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Israel Asks Tunisia to Protect Its Jewish Citizens As Fears For Their Safety...
The Lag Ba'Omer procession returning to the Ghriba Synagogue in Er-Riadh, Djerba, Tunisia, May, 2007. Photo: Wikipedia Ynet – The Israeli Foreign Ministry has instructed Israel‘s representatives abroad...
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Israeli Study: More Than a Third of European Jews Fear Wearing Kippah in Public
Monument "Lashoa velagvora" ("to the Holocaust and to the Bravery") (1974) by Yigal Tumarkin in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv. Photo: wiki commons. A disturbing study conducted on behalf of the Israeli...
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No Second Thoughts: Immigrants to Israel Don’t Regret Dropping Extra Passover...
An immigrant seder. JNS.org – Rather than feeling a sense of loss, leaving the second Passover seder behind in the U.S., or France, or Turkey, or any other country of origin is touted as a perk of...
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Peace Now or Never?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, and Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat. Photo: State Department. Respected Ha’aretz journalist Ari Shavit has made a...
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New Play Explores the ‘Arrogance’ of American Jews Critical of Israel,...
Playwright Oren Safdie. Photo: Wikipedia. In his new play Mr. Goldberg Goes to Tel Aviv, playwright Oren Safdie tackles an issue that is a cause of great concern to him: the relationship between...
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Study: Many Diaspora Jews Doubt Israel Wants Peace, But Affirm IDF’s Morality
A JPPI study shows Diaspora Jews increasingly doubt that Israel wants peace with the Palestinians. Photo: Screenshot. JNS.org – Diaspora Jews increasingly doubt that Israel wants peace with the...
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Fiamma Nirenstein’s Loyalty
Former Italian MP and author Fiamma Nirenstein is Israel’s new ambassador to Italy. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. This week’s announcement that Fiamma Nirenstein was being appointed Israeli ambassador to...
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Defending Israel to Diaspora Jews at Limmud
An Israeli flag at the Wailing Wall. Ruthie Blum argues: “Being a Jew outside of Israel today, especially in Europe, means being exposed to all the hatred and physical danger that radical Islamists and...
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In Time for Purim, Israel Welcomes Poles Who Discovered Hidden Jewish Roots
The Polish participants of the Shavei Israel-organized trip on their first day in Israel. Photo: Shavei Israel. JNS.org – Fifteen Poles who have discovered their Jewish heritage arrived in Israel on...
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Young Diaspora Jews Learn About Holocaust Through Unique Israeli Perspective
Students at the Alexander Muss High School in Israel visit Auschwitz. Photo: Courtesy Jewish National Fund. JNS.org – Holocaust Remembrance Day, or Yom HaShoah in Hebrew, challenges Israelis to...
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Israel and Diaspora Jewry – A Looming Crisis
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Israel has clearly emerged as the guarantor of the continuity of Jewish life, according to Isi Leibler. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The Jewish world,...
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New Survey: Israeli and US Jews Differ Dramatically on What They See as...
A new survey finds that Jews in Israel and the US differ dramatically on what they view as the most important problem facing the Jewish state. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Jews in Israel and the US differ...
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Netanyahu Defends ‘Vigorous’ Response to Anti-Settlement UN Resolution: ‘We...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: YouTube screenshot. “Israel is a country with national pride and we do not turn the other cheek,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on...
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In Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Israel to Give $1 Million in Aid to Houston...
A flooded neighborhood in southeastern Texas following Hurricane Harvey. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey, the Israeli government is planning to provide...
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Where Does Israel Fit in a Jewish Future Without Faith?
A haredi Jew blows a shofar at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, Aug. 28. Photo: Yonatan Sindel / Flash90. JNS.org – For Prime Minister Netanyahu’s political opponents, his government’s woes...
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Did Trump Help the Israel-Diaspora Divide?
The Israeli flag at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Photo: Hynek Moravec via Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – If there’s one thing that the overwhelmingly liberal American Jewish community generally agrees on...
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How (and Why) Israel Must Bridge Its Gap with American Jewry
A Torah scroll. Photo: RabbiSacks.org JNS.org – Israeli society takes pride in high-achieving Jews, whether they live in Israel or in the Diaspora. We are even proud of émigrés who have success abroad....
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The Legacy of the Rebbe: We Must Never Give Up on Any Jew
A Torah scroll. Photo: RabbiSacks.org. JNS.org – The Chabad-Lubavitch movement has been in the news recently due to a video clip of people laying tefillin at an airport. I would like to discuss the...
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Constructive Dialogue Remains Critical to Moving American Zionism Forward
The Western Wall and Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org — For Israelis, Zionism is part and parcel of the national experience, regardless of religious or political...
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Jewish NGO Presses Israeli Cabinet on Need for Greater Outreach to Diverse...
Israeli Prime inister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly government conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL. JNS.org – The Jewish People...
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