By Malcolm Campbell Professor & Vice-Principal Research at University of Toronto Icy winters and arid summers are creating salty soil. In some regions, increasing aridity

Teaneck residents voted in two incumbents and two challengers from the pool of eight contenders in the May 13 non-partisan election. Incumbents Elie Katz and

Washington, D.C—Over 1,000 people participated in 400 meetings with 97% of the Senate and almost 80% of the House as part of the NORPAC mission

When the Supreme Court issued its decision allowing sectarian prayer at public meetings last Monday, many Jewish organizations reacted, almost all of them unhappy with

Englewood—Why would young men and women on the path to college and career volunteer to join the Israel Defense Forces, putting themselves in harm’s way

At a daily press briefing on Monday,  Marie Harf, a State Department spokeswoman responded to questions by reporters concerning anonymous officials who blamed Israeli settlements

Teaneck—Yom Ha’Atzmaut kicked off Monday night at Keter Torah in a community-wide commemoration of Israel’s Independence with many Teaneck shuls represented. The day was marked

Jay Leno to Host Genesis Prize Program JNS.org—Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno will be in Israel in May to host the first-ever Genesis Prize

AFP reports that Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif was interrogated by Iran’s political and religious leaders on the radio, who opposed his more moderate direction

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — “Hamas will not recognize Israel,” Mousa Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau, told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview.

Washington, DC—In a speech last week at Georgetown University, former President Bill Clinton said that Israel and the Palestinians were extremely close to an agreement at

The U.S. and the United Kingdom reported the first cases of the camel-borne Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus on their respective territories over the last few