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Collector of Jewish souls: A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world

By Deborah Fineblum, JNS When he arrives in a new community, Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum, 62, slips into ...

Israel’s Chief Rabbi slams ultra-Orthodox rioters: ‘No justification… desecration of God’

By Paul Shindman, World Israel News - The Chief Rabbi of Israel in an exceptional public statement ...

The true nature of tolerance

By Asaf Romirowsky, JNS American Jews have once again been forced to choose between their Jewish ...

Israel Police did the media’s bidding in Bnei Brak

By Avishay Ben Haim, JNS After weeks of being implored to “stick it to the haredim,” the police...

Knesset to debate heavier fines for violations of COVID-19 rules

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Yehuda Shlezinger The coronavirus cabinet previously approved the bill, but ...

Diaspora Minister’s Shabbat initiative reaches smaller, more remote parts of Jewish world

By Eliana Rudee, JNS The services are jointly sponsored with local Jewish youth groups such as ...

US-Morocco MOU exempts Jewish ceremonial objects

JNS It consists of restrictions on importing “certain archaeological and ethnological material ...

Six arrested after police injured in Bnei Brak anti-lockdown riot

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Avi Cohen Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana condemns “savage ...

Virtual 90th-birthday event honors Marion Wiesel’s support of Ethiopian Jewry

JNS The centers are a key highlight of Marion Wiesel’s more than six decades of social and racial ...

Black-Jewish dialogue in American needs a reset

By Rebecca Sugar, JNS If we want our communities to truly partner again, we have to remember what ...

Azeri Jews pay tribute to victims of ‘Black January’ with charity event

JNS Mountain Jews and city government representatives distributed food packages to family members ...

In first, woman elected to head Israeli religious party

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Yair Altman Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Hagit Moshe emerges victorious in the ...

American Jews, Israel and Donald Trump

By Irwin J. Mansdorf, JNS For Israelis who remember the dark days following the assassination of ...

It’s time to stop counting Jews in the Cabinet

By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS Pride in members of the tribe in the new administration is ...

Love and generosity: A farewell tribute to Sheldon Adelson

By Zvika Klein, JNS “When parents don’t care about Israel, their children won’t either,” ...

Orthodox Union praises Jewish nominee ahead of DHS confirmation hearing

JNS Alejandro Mayorkas “was very helpful in the implementation” of the Nonprofit Security Grant ...

UAE rabbi speaks of Emirati Jewish community and ‘historic time’

By Eliana Rudee, JNS Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie hopes to establish a “fully-fledged community” with ...

What apartheid?

By Yoseph Haddad, JNS By deciding that I, my Arab family and my Arab friends are all living under ...

Honoring my Catholic roots in Israel

By Natasha Pereira, JNS My parents and sister supported me, adjusting their usual lifestyles so ...

Left-wing Jewish, Israel groups issue statement against adopting universal definition of anti-Semitism

JNS While they “respect the original creation of the IHRA Working Definition as an illustrative ...

How the Muslim-Arab world is handling the coronavirus crisis

Israel Hayom via JNSBy Daniel Siryoti “COVID held a mirror up to the Arab rulers and showed them ...

Trump: ‘World has lost a great man’ in Sheldon Adelson

By David Isaac, World Israel News - President Donald Trump mourned the death of billionaire casino ...

Congressman announces sabbatical from social media after experiencing Jewish Sabbath

By David Isaac, World Israel News - Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) says he’s taking indefinite leave ...

Jewish Agency cuts ties with Christian Zionist group accused of proselytizing

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News - The Jewish Agency announced in a statement on Monday that it ...

The long journey home of Ethiopian Jewry

By Eliana Rudee, JNS Israel has committed to bring in the last wave of immigration—those who ...