Amid the billowing smoke across the nearby Gaza border, deep in Israel’s Negev, the new community of Shlomit laid a cornerstone for their future community center. The new structure will serve …
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By Megan E. Turner, JNS
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7/25/18
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Not only didn’t the recent troubles along Israel’s borders stop any of the 232 North Americans who planned to make aliyah on Tuesday’s Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight, but …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/25/18
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A Brooklyn Heights couple continued their ongoing commitment to assisting Israel’s fire and rescure operations on Monday, laying a timecapsule in a new fire station they are helping to finance …
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The Jewish Star
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4/25/18
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About 20 veterans commit suicide across the U.S. each day, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. An organization providing spiritual healing, suicide prevention and peer support …
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By June Glazer, JNS.org
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5/25/17
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Seventy Jewish National Fund supporters gathered at the home of Jodi and David Pollack in Woodmere last Sunday to support JNF’s Task Force on Disabilities.The event raised funds and awareness …
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3/10/17
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More than 1,500 potential olim attended New York's annual aliyah “mega event” on Sunday.
The day-long Nefesh B’Nefesh fair, at John Jay College on Mahattan’s West Side, addressed the range of opportunities and challenges …
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By Ed Weintrob
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2/27/17
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The Midrash in Kohelet Rabbah teaches that G-d told man, “Be careful not to spoil or destroy my world—for if you do, there will be nobody after you to repair it.”
For more than a …
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By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org
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2/8/17
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Israel has reached an important milestone in its development as a nation, says Jewish National Fund CEO Russell F. Robinson. “I think this is our moment of real Zionism.”
For Robinson, …
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By Jeffrey F. Barken, JNS.org
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7/20/16
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Hannah Slavsky’s Pop-Pop, along with other family members, gave her an awareness of the life-saving work firefighters do. As a child she washed fire trucks and checked to make sure vital …
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By Celia Weintrob
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3/2/16
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The morning of Dec. 4 was crisp and chilly, with just the right amount of sunlight to stave off the cold. I found myself standing in a circle of poker-faced men and women …
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By Megan Turner, JNS.org
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1/29/16
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