Look at American Jewish Life
Ruderman Program for American Jewish Studies
Gulf Arabs, Sephardic Jews Advancing Abraham Accords
American Sephardi Federation
PLO Ordered to Pay Compensation to Achille Lauro Hijacking Victims
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
StandWithUs: Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever: Recap and Frequently Asked Questions
StandWithUs
High School in Israel Students Support Jewish Youth Pledge
Jewish National Fund-USA
Rising antisemitism prompts CAMERA student training conference
CAMERA on Campus
Israeli Law Center Moves to Seize Ben and Jerry’s Rights to Manufacture Ice Cream in Judea and Samaria After Announced Boycott by Vermont Company
Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center
Jewish National Fund-USA Launches “This Is What Zionism Looks Like” Campaign
Jewish National Fund-USA
Honeymoon Israel trips and applications to resume
Honeymoon Israel
Mama Knows Best and Masa Israel Journey Launch a First Ever Matchmaking App in Time for Tu B’Av
Masa Israel Journey
Global Online Bariatric Surgical Seminar — Fruit of Galilee Medical Center, Azrieli Faculty of Medicine Bar Ilan University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and the UAE’s Gulf Medical University Collaboration
Galilee Medical Center
Bergen Hatzalah Will Host Community Awareness Event on Aug. 5
Bergen Hatzalah
President Isaac Herzog Tours Jewish Agency’s Amigour Joseph Wilf Home for the Elderly
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Green Now, SPNI, and Resident’s Committee sue the Civil Administration:
Green Now
Galilee Medical Center: Technological Progress is Here
Galilee Medical Center
3,000 Rally Together Against Antisemitism in Major Show of Unity at U.S. Capitol
NO FEAR RALLY
JNF-USA Supports Jewish Future Pledge, Securing Israel’s Future
Jewish National Fund-USA
Tikvah Fund Launches New Krauthammer Fellowship for Aspiring Writers
The Tikvah Fund
University of Haifa’s Laboratory for Religious Studies Receives $50K Gift From The Wayfarer Foundation
American Society of the University of Haifa
HonestReporting Canada Insider Briefing: Hollywood and the Jews, with Noa Tishby
HonestReporting Canada
Coming soon! Middle East Scholar to Give Live Course on Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, and International Law
Tikvah Fund
TideSmart and Reveal Partner to Offer Face-to-Face Customer Experience (CX) Insights Solution
TideSmart Global
see more
brief
IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after back-to-back rocket attacks
JNS
September 13, 2021
Terror groups in Gaza launched two rockets into Israel within hours, marking the third consecutive night of rocket-fire from the Hamas-ruled territory.
brief
Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire
Israel warplanes struck terror targets in the Gaza Strip for the second time in as many weeks after Israel’s Iron Dome downed a rocket that triggered sirens in Gaza-envelope communities.
brief
Caught on hot mic, Israeli health minister says ‘green pass’ not based on epidemiology
JNS
September 13, 2021
“Our problem is people who don’t get vaccinated. We need [to influence] them a bit; otherwise, we’ll never get out of this,” Nitzan Horowitz tells Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked.
brief
Israeli forces thwart attempted stabbing at Gush Etzion Junction
JNS
September 13, 2021
The assailant was shot by Israeli troops after attempting to stab a soldier with a screwdriver, according to the Israeli military.
brief
IDF chief: ‘We will not stop until remaining fugitives are caught’
Lilach Shoval and JNS staff
Israel Hayom
September 13, 2021
Following rocket fire, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi warns that Hamas and the Gaza Strip will “pay a heavy price” if the situation escalates.
news
Israel Police chief urges caution in face of remaining two ‘desperate’ terrorist fugitives
Itsik Saban and Idan Avni
Israel Hayom
Security officials are increasingly concerned that the pair, who may have split up, could try to carry out an attack following the arrests of the other four Gilboa Prison escapees.
brief
Bar-Lev: Arab crime families have ‘declared war’ on Israel Police
Itsik Saban and Idan Avni
Israel Hayom
September 13, 2021
Those who fired at the home of Police Maj. Gen. Jamal Hakroush, head of the unit charged with combating Arab-sector crime, have made “a very big mistake,” says Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev.
brief
IAEA chief visits Tehran to discuss Iran’s nuclear program
JNS
September 12, 2021
Iran is dragging its feet while moving ahead with its nuclear program, says Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, calling for “a distinct and clear deadline” to be set.
news
Knesset presents award to last survivor of Babi Yar massacre
JNS
September 12, 2021
“Michael [Sidko]’s story is intertwined with the story of the State of Israel, which arose from the ashes of the Holocaust, in order to stop the shedding of Jewish blood and to build a home for the Jewish people in the land of their ancestors,” said Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy.
feature
The 22 most interesting Israel-UAE agreements of the year
Naama Barak
Israel21C
September 12, 2021
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, some of the resulting benefits of normalization that many don’t know about.
brief
In 9/11 anniversary message, Al-Qaeda chief warns ‘Jerusalem will not be Judaized’
Israel Hayom
September 12, 2021
Ayman al-Zawahiri, long rumored dead, blasts Arab “collaborators” with the U.S. as “Zionist Arabs”—but makes no mention of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
news
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Israel and Mideast feel reverberations of 9/11 two decades later
Yaakov Lappin
JNS
September 10, 2021
What began as Israeli intelligence assistance against Al-Qaeda grew into larger cooperation against ISIS • Devastating attacks transformed America’s view of international terrorism • Whether Afghanistan again turns into Sunni terror hub an open question.
news
Analyzing US, Jewish communal security concerns post-9/11
Faygie Holt
“In almost every tactical situation, the United States has had success, but there has been, in a real sense, a broader strategic failure,” said Michael Masters, director of the Secure Community Network.
feature
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Jewish community recalls 9/11 with service projects, prayer, concert, memorial walk
Karen Schwartz
JNS
September 9, 2021
“We are showing we don’t forget, and that this was a very significant event,” says Rabbi Jonathan Glass. “Just because it’s 20 years later, it doesn’t become relegated to the dustbin of history.”
brief
New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage to hold tribute concert on 9/11
“Anniversaries provide an occasion to grieve those we’ve lost and to honor the acts of bravery and love that inspired us to carry on through dark and difficult days,” said museum president and CEO Jack Kliger.
brief
Israel’s consulate in New York honors 9/11 victims on 20th anniversary of attacks
“As terror and suffering continue to grow in this world, Israel and the United States must continue to join forces, and fight hate and evil from our midst,” said Acting Consul General in New York Israel Nitzan.
feature
Lior Raz on new show shot in Brooklyn, remembering 9/11 and being called sexy
Alan Zeitlin
JNS
September 10, 2021
“It’s funny,” he said. “I’m just a bald, ordinary guy. If I’m sexy, then everybody is sexy.”
brief
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Bin Laden son feels ‘shame, horror’ towards father, wants to visit Israel
JNS
September 10, 2021
An artist, Omar bin Laden lives in Normandy, France.
brief
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Binghamton University’s Mitzvah Marathon to mark Sept. 11 attacks
JNS
September 10, 2021
“This program is designed to give participants a practical way to mark the memory of those who perished and add more positivity and light to this world,” said Rabbi Levi Slonim.
brief
Tufts student wakes on Shabbat to find mezuzah gone, groups lodge complaint
Faygie Holt
JNS
September 10, 2021
This incident came days after university officials announced a new initiative to faculty and staff that seeks to “understand how anti-Semitism manifests itself at Tufts.”
brief
Watchdog urges Newsom to veto ethnic-studies mandate after it passes state legislature
JNS
September 10, 2021
“Every member of the Jewish community in California and across the country should be deeply concerned about the passage of AB 101,” said AMCHA Initiative director Tammi Rossman-Benjamin.
brief
Arizona first state to divest from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream boycott
JNS Staff
JNS
September 10, 2021
“We are delighted that the state sees boycotts against Israel for what they are—a form of anti-Semitism,” said Israel’s Consul General to the Southwest Hillel Newman.
brief
German man convicted of 2018 anti-Semitic assault on kosher restaurant
JNS
September 10, 2021
The 30-year-old suspect was given a one-year suspended prison sentence after damages to property and harming the Jewish owner.
brief
Lapid in Moscow: Israel reserves right to act against Iran to prevent nukes
JNS
September 9, 2021
“Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon is not only an Israeli problem; it’s a problem for the entire world,” said Israel’s foreign minister.
brief
Gulf Air to launch flights between Bahrain and Israel
JNS
September 10, 2021
They are scheduled for Mondays and Thursdays starting on Sept. 30.
brief
Slovakia apologizes for World War II laws against Jews
JNS
September 9, 2021
Passed by the Nazi puppet state, they facilitated the transfer of Jewish assets to non-Jewish owners and prevented Jews from education.
brief
Algerian judoka gets 10-year ban for refusing match against Israeli in Tokyo
JNS
September 9, 2021
Fethi Nourine said he made the decision with the help of his coach in order to “support the Palestinian cause.”
news
Could Gilboa Prison escape help spark another intifada?
Yaakov Lappin
JNS
September 9, 2021
Palestinian security prisoners also broke out of an Israeli prison in 1987, an incident that Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab affairs adviser to Israeli defense ministers, said was one of the catalysts for the outbreak of the First Intifada.
brief
Israeli public security minister announces inquiry committee into prison break
Report: The IDF has banned soldiers from the Judea and Samaria Division from leaving their bases to prepare for potential escalation.
news
Palestinian prisoners riot as hunt for escaped terrorists enters fourth day
Itsik Saban, Ariel Kahana and Shahar Klaiman
Israel Hayom
The Israel Police has reportedly gained information substantiating suspicions that prison guards helped the terrorists escape from Gilboa Prison via a tunnel.
brief
Hunt underway for six Palestinian terrorists who escaped prison in northern Israel
Daniel Siryoti and Itsik Saban
Israel Hayom
The six were serving life sentences in connection with deadly attacks against Israelis and are considered highly dangerous.
brief
IDF makes additional procurement of micro-Tavor assault rifles
JNS
September 9, 2021
The gun has a range of more than 500 meters; it was designed to deal “with modern terror threats, as well as urban and open-area combat.”
news
Jewish organizational streams weigh in on Texas abortion law
Dmitriy Shapiro
JNS
September 9, 2021
Leaders of the Reform movement were quick to condemn the new law in a letter signed on Sept. 2 by multiple organizations, in which they noted the stringency of the new legislation.
news
After years of rebuilding, Budapest’s Jewish community sees growth in size and shuls
Eliana Rudee
JNS
September 6, 2021
Where there were once 150 synagogues in Budapest, there are now fewer than two dozen. but efforts in the past decade to foster a resurgence in Jewish life have proven successful.
brief
Purchase of Hungarian Jewish artifacts rescues them from auction block
Not yet digitized or available elsewhere, these documents will present valuable contributions to historical and genealogical research.
Video
September 6, 2021
Ep. 9: Akko: Israel’s no-go zone
In this week’s episode, Ellie Cohanim visits the old city of Akko, the site of violent riots between Arab and Jewish residents in May.
news
Elazar Stern aims to promote Jewish unity, identity, solidarity in Diaspora
Israel Kasnett
JNS
September 3, 2021
Israel’s Minister of Intelligence believes his ability to understand people from many backgrounds gives him an edge over other candidates. But can he bridge the deep chasm that exists between Israeli and Diaspora Jewry?
news
High Holidays 2021
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in High Holidays
Josh Hasten
JNS
September 6, 2021
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions.
Column
Rosh Hashanah: A time of renewal and unity
Rabbi Elie Abadie
We have to believe that it is our personal involvement that will be meaningful and significant; we cannot rely on others to do it for us.
news
High Holidays 2021
German Jews and ‘3G:’ Adapting services to coronavirus regulations
Orit Arfa
JNS
September 6, 2021
“Usually, it’s a balagan (Hebrew slang for ‘mess’), and it’s beautiful. This year, it’s regulated from both sides, but it works,” said Jana Erdmann, head of press and communications for Chabad’s Jewish Educational Center in Berlin.
feature
Man plans, and God laughs: What the Delta variant means for High Holiday services
Faygie Holt
In-person or online? Indoors or outdoors? Once poised for a renaissance this year, synagogues nationwide are facing renewed questions as COVID-19 cases surge.
Featured Column
Jonathan S. Tobin
JNS
September 3, 2021
Will you help JNS speak truth to power in 5782?
Wishing all of our readers and their families a happy, healthy, peaceful and sweet New Year and to be sealed in the proverbial “Book of Life” for good.
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‘Cholent Festival’ brings Jewish culture to Hungary via food, music, traditions
Eliana Rudee
September 12, 2021
It’s part of a rejuvenation of Jewish life, particularly in Budapest, that has come about in the last decade after the dark shadow of the Holocaust and then years of Communist rule.
news
Knesset presents award to last survivor of Babi Yar massacre
September 12, 2021
“Michael [Sidko]’s story is intertwined with the story of the State of Israel, which arose from the ashes of the Holocaust, in order to stop the shedding of Jewish blood and to build a home for the Jewish people in the land of their ancestors,” said Speaker of the Knesset Mickey Levy.
feature
The 22 most interesting Israel-UAE agreements of the year
Naama Barak
Israel21C
September 12, 2021
Ahead of the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, some of the resulting benefits of normalization that many don’t know about.
news
Israel Police chief urges caution in face of remaining two ‘desperate’ terrorist fugitives
Itsik Saban and Idan Avni
Israel Hayom
September 12, 2021
Security officials are increasingly concerned that the pair, who may have split up, could try to carry out an attack following the arrests of the other four Gilboa Prison escapees.
news
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Israel and region continue to feel reverberations of 9/11 two decades later
Yaakov Lappin
September 10, 2021
What began as Israeli intelligence assistance against Al-Qaeda grew into larger cooperation against ISIS • Devastating attacks transformed America’s view of international terrorism • Whether Afghanistan again turns into Sunni terror hub an open question.
news
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Looking back, looking ahead: Analyzing US, Jewish communal security concerns post-9/11
Faygie Holt
September 10, 2021
“In almost every tactical situation, the United States has had success, but there has been, in a real sense, a broader strategic failure,” said Michael Masters, director of the Secure Community Network.
feature
Lior Raz on new show shot in Brooklyn, remembering 9/11 and being called sexy
Alan Zeitlin
September 10, 2021
“It’s funny,” he said. “I’m just a bald, ordinary guy. If I’m sexy, then everybody is sexy.”
news
Could Gilboa Prison escape help spark another intifada?
Yaakov Lappin
September 9, 2021
Palestinian security prisoners also broke out of an Israeli prison in 1987, an incident that Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab affairs adviser to Israeli defense ministers, said was one of the catalysts for the outbreak of the First Intifada.
feature
Sept. 11 Attacks, 20 Years Later
Jewish community recalls 9/11 with service projects, prayer, concert, memorial walk
Karen Schwartz
September 9, 2021
“What we will accomplish simply by marking the occasion to the degree that we are … we are showing we don’t forget, and that this was a very significant event,” says Rabbi Jonathan Glass. “Just because it’s 20 years later, it doesn’t become relegated to the dustbin of history.”
feature
Yom Kippur 2021
The ‘fast’ track to inspiration: 10 tips for a transformative Yom Kippur
Deborah Fineblum
September 9, 2021
“On this day, I am strong enough to rid myself of some unbecoming things I’ve picked up on the road and return home, picking up some beautiful mitzvahs along the way. On this day, I will experience not so much atonement as at-one-ment, returning to the One who sees and embraces me for who I am,” says Rabbi Tzvi Freeman.
news
Jewish organizational streams weigh in on Texas abortion law
Dmitriy Shapiro
September 9, 2021
Leaders of the Reform movement were quick to condemn the new law in a letter signed on Sept. 2 by multiple organizations, in which they noted the stringency of the new legislation.
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Palestinian prisoners riot as hunt for escaped terrorists enters fourth day
Itsik Saban, Ariel Kahana and Shahar Klaiman
Israel Hayom
September 9, 2021
The Israel Police has reportedly gained information substantiating suspicions that prison guards helped the terrorists escape from Gilboa Prison via a tunnel.
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High Holidays 2021
German Jews and ‘3G:’ Adapting High Holiday services to coronavirus regulations
Orit Arfa
September 6, 2021
“Usually, it’s a balagan (Hebrew slang for ‘mess’), and it’s beautiful. This year, it’s regulated from both sides, but it works,” said Jana Erdmann, head of press and communications for Chabad’s Jewish Educational Center in Berlin.
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High Holidays 2021
As Gulf opens to Jewish life, Muslims spark interest in learning about High Holidays
Josh Hasten
September 6, 2021
One year after the Abraham Accords were signed, locals from communities in Gulf states have taken a keen and public interest in the Jewish New Year and its traditions.
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After years of rebuilding, Budapest’s Jewish community sees growth in size and shuls
Eliana Rudee
September 6, 2021
Where there were once 150 synagogues in Budapest, there are now fewer than two dozen; however, efforts in the past decade to foster a resurgence in Jewish life have proven successful.
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