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Menachem Wecker

Menachem Wecker is the U.S. bureau news editor of JNS — Jewish News Syndicate.

New-generation centrifuges on display in Tehran during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day, April 10, 2021. Credit: Iranian Presidency Office/WANA.

Blame all around for Iranian proximity to nukes

The Pentagon’s recent announcement that Iran is less than two weeks away from having the materials for a nuclear bomb is significant, although it’s not necessarily breaking news.

Menachem Wecker

October 2, 2023

The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state. Credit: Davslens/Shutterstock.

‘Long overdue,’ Israel is first in Middle East in US Visa Waiver Program

Many are hailing Israel's admission as historic, while critics say that Washington's strict requirements could compromise Israeli security.

Menachem Wecker

September 27, 2023

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) speaks at a rally against hate in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan on April 3, 2021. Credit: Ron Adar/Shutterstock.

Meng announces $1.65m in security funding for Jewish entities in New York

Eleven facilities got the maximum amount, $150,000, under the Nonprofit Security Grant Program.

Menachem Wecker

September 26, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2023. Credit: United Nations.

In UN speech, Netanyahu threatens Iran with ‘credible nuclear threat’

A senior adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told JNS that Netanyahu meant to say "credible military threat" and that he stands by the original text of the speech.

Alex Traiman and Menachem Wecker

September 22, 2023

Performing Tashlich overlooking the beach in Kiryat Yam, a suburb outside of Haifa, on Sept. 30, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.

Tashlich is more than a spiritual, Marie Kondo purge, experts say

A rich Jewish cultural history surrounds depictions of and objects associated with the High Holidays rite.

Menachem Wecker

September 18, 2023

Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox. Credit: CiEll/Shutterstock.

Red Sox fire observant Jewish executive on day before Rosh Hashanah

Chaim Bloom had been the Boston team's chief baseball officer.

Menachem Wecker

September 15, 2023

Narendra Modi (with outstretched arms), Indian prime minister, announces a new economic corridor connecting India, the Middle East and Europe as U.S. President Joe Biden (hand to his chin) at the G20 meeting in New Delhi on Sept. 9, 2023. Source: PBS NewsHour/YouTube screenshot.

Washington, Jerusalem divided on latter’s role in new ‘economic corridor’

“Biden’s team holds grudges. It will never appreciate Israel for the ally it is,” said Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute.

Menachem Wecker

September 12, 2023

Food inspection in a lab. Credit: Alexander Raths/Shutterstock.

Lab-grown ‘chicken’ certified kosher, meat by Orthodox Union

“The idea is that this technology mimics a natural system and replicates it in a laboratory,” said Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher.

Menachem Wecker

September 11, 2023

Santa Ana High School, the oldest and largest high school in Orange County, Calif. Credit: Steve Cukrov/Shutterstock.

Jewish groups sue California school district, alleging antisemitic ethnic-studies curricula

The Santa Ana Unified School District allegedly discussed responding to the “Jewish question” internally, without alerting the public to or allowing it to comment upon antisemitic content in courses.

Menachem Wecker

September 11, 2023