Jewish Organizations
Accepting the Golden Vision Award at the European Jewish Congress’s 40th anniversary gala, Israel’s president called on Europe to defend Jewish life.
The ceremony marking the completion of their reinterment took place exactly 109 years after the Balfour Declaration.
The talks focused on U.S.-Morocco ties, economic cooperation and the kingdom’s Jewish heritage.
Jewish and Zionist advocate tells JNS that education, personal engagement and action are essential to countering antisemitism and anti-Israel narratives.
One of the items, a richly illuminated holiday prayer book, was created by 15th-century artist Joel ben Simeon.
The House of Excellence will provide science, technology and leadership programs for young people in Israel’s north.
Mark Levine “was gonna get grilled,” a source who attends services at the Altneu Synagogue, told JNS. “Neither side wanted an uneasy dinner.”
The Majdal Shams mother has become an outspoken advocate for resilience and unity since losing her 11-year-old daughter, Alma.
“The response to the Oct. 7 attacks created a real moment of reckoning,” Shira Hutt, executive vice president of the Jewish Federations of North America, told JNS.
“When Agudath Israel humanizes these issues, it makes it a lot easier for these representatives to go out and advocate,” New York State Assembly member Sam Berger told JNS.
Some 100 KKL-JNF representatives from 33 countries are taking part in a five-day conference focused on rebuilding Israel’s north.
Mark Treyger told JNS that the street was named for the JCRC “at a moment when antisemitism too often defines the conversation about Jewish life.”
