On the Edge: Confronting the Hidden Crisis of Jewish Poverty in the Capital Region
JFS client Alla with Emma Snizek, JFS Master of Social Work intern from Sienna University receives...
Dec 15, 2025 | Capital District Spotlight, Community, Local | 0
JFS client Alla with Emma Snizek, JFS Master of Social Work intern from Sienna University receives...
Oct 16, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, Israel, National, Opinion | 0
By ANNA RAHMANAN JNS Several menorahs from the early days of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and...
Dec 4, 2025 | Anti-Semitism, History, Israel, Personal Stories | 0
By HOWARD BLAS JNS It all started with a single hat and a protracted negotiation with the Israel Defense Forces 20 years ago, and it has been evolving and growing. For All Soldiers In 2006, one Gush Etzion mother asked another...
Read MoreBy ETGAR LEFKOVITS JNS OFAKIM, Israel—“Are you alive?” the Eritrean migrant asked the senior Israeli army commander who lay in a hospital bed. “I’m alive because of you,” the officer replied. A week earlier, on Oct. 7, 2023,...
Read MoreThe big picture: A Resilient Israel By Mitchell Bard JNS There will be no victory parades to mark the end of the Gaza war—not after the shattering trauma of Oct. 7, the funerals of more than 2,000 Israelis, and the memory of the...
Read MoreNov 28, 2025 | Arts & Culture, Education, Holidays, Local | 0
SCHENECTADY–Isaac and Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik, a husband and wife team, will feature Paper Midrash at Temple Gates of Heaven, the weekend of Dec. 5 and 6. The free programs are open to the community, 18+ adults and teens...
Read MoreThe SJCC will screen ‘Greener Pastures’ on Dec. 6: Rabbi Beverly Magidson to lead film discussion SCHENECTADY – The Schenectady Jewish Community Center (SJCC), 2565 Balltowrn Rd., will present a showing of “Greener Pastures,”...
Read MoreInterns You can help at JW as an intern — editorial or office admin type activity. Some pay/...
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