International

Groundbreaking Israeli Study Challenges Fundamental Understanding of Evolution

HAIFA (Press Release) — A new study by a team of researchers from Israel and Ghana has brought the first evidence of nonrandom mutation in human genes, challenging a core assumption at the heart of evolutionary theory by showing a long-term directional mutational response to environmental pressure. Using a novel method, researchers led by Professor

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

‘The Jews of Sing Sing:’ Understanding Why Some Jews Fell Into Crime

“The Jews of Sing Sing,” by Ron Arons; Barricade Books, 2008; ISBN 978-1569803332; 384 pages. By Eva Trieger SOLANA BEACH, California — Back in 1965, I remember sitting on the stoop of the bungalow in Far Rockaway, and hearing my Pop Pop and his brothers-in-law kibitzing about the gonif who broke into his butcher shop

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Eva Trieger, International

‘It Began With Words’

By Ari Morgenstern (JNS) The horrors of Nazi concentration camps did not materialize from thin air. Neither did the shootings in Poway, Calif., or Pittsburgh, Pa.; nor did the hostage-taking in Colleyville, Texas. As the late Holocaust survivor and educator Irving Roth often said: “It began with words.” We must heed that warning now—here in

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Opinion, USA

California School District Adopts ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies Program Marked By Anti-Israel Bias

By Faygie Holt (JNS) Jewish groups in California took out a full-page ad in a local newspaper on Wednesday to voice their displeasure and concern with a school-board decision to engage an ethnic-studies curriculum for high school and middle-school students that they say will lead to hostility towards Israel and Jewish students. Appearing in the

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California, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Tennessee School Board Bans Holocaust-Themed Graphic Novel ‘Maus’

Published by Reuters By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A school board in Tennessee has voted to remove the Holocaust-themed graphic novel “Maus” from its eighth-grade language arts curriculum, citing profanity and nudity contained in the Pulitzer Prize-winning work by cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The 10-0 vote by the McMinn County Board of Education in Athens, Tennessee,

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USA

Jewish Mother Leaves Iran for Lifesaving Treatment in Israel

By Maayan Hoffman (JNS) Zehava, 36, developed a rare and life-threatening gynecological disease that spread to her lungs and made it impossible for her to do the most basic tasks, like walk or go to work. The Jewish-Iranian wife and mother of two spent months isolated in a hospital in Iran, with no hope. “It

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Roughly One-Third of Teens in US, Canada Think Holocaust is ‘Exaggerated or Fabricated’

(JNS) Nearly 33 percent of students in elementary and high schools in the United States and Canada who participated in a new survey said they weren’t sure if the Holocaust happened, or if it did, they thought it was “exaggerated or fabricated.” Almost 3,600 North American students from grades six through 12 participated in the

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International, USA

Global Antisemitism Reaches Nearly All 10 stages of Genocide

By Kenneth L. Marcus (JNS) On Jan. 27, we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, honoring the 6 million Jews killed in the Nazi genocide, as well as the millions of other victims who were persecuted during that era. This remembrance will be meaningless, however, if we do not seriously consider the gathering threat faced by

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International, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Hillel International and Repair Campus Corps Program Provide Thousands of Students With Service Opportunities

(Press Release) — In addition to the long history of collaboration between Repair the World and Hillel International, Jeremy Cronig (he/him), now Hillel’s Civic Engagement and Social Impact Program Manager, says the partnership has helped Hillel navigate questions they faced about the future of the organization and service opportunities. “Even before COVID, we were thinking

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israel Sees Holocaust Tropes in COVID Protests Fueling Antisemitism

Published by Reuters By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Protesters against COVID-19 measures who liken themselves to Jews under Nazi persecution are stoking global anti-Semitism, the Israeli government said in a report marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Such Holocaust tropes have become “widespread” and, along with violent demonstrations linked to Israel’s May war in Gaza,

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International

StandWithUs, International Legal Forum Launch Student Campaign Around IHRA Definition of Antisemitism

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, StandWithUs and the International Legal Forum (ILF) are proud to announce the launch of a new multimedia-based campaign, “Students 4 IHRA: United to Define It.” This is a first-of-its-kind campaign to amplify the voices of students who are fighting bigotry on campus,

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International, USA