Category: News
U. Albany students note Shabbat and books
“Shabbat 360” an annual mega-Shabbat dinner at the University of Albany co-sponsored by UAlbany...
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Remembering ‘Blaustein of the Irish’ on Saint Patrick’s Day.
From left, Post 106 Commander Karl Auerbach, Past Post 106 Commander Gary Hoffmann, life member...
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Jewish Family Services Chaplaincy Program remembers 300 with Passover gift bags
From left, Garry R. Sanders, JFS board vice chairman, and JFS board members Robyn Marinstein and...
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What’s it all about? Poetry class set by COGH that relates Jewish sensibility to nature
SUSAN COMMINOS SCHENECTADY—What’s It All About? Part 2, a poetry reading-and-writing course...
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Live Braid Zoom presentation to feature ‘Hold Me, Heal Me’ April 6 and 10
Poster for new Braid presentation. Saratoga Jewish Community Arts and the Jewish Federation of...
Read MoreCar wash charged extra for Passover service, since ‘their cars are so dirty’
by VITA FELLIG JNS Super 4 Seasons, a car wash in Rockland County, N.Y., must stop discriminatory business practices against Jewish customers preparing for Passover or face a fine of $75,000, the office of Letitia James, the New...
Read MoreHungary expected to announce embassy move to Jerusalem, withdraw from international court
JNS Hungary is expected to announce during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official state visit on Thursday, April 3, that it is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court in The Hague and that it is moving...
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‘May Allah destroy Israel,’ Erdoğan says in Eid al-Fitr prayer
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğann at world humanitarian summit in Istanbul in 2016. Deposit...
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JFS to note Rabbi Shpeen with Anschel Weiss Community Award at Mensches & Mimosas
Rabbi SCOTT SHPEEN Celebrating community volunteerism and dedicated leadership is at the heart of...
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$161,572 was raised on Super Sunday
Volunteer EILEEN HANDELMAN Super Sunday, the largest Jewish annual community phone-a-thon...
Read MoreHow the West was won, and how it can be saved
By PHYLLIS CHESLER JNS The Islamification of the West began long ago with Arab and Islamic attacks against infidels, especially the Jews. By the beginning of this century, anti-Zionism characterized the new anti-Semitism. Israel...
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Netanyahu: Gaza protests against Hamas proof ‘our policy is working’
By AKIVA VAN KONINGSVELD JNS Palestinian protests against Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip are proof...
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