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‘Undoubtedly worth it': 100 Jewish teens travel to Israel through Tzofim program
46+ min ago (381+ words) Categories: News & Views / News Briefs By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) July 16, 2026, 4 PM ET (July 15, 2026 / JNS) One hundred Jewish teenagers from across the United States are spending part of their summer in Israel through Tzofim North America’s ‘Chetz V’Keshet’ program, a…...
Massie Amendment to End Israel Aid Fails 314-104
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (755+ words) Categories: News & Views / Politics / News Briefs July 16, 2026, 12 PM ET (July 15, 2026 / JNS) A House amendment to end aid to Israel sharply divided the Democratic caucus on Wednesday with less than half of Democrats voting to continue annual military funding to the…...
When the Rabbis and Rebbetzins Make Aliyah
6+ hour, 46+ min ago (1161+ words) Categories: Headline / Features / Aliyah July 16, 2026, 10 AM ET “My wife and I are both grandparents many times over, and so it’s time for us to really let a younger rabbi come in – and start our next chapter and really be productive…...
World Mizrachi Wins Back Equal Scholarship Subsidies
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (181+ words) July 16, 2026, 6 AM ET The World Mizrachi Movement has secured a new financial arrangement ensuring that yeshiva and seminary students participating in the MASA program are now eligible for the same significant subsidies as students in other MASA tracks. This decision,…...
Is $5,000 Too Much to Spend on Sleepaway Camp Prep?
9+ hour, 46+ min ago (944+ words) July 16, 2026, 7 AM ET Is spending $5,000 on clothing, accessories, and packing supplies to prepare a child for sleepaway camp excessive for a frum family? Other parents in my community told me this is the norm. This is my first time sending…...
Haifa man, 82, dies three months after Iranian missile strike
10+ hour, 46+ min ago (247+ words) Categories: News & Views / News Briefs By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) July 16, 2026, 6 AM ET (July 15, 2026 / JNS) A Haifa resident died of wounds sustained when an Iranian ballistic missile struck his home during “Operation Roaring Lion,” three months after the attack, the…...
Iran’s New Provocations Are the Price of Appeasement
21+ hour, 46+ min ago (288+ words) July 15, 2026, 7 PM ET The ink on the June 17 Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was barely dry before the reality of the Middle East reasserted itself. On July 8, President Trump officially declared the end of the fragile 60-day ceasefire, launching retaliatory…...
Letters To The Editor - July 17, 2026
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (420+ words) Categories: Letters To The Editor July 15, 2026, 2 PM ET Jewish Pride at Yankee Stadium It Can Be Done: A Chareidi Hesder Yeshiva “Shall you sit and your brothers go to war?” I found these very words in the Torah reading this…...
Intelligence experts question Ahmadinejad ‘regime-change’ report
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (593+ words) July 15, 2026, 1 PM ET (July 15, 2026 / JNS) Former Israeli intelligence officers and an American defense expert are expressing deep skepticism regarding a July 13 New York Times report alleging that the Mossad attempted to recruit former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as part of…...
Word Prompt – SHVITZ – Anat Coleman
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (210+ words) July 15, 2026, 11 AM ET In the summer, my clothes announce me before I speak. During the winter, everyone is wearing a hat. Difference disappears beneath coats. I don’t stand out. Then summer arrives. As temperatures climb, the city seems to shed…...