September 2, 2024
Bringing Israel’s story to American Jewish day camps
COURTESY/LEONARD PETLAKH“A rabbinic colleague recently shared an insightful observation: ‘I was raised with a deeplove for Israel, but I’ve come to realize that my child’s connection will likely be moreabout loving Israelis,’” writes Leonard Petlakh, CEO of the Kings Bay Y and JCCBrooklyn in New York City, in an opinion piece for eJewishPhilanthropy. An impactful encounter: “This summer, we […]
US Jewish Activist appointed Chair of the Uyghur Human Rights Project.
US Jewish scholar and Human Rights activist Dr. Justinian Rudelson Ben-Adam was appointed Board Chair of theUyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), a leading Muslim organization in Washington DC. The Uyghur MuslimUHRP was nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize by members of the US Congress. As one of the leaders of theUyghur Muslims in exile, […]
As tensions soar in the West Bank, IDF launches new offensive operation
Former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus explained to Jewish Insider that the ‘geographical structure of Samariais such that it dominates all the areas around it and the introduction of certain weapons in those areas would be areal game changer for the State of Israel.’JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESRuth Marks Eglash August 29, 2024 While most of the […]
Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7
BY BEN SALESAUGUST 27, 2024 9:21 AMIsraeli troops have rescued an Israeli hostage from southern Gaza, the military announced Tuesday, the eighthcaptive held by Hamas to be brought back alive by Israeli forces since Oct. 7. Qaid Farhan al-Qadi, 52, a BedouinIsraeli and father of 11 from the southern city of Rahat, worked as a security guard […]
Jews and Arabs hoped to fill a truck with aid for Gaza civilians. We ended up filling 300
AUGUST 26, 2024 HAVIVA NER-DAVID The author, at right, and other Standing Together volunteers collect humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza at Ummal-Fahem, a mostly Arab Israeli city in the Haifa district, Aug. 11, 2024. (Faisel Mahagneh) At a recent visit with a Palestinian-Israeli friend in the Lower Galilee, where I live, I invited her […]
JNF-USA and KKL-JNF sign $50 million joint venture torebuild southern Israel
ALEXI J. ROSENFELD/GETTY IMAGESNearly a year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, efforts to rebuild the Gaza bordercommunities destroyed remain underway, with experts estimating that reconstructioncould take at least half a decade. A recently signed $50 million joint venture of theJewish National Fund-USA and Keren Kayemet Le’Israel-Jewish National Fund will aidin rehabilitation on a “project-by-project […]
Israel soccer could be banned by FIFA this week. Here’s what you need to know.
BY JACOB GURVIS AUGUST 28, 2024 12:13 PM Palestinian Football Association President Jibril Rajoub speaks during the 74th FIFA Congress, May 17, 2024, inBangkok. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images) Just one month after Israel’s national soccer team returned to the Olympics for the first time in nearly 50 years, thecountry is facing a potential ban from international competition in […]
US sanctions Israeli nonprofit that supports West Bank settlers in latest round of penalties
BY ASAF ELIA-SHALEVAUGUST 28, 2024 5:33 PMThe United States announced sanctions against a nonprofit that has received funding from the Israeli government aswell as the civilian security chief of a West Bank settlement. The sanctions are the United States’ latest effort tocurb extremism among settlers, and come as violence in the West Bank has escalated.The nonprofit, Hashomer […]
Man arrested in France synagogue arson, as ISIS claims German stabbing attack ‘to avenge Muslims in Palestine’
BY PHILISSA CRAMERAUGUST 25, 2024 8:28 AMA man has been arrested in France after a synagogue there was set ablaze early Saturday morning, in at least thesecond French synagogue arson in recent months. And police in Germany said they had taken into custody a 26-year-old Syrian man in connection a stabbing rampage at a music festival that […]
Historical Archives JTA Italy Pledges to Shun Mediterranean Olympiad if Israel is Excluded
Italian cyclists at the 1960 Rome Olympics. (Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Italy’s Olympics Committee today assured the Israel Olympic Committee that Italy will refuse to participate in thescheduled Mediterranean Regional Olympiad, if Israel is excluded from participation.The issue was taken up by the Israelis today with the International Olympics Committee. The latter has, however, asyet […]