The Jewish Federation of NEPA

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  • JNS.org - Jerusalem News Syndicate
A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian – at a difficult moment for the storied institution

A new commission will study the Weitzman Museum of American Jewish History’s potential placement in the Smithsonian. -- The post A major Jewish museum hopes to join the Smithsonian – Learn more

Checkmate? Netanyahu faces a daunting playing field ahead of Oct. 27

Whether small parties meet the minimum electoral threshold could determine the outcome. -- The post Checkmate? Netanyahu faces a daunting playing field ahead of Oct. 27 appeared first on Jewish Learn more

Blakeman targets Mamdani in meeting with Hasidic leaders

A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the... -- The post Blakeman targets Mamdani in meeting with Hasidic Learn more

Who will govern Israel? Try out JTA’s election interactive

Track the polls, meet all the parties and their candidates, and build your own coalition ahead of the Oct. 27 vote. -- The post Who will govern Israel? Try out Learn more

“Britain must not grow accustomed to such scenes,” Steve Winston, of the National Jewish Assembly, told JNS. Learn more

Little if any progress on Jew-hatred at United Nations, Jewish staffers say

“Besides the Palestinians, the problem is the Europeans and the leftists, promoted by NGOs. They are the most dangerous,” a Jewish U.N. employee said of antisemitism within the institution. Learn more

Ralph Bunche ended a war; Lester Pearson separated armies; Martti Ahtisaari negotiated and settled conflicts. Navi Pillay represents a very different understanding of “peace.” Learn more

That legal threshold “requires enough support to have some meaningful impact on the terrorist organization’s ability to achieve its goals,” a dissenting Fourth Circuit judge wrote. “Selling a hot dog Learn more

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