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The wave of immigration to Israel coincides with the nearly 11-month war against Hamas in Gaza and a surge in global antisemitism.
Dr. Aviad Scheinin led an international team that documented a young sperm whale’s journey spanning approximately 1,740 miles from west to east.
The sand-filled vaulted tomb, which dates to the fourth century C.E., was found in the 1930s, about 300 meters from the beach.
Archbishop Justin Welby should know that Jerusalem was the capital of Israel before anyone heard of Britain, Rabbi Warren Goldstein said.
The community’s security team managed to hold off the terrorist onslaught on Oct. 7 but the children underwent immense trauma.
“It is war by other means to demonize Israel,” said CEO Daniel S. Mariaschin.
“This is BDS. No doubt about it,” Richard Goldberg, of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
The four-day Flag Football World Championships in Lahti, Finland, will feature a gathering of the top-ranked teams from around the globe.
Washington is “gravely concerned,” the U.S. State Department said.
Five lawmakers signed on to a correspondence questioning the agency’s commissioner, Daniel Werfel.
“We don’t have every nationality in America speak at a convention,” the former House speaker told reporters at the convention in Chicago.
Now is the time for Israel to expand investment in engineering education, Afeka Academic College president tells JNS.