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Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim

Mike Wagenheim is a Washington-based correspondent for JNS, primarily covering the U.S. State Department and Congress. He is the senior U.S. correspondent at the Israel-based i24NEWS TV network.

With branches on both coasts, Hebrew Public is welcoming newly arrived children with a Ukrainian Jewish administrator leading the initiative.
Michael Herzog talks terror, peace and how Israel is reacting to both.
Rabbi Harold Kravitz talks about how the pandemic affected synagogue life, how rabbis are moving to other outlets and how a joint partnership with the Rabbinical Assembly and the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism are paving the way for the future.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva Meirav Eilon Shahar said “Israel does not expect fair, objective or professional treatment from an activist who promotes outrageous libels.”
A film recounting a tale of African bondage and freedom, told through modern-day social media, becomes the focal point for a U.N.-sponsored event to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
From the practical (a training session called “Until Help Arrives”) to the professional (DHS provides protective security advisers across the country), a security expert offers sound advice to taken to ensure that this Passover is a safe one for American Jews.
Those on the ground in Ukraine provide updates on facts and figures, and share stories of heartbreak and inspiration.
The Jewish Federations of North America outlined potential scenarios for refugee resettlement, from entry programs to financial support and absorption to social services.
With regional tensions simmering and the potential for everything to boil over with the approach of Passover, Easter and Ramadan, U.N. Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland led off by summarizing the work of planning committees to prepare for the possible construction of 3,400 homes in Israel’s capital.
Chicago-based Morningstar hired outside counsel to review anti-Israel bias claims against it after long-standing denials. An apparent good-faith effort has bought them a stay.
JFNA has raised $30 million for Ukraine relief effort, coordinating its activities with a host of global Jewish organizations.
Regarding help to those fleeing the country in the wake of a continued Russian onslaught, Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich said: “I’m making this very clear that all of the Jewish communities are doing this, and nobody is asking if you’re Jewish or not. The buses leave from the synagogues, but they’re open to anybody that wants to come.”