Jared Kushner, the Jewish son-in-law and adviser of President Donald Trump, has recently become the target of an “explosive” online campaign of anti-Semitism, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said in a report Monday. According to the ADL, the campaign of anti-Semitism...
JNS.org On the eve of Passover this week, anti-Israel activists took advantage of the absence of Jewish students on campuses in the U.S. and the U.K. by passing BDS resolutions at Tufts University in Massachusetts and England’s Bath University. The anti-Israel motions...
Chosen is a YouTube channel that offers mostly Jewish related comedy sketches. One Wish Project is an organization that produces provocative films, interactive educational content, and hands-on social action events focused on conflict resolution, connecting global...
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer made a major gaffe at his press briefing on Tuesday on America’s recent missile strike on a Syrian airfield. When discussing America’s commitment to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, he made an ill-formed comparison to...
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...
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...