Diaspora Jewry
Pew statistics show Americans view Jews, Protestants, Catholics more favorably than Muslims, Mormons
“This survey confirms what we have found repeatedly over the past decade, which is that on the whole, Jews are among the most positively regarded religious groups in America,” Alan Cooperman, director of religion research at Pew Research Center, told JNS.
Most major mainstream U.S. Jewish groups have stated they will not meet with Bezalel Smotrich during his U.S. visit.
The Zionist Organization of America and Orthodox Union are the only Jewish organizations to publicly confirm they will meet the Israeli finance minister.
Cleveland State University is exhibiting the Indian American Jewish artist, who draws inspiration from comic books, pop art, Bollywood, Indian folk imagery, Persian miniatures and Hebrew illuminated manuscripts.
El Al and Arkia flight attendants are distributing Purim packages to passengers before they board the plane to be distributed to a fellow Jew in a different country.
Portugal insists that Capt. Arthur Carlos Barros Basto, who died in 1961, must personally request reinstatement in the army.
“It took U.S. experts too much time to realize that the Russian war against Ukraine is our war,” Ukraine-born historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern told JNS.
“Our Middle East: An Insider’s View” with hosts Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh and guest Dumisani Washington, Ep. 2
The Russian invasion put Diana Bukman back in touch with her ex-husband in Israel. It also sent her former colleague across the world to Richmond, Va.
On the ground, Internet access and cash are luxuries, and “life happens between sirens,” Inna Vdovichenko, JDC’s representative in Odessa, told JNS.
“I would like every Jewish person to have a passing familiarity with a firearm,” retired mohel and founder of ‘“Bullets and Bagels” Dr. Fred Kogen told JNS.
The group has already distributed more than $30 million and helped 5,000 Jews immigrate to Israel.
