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Sole Remnant of Dutch Town’s Jewish Community on Display at Yad Vashem
Stained glass from the Dutch synagogue in Assen that is now displayed at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance center. Credit: Yad Vashem. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Stained glass from the...
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Israel a Rising Star in Space and Satellite Technology
Israel’s first nanosatellite, BGUSAT, which was launched in mid-February as part of an academic initiative by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Credit: Ben-Gurion University. Adding to Israel’s...
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After Trump Decertifies Iran Deal, Congress Must Decide its Future
President Donald Trump delivers remarks announcing the result of the administration’s strategic review of the policy toward Iran, October 13, 2017, in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House....
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German Prosecutors Charge Former Majdanek Death Camp Guard
A reconstructed wooden building around the former Majdanek death camp’s original crematorium. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. German prosecutors have charged a former guard at the Majdanek death camp in...
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Israeli-developed Breakthrough Cancer Drug Receives FDA Approval
Lymphoma cells. Credit: Gabriel Caponetti via Wikimedia Commons. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Kite Pharma, founded by Israeli-American professor Arie Belldegrun in 2009, announced that the U.S....
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White House Official Says Reports on Imminent Peace Plan Misleading
The White House. Credit: Matt Wade Photography via Wikimedia Commons. (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A senior White House official dismissed ongoing reports in the Israeli media that the U.S....
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Einstein Note on How to Live Happy Life Sells in Jerusalem for $1.56 Million
Albert Einstein. Credit: Orren Jack Turner via Wikimedia Commons. A note handwritten by Albert Einstein in the 1920s, detailing the German-born physicist’s simple theory for a happy life, sold in a...
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UK Rabbi Warns Against Division in America
The former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom told a Washington, D.C., audience Oct. 24 that the rise of nationalism, fake news and an individualistic mindset are tearing at the social fabric of the...
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Watchdog Calls for Probe into Rutgers Professor who Accused Israel of Organ...
Rutgers University’s Prof. Mazen Adi reportedly has deep ties to the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Credit: Kremlin.ru via Wikimedia Commons UN Watch, an international human rights group,...
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Wonder Woman, Miss Israel and Joan Nathan Make Headlines
‘Wonder Woman’ Continues to Make Headlines Not only was Gal Gadot named GQ’s Woman of the Year, but the Israeli actress, who rocketed to fame in Wonder Woman, is flexing her muscle by reportedly...
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News Briefs: Yiddish ‘Fiddler’ Planned, Gal Gadot Ranks High in Google...
Gal Gadot a Google Hit Gal Gadot | Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikipedia Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who rocketed to fame in 2017 by playing the title character in Wonder Woman, ranked as the sixth-most...
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Kosher Grocery Store Near Paris Destroyed by Fire on Terror Attack Anniversary
The wreath left outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Jan. 16, 2015, to pay homage to the Jewish...
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As Iranian Minorities Join Protests, Should the US and Israel Arm Them?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and President Donald Trump (left) with White House adviser Jared Kushner (center) at the start of a meeting in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Kobi...
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Lebanon Bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ Over Famed Director’s Ties with...
Steven Spielberg. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons. Steven Spielberg’s latest film, The Post, has been banned in Lebanon due to the famed Jewish-American director’s purported ties with...
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Poland Advances Law Criminalizing References Linking Country to the Holocaust
The rail leading to the former Auschwitz II (Birkenau) concentration camp in Poland. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. The lower house of the Polish Parliament passed a law this week banning the use of the...
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Vienna’s Growing Kosher Scene a Case Study of Thriving Jewish Life in Europe
Feature by Elizabeth Kratz While much of American and Israeli Jewry view Europe either as a “flyover continent” or as a vast and dangerous pit of anti-Semitism from which all Jews must flee, many...
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Penn Cuts Ties With Steve Wynn Over Sexual Harassment Reports The University of Pennsylvania announced it was taking several actions to distance itself from alumnus and former trustee Steve Wynn in the...
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Polish President Signs Controversial Holocaust Bill into Law
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda. Credit: Lukas Plewnia via Wikimedia Commons. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday signed into a law a controversial bill that makes it a crime for anyone to...
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Former U.S. Lawmaker, Holocaust Survivor, Tom Lantos Honored with Budapest...
Former U.S. Rep. and Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. A statue honoring former U.S. lawmaker and Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos was unveiled in Budapest, Hungary on Thursday....
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Orthodox Union Draws a Line in the Sand on Female Clergy, Seeks Compliance...
Congregation Ohev Sholom in Washington, DC. Ohev Sholom is one of four Orthodox Union congregations employing female clergy. Credit: Facebook. The Orthodox Union (OU), after a year of discussions with...
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