The Jewish Federation of NEPA

The Jewish Federation of NEPA is your central address for everything Jewish in Lackawanna, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties.

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  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency
  • JNS.org - Jewish News Syndicate
Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism reforms

Political signifiers are inappropriate for National Health Service workers to display, Lord John Mann said. -- The post Pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel symbols to be banned after British government backs NHS antisemitism Learn more

Jerusalem Pride march turns toward the Knesset as LGBTQ Israelis eye pivotal election

Opposition leader Yair Lapid spoke at the rally, which drew 10,000 participants and 2,000 police officers. -- The post Jerusalem Pride march turns toward the Knesset as LGBTQ Israelis eye Learn more

Knicks post-game ad features Mamdani and pro-Palestinian candidates

Plus, a woman who yelled "Jews are eating kids" is charged in a subway attack. -- The post Knicks post-game ad features Mamdani and pro-Palestinian candidates appeared first on Jewish Learn more

The Jewish Brigade fought fascism in Italy. Now its flags spark protests.

Made up largely of Jewish volunteers from Mandatory Palestine, the Jewish Brigade has become a symbol in today’s battles over Zionism, antisemitism and antifascism, writes a scholar of modern European Learn more

Kurt Schwartz of CAMERA told JNS that editors on the site commit “errors of omission” when they hide Piker’s “indifference to and even denial of Hamas’s sexual assault.” Learn more

Iran’s war on the US and Israel runs through Hezbollah

For decades, the terror organization based in Lebanon has overruled the country’s elected leaders and murdered those who defied it. Learn more

"Every marker matters," Michael X. Garrett, chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission, said. "Because remembrance worthy of sacrifice must be careful, humble and exact." Learn more

Simon Hankinson of the Heritage Foundation told JNS that policies restricting ICE cooperation “assist people who are deeply hostile to the United States.” Learn more

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