Category Archives: JNS.org
Proposed slashes to US security-grant program cause concern across aisle – JNS.org
(August 2, 2023 / JNS) In the current fiscal year, $305 million is available through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, for “target hardening and other physical security enhancements and activities to nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of terrorist attack.” The current U.S. Read more » »
Israel’s tango with Turkey has limits – JNS.org
(July 31, 2023 / JNS) The convincing win by Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ Nea Dimokratia (ND, New Democracy) center-right party in the second round of the Greek parliamentary elections on June 25 stabilizes the political scene in Athens. Read more » »
Jewish leaders praise Panama for adopting IHRA antisemitism definition – JNS.org
(July 28, 2023 / JNS) The Republic of Panama became the 42nd country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The decision, announced on July 25, drew praise from Jewish leaders. Read more » »
Lubavitcher Rebbe honored in Portugal in the name of universal peace – JNS.org
(July 26, 2023 / JNS) On Sunday, July 30, the Portugal-based International Observatory of Human Rights, within the scope of its mission to promote Peace and Human Rights, honored the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson), who Read more » »
Drop Roger Waters, a dozen-plus Jewish groups urge music company – JNS.org
(July 24, 2023 / JNS) German media conglomerate Bertelsmann announced in 2016 that it had, effectively, told Pink Floyd frontman Rogers Waters “Wish You Were Here” and let’s make “Money” while being “Comfortably Numb” to the chutzpah of a company with a troubling World War II-era history signing a noted antisemite. Read more » »
American Jewish groups celebrate Herzog’s speech to Congress – JNS.org
In an address to a joint session of Congress on July 18, Israeli President Isaac Herzog thanked U.S. legislators for their support of Israel and had harsh words for Iran, which he said is building “nuclear capabilities that pose a threat to the stability of the Middle East and beyond” and calls “to wipe Israel off the map. Read more » »
UK refuses to release documents on aid to Palestinians – JNS.org
(July 11, 2023 / JNS) The U.K. Foreign Office has declined to disclose how British development aid to the Palestinian Authority is audited, claiming it would “not be in the public interest” to do so, Jewish groups claimed on Monday. In a statement first reported by the Jewish News website, We Believe in Israel and B’nai B’rith U.K. Read more » »
‘Shameful, far-fetched, completely detached from reality,’ Erdan says of UN head’s Jenin comments – JNS.org
(July 7, 2023 / JNS) Two days after Israel completed a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin—during which it seized bombs, guns and hundreds of thousands of shekels in terror funds—António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations, blamed the Jewish state solely for using excessive force. The U.N. Read more » »
July 4 also marks Entebbe raid anniversary – JNS.org
“Happy Fourth of July! Today is also the 47th anniversary of the daring Entebbe raid. I was only five at the time, but I remember being inspired by the amazing courage of the IDF team that rescued the hostages and killed the terrorists,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) tweeted. “I thought, ‘That’s a very Texan foreign policy. Read more » »
32 Jewish groups urge Congress to accelerate action on infertility – JNS.org
(June 29, 2023 / JNS) Rhoda Smolow, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, CEO Naomi Adler and the leaders of 31 other American Jewish organizations sent a letter to Congress on Monday outlining the disproportionate impact of infertility on the Jewish community and urging legislators to support H.Res. 345. Read more » »
