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New Orleans Jewish community solemnly gathers at WW2 Museum for Yom Hashoah

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

With “An Evening of Reflection” at the National World War II Museum on Tuesday evening, April 14, the Jewish community and museum members solemnly gathered in the Boeing Freedom Pavilion to commemorate Yom...

Israel agrees to 10-day halt in fighting in Lebanon, after Trump announces ceasefire

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, amid separate U.S. efforts to sustain the fragile ceasefire with Iran.

“I just had excellent conversations with the Highly...

‘Operation Roaring Lion’ thwarted Iran’s plans for nuclear Holocaust, Netanyahu says on Yom Hashoah

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org)  – “Operation Roaring Lion” against Iranian nuclear sites fulfilled the Jewish state’s promise to prevent a second Holocaust, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday night.

Had the Israeli and U.S. militaries failed to act, “the...

Dan Bilzerian wants to ‘kill Israelis’ and thinks Judaism is ‘terrible.’ Now he’s running for Congress.

(JTA) — Dan Bilzerian, the mega-influencer who’s spread conspiracy theories about Jews and said he wants to “kill Israelis,” is running for Congress.

Bilzerian registered this week to run in the Republican primary against the Jewish far-right firebrand Rep. Randy...

Democratic Party shelves three resolutions targeting Israel, AIPAC

(JNS.org) – The Democratic National Committee shelved three resolutions taking aim at Israel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee at its spring meeting in New Orleans.

Two would have placed limits on aid to Israel and the third would have...

Jewish groups condemn Trump’s threat that a ‘whole civilization will die’ in Iran

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Jewish groups were among those criticizing President Donald Trump and accusing him of using genocidal rhetoric on Tuesday after Trump posted online that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not reopen the...

Seder under sirens: Israelis mark Passover in the shadow of war with Iran

By THEIA CHATELLE

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — The day before Yael Ben Cnaan was set to take over ownership of Bishvil Flowers, a corner flower shop located in the upscale Lev Hair neighborhood, an Iranian cluster munition landed on...

Israeli-American soldier Moshe Katz, killed in Lebanon rocket strike, laid to rest on Mt. Herzl

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Hundreds gathered on Sunday night at Israel’s military cemetery on Mt. Herzl for the funeral of Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, an American-born Israeli soldier who was killed by a rocket strike on Saturday in southern...

Undeterred by war, North American Jews continue to immigrate to Israel

By PETER EPHROSS

(JTA) — Mordechai Deluca never considered delaying his move to Israel from the United States because of the war with Iran. If anything, the opposite is true. 

“My worry was, how could I get there as fast...

John Menszer’s New Americans Social Club exhibit opens at MSJE

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

With a Hasselblad camera and a Sony Walkman Professional cassette deck, John Menszer has been cataloguing the history of the members of the New Americans Social Club for more than three decades. Now,...