Jewish News Syndicate

03
Jan
2024

Jewish Students Visit Israel, Learning How to Confront Campuses ‘Rampant with Antisemitism’

A delegation of pro-Israel student leaders from prominent U.S. universities who have witnessed significant rising antisemitism visit Israel to learn firsthand about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, Dec. 28, 2023. Credit: Office of Knesset member Danny Danon.

A delegation of pro-Israel student leaders from prominent U.S. universities who have witnessed significant rising antisemitism visit Israel to learn firsthand about the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks, Dec. 28, 2023. Credit: Office of Knesset member Danny Danon.

During a visit to the Knesset in Jerusalem on Thursday, Jacob Klatzker, a student at the University of Washington in Seattle, told JNS his campus has been “rampant with antisemitism” since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks in southern Israel and the ensuing military response by the Israel Defense Forces, now in its third month of battling the terrorist organization based in the Gaza Strip.

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26
Sep
2023

Friends, Family Mark Ari Fuld’s Fifth Yahrzeit in Kfar Etzion

Event host Stephen Leavitt addresses the audience at the 5th Yartzheit of Ari Fuld, in Kfar Etzion in Judea, Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Event host Stephen Leavitt addresses the audience at the 5th Yartzheit of Ari Fuld, in Kfar Etzion in Judea, Sept. 21, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

JNS contributor and podcaster Yishai Fleisher, who also serves as the international spokesperson for the Jewish community of Hebron, received the second annual “Lion of Zion” Prize for his work in fulfilling Fuld’s legacy.

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04
Sep
2023

Israel’s U17 Team Takes Gold at European Flag Football Championships

The Israel’s under U17 boys' national flag football team at the 2023 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) European Junior Flag Football Championships in Grossetto, Italy. Credit: Courtesy.

The Israel’s under U17 boys’ national flag football team at the 2023 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) European Junior Flag Football Championships in Grossetto, Italy. Credit: Courtesy.

Over the weekend, Israel’s under U17 boys’ national flag football team won gold at the 2023 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) European Junior Flag Football Championships at the Fattoria La Principina in Grossetto, Italy. More than 400 young athletes from 12 nations competed during the three-day tournament, at the U17 and U15 levels.

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14
Aug
2023

Turning Hoops into Bridges with Athletes for Israel

Members of the University of Arizona's basketball team lead a clinic in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2023. Photo: Josh Hasten.

Members of the University of Arizona’s basketball team lead a clinic in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2023. Photo: Josh Hasten.

Temperatures were scorching outside in Jerusalem on Sunday—and the competition was heating up indoors at a local gym as well, with some of the top college basketball players in the United States, representing the University of Arizona, leading young Israeli hoopsters in a clinic of drills and games.

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28
Jun
2023

Friedman: Biden Admin ’Embracing BDS’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and then-American Ambassador David Friedman, April 2018. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with then-U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and then-American Ambassador David Friedman, April 2018. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed on Monday that the United States would be freezing scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in areas over the 1949 armistice line, i.e. in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and parts of Jerusalem.’U.S. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller confirmed on Monday that the United States would be freezing scientific and technological cooperation with Israeli entities in areas over the 1949 armistice line, i.e. in Judea, Samaria, the Golan Heights and parts of Jerusalem.

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18
May
2023

Thousands Visit Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus; IDF Forces Come Under Attack

Hundreds of Jewish men pray at the Joseph's Tomb compound in Nablus on June 10, 2013. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.

Hundreds of Jewish men pray at the Joseph’s Tomb compound in Nablus on June 10, 2013. Photo by Yaakov Naumi/Flash90.

Thousands of Jewish worshippers took part in the monthly pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb in the Palestinian Authority-controlled town of Nablus (Shechem) on Tuesday night, making it the largest delegation to the holy site since the onset of the pandemic.

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