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Jacob Kamaras

Jacob Kamaras is the former editor in chief of the Jewish News Syndicate. His writing on the Middle East, American politics and Eurasia has appeared in The Washington Times, Independent Journal Review, The American Spectator, The Daily Caller, CNS News and other publications.

Afeka Academic College of Engineering President Ami Moyal addresse the school’s 2023-24 graduates in Tel Aviv. Photo by Gilad Kavalerchik.

‘Quality over quantity the key to Israel’s high-tech advantage’

Now is the time for Israel to expand investment in engineering education, Afeka Academic College president tells JNS.

Jacob Kamaras

Aug. 23, 2024

San Diego Jewish Academy hosted a delegation of 130 students from Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev region for a reprieve and peer-to-peer interaction from Feb. 27 to March 2024. Photo by Paden Flaster.

California students, Israeli peers share a moment for Jewish peoplehood

San Diego Jewish Academy hosted a delegation of 130 students from a region that was decimated by the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, giving them a weeklong reprieve from the war.

Jacob Kamaras

March 7, 2024

A delegation from the NGO Sharaka speaks at Congregation Beth El in La Jolla, Calif., on Oct. 27. Credit: Jewish Federation of San Diego County.

Abraham Accords-focused NGO plans to combat Jew-hatred with Holocaust education

“If we don’t stop anti-Semitism at a certain point, it will spread,” said Ahmed Khuzaie, director of U.S. affairs at Sharaka, calling the Shoah “a human story. It’s not just about the Jews.”

Jacob Kamaras

Oct. 31, 2022

An agreement to cooperate in the field of tourism was signed by the chairman of the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan Fuad Naghiyev and Israel’s Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov on March 30, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Geopolitical developments amplify Israel-Azerbaijan ties

For Israel to take Azerbaijan’s side places it on the right side of history.

Jacob Kamaras

Sept. 8, 2022

Gary Jacobs (left) and David Wax, immediate past board chair and current board chair, respectively, of the JCC Association of North America, in front of the Lawrence Family JCC. Credit: San Diego Jewish World.

Suddenly, San Diego finds itself at hub of Jewish Community Center universe

“It’s a recognition that not the entire Jewish world is centered in New York,” said Gary Jacobs, outgoing board chair of the JCC Association. “There needs to be leadership and representation from the West Coast.”

Jacob Kamaras

July 26, 2022

Celebrations in Baku, Azerbaijan after the taking of the city of Shusha, Nov. 8, 2020. Photo by Aykhan Zayedzadeh.

From Jerusalem to Shusha: Jewish and Muslim allies can stand together

Azerbaijan and Israel both fought for and finally reclaimed their birthright.

Jacob Kamaras

May 26, 2022

Didi and Maj. Gen. (Res.) Doron Almog, founders of ADI Negev-Nahalat Eran, and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett listen as guest of honor Gloria Kaylie addresses the crowd at the grand opening of the Harvey and Gloria Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center on April 12, 2022. Credit: ADI.

First-ever rehabilitation hospital in Israel’s Negev is poised to put region ‘on the map’

“We are embracing the empathy that defines our true national character and enhancing the lives of individuals touched by disability,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says at the grand opening of the Harvey and Gloria Kaylie Rehabilitation Medical Center.

Jacob Kamaras

April 13, 2022

From left: Gaby Faith, Lyla Faith and Tamara Berner, a team of eighth-grade students from Scheck Hillel Community School in Miami, were crowned the winners of ADI’s second annual “Make the Change Challenge” and received the $1,000 grand prize, a gift from the Avraham and Esther Klein Young Entrepreneurs Fund. Credit: ADI.

North American Jewish day-school students score a slam dunk for disability awareness

This year’s winning entry in the accessible design contest, “Make the Change Challenge,” is a reimagined basketball hoop that makes it easier for people in wheelchairs and others to adjust the hoop’s height.

Jacob Kamaras

March 10, 2022

U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) speaking at the 2022 StandWithUs International Conference. Source: Screenshot.

‘We cannot hope to defeat it if we cannot define it,’ assert those at conference on anti-Semitism

The FBI’s initial position on the Colleyville hostage crisis “brings up the need for education and information—that every single one of us draws these red lines and has these conversations” surrounding anti-Semitism, says StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein.

Jacob Kamaras

Jan. 25, 2022