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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.

Israeli envoy accuses his Palestinian counterpart of “regurgitating fabrications” that do nothing to bring about an end to the conflict.
“What this report card shows us are that those seeds of hate are the precursors to physical violence,” Eric Dinowitz, chair of the New York City Council’s Jewish Caucus, tells JNS.
“Children and education are top priority. Anything that puts that priority at risk is taken very seriously,” Rabbi Yehuda Sarna, executive director at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at New York University, told JNS.
Israeli-American experts are slated to run Yeshiva University’s security operations center, which provides students with real-world experience responding to cyberattacks.
Ronny Urman, a former scout and founder of the Israeli Scouts’ Arizona chapter, tells JNS that Tzofim empowers Israeli-American and disconnected young American Jews.
Most major mainstream U.S. Jewish groups have stated they will not meet with Bezalel Smotrich during his U.S. visit.
Hours before Riyadh and Tehran renew relations, a congressional subcommittee strategized on advancing the Abraham Accords.
The cellist and Jewish convert who envisioned the musical work, Kristina Reiko Cooper, came to learn that Chiune Sugihara rescued her father-in-law.
If the court does not overrule a lower decision, grumbling co-workers could prevent the faithful from observing their holy days of rest, say American Jewish organizations.
The “Shakespeare Haggadah” ties together an author’s love of the playwright and the “inherent flexibility” the story of the Exodus provides.
“I don’t want to say we became smug in America, but now we find ourselves seeking their help,” said senior American Jewish Committee official Andrew Baker.
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth Jose W. Fernandez says the group “reinforces the Biden-Harris administration’s goal to build on the Abraham Accords.”