JNS The Daily Syndicate - Monday, May 13, 2024

Monday, May 13, 2024


	The Daily Syndicate

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

After 76 years of Israeli independence, Jews must still be Zionists

As the post-Oct. 7 pro-Hamas protests and resulting surge of antisemitism have shown, it is the idea of a Jewish state that’s under attack, not Israel’s policies or actions.

Israeli children play with Israeli flags ahead of Israel's 75th Independence Day, at Kobi kindergarden in Moshav Yashresh, on April 19, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel celebrates 76th Independence Day in shadow of Hamas war

A 5th generation fighter jet of the Israeli Air Force F-35I "Adir" flies in the skies of Tel Aviv on Independence Day on May 5, 2022. Credit: Davidi Vardi/Shutterstock.

House to vote Wednesday on bill to compel Biden to sell arms to Israel

Andrew Bernard

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) meets with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, Oct. 16, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry.

Gallant, Blinken discuss ‘shared objective to defeat Hamas’

Joshua Marks

Shlomi Chetrit, superintendent and head of research at the Israel Police, at a display at an Israeli police academy of charred armored vehicles that were destroyed on Oct. 7, on May 12, 2024. Credit: Courtesy.

Police academy displays armored vehicles destroyed on Oct. 7

Etgar Lefkovits

latest news

Bipartisan House bill supports stronger US-Israel healthcare ties

New York City Mayor Eric Adams visits the Jewish Quarter, Great Synagogue and Jewish Museum in Rome, Italy, on May 12, 2024. Credit: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office.

New York City mayor in Rome: Faith builds ‘strong beliefs in oneself’

Jessica Seinfeld and Jerry Seinfeld at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Credit: David Shankbone via Wikimedia Commons.

Seinfeld to Duke grads: ‘Don’t think about having, think about becoming’

A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo.

Columbia students wear zip-ties, carry Palestinian signs at graduation

Betsy Berns Korn. Credit: YouTube/AIPAC screenshot.

Conference of Presidents committee recommends Betsy Berns Korn as chair-elect

State Capitol building in Raleigh, N.C. Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock.

North Carolina House passes ‘Shalom Act’ to codify IHRA definition

The 16th annual Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day) Masa Israel Journey ceremony at Yad L’Shiryon in Latrun, Israel, on May 12, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Masa Israel Journey.

‘We are one’: Israelis, world Jewry unite at Memorial Day ceremony

Etgar Lefkovits

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) in 2019. Credit: U.S. Senate Official Portrait.

Kaine responds to anti-Israel activists: ‘This crisis has spiraled out of control’

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Caroline B. Glick

Mother of fallen soldier: My son’s death cannot be in vain (guest Sarah Schwartz)

opinion

An Israeli soldier places flowers and flags on graves at the military cemetery in Kiryat Shmona on May 12, ahead of Israeli Memorial Day on May 13, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

featured column

Ruthie Blum

‘I am as my people are’

How—and what—can we celebrate in the wake of Oct. 7?

Gen. John R. Allen speaking at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. Credit: Jef Parker via Wikimedia Commons.

featured column

Benjamin Kerstein

The time for Jexit has come

The Democrats should start worrying about what it might be like not to have the Jews to kick around anymore.

Jan Lee

The resounding importance of Yom Hazikaron

Gregg Mashberg

The heirs to Soviet antisemitism

Farley Weiss

Why is the Biden administration defending antisemitism?

Bob Zeidman

Israel has lost every war for the past 50 years

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