JNS The Daily Syndicate - Friday, December 29, 2023

Friday, December 29, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Leonard Bernstein, an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author and humanitarian, in London in 1986. Credit: Go My Media/Shutterstock.

featured column

Jonathan S. Tobin

More to Leonard Bernstein than his sex life or his nose

A much-anticipated biopic is a reflection of contemporary obsessions, adding little of value about a great musician and one of the most interesting Jews of the 20th century.

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 28, 2023. Credit: IDF.

With air, sniper, tank fire, IDF eliminates dozens of terrorists

Yaakov Lappin

Five IDF soldiers injured in car-ramming attack

Israeli security forces shot and neutralized the terrorist.

Will Hamas get unfettered access to tunnels on Egyptian border?

Ariel Kahana

A member of the Al-Quds Brigades of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, inside an attack tunnel in Beit Hanun in the northern Gaza Strip, May 18, 2022. Credit: Attia Muhammed/Flash90.

Israeli martial artist provides tips and techniques for New York Jews’ self-defense

Mike Wagenheim

Israeli citizens pack donations of food and other necessities for Israeli soldiers and citizens in the south, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israeli population poised to pass 10 million in 2024

A typical New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, New York. Credit: Anthony Quintano via Wikimedia Commons.

New York boosts security prior to New Year’s events

New York City Police Department officer patch. Credit: BrandonKleinPhoto/Shutterstock.

Antisemitic vandals target offices of two pro-Israel New York congressmen

The Vienna International Center (bottom left), home to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), viewed from the offices of the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna, Austria. Credit: Justen Thomas/U.S. Department of State.

US, France, Germany, UK to Iran: De-escalate nuclear program

Israeli soldiers remove the corpses of civilians massacred in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza border, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Palestinian news network accuses Israel of atrocities Hamas executed on Oct. 7

An illustration of an Iranian ballistic missile. Credit: Allexxandar/Shutterstock.

Iran executes four individuals accused of spying for Mossad

Credit: Postmodern Studio/Shutterstock.

DC nonprofit adviser praises Jew-hatred on Urban Dictionary

Orthodox Jewish men chat at Spitalfields market in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London, Aug. 27, 2016. Credit: Elena Rostunova/Shutterstock.

Man assaults child outside London synagogue, knocks off Jewish men’s hats

A map of a Hamas tunnel network discovered by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip. Credit: IDF.

65 million files: The intel exposing Hamas tunnels

JCRC/AJC board member Samantha Woll lighting candles in March 2018. Credit: Courtesy of JCRC/AJC.

Samantha Woll stabbed eight times in face, neck

Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli. Credit: Reuven Kapochinsky via Wikimedia Commons.

Harvard a synonym for antisemitism, says Diaspora minister

Etgar Lefkovits

Basma Hino, who made her restaurant in the Western Galilee village of Julis kosher so all Jewish soldiers could eat her donated meals. Credit: TPS.

Druze restaurant goes kosher to unite with soldiers

Sveta Listratov

Israeli soldiers take a break before entering the Gaza Strip, Dec. 20, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

‘The US needs to let us win in our own way,’ mothers of IDF soldiers demand

Amelie Botbol

Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps General Sayyed Razi Mousavi. Source: X/Twitter.

Iran was sent a message with assassination of IRGC senior leader

Yoav Limor

Economy and Industry Minister Nir Barkat arrives for a Cabinet meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Dec. 24, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel to boost entrepreneurship with nine innovation centers

Pesach Benson

Jill Stein, a Green Party candidate for president in 2024. Source: Politico/YouTube.

‘As a Jew,’ Green Party candidate Jill Stein accuses Israel of genocide

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 29, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Israeli warriors: A glimpse into Gaza

A delegation of pro-Israel student leaders from prominent U.S. universities who have witnessed significant rising antisemitism visit Israel to learn firsthand about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, Dec. 28, 2023. Credit: Office of Knesset member Danny Danon.

Jewish students visit Israel, learning how to confront campuses ‘rampant with antisemitism’

Josh Hasten

A scene from the film"1506: The Lisbon Genocide." Credit: Courtesy.

Oporto Jewish community promotes film on 1506 Lisbon massacre

David Isaac

Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.

cartoon

Dry Bones

"Shabbat: A Taste of Heaven" (2002) by Mark Podwal. Credit: Mark Podwal.

drawing

Mark Podwal

‘Shabbat: A Taste of Heaven’

opinion

An anti-Israel rally in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Oct. 13, 2023. Credit: Hladnikm via Wikimedia Commons.

featured column

Ben Cohen

You’re not antisemitic? Sure?

There’s no thick red line separating “progressive” anti-Zionism from “reactionary” antisemitism.

Rob Derdiger

Helping college DEI offices fix themselves has become part of AEPi’s mission

Rabbi Avi Weiss, Eitan Fischberger

Israel’s war against terror goes beyond the Middle East

Thane Rosenbaum

The Hamas winter is coming …

Israeli special forces conduct searches at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 15, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Rejecting misconceptions of the Hamas-Israel war

Yeshivot Bnei Akiva alumni pray in the Gaza Strip. Credit: AFYBA.

AFYBA offers day-long visits to soldiers, survivors and hostage family members

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