JNS The Daily Syndicate - Friday, June 28, 2024

Friday, June 28, 2024


	The Daily Syndicate

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden and participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 election campaign at ‘CNN's studios in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

Why are we failing to respond to ‘1,000 Charlottesvilles?’

The surge in antisemitism received only a fleeting mention in the Biden-Trump debate. But lost amid the fallout over its outcome is a serious question about fighting hate.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on June 25, 2024. Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images.

Gallant: Israel committed to hostage deal despite Hamas rejection

Andrew Bernard

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., on June 28, 2024. Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images.

‘Everyone should just calm down’ about Biden debate performance, pollster says

David Swindle

Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Programme, at a Food and Agriculture Organization eventin Rome on July 7, 2023. Credit: Cristiano Minichiello/FAO, via U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies in Rome.

UN official admits lack of data indicating famine in Gaza

Mike Wagenheim

Mark Rienzi, president and CEO of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, and other witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing about combating workplace antisemitism in postsecondary education on June 26, 2024. Credit: House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Professors testify before House subcommittee on anti-Jewish work bias

Andrew Bernard

Pro-Hamas supporters near Columbia University in New York City on May 23, 2024. Photo by John Lamparski/Getty Images.

Strong black support for campaign to unmask Hamas supporters in New York

Mike Wagenheim

latest news

Farida Shaheed, the special U.N. rapporteur on the right to education. Credit: Wotancito via Wikimedia Commons.

US envoy to Human Rights Council blasts UN official

Mike Wagenheim

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) talks to reporters outside of the U.S. capitol on Dec. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images.

‘Stunt, total joke’ for UN to list IDF as child abusers, congressman says

The view south along Interstate 295 (Camden Freeway) from the overpass for Chapel Avenue in Cherry Hill Township in Camden County, N.J. Credit: Famartin via Wikimedia Commons.

ZOA sues Cherry Hill Public Schools for failing to protect Jewish student

Smoke billows following an Israeli airstrike on a terrorist target in Khiam, Southern Lebanon, on June 21, 2024. Photo by Rabih Daher/AFP via Getty Images.

Disarm Hezbollah—a ‘permanent threat to Israel, America, and the West’

Israel Kasnett

Nurit Cooper, 79, and Yocheved Lifshitz, 85, with Hamas terrorists before their “humanitarian” release, Oct. 23, 2023. Credit: Screenshot.

Can contemporary international law cope with today’s terror?

Alan Baker

‘Horrifying display of hate,’ Baltimore mayor says of rise in Jew-hatred

Oct. 6 survivors Avida Bachar (left) and Sharon Shevo finish their ride at the Tour de France fan zone in Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, June 27, 2024. Photo by Amelie Botbol.

‘Resilience’: Oct. 7 survivors share testimony in Florence ahead of Tour

Amelie Botbol

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant participate in a bilateral exchange at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2024. Credit: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Eugene Oliver/U.S. Department of Defense.

US defensive role in the spotlight as regional tensions mount

Yaakov Lappin

Philadelphia City Hall with the statue of William Penn in the background. Credit: Trev Adams/Pexels.

Top teachers union representatives to vote on anti-Israel measures

David Swindle

A rocket purportedly fired from Jenin, in northern Samaria, on June 26, 2023. Source: Twitter.

PA: Samaria terrorists could acquire advanced rockets within a year

Josh Kurzer fighting with his reservist unit in Gaza. Credit: Courtesy.

An army of volunteers help plug shortfall in protective gear for IDF fighters

Etgar Lefkovits

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas addresses reporters at press corner of E.U. Leaders Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on Oct. 27, 2023. Photo by Pier Marco Tacca via Getty Images.

Estonian PM to replace Josep Borrell as top EU diplomat

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) speaks at a press conference outside the Minnesota DFL Party's headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., during the final days before the primary election in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, on Aug. 5, 2020,. Credit: Tony Webster via Wikimedia Commons.

Ethics challenge against Omar claims concealment of husband’s income

The MOTL Shoes Preservation Project. Credit: Auschwitz Museum.

Conservation effort saves shoes of children killed at Auschwitz

Tal-Or Cohen Montemayor. Credit: Courtesy.

CyberWell briefs European leaders on online antisemitism

From left: Lucien and Marlene Elmkayes, with their son Binyamin, who was killed in action in Gaza on Nov. 8, 2023, at age 29. Credit: Courtesy.

French couple make aliyah to honor son who fell in Gaza

Nothing stops Israelis from celebrating Hebrew Book Week

Judy Lash Balint

Israeli soldiers from the IDF Oketz canine unit patrol in Kerem Shalom, on the Gaza-Egypt border, May 18, 2022. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Hamas kills Israeli military dog after abduction

Shachar Kleiman

Felix Klein (right), Germany's federal antisemitism commissioner, and Joseph Schuster, president of the country's Central Council of Jews, arrive to speak to the media in Berlin about the rise of antisemitism in Germany since Oct. 7, Jan. 25, 2024. Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images.

Conference of European Rabbis recognizes German official for fighting antisemitism

Harvard University Memorial Hall, home of Sanders Theatre. Credit: Chensiyuan via Wikimedia Commons.

Harvard antisemitism task force guidance criticized by alum as ‘slap in face’

opinion

U.S. President Joe Biden disembarks Air Force One at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in Manchester, N.H. on March 11, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House.

Caroline B. Glick

Debate takeaways for Israel

A stop on the London Underground. Credit: TheOtherKev/Pixabay.

Ben Cohen

Down and out in Paris and London

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar

Sovereignty from statements to action

Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann

After Oct. 7, the world should hate Israel less, not more

news releases

An anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from Southern Lebanon, as it seen from the northern Israeli town of Safed on June 27, 2024. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Antisemitic wildfire: Violence rapidly spreads worldwide

(From left) OU president Mitchel Aeder; OU Advocacy Center executive director of Public Policy Nathan Diament; U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke; OU executive vice president Rabbi Moshe Hauer; OU executive vice president and COO Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, and OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack. Credit: Courtesy.

US assistant attorney general Kristen Clarke visits Orthodox Union’s headquarters

Russell F. Robinson speaks at the MJHI Jewish Hall of Fame awards on June 17. Photo by Benjamin Smith.

Jewish National Fund-USA CEO inducted into the Jewish Hall of Fame

Professor Ami Moyal, president of Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Tel Aviv, addresses graduates of the class of 2023-24 on June 19, 2024. Photo by Ronen Topelberg.

700-plus engineers enter Israeli workforce at fateful crossroads for high-tech sector

Jake Marmer. Credit: Courtesy of American Jewish University.

American Jewish University names recipient of ‘Word 2024: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize’

Attending the OU Kosher Kashrus Conference are (from left) OU Kosher chairman Dr. Joshua Penn; OU Kosher vice chairman Rabbi Yosi Heber; OU Kosher COO Rabbi Moshe Elefant; OU Kosher CEO Rabbi Menachem Genack; and OU president Mitchel Aeder. Credit: Courtesy.

OU Kosher Conference marks 30 years of unifying ‘mashgichim’ worldwide

Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies partners with the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at Hebrew U

JScreen highlights the importance of genetic screening for men

Rabbi Michael Perice. Credit: Courtesy of Beit T'Shuvah.

Beit T’Shuvah appoints Michael Perice as senior rabbi

Israel teens participate in Magshimim philanthropy program. Credit: Courtesy of Honeycomb.

Philanthropy program strengthens Israeli teens’ communal involvement and Jewish identities

An exercise undertaken by Magen David Adom, drilling what to do in the event of a major power outage, whether from terror or natural disaster. Photo by Cassouto Photography via Magen David Adom.

MDA says ready if power goes out, with generators, satellites, new protocols

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