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Discussion of Czech film set by SJCA for May 13
Poster for “Divided We Fall,” which will be discussed by SJCA . SARATOGA SPRINGS–Saratoga Jewish...
Read MoreIsrael celebrates 77th Independence Day as fires cancel ceremonies
JNS Israel ushered in its 77th Independence Day at sunset on Wednesday night, April 30, with nightly celebrations canceled or postponed throughout the country as massive wildfires continued to engulf the Jewish state. The...
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Why I’m voting in the World Zionist Congress election… And why you should, too.
Israeli flag. Photo courtesy of Pixabay. By ALAN KADISH JNS Over the past year, Jewish students...
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Reviewing Trump’s schizophrenic Middle East policy after 100 days
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office, April 24, 2025. Photo...
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Ancient stone capital depicting a menorah on display
The stone capital. The only one of its kind in the world. Photo courtesy of Arkady Ostrovsky,...
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Hamas’s ‘all-or-nothing’ strategy: Why it rejected a partial deal
People run for cover as a plume of smoke rises above tents at a camp for displaced Palestinians in...
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Albany Center names 2025 Pillars honorees; Program on May 15
Dr. GAVIN and KAREN SETZEN HENRY (“HANK”) GREENBERG ELLEN and LARRY KOTLOW ALBANY–The Sidney...
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Agudat Achim to note efforts of eight at Shomrei Kehillah Awards celebratory brunch
JOE SHIANG and SUSAN SHARFSTEIN, ALEXANDRA and STEVE SCHMIDT, Volunteers of the Year....
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Herzog to lead Poland’s March of the Living at Auschwitz-Birkenau
Then-Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog speaks at the annual March of the Living program in...
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Rabbi Riskin’s new book portrays Judaism as a love story
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Photo by Meir Elipur. by STEVE LINDE JNS What keeps the Jewish people going?...
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Guatemalan ambassador to Israel gets more than she bargained for … and that’s fine
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS JNS Two years ago, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the president...
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Yom HaShoah: Reminding humanity of its lowest moments
Hillel Kofsky, right, on tour at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp grounds as part of a...
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