Jewish World

We are at the Negev, in the southern part of Israel, which has been in the news in the last few weeks as members of Bedouins tribes have started to demonstrate against the government of Israel, which is trying to implement plans to settle over 90,000 members of the community who are still considered nomads in permanent settlements.  We are …

Ron Jacobsohn talks to Prof. Alan Dershowitz about the Future of Israel Harvard University professor, Alan Dershowitz, is probably one of the biggest advocates of the State of Israel in the world. We caught him on his latest visit to Israel to pick his brain about the current situation in the Middle East and the relationship between the American Jewry …

The Jerusalem Film Festival this year will also be the place where The Jewish Martha Stewart, Jamie Geller, is launching her new culinary web series, Joy of Israel, as well as releasing her new cookbook that was already released in the U.S., last week. Ron Jacobsohn, JN1 Correspondent: We are at the Jerusalem Film Festival where The Jewish Martha Stewart, Jamie Geller, …

It might be a sign of the time, the IDF and the Association for the Wellbeing of Israeli Soldiers are presenting the first ever art exhibit of paintings, sculptures, photographs and digital media all made by IDF soldiers, while in military service. Out of over 200 submissions a few dozen were chosen for this exhibit, which was called: Colors in Rifle …

The Al Monitor web portal claims to bring the real pulse of the Middle East as it brings together top journalists from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, The PA, Syria and Turkey and publishes their opinions in English from their headquarters in Washington. As it so many times throughout history, it takes a good idea to catch on to change …