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“If we understand why the Jews have been hated obsessively for so many millennia, then we understand our greatness,” says Rabbi Raphael Shore.
Chen G. Schimmel’s image of a volunteer cleaning bloodstains in the home of a murdered resident of Kibbutz Be’eri earned the “Photo of the Year” award.
Israeli-American actor Yadin Gellman staves off PTSD through fatherhood and storytelling.
Critics said the juxtaposition in the annual Christmas address was misguided and an exercise in “looking the other way.”
Experts talk to JNS about foreign aid that enters Gaza only for Hamas to plunder the resources. There will be profound consequences if this persists.
Tehran is “vulnerable both internally and externally,” having suffered a series of blows in quick succession.
The event in Medford, Mass., “endangers community safety under the guise of cultural programming,” local artist Elliot Jokelson told JNS.
The Ghetto Fighters’ House is experiencing a rebirth after a year of rocket attacks from Lebanon.
“After the Temple’s destruction, the menorah image became an important icon in the Jewish collective memory both within Israel and in the Diaspora.”
Tehran faces severe domestic challenges—from pollution and power outages to brain drain and public dissent, pushing society toward likely collapse.
Scholars and historians have concluded that Jesus Christ was a Jew from Judea who lived under Roman rule.
“The Palestinian Authority has failed—negligently and intentionally—posing a threat to the residents of the entire State of Israel,” said Idit Silman.
