JNS The Daily Syndicate - Friday, May 31, 2024

Friday, May 31, 2024


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Former President Donald Trump speaks to press before the start of a civil fraud trial brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James in New York on Oct. 2, 2023. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Subverting democracy and the fate of the Jews

Jews uniquely thrived in America because of its exceptionalism and rule of law. The prosecution of former President Donald Trump could mark the end of the era of safety.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House on the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, May 31, 2024. Credit: Carlos Fyfe/ White House.

‘It’s time for this war to end,’ Biden says, laying out Israeli ceasefire proposal

Andrew Bernard

Gilad Erdan, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, briefs reporters outside of the U.N. Security Council Chamber at U.N. Headquarters in New York City on April 8, 2024. Credit: Loey Felipe/U.N. Photo.

Gilad Erdan, Israel’s fiery UN envoy, to complete his tenure this summer

Mike Wagenheim

The fifth day of the 77th World Health Assembly, May 31, 2024. Credit: Pan American Health Organization/Creative Commons.

Israeli amendment surprisingly passes World Health Assembly

Mike Wagenheim

U.S. President Donald Trump at a campaign rally held at the Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 2, 2018. Credit: Evan El-Amin/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups respond to Trump guilty verdict

Schara Tzedeck, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Vancouver, Canada, that was firebombed on May 30, 2024. Credit: Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver.

‘Not Canada we want to be,’ Trudeau says after arson attack at Vancouver shul

David Swindle

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Sept. 18, 2023. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.

US, Europe stay away from Raisi tribute at UN

Mike Wagenheim

Marchers head up Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in the annual Celebrate Israel Parade, June 4, 2023. Photo by Ryan Rahman/Shutterstock.

Jewish New Yorkers, police brace for pro-Hamas protests at Israel parade

Mike Wagenheim

Gazan terrorists fire rockets towards Israel, Nov. 7, 2023. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Hamas has only ‘dozens’ of long-range rockets left

Sgt. Yonatan Elias (left) and Sgt. First Class (res.) Adar Gavriel. Credit: IDF.

Two more IDF troops killed in action in Gaza

Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (left) and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita meet in Rabat, June 8, 2023. Source: X.

Israel apologizes after PM uses map of Morocco without Western Sahara

Shachar Kleiman and Nissan Shtrauchler

Bank of Israel Gov. Amir Yaron. Credit: Bank of Israel spokesperson.

No ‘blank check’ for IDF, Bank of Israel head says amid $67b war

An Iranian Saegheh-2 drone on display at the Eqtedar 40 defense exhibition in Tehran, Feb. 5, 2019. Photo by Hossein Mersadi via Wikimedia Commons.

US sanctions four Iranian drone makers

Chinese President Xi Jinping at the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing, May 30, 2024. Source: X.

Xi announces $69m in aid for Gaza

Yair Golan speaks after the results were announced in the Labor Party leadership primary elections in Tel Aviv, May 28, 2024. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Labor leader under fire after praising IDF refusals during wartime

David Isaac

The Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem's Old City. Photo by Dudi Vaaknin.

Unveiling Jerusalem’s priestly neighborhood from Herodian era

Yori Yalon

Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina. Source: House Committee on Education and the Workforce/X.

Rep. Foxx: ‘Patterns of antisemitism on Yale’s and Michigan’s campuses’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (seated) with congressional candidate Craig Goldman (rear, center) in Fort Worth, May 21, 2024. Credit: Greg Abbott/X.

RJC endorses ‘proud Jewish Republican’ Craig Goldman in Texas 12th district race

Stop the Bleed kits and stations. Credit: stopthebleed.org.

Secure Community Network provides ‘Stop the Bleed’ kits to Jewish organizations

David Swindle

Israelis protest against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) outside one of its offices in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel gives UNRWA 30 days to evacuate Jerusalem facility

David Isaac

Lior Tevet (second from right) and friends protest against a pro-Palestinian rally in Ireland. Credit: Courtesy.

Why being Jewish in Ireland has become dangerous

Nissan Shtrauchler

Israeli soldiers operating in eastern Rafah, the Gaza Strip, May 9, 2024. Credit: IDF.

IDF: Troops operating in ‘precise’ manner in central Rafah

Riot police use pepper spray and a water cannon against pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Israeli embassy in Athens, Greece, on May 15, 2021. Credit: Alexandros Michailidis/Shutterstock.

Greece to expel foreign students over disruptive anti-Israel protests

Adi Nirman

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh, center, as Iran's acting president Mohammad Mokhber sits at left, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, May 22, 2024. Source: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader.

Khamenei: US student protesters ‘on the right side of history’

A view of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel, April 9, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

500 women to join in Sea of Galilee ‘swimathon’ to help others

Milk and dairy. Credit: adonyig/Pixabay,

Shavuot brings a tableau of riches, from the table to the Torah

Ethel G. Hofman

U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Gagan Kaur/Pexels.

Black-Jewish congressional caucus celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month

College Hall, home to the Max and Nadia Shepard Recital Hall, and the oldest residence hall on campus, at SUNY New Paltz in New Paltz, N.Y. Credit: crz4mets2 via Wikimedia Commons.

New York official offers apology, doesn’t retract anti-Jewish media posts

opinion

Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip on May 21, 2024. Credit: IDF.

Caroline B. Glick

Does Biden reject Israel’s right to self-defense?

Demonstration in France in support of a Palestinian state. Credit: Hapelinium/Shutterstock.

Ben Cohen

Will France abandon its opposition to unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state?

Amelia Katzen

New short-story collection sheds light on human displacement in Israel, US

Moshe Phillips

Antisemitism can’t be fought with an anti-Israel speaker

Dr. Eric R. Mandel

What would a Palestinian state look like the day after independence?

Kfir Bibas was 9 months old when he was kidnapped, along with his parents and 4-year-old brother, from southern Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023. (Right) Hamas leaders train Palestinian children to become terrorists and embed their terror infrastructure among civilians.

Israel denounced for ‘just’ war to save hostages and end Hamas

Brooke Goldstein and Avi Jorisch address audience at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. Credit: Courtesy of the Lawfare Project.

Brooke Goldstein serves as master of ceremonies at Israeli consulate event

Erika Bocknek. Credit: Courtesy of American Jewish University.

AJU School for Jewish Education and Leadership hires full-time lecturer

Young Olim meeting with Meitav, the IDF unit responsible for supervising new soldiers. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

Hundreds participate in ‘Olim Al Madim’ fair to explore enlistment options

As many as 1,200 young Jewish professionals joined together to see the Nova music festival exhibition in New York City and to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer, May 26, 2024. Photo by Shmulie Grossbaum/Chabad Young Professionals.

‘We Will Dance Again’: 1,200 young professionals hear from Nova survivors in New York

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