Opinion - The Jewish World

Leiah Bowden to share excerpts from her book at May 12 SJCC program

May 8, 2025 | 0

LEIAH BOWDEN SCHENECTADY– The Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC) has slated a free program...

Fight or flight? Betar calls for mass Jewish exodus to Israel

May 8, 2025 | 0

A Betar protest in support of Israel in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of World Betar. JNS By...

Chabad women celebrate courage at annual Spa for the Body and Soul

May 1, 2025 | 0

Capital Region shluchus, leaders of area Jewish Women Circles at local Chabads, from left, Chana...

Reviewing Trump’s schizophrenic Middle East policy after 100 days

May 1, 2025 | 0

U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office, April 24, 2025. Photo...

Need a miracle?

Apr 25, 2025 | 0

From our Chabad friends in Fla: Rabbi Dovid Vigler Finding G-d in the Miracles We Overlook So what will happen with Iran? Will President Trump allow them to maintain a nuclear project for “peaceful purposes,” or none at all? Can...

Rabbi Riskin’s new book portrays Judaism as a love story

Apr 24, 2025 | 0

Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Photo by Meir Elipur. by STEVE LINDE JNS What keeps the Jewish people going?...

‘Good reason not to compete’: Israeli team forfeits Shabbat round at robotics event

Apr 24, 2025 | 0

The Trigon robotics team at the first championship in Houston on April 18, 2025. Photo courtesy of...

Yom HaShoah: Reminding humanity of its lowest moments

Apr 24, 2025 | 0

Hillel Kofsky, right, on tour at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp grounds as part of a...

A Holocaust child survivor united two families for three generations

Apr 17, 2025 | 0

By MARSHA HALPERT As we near Yom HaShoahm, Marsha Halpert of Albany and a 2nd generation survivor shared with us some thoughts about one child during the Shoah and how people can help each other. Yom HaShoah, Holocaust...