4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (429+ words) Israel has canceled this year's Lag B'Omer pilgrimage to Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee, according to a statement the Israel Police issued on Sunday. "In accordance with [IDF] Home Front Command guidelines and a decision by the prime minister,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (23+ words) JNS. org Kamyar Behrang is an Iranian journalist based in Washington, D. C. , and serves as senior news editor at Iran International....

20+ hour, 48+ min ago  (149+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. The father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was born 166 years ago to the day The Hungarian Jewish journalist was born in…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (244+ words) JNS. org The annual celebration, founded by Challah Back Girls, returns during Jewish American Heritage Month with opportunities to host, bake and share challah at Shabbat tables nationwide One Table National Challah Day will return on May 1 and May 2 to…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (273+ words) The Home Affairs Committee, part of the British House of Commons, plans to hold an "evidence session" on May 14 to probe Jew-hatred in the United Kingdom, it said on Friday. "I am deeply concerned about the very real threats facing…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (581+ words) A keffiyeh worn by someone featured prominently in a New York City public service announcement, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani released on Wednesday, is raising questions and hackles among Jewish New Yorkers. Two young workers from the mayor's office of mass…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (321+ words) A bipartisan group of House lawmakers introduced a resolution on Thursday recognizing Jewish American Heritage Month, which begins on May 1. The measure, led by Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Troy A. Carter Sr. (D-La.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.)…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (19+ words) The Board of Deputies of British Jews welcomed the move, calling it a "necessary intervention" in incitement to violence....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (383+ words) Hosted by Greece's regional Chabad leaders, Rabbi Mendel and Nechama Hendel, together with the local emissaries to Mykonos, Rabbi Ouziel Moshe and Shterna Sarah Friedland, the gathering combined strategic planning with hands-on workshops, educational sessions and late-night discussions, creating what…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (34+ words) "It's very important, not only for Israel, but also for the United States, that people will be more familiar with the real history," Yigal Dilmoni, of American Friends of Judea and Samaria, told JNS....