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WEBIranian Quds Force chief reportedly MIA since Israeli strike in Lebanon. JNS Staff. Biden admin announces $157m for ‘populations affected by conflict in Lebanon’. Man charged with federal crime for pro-Hamas vandalism of monument near DC’s Union Station. 35,000 Jewish pilgrims visit Uman despite holiday warnings.
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WEB2 days ago — Iran and Israel lead off vice-presidential debate. “It is up to Israel what they think they need to do to keep their country safe,” Sen. J.D. Vance said. “We should support our allies wherever they are when they’re fighting the bad guys.”. Andrew Bernard.
Morocco’s Jews ponder future: ‘This is not the country we knew’
WEBSource: Twitter. (Dec. 17, 2023 / JNS) “This is not the Morocco we knew,” said Kobi Ifrah, co-founder of Kulna, a nonprofit organization that aims to preserve and promote Jewish Moroccan heritage. Ifrah moved from Dimona, Israel to Marrakesh 10 years ago, and has been mapping Jewish sites across the country while leading trips for Israelis ...
Jews provoked the Holocaust, Palestinian leaders say (again)
WEBMar 7, 2024 — And sometimes—such as last week—they say the Jews themselves provoked the Holocaust. Yasser Abu Sido, a senior official of the Palestinian Authority’s ruling party, Fatah, said on an Egyptian television program on Feb. 23 that “Hitler had obvious reasons” for perpetrating the Holocaust. The Jews’ own provocative behavior was the ...
Jews in Iran ‘shocked and angered’ about looming ... - JNS.org
WEBMay 21, 2024 — The imminent execution of a young Jewish man the Iranian regime has sentenced to death has been postponed, Iranian Jewish activists in the United States told JNS. Arvin Ghahramani, age 20, according to news reports, is being held in the city of Kermanshah—some 300 miles west of Tehran near the border with Iraq—on charges of …
'No Jews, no news' at the UNSC, says Israeli envoy - JNS.org
WEBJan 14, 2024 — The United Nations Security Council spent Friday afternoon attempting to tackle a widening crisis in the Middle East. With the Israel-Hamas war approaching its 100-day mark, Algeria was granted a briefing on Friday following its request for the council to meet over what it calls the threat of forced displacement of Gazans by Israel.
Canada and the war against the Jews - JNS.org
WEBSep 18, 2024 — There are more hate incidents against Jews and Jewish institutions per capita in Canada than all other minority groups put together. Per capita, the number of antisemitic incidents in Canada is highest in the Western world, and Toronto leads the world in per capita antisemitic incidents. The cancer of antisemitism, like a pandemic, is evident ...
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Jewish population hits 15.8 million globally - JNS.org
WEB6 days ago — Jews pray for forgiveness ahead of Rosh Hashanah at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sept. 20, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90. On the eve of the Jewish year 5785, the Jewish population worldwide numbered 15.8 million, an increase of about 100,000 compared to 5784, according to data published by the Jewish Agency.
Five years after Pittsburgh, mass murder has a new meaning
WEBOct 27, 2023 — As sad and as dangerous as the Pittsburgh shooting was, five years later, the threat Jews now face is far more insidious. And they are confronting it without the help of the traditional friends who have abandoned them. Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate). Follow him: @jonathans_tobin.