Jewish and Israeli Holidays
U.S. Customs and Border Protection stated that it is “committed to treating all travelers with respect and dignity at all U.S. ports of entry.”
“Holding a vote that seeks to demonize the Jewish homeland on a day when Jewish students will not be able to participate is exclusionary, biased and flat-out wrong,” Maryland Hillel stated.
The Democratic frontrunner for mayor, who had no speaking role, reportedly received a standing ovation.
“We must state clearly that antisemitic incitement taking place in the UK is costing human lives,” Sharren Haskel said.
The global body did so in 2024 for the first time after JNS pressed it on its silence about Jewish holidays.
The former New York governor said that his decisions to lockdown yeshivas and limit prayer gatherings during the pandemic “caused pain in the Jewish community.”
On the eve of Yom Kippur, the Israeli envoy decried the “great shows of theater, long speeches and grand declarations” of the global body.
“They reveal the Jewish year not as an app or a feed but as something literally held together by thread and parchment, calibrated by generations who turned those pages on the eve of festivals and fasts,” Chaim Neria told JNS.
Bring a seasonal dish to share in the sukkah during the weeklong holiday.
“We invite the people of Israel to join us this coming Sukkot and see up close the work of mine clearance and, for the first time in history, enjoy an area that had been closed to the public for decades,” said Mine and UXO Clearance Authority head Shachar Beck.
The annual weeklong evangelical show of support for Israel is the largest solidarity mission to Israel since the war against Hamas started two years ago following the October 7 massacre.
Flights with foreign carriers were canceled due to congestion and delays in leaving Ukraine by land.
