Thousands of non-Jews order mezuzahs after a Christian puts one …
Oct 11, 2024 · (JTA) - A Jewish nonprofit that distributes mezuzahs has been deluged with thousands of requests after a Catholic sitcom actress launched a campaign encouraging people to put up the ritual object in support of the Jewish community. Patricia Heaton, known for her starring roles in "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Middle," announced the campaign Mo...
Son of Hamas founder urges Israel to kill his father if hostages not ...
Dec 8, 2023 · Large attendance at IAC memorial event in New York; How Trump and Harris differ (and agree) when it comes to Middle East policy; Israel hits Iranian military targets in retaliation for Oct. 1 missile barrage
The history of the $1 bill and who was Haym Solomon?
Nov 17, 2017 · Solomon raised $20,000, through the sale of bills of exchange. With that, and the $1,400,000 personally loaned by Robert Morris, Washington conducted the Yorktown campaign, which proved to be the final battle of the Revolution. Solomon died a pauper a few years later.
Ofakim mayor details help Gallant promised that never came
Feb 9, 2024 · (JNS) — A video clip making the rounds in Hebrew media features Ofakim Mayor Yitzhak Danino revealing disturbing details of a conversation he had with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as the Oct. 7 attack unfolded, in which he pleaded for army helicopters to save the small southern city, which Gallant promised but were never sent.
Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz resigns after no-confidence vote …
Oct 4, 2024 · (JTA) — Brandeis University President Ronald Liebowitz announced his resignation Wednesday morning after he lost a vote of no confidence from faculty. Liebowitz’s resignation, which takes effect Nov. 1, comes amid steep financial challenges for the historically Jewish university. Brandeis announced in May that it would lay off 60 employees and...
What's Happening - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Oct 25, 2024 · MORNING MINYANS Chabad of South Orlando — Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. and 10 minutes before sunset; Saturday, 9:30 a.m.; Sunday, 8:15 a.m.,
The Jews who call Florida's massive retirement community The …
Apr 9, 2021 · SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. (JTA) - When Ellen Faulkner told her friends that she was moving to The Villages, the sprawling senior community in Central Florida, they cautioned her: There was no Jewish life there. Faulkner hadn't noticed that during her visit, which was made at the urging of a high school classmate who told her rapturously about what it was...
The tides are turning - Heritage Florida Jewish News
Oct 11, 2024 · The tides are turning. (JNS) — Starting with the explosion of thousands of beepers and pagers of Hezbollah members in Lebanon on Sept. 17 and with the elimination of Hezbollah senior leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sept. 27 along with practically all of the highest-ranking members of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, Israel is once again reclaiming its ...
Gerda Weissmann Klein was a Holocaust survivor, author, and …
Apr 22, 2022 · (JTA) - With Allied forces swiftly approaching during the liberation of the concentration camps, Nazis barricaded Gerda Weissmann Klein and other Jewish survivors inside a barn, planting a time bomb outside. A sudden rainstorm disconnected the bomb's wiring, and American forces found the barn and unlocked the door. Weissmann Klein told the first re...
Jihadists in Mali give Christians an ultimatum: 'Support us, convert …
Oct 11, 2024 · (JNS) — An Islamist insurgency in Mali may destroy the country’s Christian communities. Recently, Islamic militants there told Christians that they must support the militants’ activities through money or soldiers—or flee their homes. In August, the organization Open Doors, an organization that monitors Christian persecution on a global scal...