News that US President Donald Trump would be continuing President Barack Obama’s tradition of hosting a White House Passover seder Monday night, was first reported by Jewish Insider. However as Monday evening, the first night of Passover, Trump turned out to be...
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...
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...
