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News / JNS - 9 hours ago

IDF soldier injured by car in Huwara, incident being probed

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) An Israel Defense Forces soldier was lightly injured on Monday night when a car struck him in Palestinian-controlled Huwara, near Nablus in Samaria. The driver of the vehicle reportedly fled the scene. The military did not immed...

News / JNS - 12 hours ago

Balancing ideological and practical Zionism

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) When Theodor Herzl began to advocate for the reestablishment of a Jewish state in the Land of Israel, many Jews agreed with his ideology but considered his idea impractical. The Ottoman Empire ruled Palestine, which was a desola...

News / JNS - 13 hours ago

Brandeis should pick somebody else to brag about

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) I understand why universities boast about their most famous graduates. But should a university boast about a graduate who has claimed that members of U.S. Congress are “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby?” Brandeis Universi...

News / JNS - 14 hours ago

Iran named vice president of UN General Assembly

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) Following Iran—a country that executes its citizens for “blasphemous” social-media posts—gaining leadership over a U.N. forum based on promoting human rights through technology, the Islamic regime in Tehran has now gained anothe...

News / JNS - 14 hours ago

Netanyahu speaks with Musk, Altman, drafting national AI policy

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone on Sunday night with tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, whose “insight and contribution to humanity” the premier holds in “high esteem.” “We are at the dawn of a new era for...

News / JNS - 16 hours ago

In first, Israeli hospital to admit gay men to maternity ward

(June 5, 2023 / JNS) For the first time in Israel, the Rabin Medical Center’s Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah will admit to its Labor and Delivery Ward gay couples and single men who arrive with surrogates, Israel Hayom reported on Monday. In th...