Recognising youth at the first Montefiore Student Volunteer Awards
August 3, 2018 by Danielle Oppermann
More than 90 guests gathered for the inaugural Montefiore Student Volunteer Awards.
Many proud parents attended with their children, as 15 dedicated teens from local public, private and Jewish dayschools received awards for selfless service to the community.
Abbas, PA & UN – perfect partners
August 3, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
For far too long the United Nations and its associated organisations have given Abbas and his terrorist supporting authority a free pass to pursue the most outrageous acts…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
Trump opens door for talks with Iran to isolate the ayatollahs
August 3, 2018 by Fiamma Nirenstein - JNS.org
U.S. President Donald Trump’s manner, in which he initially puts forth his most ferocious face and then an extended hand, creates a situation that the interlocutor doesn’t expect…writes Fiamma Nirenstein/JNS. Read more
Fire kites sting Negev honey farms just before Rosh Hashanah
August 3, 2018 by Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman - JNS.org
When you drive into Israel’s Sha’ar HaNegev Region in the northwestern Negev, the fields are burnt and black. The trees are broken, and the smell of acrid smoke stings the eyes and nose…writes Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman/JNS. Read more
Yiddish Mavens
August 3, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
The ABC’s Radio National program The Spirit if Things hosts Jewish content this weekend. Read more
Arens, you’re wrong about the law
August 2, 2018 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
A few notable personalities from the right are joining the wave of condemnation of Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, namely former Defense Minister Moshe Arens and Knesset member Benny Begin…writes Martin Sherman/JNS. Read more
Legislation aims to make U.S. aid to Palestinian refugee agency contingent on reform
August 2, 2018 by Sean Savage - JNS.org
New legislation introduced in the U.S.Congress recently is seeking to make American aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA)—the U.N. refugee agency that is solely dedicated to the Palestinian refugees—contingent on reform…writes Sean Savage/JNS. Read more
My brother: A giver and a world traveller
August 2, 2018 by Israel Kasnett - JNS.org
Tearing along Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Trail on a motorcycle going 30 miles per hour through dense brush and thick darkness is not my idea of adventure, but it was one of my younger brother Chaim’s countless thrilling experiences on one of his many trips around the world…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more
Critics of nation-state law misunderstand Israel’s constitutional system
August 2, 2018 by Evelyn Gordon - JNS
Israel’s new nation-state law has elicited a storm of criticism since it passed on July 19…writes Evelyn Gordon/JNS. Read more
Why Israelis aren’t as worked up about the Western Wall as Diaspora Jews
August 2, 2018 by Josh Hasten - JNS
The future of prayer at the Western Wall has become one of the most contentious issues among Diaspora Jewry in the past year, mainly as a result of the Israeli government’s June 2017, suspension of a plan, which would have changed the status quo at one of Judaism’s holiest site…writes Josh Hasten/JNS. Read more
Trump should reject PLO and UN propaganda on East Jerusalem
August 2, 2018 by David Singer
President Trump’s as-yet unannounced “ultimate deal” to resolve the Arab-Jewish conflict has received a setback following Saudi Arabia’s King Salman reassuring Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that Saudi Arabia would oppose any Trump peace plan that did not accept the PLO stance on East Jerusalem becoming the capital of an independent Palestinian Arab state. Read more
The Lives of Brian: a book review by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
August 1, 2018 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
I must begin this review with a caveat. Over the years Brian Sherman and my own life have occasionally crossed. Sometimes it was at an opening of an exhibition at Sherman Galleries (established by his wife Gene); once it was at a screening of a movie made by his son Emil (who later won an Oscar); and often just hearing about him. Read more
Is Trump being tricked into war with Iran?
August 1, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
According to Fox News prime-time star Tucker Carlson, the mainstream media is characteristically missing the big story…writes Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS. Read more
Israel: Identifying the enemy as the enemy is not ‘racism’
July 30, 2018 by Martin Sherman - Mida via JNS
One of the most mendacious and widely propagated myths regarding the Middle East conflict is that Israel’s defensive actions against hostile Arab initiatives, whose sole aim is to murder or maim Jews, simply because they are Jews—constitute “racism”…writes Martin Sherman/JNS.
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Is Facebook kosher?…ask the rabbi
July 30, 2018 by J-Wire
Rabbi Raymond Apple answers this and other questions… Read more
Feintooner
July 30, 2018 by Feintooner
Feintooner wants Turkey to release the American preacher imprisoned by Erdogan. Read more
A new take on Shabbat services for young children
July 30, 2018 by Leanne Shelton
Sydney’s North Shore Temple Emanuel’s new Bagels & Brachas Family Shabbat is a unique, and innovative program that is helping to build a “community of young families” within the larger Temple family. Read more
On the other hand
July 29, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
While the rest of the world was busy as usual obsessing negatively over Israel we were occupied with welcoming new immigrants and innovating…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The ‘games’ Palestinian children play
July 29, 2018 by Stephen M.Flatow - JNS.org
We’re always being told that there is a significant difference between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas…writes Stephen M. Flatow/JNS. Read more
Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘existential threat’
July 29, 2018 by Ben Cohen - JNS.org
On the evening of Monday, July 23, the parliamentary group of the British Labour Party held what Sky News called an “emotionally charged meeting,” during which they endorsed the definition of antisemitism used by hundreds of government departments, law-enforcement agencies, municipal authorities and community associations around the world…writes Ben Cohen/JNS. Read more
When a rock falls in a plaza . . .
July 29, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
In ancient times, people looked to portents involving the heavens and earthbound events in order to try to understand the baffling world in which we live, as well as to discern the will of their Creator…writes Jonathan S. Tobin. Read more
Israel: A new normal
July 29, 2018 by Ron Weiser
On the annual indexes across the globe conducted by survey agencies, Israelis consistently rate amongst the highest of nations whose citizens have the most number of complaints about life. Read more
Put this one on your Liszt: A CD review by Fraser Beath McEwing
July 29, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The piano music of Franz Liszt is often seen as either too syrupy or a keyboard version of a wood-chopping event. Read more
Israel gets it right on the nation-state, while the West fumbles with identity
July 27, 2018 by Melanie Phillips - JNS.org
Two utterly fundamental and seismic issues are threatening to tear apart Britain, Europe and America. They are mass immigration and national identity…writes Melanie Phillips/JNS. Read more
What’s all the fuss about?
July 27, 2018 by Michael Kuttner
This past week has witnessed a volcanic eruption of hypocrisy, falsehoods and double standards on a massive scale…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more
The sling fizzled, but better to learn that lesson now
July 26, 2018 by Yoav Limor - JNS
It is well-known that investigations launched by the Israeli Air Force are like no others: They are swift, thorough and leave no stone unturned…writes Yoav Limor/JNS. Read more
A Gaza problem without a solution
July 26, 2018 by Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org
U.S. President Donald Trump’s belief in his negotiating skills was so great that at one point, he claimed that achieving peace in the Middle East wouldn’t “be as difficult as people have thought”…writes Jonathan S. Tobin. Read more
Games of self-delusion?…asks Rabbi Chaim Ingram
July 26, 2018 by Rabbi Chaim Ingram
Are you a fan of Game of Thrones? Or not? Either way, read on …. Read more
Trump exposes UN hypocrisy on PLO, Hamas and Israel
July 26, 2018 by J-Wire
President Trump has challenged United Nations (UN) member States to put their money where their mouths are in a hard-hitting speech delivered by US Permanent Representative to the UN – Ambassador Nikki Haley – at a UN Security Council Open Debate on the Middle East on 24 July. Read more
U.S. President Trump: A balance sheet
July 25, 2018 by Isi Leibler
U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin served to increase the paranoia about him to an all-time high…writes Isi Leibler. Read more
