1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (153+ words) Spanish, French, British and Canadian Jewish communities have contacted officials at the U. S. State Department to explore the possibility of a pathway through which they could immigrate to the United States under refugee or other protected-status avenues, JNS has learned. The…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (314+ words) Five Jewish American soldiers killed in World War I received new headstones bearing Stars of David at France's Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery on June 2, replacing Latin crosses that had marked their graves for more than a century. The American Battle Monuments…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1038+ words) Why would anyone oppose making a 3, 500-year-old historical and religious site accessible to the disabled? Why would anyone resist protecting such a site from the elements? The Cave of the Patriarchs has always been of substantial significance to the Jewish…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (293+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. Medieval Jewish Militants by Lisa Gran Kovitch offers an examination of self-defense, resilience and survival in Jewish communities across medieval Europe…...

6+ day, 54+ min ago  (279+ words) A "Moving Up to Jerusalem" real estate and investment fair recently transformed Midtown Manhattan into a major development hub for New York's Jewish community. The Israeli Building Center, in collaboration with the Jerusalem Development Authority, as well as the Eden…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (17+ words) Rabbi Menachem Margolin JNS. org Rabbi Menachem Margolin is chairman and founder of the European Jewish Association....

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (488+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe....

6+ day, 9+ hour ago  (266+ words) The front-runner in the Colombian presidential election is a strong supporter of Israel who has pledged to establish an embassy in Jerusalem. Abelardo de la Espriella, the right-wing Colombian presidential candidate, topped the vote in Sunday's election with 43. 7% of the…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (592+ words) It appears that If Not Now is going to shul. The group has made public a plan that over the next two-and-a-half years, it will target American Jews to support the ending of U. S. arms sales to Israel. At least one…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (296+ words) It has long been fashionable in certain circles to find every possible opportunity to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while rarely offering praise, no matter how much may be due for his leadership, decisions, vision and steadfast determination to stand…...