Tuesday, August 4, 2026

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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Tulip Festival at Washington Park, Albany NY. Photographer: Nikolya Sereda

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Children and families reach for bubbles during the giant bubble show at the second annual Columbia County Jewish Festival in Hudson. Photo: Tasha Hurley Photography

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Columbia County Jewish Festival draws 400 to Hudson

A live concert, kosher food and family activities marked the second annual celebration of Jewish life on Hudson’s riverfront.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Children and families reach for bubbles during the giant bubble show at the second annual Columbia County Jewish Festival in Hudson. Photo: Tasha Hurley Photography

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Columbia County Jewish Festival draws 400 to Hudson

A live concert, kosher food and family activities marked the second annual celebration of Jewish life on Hudson’s riverfront.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Children and families reach for bubbles during the giant bubble show at the second annual Columbia County Jewish Festival in Hudson. Photo: Tasha Hurley Photography

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Community News

Columbia County Jewish Festival draws 400 to Hudson

A live concert, kosher food and family activities marked the second annual celebration of Jewish life on Hudson’s riverfront.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will hold its Generations Celebration on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany. (Image courtesy of JFS)

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JFS to honor three community leaders at Generations Celebration

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will honor three community leaders at its Generations Celebration on December 3 in Albany.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will hold its Generations Celebration on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany. (Image courtesy of JFS)

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JFS to honor three community leaders at Generations Celebration

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will honor three community leaders at its Generations Celebration on December 3 in Albany.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will hold its Generations Celebration on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at Congregation Ohav Shalom in Albany. (Image courtesy of JFS)

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JFS to honor three community leaders at Generations Celebration

Jewish Family Services of Northeastern New York will honor three community leaders at its Generations Celebration on December 3 in Albany.

The Jewish World

Aug 3, 2026

Capital Region Curated, Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to Capital Region campus events.

Culture

Arts & Entertainment

Capital Region Curated: August 3-9

Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to public events on Capital Region campuses, featuring Tang at Skidmore and Bard’s Mozart festival opening.

Alan Koslow

Aug 1, 2026

Capital Region Curated, Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to Capital Region campus events.

Culture

Arts & Entertainment

Capital Region Curated: August 3-9

Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to public events on Capital Region campuses, featuring Tang at Skidmore and Bard’s Mozart festival opening.

Alan Koslow

Aug 1, 2026

Capital Region Curated, Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to Capital Region campus events.

Culture

Arts & Entertainment

Capital Region Curated: August 3-9

Alan Koslow’s weekly guide to public events on Capital Region campuses, featuring Tang at Skidmore and Bard’s Mozart festival opening.

Alan Koslow

Aug 1, 2026

Israelis supporting the conscription of Haredi men into the Israeli military protest in the city of Bnei Brak, in central Israel, against road blockades by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators following the arrest of draft evaders, June 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

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The Haredi challenge is becoming Israel’s national security crisis

Haredi exemptions, birthrates and political leverage are reshaping Israel’s military, economy and public life.

Mitchell Bard

Jul 30, 2026

Israelis supporting the conscription of Haredi men into the Israeli military protest in the city of Bnei Brak, in central Israel, against road blockades by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators following the arrest of draft evaders, June 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Opinions

Columns

The Haredi challenge is becoming Israel’s national security crisis

Haredi exemptions, birthrates and political leverage are reshaping Israel’s military, economy and public life.

Mitchell Bard

Jul 30, 2026

Israelis supporting the conscription of Haredi men into the Israeli military protest in the city of Bnei Brak, in central Israel, against road blockades by ultra-Orthodox demonstrators following the arrest of draft evaders, June 26, 2026. Photo courtesy of Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

Opinions

Columns

The Haredi challenge is becoming Israel’s national security crisis

Haredi exemptions, birthrates and political leverage are reshaping Israel’s military, economy and public life.

Mitchell Bard

Jul 30, 2026

IDF Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who headlines the July 29 lecture.

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Events

[Past event] Clifton Park Chabad to host ‘Leadership in the Shadow of Oct. 7’ lecture July 29

Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who led Oct. 7 victim identification at Shura Base, headlines a July 29 talk in Clifton Park.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

IDF Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who headlines the July 29 lecture.

Local

Events

[Past event] Clifton Park Chabad to host ‘Leadership in the Shadow of Oct. 7’ lecture July 29

Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who led Oct. 7 victim identification at Shura Base, headlines a July 29 talk in Clifton Park.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

IDF Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who headlines the July 29 lecture.

Local

Events

[Past event] Clifton Park Chabad to host ‘Leadership in the Shadow of Oct. 7’ lecture July 29

Col. (Res.) Avner Cohen, who led Oct. 7 victim identification at Shura Base, headlines a July 29 talk in Clifton Park.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

Six-year-old Zev Moore on his first T-ball little league team in East Windsor, N.J. Credit: Courtesy of the Moore family.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli-American Orthodox Jew signs professional baseball contract

Zev Moore, who grew up partly in Israel, signed with the Trenton Thunder, becoming just the second Orthodox Jew in pro baseball.

Josh Hasten

Jul 23, 2026

Six-year-old Zev Moore on his first T-ball little league team in East Windsor, N.J. Credit: Courtesy of the Moore family.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli-American Orthodox Jew signs professional baseball contract

Zev Moore, who grew up partly in Israel, signed with the Trenton Thunder, becoming just the second Orthodox Jew in pro baseball.

Josh Hasten

Jul 23, 2026

Six-year-old Zev Moore on his first T-ball little league team in East Windsor, N.J. Credit: Courtesy of the Moore family.

World

Israel & Middle East

Israeli-American Orthodox Jew signs professional baseball contract

Zev Moore, who grew up partly in Israel, signed with the Trenton Thunder, becoming just the second Orthodox Jew in pro baseball.

Josh Hasten

Jul 23, 2026

Alexander Salmon (originally ‘Solomon’)

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Global

Tahiti tale: few tourists today encounter the extraordinary story of Alexander Salmon

Alexander Salmon, an English Jewish merchant, married into Tahitian royalty in 1842 and helped shape the Pacific kingdom’s history.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Jul 23, 2026

Alexander Salmon (originally ‘Solomon’)

World

Global

Tahiti tale: few tourists today encounter the extraordinary story of Alexander Salmon

Alexander Salmon, an English Jewish merchant, married into Tahitian royalty in 1842 and helped shape the Pacific kingdom’s history.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Jul 23, 2026

Alexander Salmon (originally ‘Solomon’)

World

Global

Tahiti tale: few tourists today encounter the extraordinary story of Alexander Salmon

Alexander Salmon, an English Jewish merchant, married into Tahitian royalty in 1842 and helped shape the Pacific kingdom’s history.

Rabbi Michael Freund

Jul 23, 2026

Claire Ranzetta donates blood at a Red Cross blood drive in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the American Red Cross.

Local

Community News

[Past event] Emergency shortage: donors needed now to stop drop in Red Cross blood supply

The Red Cross says blood supply fell nearly 25% in June and is asking donors, especially O positive and B negative, to give now.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

Claire Ranzetta donates blood at a Red Cross blood drive in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the American Red Cross.

Local

Community News

[Past event] Emergency shortage: donors needed now to stop drop in Red Cross blood supply

The Red Cross says blood supply fell nearly 25% in June and is asking donors, especially O positive and B negative, to give now.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

Claire Ranzetta donates blood at a Red Cross blood drive in Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of the American Red Cross.

Local

Community News

[Past event] Emergency shortage: donors needed now to stop drop in Red Cross blood supply

The Red Cross says blood supply fell nearly 25% in June and is asking donors, especially O positive and B negative, to give now.

The Jewish World

Jul 23, 2026

This has happened to us! Jack Kaplowitz opines that Torah tells us not to unleash genocide on others. Photo courtesy of Deposit photos

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Personal Stories

We heard the message: 3,000 years of Torah keeps us wanting to do the right thing

Jack Kaplowitz reflects on a Rhine River cruise through Ashkenazi Jewish history and asks why Jews alone have never committed genocide.

Jack Kaplowitz

Jul 23, 2026

This has happened to us! Jack Kaplowitz opines that Torah tells us not to unleash genocide on others. Photo courtesy of Deposit photos

Opinions

Personal Stories

We heard the message: 3,000 years of Torah keeps us wanting to do the right thing

Jack Kaplowitz reflects on a Rhine River cruise through Ashkenazi Jewish history and asks why Jews alone have never committed genocide.

Jack Kaplowitz

Jul 23, 2026

This has happened to us! Jack Kaplowitz opines that Torah tells us not to unleash genocide on others. Photo courtesy of Deposit photos

Opinions

Personal Stories

We heard the message: 3,000 years of Torah keeps us wanting to do the right thing

Jack Kaplowitz reflects on a Rhine River cruise through Ashkenazi Jewish history and asks why Jews alone have never committed genocide.

Jack Kaplowitz

Jul 23, 2026

This Apple Maps screenshot shows Jewish towns in Judea, including Aderet and Har Amasa, near the so-called ‘Green Line.’ Credit: Screenshot/Apple Maps.

World

Israel & Middle East

Apple Maps and cartographic erasure of Jews

JNS opinion writer Daniel Winston argues Apple Maps applies different visibility standards to Jewish and Arab towns in Judea and Samaria.

Daniel Winston

Jul 23, 2026

This Apple Maps screenshot shows Jewish towns in Judea, including Aderet and Har Amasa, near the so-called ‘Green Line.’ Credit: Screenshot/Apple Maps.

World

Israel & Middle East

Apple Maps and cartographic erasure of Jews

JNS opinion writer Daniel Winston argues Apple Maps applies different visibility standards to Jewish and Arab towns in Judea and Samaria.

Daniel Winston

Jul 23, 2026

This Apple Maps screenshot shows Jewish towns in Judea, including Aderet and Har Amasa, near the so-called ‘Green Line.’ Credit: Screenshot/Apple Maps.

World

Israel & Middle East

Apple Maps and cartographic erasure of Jews

JNS opinion writer Daniel Winston argues Apple Maps applies different visibility standards to Jewish and Arab towns in Judea and Samaria.

Daniel Winston

Jul 23, 2026

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