JNS The Daily Syndicate - Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Wednesday, November 13, 2024


	The Daily Syndicate

A participant at the “We Stand Together” rally for Jewish unity and Israel at the Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2024. Photo by Abby Greenawalt.

from the editor-in-chief

Jonathan S. Tobin

The sorry symbolism of a pro-Israel rally that flopped

Members of the Israel Defense Forces killed in the Gaza Strip on Nov. 13, 2024, include Capt. Itay Marcovich, 21, from Kokhav Ya’ir; Staff Sgt. Sraya Elboim, 21, from Mehola; Staff Sgt. Dror Hen, 20, from Gan Haim; Staff. Sgt. Nir Gofer, 20, from Dimona; and Sgt. Shalev Itzhak Sagron, 21, from Sderot. Credit: IDF.

Six Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon firefight, bringing IDF death toll to 793

U.S. President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with President-elect Donald Trump, Nov. 13, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House.

Biden admin ready to work with Trump on hostage deal, Sullivan says

Andrew Bernard

A Sephardic Torah scroll is on display at Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2017. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.

Sephardim, Mizrachim in NY more conservative, less likely to intermarry than peers, per UJA study

Vita Fellig

An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an air show at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev Desert, Dec. 29, 2016. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

IDF strikes Syria-Lebanon border for second time in week, Damascus says

The Tel Aviv skyline as seen from western Samaria, June 17, 2020. Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images.

Rocket found near Tel Aviv airport contained rare powerful explosives

An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation.

FBI captures suspect in leaked intel on IDF Iran-strike prep

(Seated, from left) The Democrat strategist and pollster Mark Mellman, "Newsweek" opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon (moderator) and Republican pollster Frank Luntz at the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly in Washington, D.C., Nov. 11, 2024. Photo by Mike Wagenheim.

At Federation event in DC, heated session on shifting Jewish vote

Mike Wagenheim

The Erez Crossing to the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 4, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

Sirens sound in Kibbutz Erez as Gazan rocket strikes open area

Israelis take cover inside a bomb shelter as a rocket alert is activated in Tel Aviv, Oct. 22, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.

Hezbollah rockets target Israel’s center, north

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks to reporters at the ministry in Jerusalem, Nov. 10, 2024. Credit: MFA.

Israel denies Erdoğan claim of end to diplomatic relations

Felice Gaer. Credit: Courtesy. (Used with permission by the American Jewish Committee.)

Felice Gaer, ‘legendary’ human-rights activist, 78

The Hashmonaim Crossing near Modi'in Illit, the largest Israeli city in Judea and Samaria, Oct. 8, 2015. Photo by Eddie Gerald/Getty Images.

Two injured in Samaria car-ramming attack

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) Credit: House Creative Services via Wikimedia Commons.

House Ways and Means chair supports bill to shut down terror-supporting nonprofits

A gavel. Credit: Pixabay.

Oregon man faces three years after pleading guilty to Reconstructionist synagogue vandalism

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hosts Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski on Dec. 22, 2023. Credit: Gov.pl via Wikimedia Commons.

Polish FM walks out of interview after question on his wife’s Jewish ancestry

Etgar Lefkovits

Kobi Samerano recites Kaddish at Rachel's Tomb in Judea for his son Jonathan, 21, who was kidnapped and murdered by Hamas terrorists, Nov. 12, 2024. Credit; Tikvah Forum.

Hostages’ families hold prayer at Rachel’s Tomb

Demonstrators gather in support of the Jewish community at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 4, 2023. Photo by Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images.

Canadian teens planned to bomb pro-Israel rally at Parliament Hill

Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.). Credit: Official U.S. Senate Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Vermont senator calls for withholding US military aid to Israel

A van belonging to the Gloucestershire Constabulary, Jan. 7, 2014. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

British cop arrested for supporting Hamas online

JNS TV | Israel undiplomatic

Ruthie Blum, Mark Regev

With new US administration, should Israel go for broke with annexation?

opinion

“Abraham and Isaac,” oil on canvas, Anthony van Dyck, circa 1617. Credit: National Gallery Prague via Wikimedia Commons.

featured column

Rabbi Yossy Goldman

Who is testing us?

Adam Davis

‘Sorry, sir, we are unable to help you right now’

Anoushka Naik

The illusion of the majority

Yisrael Medad

When crassness sets in …

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