Third-century queen, target of Syrian government, may have converted to Judaism “The ancient sources implying Queen Zenobia converted to Judaism are possibly accurate,” Haggai Olshanetsky, of University of Warsaw, told JNS. Menachem Wecker June 30, 2025
California EPA hazardous substances engineer arrested, charged with trying to support ISIS Ammaad Akhtar, 33, is accused of trying to give money, guns and ammunition to someone he thought was part of the terror group, and of making antisemitic threats. Menachem Wecker and Izzy Salant June 25, 2025
‘Evidence of bias’ in journal piece on Gaza war deaths, scholars say “Rather than piercing the fog, the authors have produced more fog by penning a paper rife with anti-Israel opinion,” Dr. Joel Zivot, of Emory University, told JNS. “This is classic data torturing.” Menachem Wecker June 9, 2025
‘An education in Judeo part of Judeo-Christianity’: John J. Miller takes break after 18 years of book podcasts “I learned a ton about Jewish faith and traditions as well as Israel from these shows, during the research and preparation, as well as the recordings,” the Hillsdale professor and writer told JNS. Menachem Wecker May 19, 2025
‘Moral obligation’ to defend Israel after Oct. 7, righteous gentiles in media say Guy Benson, Christine Rosen and Christopher Rufo told JNS what it’s been like to defend Jews on the air and shared advice for the Jewish state. Menachem Wecker May 12, 2025
Decades after his death, Ben-Zion’s relatively unknown Jewish art is timely, experts say “It’s too soon to know whether he just had a brief moment or the beginning of a longer moment,” the curator and scholar Ori Soltes told JNS. Anna Rahmanan and Menachem Wecker May 8, 2025
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, of Chicago, is first US-born pope, Leo XIV Rabbi Joshua Stanton of the Jewish Federation told JNS that the new pope's election fills him with both hope and anxiety. Vita Fellig and Menachem Wecker May 8, 2025
Trump names Matthew Solomson first Orthodox Jewish chief judge of a federal court "Judge Solomson enjoys studying Talmud, playing tennis and spending time at the beach with his family," according to his official bio. Menachem Wecker April 15, 2025
Agudah visits DC to thank members of Congress for backing school choice bill, with $10b annual funding “We feel that it actually could happen this year,” Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, executive vice president of Agudah, told JNS of the Educational Choice for Children Act. Menachem Wecker April 9, 2025
