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Year: 2014

Features On The Jewish World

For These We Cry: Rabi Chananya ben Teradyon

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?"

Features / Potpourri

You’re Hired! Now What?

By Ron Ansel

Make sure that you know what the policies are and that you adhere to them scrupulously.

Marriage and Relationships

Dear Dr. Yael

By Dr. Yael Respler

I recently met a wonderful woman who writes poetry. With her permission, I am sharing a poem she wrote about time.

Judaism

Shabbos: A Day With Hashem: Hashem Loves Me

By Rabbi Eliezer M. Niehaus

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.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Time to Move On?

By Harry Maryles

The CBD has still stood its ground because there are teachers on staff that knew and did nothing.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Spiritual Cafe: The Psychology of Israel and of Amalek

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 […]

Op-Eds

Journalism’s World of Extremes: Celebrity Pictures and Killings

By Yonatan Gordon

The problem of course is that their morality is immoral, the most immoral.

Ear to the Ground

A Boy, a Camp, and a Bar Mitzvah He’ll Never Forget

By Varda Epstein

In this Catskills summer camp, the custom is “Rocking this place like it’s never been rocked before”

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Scarlett Johansson Gives Birth to Baby Girl

By Jewish Press News Desk

Actress and SodaStream representative, Scarlett Johansson is now the mother of baby girl.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements

Israel Goes on Offensive with Announcement of New Homes in Samaria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel finally is feeling its oats and going on a diplomatic offensive, without apologies, excuses and foot-kissing.

UK / News Briefs / Europe

‘Madman' Beheads 82-Year-Old Woman in London Suburb

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A suspect has been arrested, but everyone is being politically correct by not describing him.

News Briefs

Shekel-Dollar Rate Soars to 3.60 for First Time in a Year

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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 […]

Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Jordan / Religion

Moshe Feiglin: Netanyahu Has Conceded Temple Mount

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu said that since the Jordanians opposed the bridge, "Of course we agreed." Of course.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Report: Syrian Air Kill Kills 18 ISIS Terrorists, including One American

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A human rights group said Assad’s air force bombed an ISIS building in eastern Syria.

News Briefs

East Carolina U. Students Accused of Spray-Painting Swastika

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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 […]

US / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Obama-Kerry's 'Peace Process' Team Falling Apart

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Makovsky joins Mitchell, Indyk and a host of others who fled Kerry’s sinking ship.

News Briefs

Netanyahu Mourns Joan Rivers’ Death

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"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 […]

Politics / Government / News Briefs / Settlements

Misplaced Hysteria Over Israel's 'Land Appropriation': No Appropriation Possible

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Hysteria over 'land appropriation" by Israel made headlines around the world. But Israel did nothing of the sort.

Photo of the Day

Girls of the IDF's "Amazon" Unit

By Photo of the Day

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 […]

Op-Eds

BBC News Report on Land and ‘Settlements’ Again Hampers Audience Understanding

By Hadar Sela

To be accurately described as expropriation, the property in question has to have an owner.

Op-Eds

Religious Freedom, Metzitzah B’Peh, And Circumcision

By Rabbi Michael J. Broyde

The higher the standard of review, the less likely it is the law will be constitutional.

Parsha

Committed To Rabbeinu Gershom

By Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

They ask, how can Rabbeinu Gershom forbid marrying more than one wife, when the Torah explicitly permits it in this parshah?

Jewish / News Briefs / Obituaries

Joan Rivers Dies at Age 81

By Jewish Press News Desk

The outspoken Jewish comedienne Joan Rivers passed away on Thursday.

Ask the Rabbi

Q & A: Shemittah And IOUs (Part I)

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass

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

Op-Eds

Some Lessons From The War With Hamas

By Steven Plaut

The real enemy of Israel is not Arab fascism but Jewish leftism.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Daf Yomi

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum

A Blast At A Funeral? “R. Hamnuna Came To Daramutha…” (Moed Kattan 27b)

Parsha

The Challenge Of Morality In The Face Of War

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

the test of moral integrity truly presents itself when one faces difficult situations.

Moshe Feiglin

Make Gaza The Middle East’s Riviera

By Moshe Feiglin

Israel is our land, not theirs – Gaza included. No talk of the 2state solution; 1 state for 1 people

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Against Hate

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.

Parsha

The Greatness Of Man

By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

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.

Parsha

No Mixing And Matching

By Rabbi Joshua Rapps

The inability of creation to violate Hashem’s natural law extends to inanimate object such as heaven and earth.

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza

‏Parents of 4-Year-old Mortar Shell Victim Ask Ban Ki-moon ‘Why’?’

By Jewish Press Staff

Historians one day will ask why the United Nations aided and abetted terror in Gaza.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Has the Era of Liberal Zionism Come to an End? (Guest: Antony Lerman)

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 […]

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Ohio University Student's Epic BDS/Bucket Challenge Fail

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Ohio University student creates tasteless video insulting people dying of incurable disease and promoting BDS.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Jerusalem / Settlements / Israeli Arabs

Obama Silent on Plans for New Homes for Jerusalem (Arabs)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Why are new homes for Jews an “obstacle to peace” and homes for Arabs “a step forward in the peace process”?

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / #EyalGiladNaftali

Mastermind of Kidnapping, Murder of 3 Teens Indicted; Attack was a Family-Run Affair

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.

Lessons In Emunah

The Locked Door

By R. Weber

“The window is above the flat sukkah roof,” he reported. “I could definitely climb in, but I need a ladder...”

Halacha & Hashkafa

Playing It Safe

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

"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."

Terrorism / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Israel Gets ‘Tough’ with ISIS and Declares it ‘Unauthorized’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The beheaders in Syria must be dropping their butcher knives in fear knowing they are unwanted in Israel.

Moty & Udi

Some Other Israel

By Judah Rosenthal

Moty & Udi explore the possibility of some other Israel...

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Egypt

Abbas Refused Offer to Resettle Refugees in Sinai

By Jameel@Muqata

Egypt generously offered to help end the refugee issue once and for all. Abbas refused...

Druze / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Ex-MK from Zoabi’s Party Jailed for Meeting Terrorist in Syria

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Balad party now boasts at least two former MKs who aided or visited the enemy. Haneen Zoabi a candidate for number three.

Israel / News Briefs

Winter Snowstorm Brought Israel New Baby Boom

By JTA

Check back in nine months to find out if rocket attacks have the same effect.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Updated: IDF Fires Missile at Syrian Base after Stray Rocket Fire (15:05 pm)

By Jewish Press News Desk

If you thought the rockets attacks were over, you'd be wrong. Only the venue has changed.

Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Local

Thousands of New Homes Approved for Jerusalem Arabs

By Jewish Press News Desk

Construction of thousands of new homes for Jerusalem Arabs was approved Wednesday by a city development committee.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Asia / Iraq / ISIS

Al Qaeda Announces New Branch in India

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda international terrorist organization has announced the formation of a new branch in India.

Photo of the Day

In the Navy

By Photo of the Day

PM Netanyahu pins the bars on a a new IDF Navy officer on Sept. 2, 2014. Congratulations.

Video of the Day

Beit Guvrin

By Video of the Day

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

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / On Campus / Education

Anti- Anti-Israel Group Lists Anti-Israel Professors on N.American Campuses

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

College students have been given a gift by the AMCHA Initiative: a tool to see if a certain professor is biased against Israel.

J.E. Dyer

Steven Sotloff was an Israeli Citizen — and a Symbol of Civilization

By J. E. Dyer

In his travels as a journalist in the Islamic world, Sotloff never referred to his Jewishness.

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

Kindness Makes Miracles (Part One)

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

“There is nothing new under the sun” is as valid today as it was yesterday.

Op-Eds

What’s Your Name?

By Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen

There are three Jewish crowns: the crown of Torah, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of kingship.

West Coast Happenings

Northern California Girls School Sees Growth

By Jeanne Litvin

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.

Terrorism / Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Shurat HaDin to Bring Hamas to Hague for War Crimes Against its Own People

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."

Glimpses Into American Jewish History

Jonas Phillips: Patriotic Colonial Jewish Businessman

By Dr. Yitzchok Levine

In 1787 Jonas wrote a letter to Congress asking that the federal Constitution guarantee religious liberty in the state of Pennsylvania.

Op-Eds

No ‘Us’ Or ‘Them’ When It Comes To Jews In Israel

By Rabbi Dov Lipman

Israeli authorities and leaders view themselves as responsible for every Jew, everywhere,

Syria / Politics / News Briefs / ISIS

Kerry's Eulogy for Decapitated Journalist Gilded With Empty Claims

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Kerry's eulogy for slain journalist undermined by empty claims of U.S. heroism and perseverance.

David Bedein's Behind the News in Israel

Summer anti-Semitic Demonstrations

By David Bedein

Each month, the Israel Civil Administration dispatches a Brinks truck to UNRWA camps in Gaza

Israel / News Briefs / Lebanon

The Lebanese Muslim Activist Who Waves the Israeli Flag

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. "

Guest Blog

The "Rabbi" and the Wizz

By Steven Plaut

Neo-Nazis claim that Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is in fact a Mossad agent named Elliot Shimon

Editorial

Endorsements For Sept. 9 New York Primary Elections

By Editorial Board

The Jewish Press endorses Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Party gubernatorial primary election.

Syria / US / News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Report: Islamic State Already in America

By Rachel Levy

A former CIA operative and other U.S. intelligence sources say Islamic State terror cells already exist in the United States.

Front Page

Visiting Israel 55 Years -- And Still Counting

By Marvin Schick

Although I was not a Zionist, like most others I knew in Agudath Israel in which I was active, I was zionistic.

Terrorism

In Lame-Duck Period, Obama Administration Retreating From Peace Endeavors

By Ron Kampeas

The disagreements don't seem to have gone away, despite a cease-fire that appears to be firmly in place.

Jewish / News Briefs / Settlements

The First Brit Milah at Oz veGaon

By Nadia Matar

The baby, who became part of the renewed history of Gush Etzion, was named Oz Michael.

Photo of the Day

More Elul

By Photo of the Day

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.

Video of the Day

Hamas in Miami

By Video of the Day

Shuls desecrated, a Rabbi murdered on Shabbat, and now a pro-Hamas demonstration in Miami. It's safer to retire to Israel.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar / Syria / ISIS / Iraq / Egypt / Islamists / News Briefs

Beware! Beheading Becoming New Fashion for Jihad Terrorists

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

The Islamic State has started a fashion trend among Middle East jihadists; beheading is rapidly becoming the murder method of choice.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media / ISIS

Beheaded Journalist Steve Sotloff Was American Oleh to Israel

By JTA

Sotloff, who grew up in Miami, made aliyah in 2005 and studied foreign relations at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

Shiloh Musings

What's More Dangerous: Iran Arming Terrorists in Judea-Samaria or Israel Building Homes for Jews There?‏

By Batya Medad

It's time to accept that the world cares more for "Palestinian" fiction than Jewish rights in Israel

Emes Ve-Emunah

A Poisonous Atmosphere

By Harry Maryles

No appropriate response by Charedi leaders to terror tactics aimed at Charedim that joined the IDF.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Germany

Nuclear-Capable Sub on the Way for IDF Navy

By Jewish Press Staff

The Israeli navy is about to receive its fourth submarine and the first of three nuclear-capable subs purchased from Germany.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Arts and Entertainment

Beach Boys to Debut in Israel in November

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

BDS gets doused again with the announcement that the California Beach Boys are going to surf in Israel.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Jordan / Iraq / ISIS / NATO

Jordan to Play Important NATO Role Against ISIS

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).

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Beheaded Journalist Hid His Judaism from ISIS Captors

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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 […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Errant Mortars from Syria, as Syrian Flag Taken Down

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two stray mortars landed near the border Tuesday evening in the Eastern Golan Heights.

US / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

OJ Simpson Converting to Islam

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

O.J. Simpson is converting to Islam. He was charged with his ex-wife's murder in 1994. She was nearly decapitated.

Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Gazan Deaths and Destruction Dramatically Drives Popularity for Hamas

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Rockets and violence over diplomacy and passivity is the Palestinian Arab ruling style of choice, as reflected in a PCPSR poll.

News Briefs / Media / Israeli Arabs

Lady Gaga Pre-Tel Aviv Concert ‘Shalom’ Video Irks Some Arab Fans

By JTA

Maybe Abbas should accuse Lady Ga-Ga of incitement for saying “Shalom.”

Op-Eds

L'Rosh V'Lo L'Zanav

By Emily Litwack

"these soldiers are on the front lines of a war that the entire world is fighting"

Jewish / UK / News Briefs / Europe

Self-Acclaimed Jew Pleads ‘Not Guilty’ to Assaulting MP George Galloway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The prosecutor says Masterson told police, "I didn't want him to think I'm scared.”

Op-Eds / Fuchs' Focus

Esau Rising-Part II

By Donny Fuchs

Hayovel's vision: to share with them (Jews) a passion for the soon coming jubilee in yeshua messiah."

News Briefs

Honey Sales Expected to Soar as Rosh Hashanah Approaches

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 […]

Op-Eds

Enemies of the Tibetan Cause

By Jagdish N. Singh

Dalai Lama: In the interest of Tibetans today to have peaceful co-existence with the Chinese.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

ISIS Beheaded American Journalist Steven Sotloff And Posted Video

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.

Op-Eds

The Death of Civilians; the Three Shades of Sorrow

By Paul Gherkin

However, 40+ countries still use capital punishment for a variety of offenses.

Goldstein on Gelt

Why Economists Don't Know Everything

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Learn about Monte Carlo-not the place but simulator forbuilding a financial plan.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Bibi’s Approval Drops While US Jews Stay Connected (Guests Jeremy Saltan & Rabbi Avi Berman)

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 […]

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Serials

Livni Loses It on National TV

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

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