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June 30, 2015 -     ​​A wave of anti-Semitism is sweeping across American universities. During the 2014-2015 school year, resolutions calling for a boycott of the Jewish state were passed by 15 student governments — and considered by more than 15 others.   At UCLA, the student government passed a boycott resolution against Israel by a wide m Read More…

June 22, 2015 -     Posted on June 21, 2015 by JNS.org and filed under Features, Jewish Life, U.S.. Click photo to download. Caption: The Jewish Community Festival in Bellevue, Wash., in August 2007. At left is the booth of the Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound, which brings people together "to celebrate Jewish culture a Read More…

June 11, 2015 -     by Ryan Torok   From left: New Community Jewish High School Head of School Bruce Powell and the de Toledo family — Benjamin, Aaron, Alyce and Philip. Photo courtesy of New Community Jewish High School New Community Jewish High School (NCJHS) celebrated its upcoming name-change to de Toledo High School — which goes into effect July 1 Read More…

June 7, 2015 -     Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson convene Campus Maccabees Summit in Las Vegas, attended by 50 groups, to formulate strategy on how to defeat boycott campaign against Israel • Adelson: We must be united. Time has come to initiate and stop reacting. Boaz Bismuth Haim Saban, Sheldon Adelson and Dr. Miriam Adelson in Las Vegas this weeken Read More…

May 18, 2015 -     by Jared Sichel A crowd of about 10,000 gathered in Rancho Park for the 2014 Celebrate Israel Festival. Photo by Abraham Joseph Pal Last November, a group of ambitious Israeli-Americans captured the inside-the-Beltway limelight for a weekend with a large, flashy conference at the Washington Hilton. Among the highlights were billionaire busines Read More…

April 22, 2015 -     Posted on April 21, 2015 by Sean Savage/JNS.org. A Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia, on June 5, 2010. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via  Wikimedia Commons. (By Sean Savage/JNS.org) The Tennessee General Assembly on Tuesday became the first state legislature in the U Read More…

April 20, 2015 -     “Given your Jewish identity, how would you vote on divestment [from the State of Israel]?” Such was the question posed to Molly Horwitz this month, a junior at Stanford University, as she sought the endorsement of the Students of Color Coalition in her bid for student government. In March at UCLA, sophomore Rachel Beyda faced a similar Read More…

March 5, 2015 -       From left: Congressmembers Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Ed Royce (R-Calif.) and Israeli-American Council co-founder Adam Milstein at AIPAC conference. Photo courtesy of the Israeli-American Council       On the evening of March 1, just before a private Israeli-American Council (IAC) event for college students at the American Read More…

March 2, 2015 -     Philanthropist Adam Milstein thinks there is a problem with the culture of many Jewish and pro-Israel organizations.  Because their priority is to raise funds, each one wants to stand out as the most important, effective organization.  “Just give us the money, and we can take care of it, is the way they present themselves,” he said.  If they Read More…

February 6, 2015 -     Posted on February 6, 2015 by Jacob Kamaras / JNS.org and filed under Features, Israel, U.S. Click photo to download. Caption: U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ, pictured at left) with Jewish philanthropist Adam Milstein at the Israeli-American Council national conference in Washington, DC, in November 2014. Read More…