On Sunday the Israeli government approved an agreement between Israel and Iceland that will immediately allow low-cost flights between Israel and the US via Iceland. Transportation and Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz of the Likud party initiated the agreement. The...
Don Rickles, the legendary comedian and actor died of kidney failure in his Los Angeles home on Thursday. He was 90. Rickles was best known as an insult comic, his pudgy, balding appearance and pugnacious style led to few leading roles in film or television. He...
Sean Savage/JNS.org Despite owing part of its existence to the United Nations, Israel has experienced decades of bias from an institution whose stated mission includes trying to ensure international goodwill and world peace. Yet the nascent Trump administration, under...
Pictured above: A group of military personnel before the start of the seder (Photo: The Aleph Institute) The cleaning, cooking, getting rid of all chametz, setting the table, organizing the seder . . . If you think it’s hard preparing for Passover, try doing it 500...
JNS.org Pictured above: Columbia University (campus pictured) had the highest number of anti-Semitic incidents of any college campus in 2016, according to a new report. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The AMCHA Initiative, a Jewish nonprofit focused on tracking and...
