In extraordinary tribute, George Shultz hailed by Jewish leaders for helping free Soviet Jews
By Larry Luxner
On Feb. 11, 1986, Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky — freed after enduring nine years in Russian prisons on false charges of treason...
How to move to Israel while working remotely for a US employer
By Renee Ghert-Zand
It turns out the coronavirus pandemic has had an unexpected silver lining for Americans contemplating making aliyah: the normalization of working remotely.
To...
Creating local programming, Russian-speaking Jews bolster unique Jewish identity
By Larry Luxner
Belarus native Igor Litvin cares about the Earth. He’s also passionate about his Jewish identity.
Not long ago, the Minsk resident decided to...
5 things to know about Israel’s attention-grabbing COVID-19 vaccination spree
By Philissa Cramer and Ben Sales
Israel is making headlines for its response to COVID-19 — again.
Early on in the pandemic, Israel was lauded for...
What Israel and Morocco will gain from reestablishing ties
By Abigail Klein Leichman | JNS
The Dec. 10 announcement of the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in...
Israel and Morocco to establish diplomatic ties
Israel will establish diplomatic relations with Morocco, which becomes the fourth Arab country to announce it will recognize Israel in the last year.
President Donald...
Women from North Africa have a feminist Chanukah tradition
By Rishe Groner | Alma via JTA
When it comes to celebrating Chanukah, you probably think about lighting the menorah, playing dreidel and eating so...
This American immigrant to Israel is fighting sexual abuse among the haredi Orthodox
By Larry Luxner
Not long ago, an 18-year-old girl from a haredi Orthodox family in Jerusalem anonymously called a hotline for victims of sexual abuse,...
Israeli scientists pioneering new, less invasive breast cancer detection methods
By Larry Luxner
Every day, hundreds of thousands of women worldwide get mammograms, and thousands more are sent by their doctors for biopsies to confirm...
The Iran assassination, explained
The simmering fear among Middle East watchers that President Donald Trump might attack Iran in the waning days of his presidency was inflamed on...
