As Team Israel prepares for a friendly match against Honduras’ soccer team in New York on June 2, which will mark the first official Israeli appearance in the city in decades, head coach Eli Guttman held a phone press conference from Israel Monday afternoon. “We know a lot of Jewish people over there [New York] are waiting for us, and we want them to proud of the Israeli National team,” said Guttman. Israel’s soccer team is currently ranked 59th in the world, and second place in their …More

Over 100 years ago, Lillian Wald invented public health nursing. Wald was born in 1867, of German-Jewish parents in Cincinnatti, Ohio; her father was an optician. She completed her high school education at Miss Cruttenden's English-French Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies and applied to Vassar College, only to be rejected, since the school believed she was too young (she was 16 at the time). She became interested in nursing upon seeing her sick sister being taken care of by a private nurse, and chose to …More

A Bronx school is earning international attention for its newest addition—a professionally crafted Holocaust center. The Bronx High School of Science established the Holocaust Museum and Studies Center in its basement with the help of a now-deceased teacher who promoted Holocaust education among his students. Stuart Elenko worked at the Bronx school until his death in 2009, teaching a Holocaust Leadership Class. While teaching, he shared his extensive collection of Holocaust artifacts with his pupils. In …More

Pro-Israel group StandWithUs is placing a series of seven ads along New York’s metro system this month, in response to an anti-Israel campaign launched earlier this year. The current anti-Israel ad campaign is sponsored by American Muslims for Palestine, and accuses the Jewish state of being an apartheid nation. The counter campaign, which focuses on presenting the positive strides Israel has achieved, is the third such counter campaign StandWithUs has had to launch in New York in recent years. Jspace …More

Mortars were fired from Gaza on Eshkol this evening. [Times of Israel] Meanwhile, shots were fired on an Israeli car in the West Bank. [Times of Israel] A UK politician is suspended after giving a Nazi salute. [Arutz Sheva] Swastika graffiti is found on a New York sidewalk. [Arutz Sheva] The lyrics to an unreleased Bob Dylan song are up for sale. [Tablet] Turns out Martha Stewart just returned from a wedding in Israel. [Forward] Check out "Pizza Bagels," the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's short …More

As Danny Kaye’s centennial year approaches, the legacy left behind by this ultimate entertainer includes a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, extensive tributes from UNICEF for his humanitarian work, a Kennedy Center Honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and an immeasurable impact on the acting and singing community. But no amount of awards can measure up to his most recent posthumous addition to culture and Jewish life: New York’s famed kosher-style Carnegie Deli has added a new sandwich to its …More

The Israeli National Soccer Team will make its first New York appearance in over 35 years, as part of the Celebrate Israel Parade events across the city. Team Israel will play the Honduran team at Citi Field, Sunday, June 2 at 5:30 pm--the same day as the annual Celebrate Israel Parade on 5th Avenue in Manhattan. The New York Mets announced the upcoming match at a recent game at Citi Feild, as youngsters gave out flyers promoting the game at several Israeli Independence Day celebrations around NYC. The New York …More

The New York teacher who assigned her students to write a persuasive essay on why Jews are evil was placed on leave and will be disciplined. The teacher, who has not yet been named, was placed on leave Friday from her job at Albany High School and could face a reprimand or firing, according to the Albany Times Union. Albany Public Schools Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard, speaking Friday at a news conference with members of the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Federations, said the teacher will be …More

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Israel Consul General Ido Aharoni addressed a packed house at the newly redesigned Marquee nightclub in Manhattan on the occasion of Israel’s Independence Day. Both spoke of the indelible bond between the United States and Israel as a crowd of 1,100 rung in Yom Ha’atzmaut until 3:30 a.m. this morning at a party hosted by Jspace.com and Dor Chadash. With the tragedy of the marathon bombings so recent, Aharoni expressed condolences for the people of Boston. …More

Every Friday, Jspace News partners with the America Israel Cultural Foundation to bring you an interview with one of the many Israeli artists they support throughout the world. Avital Burg is an Israeli painter, currently residing in Brooklyn, NY. Burg attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and completed a master class program at Hatahana School of Figurative Painting and Drawing, Tel Aviv. Burg currently attends the New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture. Her work deals …More

The small green sign on West 43rd Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue in New York City is easy to miss among the neon cacophony that is today’s Times Square. But take a moment to notice ‘Adolph S. Ochs Street;’ its eponymous newspaper mogul died 79 years ago on April 8. And Adolph Ochs is a name worth remembering. Without him, Times Square would not have its name—and the world might not have the New York Times. Adolph was a first generation American, the son of two German Jews. His …More

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will address one thousand attendees Monday night, for Jspace.com and Dor Chadash’s celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s 65th birthday. The Mayor will be joined by Israel Consul General Ido Aharoni at the newly renovated and recently re-opened Marquee nightclub at 8 pm on April 15, with renowned DJ Nadav Vee taking on headlining duties for the evening. Sponsoring organizations include: Dor Chadash, UJA‐Federation, EL AL Airlines, Yedhiot Aharonot …More