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Right Wing News Outlets Accuse George Soros of Funding Pro-Hamas Demonstrations

"Since October 7, SJP has been extremely aggressive on far too many campuses."

The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming to Gaza, Maybe

The UN reported that a pier for the US-led project to bring aid into the Gaza Strip came under fire.

UN Official: Hate Speech on ‘Both Sides’ of US Campus Protests

Irene Khan, U.N. special rapporteur for freedom of expression and opinion, lamented what she said was confusion between hate speech, incitement and what is "basically a different view of the situation in Israel"

Netanyahu: Israel Will Reject Hague Court’s Attack on Its Right to Self Defense

Meanwhile, the political and legal echelons in Israel are preparing for the Hague court possibly issuing arrest warrants against Israeli senior officials.

More than 200 Arrested on Campuses as Police Clear Pro-Hamas Encampments

“Attention Everyone,” a voice says in a campus video, “Can I get everyone to form a human chain, we have a Zionist at the entrance of our encampment.”

US Jewish Groups Call on Universities to Enforce Protest Rules

“Hitler, Hitler go back home, Palestine is ours alone,” more than 100 demonstrators chanted at George Washington University on Friday.q

Ilhan Omar Tolerates Jews Even If They Are Pro-Genocide

Omar's daughter was arrested and suspended from Columbia for joining a pro-Hamas encampment protest.

Israeli Military Kills Senior Terror Leader in Lebanon

Matzab Halaf led and promoted attacks against Israeli border communities.

NYPD Arrest Hundreds of Anti-Israel Activists Near Shumer’s Brooklyn Home

Chants at the demonstration included “Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest. Disclose, divest” and “Let Gaza live.”

No Mention of Israel in UN General Assembly Head’s Passover Message

Dennis Francis called the holiday a “season of rebirth and renewal, the triumph of hope and faith.”

UN Agencies Randomly Use Statistic that Child in Gaza Killed Every 10 Minutes

It is unclear how that figure was tabulated; it would mean that some 28,000 children have been killed since Oct. 7—a number not even claimed by Hamas.

Diversity Of Viewpoint Not Welcome At Cardozo Law School

Students are afraid to express these contrary views for fear of reprisals.

Timing Is Everything

The more obvious interpretation is that these were events in which the laws of nature were suspended, as exemplified by the parted waters standing on end on either side like a wall. On the other hand, we could also say that the events were miraculous not because the laws of nature were suspended, but because these were natural occurrences happening exactly at the time they were needed.

Colleges Can’t Be Safe Spaces For Antisemitism

What is really going on is that hateful speech against Jews has not just been accepted but glamorized by intellectuals who have been indoctrinated in ideas like critical race theory and intersectionality, which grant a permission slip for antisemitism.

Every Last Crumb

Don’t underestimate the impact of a crumb. One mashehu, a drop of ink, is the difference between a hei of matzah and a ches of chametz. Don’t let the yetzer hara convince you not to care about the mashehu.

Another Passover with the Jewish People Under Siege

The Haggadah teaches that “in every generation, there are those who rise against us.” It has never been more relevant.

Illuminating Tragedy: Speaking to Rabbi Leo Dee a Year After Losing his Wife &...

Rabbi Dee is active in a number of projects which give him energy and hope, and he is grateful to his family and friends, and the love and support demonstrated by the Jewish people in the past year.
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Baking the Matzah of Victory

In preparation of Pesach, Yishai bakes the Matzah and remembers the righteous fallen. Then, reporter Lucy Watson of British ITV interviews Yishai about Israel's response to Iran's missile attack. Finally, Ben Bresky on the story of Europe's last Blood Libel.

We Will Survive This War – The Jay Shapiro Show [audio]

The Jewish people will survive the present difficult situation as it has done so for more than 3000 years

Israel is a Lion, Not a Mouse. Here’s Why! – The Tamar Yonah Show [audio]

- Jonathan Pollard on Biden's latest moves against Israel's IDF soldiers and its security. What Israel should be doing!

Business And Shlichus In Dallas, Texas

I am back at my showroom working my appointments, it is now 3.00 p.m. and I still have not met anyone whom I could give these publications to. I am now walking the halls for about 5 or 6 minutes and lo and behold I see two women walking towards me.

Q & A: Shir HaShirim on Pesach

Question: Why do we read Shir HaShirim on Passover and more specifically the Sabbath of Passover? Also, being that it is one of the five Megillot, why don’t we recite a blessing over the reading of Shir HaShirim as we do for Megillat Esther? Menachem Via Email

Stories About The Siyum HaRambam (Part I)

I was a bit involved in the first siyum. I had a connection with the New York Hilton, where the siyum was held. So I had a little, but not much, involvement.

Ambiguous Loss – A Lesson From Yaakov And Yosef

We might ask, why are these two things – giving up hope and aveilus – connected? After all, the likelihood of whether the loved one has died, which may be the more intuitive factor for beginning aveilus, does not change based on the subjective metric of losing hope, so why should this determine the threshold for commencing aveilus?

Time And Its Transcendent Connection To Pesach

In order to live a spiritual life, one must escape the physical, completely rejecting their physical nature. Therefore, spiritual systems such as Buddhism prescribe meditation, abstinence, and the suppression of physical desire. In such a system, the ideal is to sit isolated on a mountaintop and meditate on our navel.

Essentials Of Judaism: The Hashkafa Of Pirkei Avot

Judaism is not just about individuals understanding and worshipping G-d. It is about belonging to a people who descend from and still identify with their avot and imahot.

Shall These Bones Live?

Hashem tells Yechezkel to inform the bones that they are the house of Israel, fallen so far in exile it is as if they have been dead for untold eons. What seems beyond hope of recognition, let alone of restoration, is not beyond the power of Hashem to redeem.

Hashem’s Outstretched Arm

The Ramban and other Rishonim explain that once the plagues started Hashem’s protection over us never ceased. Indeed, even between the major plagues, Hashem peppered the Egyptians with other problems so that they wouldn’t trouble us further.

Where Is Moshe?

Despite the fact that G-d could redeem the Children of Israel without a human agent, He chooses not to. He waits for us, waiting for us to step up, volunteer, and lead.

Shabbat HaGadol: Overcoming The Schemes Of Our Enemies

They know that when Israel is faithfully performing the will of the Creator, then they have no power over us, but if, G-d forbid, Israel deviates from the proper course of action, they know their opportunity is at hand.

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