Category Archives: JNS.org
Grant Shapps becomes first Jewish UK defense secretary in 30 years – JNS.org
(September 11, 2023 / JNS) Grant Shapps. Credit: Rory Arnold/No. 10 Downing Street via Wikimedia Commons. The United Kingdom has appointed its first Jewish defense secretary in more than three decades. Read more » »
In divisive times, Jewish leaders mostly optimistic as High Holidays approach – JNS.org
(September 5, 2023 / JNS) Nearly 60% of Americans told pollsters in late March and early April that life is worse for them than for those like them 50 years ago, and sizeable majorities think the U.S. Read more » »
American Jewish groups downplay Visa Waiver Program risks to Israel – JNS.org
(August 8, 2023 / JNS) As the Sept. 30 deadline looms for Israel to either gain entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, which it has sought for more than a decade or have to restart its application, questions loom about whether Washington’s entry requirements would create security risks for Israel. Read more » »
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 » »
