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Year: 2014

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs

Eric Cantor Joins Wall Street Investment Bank

By JTA

Cantor can thank his defeat to a Tea Party candidate for leading him to more lucrative and stable career.

Photo of the Day

Field of Dreams

By Photo of the Day

A farmer in the (legal) Tikkun Olan Cannabis farm near Tzfat. This is one of their greenhouses. The company is licensed by Israel's Ministry of Health to grow, process and distribute the medicinal plant.

Politics / News Briefs / Turkey

Turkey’s New PM Says ‘No Hope’ of Normalizing Ties with Israel

By Rachel Levy

Diplomatic relations with Israel are likely to remain in deep freeze for the next few years, Turkish PM Davutoglu signals.

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / France / Saudi Arabia / Hezbollah / United Nations (UN) / Iraq / ISIS

Jihadist Threat Rising on Israel's Northern Border

By Rachel Levy

Events on the other side of Israel's northern border are heating up. The IDF is on high alert in the Golan Heights.

News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Germany to Begin Supplying Kurds With Weapons to Fight Islamic State

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Germany and other western countries have begun providing weapons to Kurds in fight against the IS.

Bedouin / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

SodaStream May Close Maaleh Adumim Factory

By JTA

BDS will be claim victory, but the truth is that a logistics would be a major factor if SodaStream leaves Maaleh Adumim.

Special Features / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Last Soldier Killed in Protective Edge Laid to Rest

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

The body of 1st Sgt. Shachar Shalev was laid to rest this afternoon in the cemetery in Hipsin.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rock Throwing Attacks Wounds 3-Year-Old Girl

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority terrorists wounded a three-year-old girl and a bus driver in two separate rock throwing and firebombing attacks on Monday. Both victims suffered light injuries and were treated on the spot, without need for hospitalization. The girl was riding a bus in northern Jerusalem when the attackers smashed a glass window on the bus. […]

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Religion

The Real and Radical Legacy of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“He was part hippie, part yippie, part beatnik, and part New Age,” – Elli Wohlgelernter in a Jerusalem Post eulogy in 1994.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Pallywood

PA Propaganda Video Compares 9/11 with IDF Bombing of Gaza

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian Authority manipulation of the media makes it impossible for peace between PA Arabs and Israelis.

Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israeli Children, Parents On Gaza Border Start New School Year with Mixed Feelings

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

“I know that you spent your vacation doing things not according to what you planned," the prime minister told students in southern Israel.

Israel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Israel's Economy: Stunned But Still Strong

By Zeev Ben-Yechiel / Tazpit News Agency

The recent war in Gaza is not expected to inflict any lasting damage on economic performance.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Gasoline Prices Dropped at Midnight

By Jewish Press News Desk

The price of self-service 95 octane gasoline in Israel dropped by a tiny bit -- one agora per liter -- at midnight on Sunday.

IDF Blog

Fighting for Life: The Female Paramedics of Operation Protective Edge

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

"I knew that being there would allow me to protect other soldiers.”

Interviews and Profiles

Rebbetzin Feige Twerski: ‘I Believe Very Strongly In The Power Of Women’

By Naomi Klass Mauer

Home is Milwaukee where their congregation, Beth Jehudah, and community always await their return.

The Muqata

What Could Possibly Still Be On the Table?

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler asks what could still possibly be on the negotiating table with the PA after a summer like we just had...

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

Arab Sources: State Dept Again Pressuring Israel to Restart Talks

By Rachel Levy

Arab media claim the US is again pressuring Israel to restart final status talks with the Palestinian Authority.

Holidays

ABC's of Elul

By Rabbi Shraga Simmons

If you had an important court date scheduled – one that would determine your financial future, or even your very life – you'd be sure to prepare for weeks beforehand. On Rosh Hashanah, each individual is judged on the merit of his deeds. Whether he will live out the year or not. Whether he will […]

Emes Ve-Emunah

Jewish Education and the Smartphone

By Harry Maryles

Now everyone has easy access to the culture and all of its vices, both social and intellectual.

Shiloh Musings

The "Rachel Corrie" Terrorist Peers‏

By Batya Medad

Connect the dots, please: All of these Muslim Arab terror organizations are connected.

US / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Settlements / #EyalGiladNaftali

Obama White House Condemns Designation of Gush Etzion Lot as 'State Land'

By Rachel Levy

The Obama administration has sharply condemned the Israeli government's decision Sunday to designate a lot in Gush Etzion as state land.

Sponsored Posts

Ultimate Mission – November 2014

By Jewish Press Staff

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore Israel off the beaten track, feel the conflict first hand, understand the security issues and politic realities, and have an unforgettable trip!

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

School Rocks in Jabel Mukaber

By Jewish Press News Desk

What is interesting is the latest reason the Arabs are rioting...

IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

After Mortar Strike, IDF Evacuates Israeli Civilians Near Quneitra

By Jewish Press News Desk

A mortar launched from Syria landed inside an Israeli agricultural area, close to 9am.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Fighting at Quneitra

By Jewish Press News Desk

Assad and the rebels are fighting again for control over the crossing with Israel.

Photo of the Day

Toys for Big Boys

By Photo of the Day

It doesn't matter how old you are, boys like their toys. In this case, the boy is Israeli President Ruby Rivlin sitting in a fighter jet in the Tel Nof Air Force base. Vrrmmmm, whoosh, boom...

Politics / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Settlements / #EyalGiladNaftali

Horrors: Bibi Might Consider New Housing for Jews Before UNGA Meets!

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Jews seeking to shame Netanyahu into enforcing the Apartheid Green Line so as not to anger the UNGA are shameful.

Elections / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Date Set for Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Elections

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's only taken 12 years, but Jerusalem may once again have a Chief Rabbi...

Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs

US Embassy in Libya Captured

By Jewish Press News Desk

The US embassy was taken over... so was the embassy's pool.

Guest Blog

Did We Win?

By Rabbi Alan Haber

"...while Hamas has been weakened it has not been destroyed..."

Op-Eds

Is Time Working For/Against Israel?

By Yoram Ettinger

The War projects to lower Israel's 2014 GDP 0.5% but will have little influence on foreign investors

Israel / Jewish / Politics / News Briefs

NIF Slams Bennett for Honoring the Dead

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Jewish Home leader blocks exhibition of dead bodies citing Jewish tradition to honor the dead; NIF objects.

Guest Blog

Save the Children

By Paul Gherkin

Jewish donors bought and donated the greenhouses to the Palestinians.

Op-Eds / Torah

Israel and the Nations

By Michael Linetsky

It is in the nature of the Nations of the World to be hostile towards the Jewish People.

Israel / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Sharp Budget Cuts to Pay for War

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Cabinet holds special session in Ashkelon, faces criticism from local residents, officials over lack of aid package

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs

Tensions with Catholics Force Lev Tahor Out of Guatemala Village

By JTA

Mixing the Haredi Lev Tahor cult with a bunch of fiercely religious Roman Catholics is a recipe for dynamite.

Syria / News Briefs / The Knesset / Islamists

Golan Residents Feeling Syrian Heat

By Meir Halevi Siegel

For two-and-a-half years, residents of the Golan Heights understood that domestic interests in Syria would keep war away from them.

Op-Eds

Is the Gaza War Really Over?

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Hamas and Islamic Jihad are actually fighting to "liberate Jerusalem and all Palestine."

Photo of the Day

Bamboo

By Photo of the Day

The Israel Museum has a wonderful interactive exhibit called "Bamboo", or as the kids call it, "Bambuk". Made completely out of bamboo poles and rope, you can walk all over around it, all the way to the top of this multistory structure. Highly recommended.

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

Gush Etzion Area Declared State Land

By Meir Halevi Siegel

4,000 dunams in G'vaot area declared state land, will open door for large construction project.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

IDF Soldier Dies of Protective Edge Wounds

By Jewish Press News Desk

Sgt. Shahar Shalev, an IDF paratrooper who was critically wounded in the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge, has died of his wounds. His death brings the number of Israeli casualties from Operation Protective Edge to 72. Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

Goldstein on Gelt

Why Transparency is Important In Currency Conversions

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

This week's podcast discusses the need for transparency in international business dealings.

News Briefs / Lebanon / Islamists / ISIS

Burn Your ISIS Flag Today #BurnISISFlagChallenge

By Shalom Bear

Burning ISIS flags is starting to go viral in Lebanon, but the Lebanese Justice Minister wants to make it illegal.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs

British Jews To March Against Anti-Semitism

By Meir Halevi Siegel

With Judeophobic attacks spiking around United Kingdom, local Jews say not enough done to enforce hate crime laws

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Going Home

By Jewish Press News Desk

Almost a month after being shot in Jerusalem by a terrorist, IDF soldier Chen Schwartz is going home...

Syria / Antisemitism / News Briefs / France / Islamists / ISIS

Teen Girls Planned to Bomb French Synagogue

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The jihad network has snared teenagers in its web. One out of every six Frenchmen supports the ISIS.

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Settlements / Intifada

PA Terrorists Try to Blow Up Jews in Samaria

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Palestinian Authority terrorists set off a bomb at a bus stop in Samaria and threw two pipe bombs at passing Jewish drivers in Samaria on Sunday. No one was injured. Police sappers were called to the Rechalim Junction where the bomb exploded. They did not find any other explosive devices and still are searching for […]

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Zoabi Sings Palestinian Authority Anthem at Hamas 'Victory' Rally

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

What other country would allow legislators to openly declare their allegiance to another entity?

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / ISIS

Netanyahu Says Making Gaza ‘Israel’s Fallujah’ Was Too High a Price

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel is better off with a weak Hamas rather than a dead Hamas, for the time being, says Netanyahu.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Saturday Night Mortars from Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two mortars landed close to the Israel-Syrian border/cease-fire lines in the Eastern Golan Heights

Israel / US / Gaza / Hamas / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

Yale Chaplain Blames Anti-Semitism on Israel

By JTA

If Israel would just not exists, and if Jews would stop being Jewish, there would be no anti-Semitism in the world.

Jewish / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Joan Rivers in Medically-Induced Coma

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Doctors are hopeful but worried. Her daughter Melissa is an “emotional wreck.”

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

British Man Beats Up Anti-Semite George Galloway

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

We wish him a speedy recovery and a lifetime of laryngitis.

Syria / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / ISIS

Irish UN Troops Free Filipino UN Troops

By Jewish Press News Desk

The FIlipino UN troops were successfully extracted by Irish UN troops from the Syrian rebel siege.

US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Joan Rivers in Induced Coma

By Jewish Press News Desk

Joan Rivers, 81, is in an induced coma following throat surgery on Thursday. Rivers suffered a heart attack during surgery.

Impact Of Women On Jewish History/Prof. L. Jackson

Zieva Dauber Konvisser: Living Beyond Terrorism

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

What better proof do we need than the recent war with Hamas in Gaza, dubbed “Operation Protective Edge,” that transformed the pain and suffering of three families into a sense of unparalleled unity and outpouring of love of the entire nation of Israel?

Tales of the Gaonim

Rabi Eliezer Ben Hurkones

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

“It isn’t the work,” said Eliezer. “I want to learn our holy Torah.”

Potpourri

Feelings At War

By Malka Katzman

So many families are mourning, and all along we mourned with them.

Features On The Jewish World

For These We Cry: Rabi Akiva ben Yosef

By Libi Astaire

In addition to his great erudition, Rabi Akiva was known for his optimism.

On Our Own/Cheryl Kupfer

Beware Of The Krimme

By Cheryl Kupfer

She told me that she was busy and that he could sit in his wet clothes for the rest of the day. It would teach him to be more careful.

Marriage and Relationships

Dealing With Loss

By Dr. Yael Respler

What can we do to help him stop feeling so sad all the time?

Parenting Our Children

Language Based Learning Disability: Not Just In The Classroom

By Rifka Schonfeld

Children with dyslexia or dysgraphia frequently have problems in social relationships.

South Florida

It's My Opinion: Pogroms

By Shelley Benveniste

Israel’s neighbors engaged in hostilities from the onset. The War of Independence was a hard-won battle. Aggression and enmity has followed for 66 years.

South Florida

Special Education Gets Boost In South Florida

By Shelley Benveniste

The inclusion program, in which children with special needs are in the same class as neurotypical (mainstream) peers, is, says Gansburg, the only Jewish program of its kind in Florida.

South Florida

Holocaust Documentation & Education Center Holds Contest For Students

By Shelley Benveniste

The contest will include student-created sculpture, computer graphic design, collage, videography, PowerPoint and painting.

South Florida

Friendship Circle Of Miami Beach And North-Dade

By Shelley Benveniste

David, an 8-year-old boy on the autism spectrum, recently attended a Friendship Circle event. As he entered he told his Dad, “I love coming to the FC programs ‘cause everyone loves each other.”

Book Reviews

Retracing Horrors

By Aharon Ben Anshel

Goldsmith himself went on his own “voyage of discovery” to the places where his grandfather and uncle landed and were sent.

Features On The Jewish World

The False Messiahship Of Eva Frank

By Saul Jay Singer

Frank proclaimed himself Zvi’s successor and the reincarnation of King David.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Updates from Kuneitra, Syria

By Shalom Bear

With new neighbors along our Syrian border, we thought we'd check out what they're saying and what's going on...

Potpourri / Recipes

Layer It On!

By Mindy Rafalowitz

You’re probably wondering why the greatest advocate of fast and easy preps in the kitchen is talking about layer cakes, right?

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Joan Rivers in Critical Condition

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

We wish a speedy recovery to Joan Rivers, the straight-shooting Jewish comedienne whose exact analysis of the war was, “Hamas started it.”

News Briefs

Soldier Dies from Wounds in Rocket Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF soldier who was critically injured last week by a rocket that hit Ashdod died from his wounds today. He is Israel's 71st casualty in the war. Sergeant Natanel Maman, 21, from Gan Yavne, an Ordnance Corps soldier, was critically injured by a rocket that hit Ashdod last Friday. He was promoted posthumously from […]

News Briefs / ISIS

A Grand Total of 50 Muslims in Michigan Condemn ISIS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

More than 200,000 Muslims live in Michigan. Fifty of them showed up for a protest against ISIS.

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / US / News Briefs

Funeral Begins from Lakewood Yeshiva Student Aaron Sofer

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Sofer, who may have died from dehydration after falling in a ravine while hiking, is being buried in Beit Shemesh.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Settlements

Dutch Pension Fund Rejects BDS

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Boycott Israel movement, so far, is more bark than bite.

Terrorism / Analysis / IDF & Security / Syria / Gaza / Hamas / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / ISIS

Al Qaeda and ISIS are Israel’s New Northern Neighbors

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The bad news is that ISIS and Al Qaeda are on the Syrian Golan. The good news is that every terrorist in Syria is killing each other.

Guest Blog / Fuchs' Focus

The Looming Bedouin Intifada

By Donny Fuchs

The new “Begin Plan” is an impending nightmare, it rewards the Bedouins for brazen land-grabbing.

Shiloh Musings

Faux Peace and Deceptive Euphemisms Won't Stop a Real War‏

By Batya Medad

There is absolutely nothing for Israel's security in this American document.

US / Government / News Briefs

Netanyahu Meets with House Armed Services Members

By JTA

Netanyahu gets support from Congressmen on House Armed Services Committee

Op-Eds

War Story: A New Torah For Sderot

By Nachum Segal

The congregants, Ethiopians spanning generations, were beaming with joy and pride.

Photo of the Day

Jewish Entertainment

By Photo of the Day

Some Chareidi entertainers thrilled the crowd on Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street with some Jewish entertainment.    

Op-Eds

A Not-So-Happy Anniversary

By N. Aaron Troodler

The withdrawal from the Gaza Strip nine years ago did not enhance Israel’s security.

Op-Eds

For These Do I Cry

By Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock

How does a soldier from a religious home fall in love with a soldier from a non- religious kibbutz?

Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Mashaal Vows Cease-Fire a Step to New ‘Resistance' War against Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hamas’ supreme leader Khaled Mashaal dashed any hopes of long-term peace with Israel in a speech in Qatar on Thursday in which he shot from the hip at Israel and also at his terrorist organization’s new partner, the rival Fatah movement headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas. His lengthy speech in Qatar, which has […]

Op-Eds / Analysis

The Muslim Colonists: Forgotten Facts about the Arab-Israeli Conflict

By Ezequiel Doiny

In 19th century entire ancient Jewish communities fled Palestine to escape brutal Muslim authorities

Parsha

When To Go To The High Court

By Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

First, how could a beis din of 23 judges present a guilty verdict in a capital punishment case? After all, only a majority of the 23 judges ruled in favor of his verdict.

Parsha

The Role Of The Jewish King

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

Of paramount importance is that both the king and his people realize that while he is the leader, he is still a subject of God.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Daf Yomi

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum

Untimely News ‘A Mourner Is Forbidden To Wear Shoes…’ (Mo’ed Katan 20b)

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