Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Saudi king condemns Gaza conflict, but not Israel
(JNS.org) Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Friday, Aug. 1 broke his silence on the Gaza conflict by condemning the conflict…
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Senate approves initially blocked Iron Dome funding
(JNS.org) The U.S. Senate on Friday, Aug. 1 passed $225 million in emergency funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense…
Belgian doctor refuses to treat elderly Jewish patient
(JNS.org) A Belgian doctor manning an emergency phone system refused to treat a 90-year-old Jewish woman who had suffered a…
Bolivia calls Israel ‘terrorist state’
(JNS.org) Bolivian President Evo Morales called Israel a “terrorist state” on July 30 over the country’s conflict with Hamas in…
32 countries ask U.N. to declare Yom Kippur a holiday
(JNS.org) Thirty-two countries signed a letter circulated July 30 in the United Nations General Assembly that requests the recognition of…
Latest threat from Hamas: paragliding terrorists
(JNS.org) After Israeli forces captured and interrogated a Hamas terrorist who had been hiding in a tunnel for three weeks,…
Irish parliament to consider expulsion of Israeli envoy
(JNS.org) The upper house of the Irish parliament, known as the Seanad or Senate, is set to be recalled from…
Hamas executing suspected Israeli collaborators
(JNS.org) Hamas has been summarily executing suspected Israeli collaborators, Palestinian media reports say. Over the past week, Hamas has executed…
Hamas manual: Use of population as “human shields”
IDF forces in the Gaza Strip found a Hamas manual on “Urban Warfare,” belonging to Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam…
The Painful and Empowering Unity of the Jewish People
By Vera Schwarcz These have been hard days, tough weeks. The Jewish calendar calls them “ben ha metzarim” –…
