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This year saw five first-place awards and three second-place ones for editors, staff writers and freelancers in the journalism competition.
Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi presented Israeli assessments on Iran’s nuclear program and regional entrenchment in the Middle East.
John Rathbun, 37, was convicted of attempting to transport or receive explosive devices with the knowledge or intent to kill, injure or intimidate, or unlawfully damage or destroy property.
Priorities include communicating intelligence assessments by the Israel Defense Forces on Iran’s nuclear program and professional concerns over a new nuclear deal, in addition to sharing key lessons from recent conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
Maj. T, an Israeli fighter-jet pilot, tells JNS: “There are certain things that only F-35s can communicate to one another.”
As a fighter pilot, he took part in the Israeli Air Force bombing of the Osirak nuclear reactor in Iraq in 1981.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his recent support for Israel during the Gaza war.
Some 26 anti-Semitic hate crimes took place from May 2 to May 23, two days before Israel and Hamas in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire.
He will handle responsibilities such as engaging with the House and Senate Bipartisan Task Forces for Combating Anti-Semitism.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Americans need to take a “hard look” at whether such weapons sales fuel the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Maj. Gen. Thomas Solhjem, the U.S. Army’s chief of chaplains, pointed out that “a critical element in the founding of our nation is the diversity that we see in our faith communities.”
Pop-up programs, workshops, giving circles, “screen-side chats” and wellness inspiration draw on Jewish culture and wisdom to help address rising levels of loneliness, stress and anxiety.
