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Avi Kumar

Avi Kumar

Avi Kumar is a Sri Lanka native based in the United Arab Emirates who writes on global Jewish topics and the Holocaust and speaks 11 languages.

Asked how it feels to be a nonagenarian Israel Defense Forces reservist in action, Ezra Yakhin told JNS that “it is very important for us to fight for our country. I feel excellent.”
“The jackal population is exploding because they are not afraid to stay near human settlement,” says Yaron Dekel, scientific director of the Shamir Research Institute.
“Sri Lanka has had Jewish traders and a community long ago,” Waruna Wilpatha, a former Sri Lankan ambassador to Israel, told JNS.
Two Israeli natives living in Australia are working with indigenous Australians to give their languages a life after death.
Avi Schwartz draws on his experience as a rabbi in his movies, which include the 2023 “The Quest: Get Back Your Ex.”
The Jewish politician was “popular across all parties because of his good humor and decency,” the second-most senior Irish politician said of Briscoe.
“Esperanto was born in the same era that the modern Hebrew revival was,” said Amri Wandel of Hebrew University.
Aaron Hadida of Herut Canada: “Jews need to come out, be tough and show our pride.”
“Our homeland was under attack, and we only wanted to keep it safe,” one man told JNS. “Can you blame us?”