Southern New England Jewish Ledger
Spotlight on Westport Judaica artist Susan Lowenthal
By Cindy Mindell WESTPORT – With UConn on the court for the annual NCAA basketball tournament, most of the…
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Three things that keep the Jewish community up at night
Annual Women’s Education Symposium features Gary Rosenblatt What are the biggest challenges facing the Jewish community today? In a recent…
KOLOT – The Weaver’s Loom
By Joel Fleischman “The Weaver’s Loom” is a poem inspired by a comment by the revered Torah commentator Rashi…
Israeli Foreign Ministry workers strike
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) For the first time in Israel’s history, the Foreign Ministry has gone on strike, closing all…
Report: U.S. may free Pollard to save peace talks
(JNS.org) In order to break a deadlock in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, U.S. officials are reportedly not ruling out…
Loyola University students petition to veto divestment bill
(JNS.org) Pro-Israel students at Chicago’s Loyola University are mobilizing a response to the Students for Justice in Palestine-sponsored Israel divestment…
Hillel Harvard’s visit to Arafat’s grave causes concern
(JNS.org) Hillel International responded to growing criticism over a visit by Harvard University students on a Hillel-sponsored tour of Israel…
Carter on BDS, Israel as a Jewish state
Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday, March 24 that he doesn’t support the Palestinian-led “boycott, divest, sanction” (BDS) campaign against…
Saudi Arabia denies visa to Jerusalem Post reporter
(JNS.org) Saudi Arabia denied a visa to Jerusalem Post reporter Michael Wilner to cover President Barack Obama’s upcoming trip to…
Pro-Israel students targeted at U of Michigan
(JNS.org) Pro-Palestinian students last week directed threats of violence and anti-Semitic slurs at pro-Israel students at the University of Michigan….
