By Libi Astaire
"Rabi, if I make the flames hotter and remove the wool sponges from your heart, will you bring me to the World to Come?"
By Ron Ansel
Make sure that you know what the policies are and that you adhere to them scrupulously.
I recently met a wonderful woman who writes poetry. With her permission, I am sharing a poem she wrote about time.
Not only do we accept You as our King, it is our greatest desire that the name of Your Kingdom be spread throughout the entire universe.
The CBD has still stood its ground because there are teachers on staff that knew and did nothing.
By Moshe Herman
Dr. Renee Garfinkel is an XM Sirius broadcaster and a psychologist who writes for Psychology Today. She is also fulfilling a lifetime dream of living in Israel. She joins Yishai to talk about the Levant culture and how it effects actions and attitudes in our region. Then, Rabbi Mike Feuer and Yishai talk Bible: why […]
The problem of course is that their morality is immoral, the most immoral.
In this Catskills summer camp, the custom is “Rocking this place like it’s never been rocked before”
Actress and SodaStream representative, Scarlett Johansson is now the mother of baby girl.
Israel finally is feeling its oats and going on a diplomatic offensive, without apologies, excuses and foot-kissing.
A suspect has been arrested, but everyone is being politically correct by not describing him.
The shekel-dollar rate continued its sudden rise Friday and was quoted at more than 3.605 shekels to the dollar for the first time a year. The rate had dropped to as low as 3.40 this summer. The Jewish Press noted last year that the rate was likely to go down to at least 3.40 if […]
Netanyahu said that since the Jordanians opposed the bridge, "Of course we agreed." Of course.
A human rights group said Assad’s air force bombed an ISIS building in eastern Syria.
Two East Carolina University students were arrested for allegedly spray-painting a swastika on the door of a Jewish student’s apartment. The swastika was discovered Wednesday by the Jewish woman in a private complex, The Landing, which caters to college students on several campuses in the Greenville, N.C., area. The accused, Timothy Gill Jr., 21, and […]
Makovsky joins Mitchell, Indyk and a host of others who fled Kerry’s sinking ship.
"Joan Rivers brought laughter to millions around the world and was proud of her Jewish heritage and a vocal supporter of the State of Israel. We will miss her deeply and we send our heartfelt condolences to her family,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said in a statement Thursday night. Rivers died at the age of […]
Hysteria over 'land appropriation" by Israel made headlines around the world. But Israel did nothing of the sort.
Soldiers from the Caracal Battalion prepared and participated in a 16 kilometer overnight hike to complete their training course on September 3, 2014. The Caracal Battalion is an infantry combat battalion of the Israel Defense Forces, composed of mostly female soldiers (and a few men). They are stationed along the Egyptian border. If Wonder Woman served in […]
By Hadar Sela
To be accurately described as expropriation, the property in question has to have an owner.
Why does Yom Tov cut short shiva and shloshim?
The higher the standard of review, the less likely it is the law will be constitutional.
They ask, how can Rabbeinu Gershom forbid marrying more than one wife, when the Torah explicitly permits it in this parshah?
The outspoken Jewish comedienne Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday.
Question: I recently loaned money to a friend who has been able to repay only part of it. This was an interest-free loan. We exchanged a signed IOU, not a proper shtar with witnesses, since I have always trusted her integrity and only wanted a document that confirms what was loaned and what was repaid. Now that shemittah is approaching, what should I do? Should I forgive the loan? And if my friend is not able to repay it, may I deduct the unpaid money from my ma’aser requirement? Name Withheld
By Steven Plaut
The real enemy of Israel is not Arab fascism but Jewish leftism.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Blast At A Funeral? “R. Hamnuna Came To Daramutha…” (Moed Kattan 27b)
the test of moral integrity truly presents itself when one faces difficult situations.
Israel is our land, not theirs – Gaza included. No talk of the 2state solution; 1 state for 1 people
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
We believe that God created each of us, regardless of color, class, culture or creed, in His image.
A replica reminds a person of the original. Granted it is in miniature, and granted no one would mistake it for the original, but it carries, almost in caricature form, some semblance of the original.
The inability of creation to violate Hashem’s natural law extends to inanimate object such as heaven and earth.
Historians one day will ask why the United Nations aided and abetted terror in Gaza.
By Moshe Herman
(((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) Yishai Yishai speaks with Antony Lerman, a British writer and former Director of the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, recently penned a controversial article in the New York Times called "The End of Liberal Zionism" where he argues that the Two-State Solution is dead - so now Liberal Zionists need […]
Ohio University student creates tasteless video insulting people dying of incurable disease and promoting BDS.
Why are new homes for Jews an “obstacle to peace” and homes for Arabs “a step forward in the peace process”?
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Hussam Hassan Qawasme, the Hamas mastermind behind the June kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens, has been indicted.
By R. Weber
“The window is above the flat sukkah roof,” he reported. “I could definitely climb in, but I need a ladder...”
"The Torah states in Parshat Ki-Teitzei: 'If you build a new house, you shall make a fence for your roof. I think it's your responsibility."
The beheaders in Syria must be dropping their butcher knives in fear knowing they are unwanted in Israel.
Moty & Udi explore the possibility of some other Israel...
Egypt generously offered to help end the refugee issue once and for all. Abbas refused...
The Balad party now boasts at least two former MKs who aided or visited the enemy. Haneen Zoabi a candidate for number three.
By JTA
Check back in nine months to find out if rocket attacks have the same effect.
If you thought the rockets attacks were over, you'd be wrong. Only the venue has changed.
Construction of thousands of new homes for Jerusalem Arabs was approved Wednesday by a city development committee.
The Al Qaeda international terrorist organization has announced the formation of a new branch in India.
PM Netanyahu pins the bars on a a new IDF Navy officer on Sept. 2, 2014. Congratulations.
Long before Hamas, there were caves and underground cities in Israel, which the Jews used to fight against the invading Romans. This is a video of Beit Guvrin, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
College students have been given a gift by the AMCHA Initiative: a tool to see if a certain professor is biased against Israel.
By J. E. Dyer
In his travels as a journalist in the Islamic world, Sotloff never referred to his Jewishness.
“There is nothing new under the sun” is as valid today as it was yesterday.
There are three Jewish crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingship.
Nurturing students toward a bright future in the Jewish community, the school supports them in all aspects of personal growth: intellectually, spiritually, socially, and creatively.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
"I don't see a way out for the court from dealing with this case. For the first time they have the jurisdiction to deal with Hamas war crimes in Gaza."
In 1787 Jonas wrote a letter to Congress asking that the federal Constitution guarantee religious liberty in the state of Pennsylvania.
Israeli authorities and leaders view themselves as responsible for every Jew, everywhere,
Kerry's eulogy for slain journalist undermined by empty claims of U.S. heroism and perseverance.
By David Bedein
Each month, the Israel Civil Administration dispatches a Brinks truck to UNRWA camps in Gaza
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
"Supporting Israel is a form of standing against terrorism. Because my father was murdered by terrorists, I know exactly how people feel when they are under terror attack and that's another reason for me to stand with Israel. "
By Steven Plaut
Neo-Nazis claim that Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact a Mossad agent named Elliot Shimon
The Jewish Press endorses Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election.
By Rachel Levy
A former CIA operative and other U.S. intelligence sources say Islamic State terror cells already exist in the United States.
By Rick Richman
Everything we did in my home [depended on] whether it was okay with the Bible.
Although I was not a Zionist, like most others I knew in Agudath Israel in which I was active, I was zionistic.
By Ron Kampeas
The disagreements don't seem to have gone away, despite a cease-fire that appears to be firmly in place.
By Nadia Matar
The baby, who became part of the renewed history of Gush Etzion, was named Oz Michael.
A man blows the Shofar at the Kotel, the Jewish People's second holiest site (The first is the Temple Mount itself). The Shofar is blown during the month of Elul, which is the month that precedes Rosh Hashana.
Shuls desecrated, a Rabbi murdered on Shabbat, and now a pro-Hamas demonstration in Miami. It's safer to retire to Israel.
The Islamic State has started a fashion trend among Middle East jihadists; beheading is rapidly becoming the murder method of choice.
By JTA
Sotloff, who grew up in Miami, made aliyah in 2005 and studied foreign relations at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
By Batya Medad
It's time to accept that the world cares more for "Palestinian" fiction than Jewish rights in Israel
No appropriate response by Charedi leaders to terror tactics aimed at Charedim that joined the IDF.
The Israeli navy is about to receive its fourth submarine and the first of three nuclear-capable subs purchased from Germany.
BDS gets doused again with the announcement that the California Beach Boys are going to surf in Israel.
By Tibbi Singer
King Abdullah’s participation in the upcoming NATO summit will be of “immeasurable illumination” on the strategy of confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS).
Each of 30 terror runnels cost $3 million to build.
Journalist Steven Sotloff, beheaded by the ISIS, secretly practiced his Judaism but hid it from his captors, according to a fellow kidnap victim who was among those freed. The ISIS posted a video Tuesday showing the execution of Sotloff, less than two weeks after it distributed a similar video of the beheading of journalist James […]
Two stray mortars landed near the border Tuesday evening in the Eastern Golan Heights.
O.J. Simpson is converting to Islam. He was charged with his ex-wife's murder in 1994. She was nearly decapitated.
Rockets and violence over diplomacy and passivity is the Palestinian Arab ruling style of choice, as reflected in a PCPSR poll.
By JTA
Maybe Abbas should accuse Lady Ga-Ga of incitement for saying “Shalom.”
"these soldiers are on the front lines of a war that the entire world is fighting"
The prosecutor says Masterson told police, "I didn't want him to think I'm scared.”
By Donny Fuchs
Hayovel's vision: to share with them (Jews) a passion for the soon coming jubilee in yeshua messiah."
By Kosher Today
Honey cake, gourmet honey, flavored honey, and honey as a recipe in chicken, and even fish, are all expected to contribute to soaring sales of honey this Rosh Hashanah and holiday season. Ironically, the US Department of Agriculture is conducting hearings to define honey or just how much honey is required to qualify for “pure […]
Abbas does not have to push agenda because he has the Obama administration is his spokesman.
Dalai Lama: In the interest of Tibetans today to have peaceful co-existence with the Chinese.
By Tibbi Singer
The Islamic State (ISIS) has just released a video showing the beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, according to a monitoring group.
By Paul Gherkin
However, 40+ countries still use capital punishment for a variety of offenses.
Learn about Monte Carlo-not the place but simulator forbuilding a financial plan.
By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency
Yet another terrorist attack was averted today...
By Moshe Herman
(((CLICK BELOW TO HEAR AUDIO))) Yishai Yishai speaks with Jeremy Saltan about the radical drop in the Prime Minister’s approval rating. What is the reason for the about-face in the public’s perception of the war? Then Yishai interviews Rabbi Avi Berman, Executive Director of the OU Israel, about the amazing connection of North American Jews […]