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Rabbi Phil Kaplan announced he will be leaving Beth Israel in Metairie this summer, and the family will be leaving the New Orleans area. “I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished together during my time here,” he said, saying that Beth Israel “has grown […]

Danny Cohn will be stepping down as CEO of the Birmingham Jewish Federation in March to take the same role at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. In a community letter on Dec. 10, Cohn said “This decision was not an easy one, as the […]

While anti-Israel activists and anti-Israel organizations charge Israel with committing genocide in Gaza or targeting civilians, the world’s leading urban warfare expert says most people “really don’t know what they are talking about.” John Spencer, chair of Urban Warfare Studies with the Madison Policy Forum […]

While there has been a lot of talk about anti-Israel students and outsiders demonstrating at numerous universities, not as much has been said about anti-Israel faculty members who enable the atmosphere and include anti-Israel teachings in their coursework. The AMCHA Initiative released an Anti-Zionist Faculty […]

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to members of the press at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 5, 2024 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. (JNS) — A bomb threat “for Palestine” directed at U.S. Congress Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s home in Rome, Georgia, […]

For Naaleh students, the OU relief mission to Asheville constituted so much more than fixing homes. Credit: Courtesy. Special to SJL A group of 11th graders from New Jersey recently participated in a unique trip that involved suiting up in hazmat gear, boots and two […]

Manischewitz/X screenshot By Louis Keene (The Forward) — Since the NCAA began allowing college athletes to get paid for endorsements in 2021, the most delightful deals have tended to draw upon a natural association between player and company. Hoopers with the surnames Roach and Buggs […]

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO. (JNS) — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) introduced legislation on Dec. 5 that would ban the federal government from using the term “West Bank” and instead use Judea and Samaria, the terminology […]

A Jewish family’s home is vandalized with swastikas in Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 5, 2024. Source: Screenshot / WCNC Charlotte (JNS) — A Jewish family’s home in Charlotte, N.C., was recently graffitied with swastikas as well as racist and homophobic slurs. “It’s crazy because you just […]