Jacob Kamaras

Sadie Weiner 1926-2023

Sadie Weiner — beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother — passed away on May 15 in Perth. She was 96...

Australian mother featured in first app tailored for Jewish women

Brisbane mum Ilana Mendels was selected as one of the dozens of Jewish women from around the world to...

From Pittsburgh to Poway

Jacob Kamaras: As another antisemitic attack makes its way into the news cycle and will likely remain at the forefront of public consciousness for some time, there’s no perfectly worded press statement that can adequately condemn it.

Hurricane Harvey the peak of a devastating three-year flooding trend for Houston’s Jews

As a member of Houston’s Jewish community writing about a devastating flood for the third time since May 2015, I’m at a loss for words...writes Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org.

Five of Israel’s latest ‘miracles’ leading up to its 69th birthday

With its forces vastly outnumbered by Arab armies, Israel’s victory in the 1948 War of Independence was widely considered a modern-day miracle. The Jewish state shocked the world again in 1967 by significantly expanding its borders and reunifying Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.

Momentum and mixed signals: a snapshot of the Arab-Israeli peace process

While regional conditions create momentum for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal, Palestinian and Arab leaders are sending Israel mixed signals...writes Jacob Kamaras/JNF.org.
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Year in review: 10 Israel news storylines that defined 2016

President Barack Obama sprang his much-anticipated “December surprise” on Israel at the United Nations, capping off 2016 with a bang as it relates to the Gregorian calendar year’s major events surrounding the Jewish state.

‘No statute of limitations on genocide,’ Nuremberg anniversary confab reminds

Why should the casual observer care about the seemingly obvious need to prosecute and convict Nazi war criminals, whether it be during the Nuremberg trials of the 1940s or similar proceedings in more recent years?...asks Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org.

Netanyahu to Jewish Federations: U.S., Israel ‘should work together now’ on Iran

Despite their disagreement over the Iran nuclear deal, the U.S. and Israel “can and should work together now” to ensure that Iran complies with the agreement and to curb Iranian aggression throughout the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at the General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) in Washington, DC.

Israel advocacy goes mobile

Israel news is abound these days, and myriad sources from the mainstream to the niche are serving it up—particularly during times like the current wave of Palestinian terrorism. But which content should a pro-Israel advocate read, trust, and share with others to make an impact?

The Holocaust legacy that packs a punch

Shot three times by the Nazis in Poland, Bernard Fleischer was down for the count. But just as he was about to be finished off, the German soldier’s gun froze. Assuming he’d die anyway, the soldier left Bernard in a barn.

Netanyahu likely to remain prime minister

Israeli television exit polls on Tuesday night showed that while the country’s national election remains too close to call, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party defied the projections of pre-election polling and would likely extend his current six-year run as prime minister.