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Settlements on the left bank of Dnieper River remain underwater after the Kakhovka Dam was breached on June 6, 2023. Credit: Armyinform via Wikimedia Commons.

IsraAID, JDC, Chabad assist Ukrainians on the ground in wake of dam flooding

“The Jewish community became a center for everyone. It is a light to the nations,” Rabbi Yosef Wolff, director of the Jewish Community of Kherson Chabad, told JNS.

June 8, 2023

An Azerbaijani Jewish dance group at the Khari Bulbul Music Festival in Shusha, May 12, 2021. Credit: President.az via Wikimedia Commons.

Times are good for Azerbaijan’s 30,000 Jews

Mountain, Ashkenazi, Georgian and Sephardi Jews make for a diverse community.

June 7, 2023

Jerusalem Day celebrations at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 29, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

What will Israel look like in 2048?

Haredim and Bedouin polygamy both threaten the Jewish state's future, former Knesset member Michael Oren says at the launch of his new book.

April 26, 2023

Israelis stand in silence next to the graves of soldiers in the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, as a two-minute siren sounds across the country on Memorial Day, April 25, 2023. Photo by Erik Marmor.

Israeli leaders speak out on Memorial Day

“We must do everything to safeguard this shared home,” said Israeli President Isaac Herzog.

April 25, 2023

Jewish refugees from Iraq leave Lod (today Ben-Gurion) Airport, 1951. Credit: GPO via Wikimedia Commons.

One man’s mission to document Mosul’s Jewish history

The Tomb of Jonah was not presented to him as a Jewish site, Iraqi historian Omar Mohammed says.

April 2, 2023

Glass ceiling in the workplace. Credit: Pixabay.

Canadian ambassador and Israeli filmmaker pose ongoing question: Why the glass ceiling?

Lisa Stradelbauer, Canada’s ambassador to Israel, said at the current rate, it will take “300 years for there to be gender equality worldwide.”

March 10, 2023

Magen David Adom medical workers collect samples for coronavirus testing at a drive-through testing site at the entrance to the eastern Jerusalem village of Jabel Mukaber on April 2, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Why Palestinian terrorism continues to plague us amid the pandemic

Neither Fatah nor Hamas appear to be grateful for the life-saving assistance that they received from the Jewish state.

June 28, 2020

University of Maryland, College Park. Credit: Carmichael Library via Flickr.

Are BDS activists at the University of Maryland gearing up to test state law?

Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, an attorney who heads Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, stated explicitly that it is against state law for a public research institution like the University of Maryland at College Park to divest from Israel.

November 14, 2018