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Mahmoud Abbas poses for pictures in Rome, Italy on Nov. 2, 2022. Photo credit: The Office of the President of Italy.
Abbas: According to Quran, Jewish Temple stood in Yemen
“The Jews say, ‘This is ours, that was ours....’ No. That’s not what the Quran says,” said the Palestinian leader, echoing a claim made by his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.
Canaan Lidor
April 29, 2025
Leaders of the New York-based YIVO Institute for Jewish Research opening crates of salvaged materials. Credit: Courtesy of YIVO.
At 100, YIVO aims to be more global
“YIVO was conceived as a kind of Smithsonian Institution-Library of Congress of Eastern European Jews,” Eddy Portnoy, director of exhibitions at the nonprofit, told JNS.
Vita Fellig
April 24, 2025
Ben Sasse, former senator and former university president, speaks at the Tikvah Fund Jewish Leadership Conference, where he received an award, in New York City on Dec. 8, 2024. Photo by Sean T. Smith/Simon Luethi via Tikvah Fund.
Tikvah Fund event draws 1,000, makes case for ‘Jewish fight for America’
“We Jews are the blue and white in the red, white and blue,” the Yiddish scholar Ruth Wisse told attendees of the Jewish Leadership Conference.
JNS Staff
Dec. 17, 2024
Visualization of Golda Meir Park in Kyiv. Credit: Kyiv City Council.
Kyiv approves Golda Meir Park in historical center
The Kyiv City Council renamed the site in honor of the Israeli prime minister on the 125th anniversary of her birth.
David Isaac
Dec. 4, 2024
Benny Morris. Credit: Courtesy.
German University nixes gig by Israeli scholar Benny Morris
Two University of Leipzig professors cited "security concerns" and claims of "racism" against the historian, a vocal opponent of Israeli control over parts of Judea and Samaria.
Canaan Lidor
Dec. 3, 2024
Geffen Kan-Tor, 5, exploring David's Citadel in the Old City of Jerusalem with her father. Photo by Ricky Rachman.
Jerusalem’s Tower of David Museum champions accessibility
Elevators, ramps and widened pathways have transformed the heritage site in the capital's Old City.
Sharon Altshul
Nov. 29, 2024
Hayim Nahman Bialik, Sholem Aleichem, Mendele Mocher Seforim and Mordechai Ben Ami. Credit: KKL-JNF Archive.
‘Soundtrack of our lives,’ KKL-JNF releases photos of poet Hayim Nahman Bialik
Released at the 90th anniversary of Bialik's death, the photos "reveal aspects of the national poet's private life and teach us more about the person he was," according to KKL-JNF's Efrat Sinai.
June 25, 2024
Crowds of Israelis wave flags at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 18, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Twelve tough questions and simple answers about Israel
I hope that all of you will use my answers as springboards for more formal and informal discussions.
Gil Troy
June 23, 2024
The Odeon, a theater on the south side of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Photo by Menachem Wecker.
Attempts by ancient rabbis to curb Greek theater a comedy of errors, per new book
“Given the ideological resistance to theater by some Jewish and Christian authorities, it is all the more striking when they appropriate its forms,” author Courtney Friesen told JNS.
Menachem Wecker
June 17, 2024