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Year: 2014

Parsha

Life: The School Of Growth

By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

If a man sins and follows his inclinations, he will find comfort in this world – but when he dies, he will go to a place that is all thorns.

Chodesh Tov/Rabbi Hanoch Teller

A Humbling Lesson (Part III)

By Rabbi Hanoch Teller

Nothing is more effective to diminish envy than gratitude.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Ground Op on Horizon with Emergency Orders to 10,000 IDF Reservists

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The IDF readies what it does not want unless there is no alternative – a deep ground invasion of Gaza. Hamas also is ready.

Parsha

The Three Prayers Of Moshe

By Rabbi Joshua Rapps

The first prayer of Moshe was Vayechal, where Moshe's petition was that no matter how bad bnei Yisrael were, the Egyptians were worse.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation of Australian Jewish School

By JTA

If “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” Diaspora Jews are in big trouble.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Preliminary Pruzbul

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

"We're leining now, and shouldn't be talking," Mr. Silver gently quieted his son. "At the Shabbos table we can discuss it at length."

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

Cabinet OKs Reserves Call-Up

By Jewish Press News Desk

The security cabinet authorised Thursday the emergency call-up of 10,000 IDF reservists. Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Israel would continue to pursue Hamas leaders anywhere and at any time, and added that the current campaign would “take time.” Ya’alon called on the Israeli public to display patience and strength while the army deals with the […]

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

Irish Jews Brace for Galloway Visit

By Meir Halevi Siegel

The Jewish community in Belfast, Northern Ireland is bracing for violent backlash as the city prepares for an appearance by radical British MP George Galloway on Saturday night. Last month, Palestinian supporters smashed windows twice at the Belfast Hebrew Congregation following a pro-Palestinian demonstration in the city. Now, representatives for Galloway say the 1,000-seat Ulster […]

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

Still A Nation That Dwells Alone (Part Three)

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

If we regard pain and suffering as mere coincidence, we will feel no motivation to examine our lives

Uncategorized

Yehuda Glick Barred from Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rabbi Yehuda Glick, a licensed tour guide and head of Haliba mvt for Jewish rights, has 'sparked unrest' by praying.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Rock Attack on Israeli Bus

By Jewish Press News Desk

PA Arabs stoned an Egged bus near Halhoul, north of Hebron Wednesday. The attack took place near the site where the bodies of Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Sha'ar and Naftali Fraenkel were discovered on June 30. No injuries or property damage were reported.

Moshe Feiglin

U.S. Aid: When does Israel Get it?

By Moshe Feiglin

We take US “aid” for psychological reasons-if we have an allowance, that means we have a father.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Defining Reality

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

Culture is not nature. There are causes in nature, but only in culture are there meanings.

Parsha

Adding And Subtracting From The Torah

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

Rabbinic law is pivotal but it's important to understand which laws are rabbinic and which biblical.

The 10 Minute Parsha

Re'eh: Jewish Slavery

By Rabbi David Fohrman

We give slave gifts? If he wants to stay, we pierce his ear?!

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

Israeli Air Strikes Eliminate 20 Terror Targets in Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

IAF fighter pilots eliminate 20 terror targets in Gaza since midnight, killing six in the region.

The Muqata

Hamas = ISIS

By JoeSettler

Hamas's online Jihadi supporters and groupies are desperately trying to differentiate between their support for Hamas and supporting ISIS.

NY / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Local

PA Flag Hung From Brooklyn Bridge

By Jewish Press News Desk

Pro-Hamas activists hung a 200 foot PA flag from the Brooklyn Bridge.

Syria / Politics / News Briefs / ISIS

US Reveals Failed Summer Mission to Rescue Captured Journalist

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There was a failed secret US mission earlier this summer to rescue American hostages in Syria.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / ISIS

ISIS Kidnaps Four European Hostages

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Islamic State is getting a lot of bad publicity lately, which actually proves how successful they are.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Presidential Candidate Working To Bring Israel To Front of US Agenda

By Moshe Herman

Yishai interviews Rick Santorum, former US Senator and Presidential hopeful on Iran, media, the Bible, and the US Israel relationship.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Hamas / News Briefs / ISIS

ISIS Beheadings Mark Declared War on the United States

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Islamic terror coming soon to your favorite neighborhood street theater.

Features

New Jewish Chaplaincy Program

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass

A CPE class at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn was tailor made for Orthodox participants.

Op-Eds

Anti-Israel BDS Nuttery at the Port of Oakland

By J. E. Dyer

ZIM Piraeus isn’t Israeli-owned or flagged, incidentally, it is Greek operated.

Torah

The Rebellious City

By Joseph Cox

A bit of (non-Jewish) history can help us understand this week’s Torah portion: In the early 1500s, the Catholic church was being fundamentally challenged by movements which claimed it had monopolized religious power and used to enrich the church and its officials. The most radical of these movements were a particular sect of Anabaptists. Anabaptists […]

Op-Eds

Yet Again, Another Inconclusive Outcome

By Gil Solomon

Foolish me, thinking the goals were the destruction of Hamas thereby giving peace a real chance.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Intifada / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Netanyahu Reassures Israel: War Mode until Total Quiet

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Netanyahu, Ya’alon and Gantz’s comments: War until there is total quiet and everyone can sleep at night.

Emes Ve-Emunah

What Will the Future of Judaism Look Like?

By Harry Maryles

We all got degrees. We got married. We had families. We worked. We and were Koveih Itim

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

ZIM Piraeus Successfully Unloads, Moves On to Next Port of Call #BlockTheBoat = #EpicFail

By Shalom Bear

The ZIM ship was quickly and efficiently unloaded - despite the best efforts by the Jihadi supporters to block it.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Live Updates: Rockets Still Falling - Keep Away (Last Update: 11:06pm)

By Jewish Press News Desk

11:06pm Sapir, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Sderot, Gaza border, Ashkelon, Ashkelon, Ashkelon 10:17pm Kerem Shalom 9:04pm Ashkelon Coast 8:49pm Eshkol 8:12pm Eshkol 7:47pm Eshkol 7:44pm A Hamas spokesperson has warned airlines to not fly into Ben-Gurion starting 6am tomorrow (Thursday), according to a YNet report. It's actually things like that that makes Israel hit Hamas even harder. 7:35pm Kerem […]

Op-Eds

Dear Sean: A Tribute to Sgt. Sean Carmeli, ZT"L

By Yaakov Rosenblatt

The free-spirted lifestyle didn’t hold your interest; the needs of your people did.

US / News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Warns US to Exercise Restraint in Missouri

By Jewish Press News Desk

Don't you feel just a tad jealous of Egypt right now?

Editorial

A Perplexing Middle East Policy

By Editorial Board

And why would the U.S. align itself on these issues with Turkey and Qatar, longtime advocates of Hamas’s interests?

Editorial

The Metzitzah B’Peh Decision

By Editorial Board

Several years ago the city concluded that the metzitzah b’peh procedure created unacceptable risks for newborns in terms of the transmission of neo-natal herpes through contact with a mohel carrying the herpes virus.

Israel / Europe

For Jews Displaced By Ukrainian Fighting, Israel Beckons

By Cnaan Liphshiz / JTA

More than 1,550 individuals have immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in the first five months of 2014 alone, more than double the 693 who arrived in the corresponding period last year.

News Briefs / Egypt / ISIS

4 Beheaded Victims Found in Sinai

By Jewish Press Staff

Signs that Islamic State (ISIS - Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) terrorists have arrived in Egypt have appeared in the Sinai Peninsula.

Features

Exodus From Israel To Egypt: 100 Years Since The Turkish Expulsion Of Jews

By Dr. Rafael Medoff

With generous support from the Egyptian Jewish community, the exiled family built a new life for itself in the Mafruza and Gabbari refugee camps near Alexandria.

Israel

Fearing Bias, Israel Keeping Distance From UN Probe Into Gaza Fighting

By Ben Sales

Shlomy Zachary, an Israeli human rights lawyer, noted that Israeli cooperation with previous UN investigations has helped mitigate criticism of Israel - for example, in a 2010 UN investigation of the so-called flotilla incident.

Front Page

The Guns Of August And Divine Providence

By Ed Lion

The world wars caused unimaginable anguish for the Jews but God also scripted a great glory for our people.

Photo of the Day

The Porta-Shelter

By Photo of the Day

So imagine, you're working in the field harvesting cucumbers (or whatever is in season right now) and suddenly the siren goes off - Hamas is shooting rockets at you.

Gaza / Hamas / UK / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Pallywood / Intifada

British Consul-General Helping to 'Free Palestine' ?

By Rachel Levy

An international media outlet has caught Britain's Consul-General to Jerusalem, Alastair McPhail in a photo wearing the PA logo scarf.

Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Breaking News: #BlocktheBoat #EpicFail as ZIM Unloads

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Longshoremen pulled a fast on anti-Israel picketers and are unloading the Zim ship that was blocked from unloading last week.

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Israel Used Bunker-Buster Bombs in Raid on Mohammed Deif's Home

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Deif may, or may not, have escaped the bombing raid. His wife, at least one of them, was killed. Is Haniyeh next?

Op-Eds

A Frank Discussion With The UN Secretary-General

By Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper

We were quite disappointed with many of the points the secretary-general offered in response.

Syria / Politics / News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

ISIS Beheads American Journalist, Threatens Obama Will Repeat

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Islamic State allegedly beheaded one American journalist, has threatened another with the same fate.

Emes Ve-Emunah

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry

By Harry Maryles

But the real culprit is William Schabas, who by comparison makes Richard Goldstone look like a saint

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

Live Updates: Rockets from Gaza, IDF Targets Senior Hamas Officials (1:38am Wednesday)

By Jewish Press News Desk

PRESS [F5] to refresh this page: 1:38am IDF Homefront Command directs Haifa and Carmel regions to also open public bomb shelters. Nahariya (Northern Israel) opened their public shelters as well, as per their mayor's request, not the IDF.. 1:29am Ashkelon, Ashkelon Coast, Yad Mordechai, Zikim... (multiples all) 12:47am Reports that IDF has been targeting over […]

US / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion

Former Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum Visits City of David

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Seeing the Bible come to life is quite remarkable” – Rick Santorum

The Muqata

Antisemitic Threats in South Africa

By Jameel@Muqata

"The Jewish board of deputies, who are complicit, will feel the wrath of the People of SA with the age old biblical teaching of an eye for an eye."

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

US Holds Hamas Responsible for All Rocket Attacks on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The United States holds Hamas accountable for all rocket attacks on Israel, U.S. State Dept. spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters at the daily oppress briefing Tuesday. Asked if the rockets that broke the cease-fire were launched from Gaza, she said, “It came from Gaza, and Hamas has responsibility for Gaza.” Harf also that there has […]

News Briefs

American-Born Lone IDF Soldier Found Dead

By Jewish Press News Desk

The body of a 21-year-old Ohio native serving as a lone soldier in the IDF was found on Tuesday, two days after he was reported missing, military spokesmen announced. Corporal David Menachem Gordon of the Givati Brigade was found with his personal Tabor rifle beside him. He had last been at the Tzrifin army base […]

US / News Briefs / Islamists / Intifada

US Adds ISIS-Linked Gaza Terror Group to Foreign Terror List

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S. State Department has declared the Mujahedeen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) a foreign terror group.

Goldstein on Gelt

What Can You Expect From Social Security When You Retire?

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Discussion on recent changes to Social Security benefits and how it will effect you.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Hezbollah Lowers Minimum Age

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hezbollah has lowered the minimum age to join the terrorist organization from 18 to 16.

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

Eshkol Rocket Attack Was 'False Alarm'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel officials say a report that Gaza terrorists fired a Grad missile at the Eshkol Regional Council district was a 'false alarm.'

Op-Eds

Stop Mowing the Lawn; Start Salting the Earth

By Alex VanNess

Judging by history, every time Hamas rebuilds their infrastructure, they are stronger than before.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IDF Soldier is Missing, Police Seek Assistance

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Police report IDF soldier David Menachem Gordon, 21, is missing; he is 5'6" tall with brown eyes, black, short cropped hair.

Op-Eds

TEFILLIN, TEHILIM AND TILIM (Phylacteries, Psalms, and Rockets)

By David Herman

His father asked him to read Psalms from the Book of Tehilim every day.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Arab Rock Throwing on Temple Mount and Jerusalem

By Jewish Press News Desk

Tuesday - Arab rioters are desecrating the Temple Mount once again with violence. One policeman was lightly injured by Arab stone throwers on the Temple Mount. He received medical treatment on site. Rocks were also thrown near Shaar Shechem (Damascus Gate), damaging windows on a passing bus. No injuries reported, and no arrests reported either. […]

Terrorism / Jewish / US / News Briefs

Al Qaeda Threatens US to Free Terrorists or Warren Weinstein Will Die

By JTA

Al Qaeda wants the US to free terrorists in return for freeing Warren Weinstein.

Gaza / Hamas / Qatar / Government / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Egypt

Update: Israel Denies It Agreed to Large-Scale Concessions

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel waited 12 hours to deny an agreement. Abbas talked with Mashaal while Shin Bet busted coup plot.

IDF & Security / Politics / News Briefs

Anti-Israel Protesters Demand End to US Military Aid to Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Protesters were removed and arrested after staging an anti-Israel sit-in at Sen. Feinstein's office.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Three War Miracles that Never Happened

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

People who made up stories about great miracles in the war lack the faith to see the everyday hidden miracles.

@Israel_Shield

My Take on the Ceasefire

By '@israel_shield

I do not understand why Bibi or anyone else (Obama) would ever contemplate accepting any terms by an organization that states loud and clear their goal of Israel's destruction.

Photo of the Day

Can't Burn a Jew? Burn a Jewish Star

By Photo of the Day

Hamas is frustrated. Their missiles turned out to be useless, their tunnels were destroyed, they lost hundreds of terrorists, and the IDF effectively routed them both in war and now at the diplomatic table. So to vent some of those frustrations (and to keep the populace angry), they've been running angry anti-Israel protests. At this […]

Israel / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs

Ceasefire is On

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 24 hour extension of the ceasefire.

Video of the Day

Under Threat, It's OK to Remove Kosher, but Not Halal Products

By Video of the Day

Jonathan Sacerdoti called Sainsbury's customer service, and discussed the removal of Kosher products from one of their stores, following threats of violence.

Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Rockets from Gaza

Rumored Ceasefire Deal Excludes Dis-Arming Hamas

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel will once again have turned victory into defeat if the rumored truce goes into effect at midnight

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Why is There No Train Service to Sderot?

By Jewish Press News Desk

The reason train service between Ashkelon and Sderot continues to be shut down, is due to a 1 kilometer stretch of exposed train tracks which leaves the trains open to attack by anti-tank missiles fired from Gaza. In May, JewishPress.com discussed a video released from Gaza that showed the Ashkelon-Sderot train being tracked by camera, and […]

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Report: Cease-fire Extended

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Channel 2 reports the cease-fire with Gaza has been extended although no one knows for how long.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Tunnels in Kibbutz are Not Terror Related

By Jewish Press News Desk

3 tunnel opening where found inside a Kibbutz near the Gaza border...

Eye on "Palestine" / Global / News Briefs

Moderates Mahmoud Abbas - Kim Jong Un: BFF

By Jameel@Muqata

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sent a floral basket to North Korean Tyrant-Dictator Kim Jong Un celebrating the "liberation" of North Korea.

Op-Eds

It's "Name The Enemy," Not 'Rename' The Enemy

By Bosch Fawstin

(Reposted with permission from author's website) Moderate truth-teller Daniel Pipes (Dream) has further moderated his stance on Islam by actually entertaining the idea of "Moderate Islamism", with Andrew C. McCarthy- whom I've debated about this- giving it some credence. We've gone from Naming the Enemy -Nazism, Communism- to Renaming the Enemy - "Islamic Totalitarianism", "Radical Islam", "Islamism", […]

Terrorism / Qatar / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

‘Fifth Column’ Arab MKs Visit Qatar and Meet with Former MK-Traitor

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The good news that Zoabi and two of her Knesset pals left the country. The bad news is that they are coming back.

Guest Blog / Shalom Pollack Tours

Mahmud loves Moral

By Shalom Pollack

The media dumped on the "Lehava" people as extremist - racist and should mind their own business.

Video of the Day

10 Minutes on Life Along the Gaza Border

By Video of the Day

Dana Bar-on talks about her life along the Gaza border as rockets fall from above, and terrorists pop up from underground.

Op-Eds

The "One Day" Generation‏

By Yonatan Gordon

Maimonides: "Your 1 mitzva may tip the scales and bring redemption to the entire world and creation"

News Briefs

Hundreds Protest Jailing of Yeshiva Student for Evading Draft

By JTA

At least six Haredi protesters were arrested and a police officer was wounded in demonstrations in at least three Israeli cities Sunday following the arrest of a yeshiva student for ignoring a draft notice. Hundreds of protesters blocked busy intersections in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Modiin Illit and Beit Shemesh. The yeshiva student has been arrested […]

NY / News Briefs / Local

Lost and Found in the Catskills

By Jewish Press News Desk

5 boys got lost after leaving their Catskills camp for a hike....

Shiloh Musings

And What About Our Prize-Winning Wines?‏

By Batya Medad

What is the point of having our own state when it cooperates with those who are against us?

Jordana in Jerusalem

The Floating Head at the Engagement Party

By Jordana Brown

It was the "first family event I missed due to aliyah."

IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / Rockets from Gaza

Tonight's Forecast: Rain of Rockets with a Chance of Mortar Drizzle

By Jewish Press News Desk

IDF Southern Command believes that the rockets and mortars will begin again tonight, hours before the ceasefire is set to end.

Photo of the Day

The Lavi it's Not

By Photo of the Day

The Israeli Air Force has decided to name its new fighter training jet the "Lavi". The jet is being manufactured by Aermacchi of Italy. Israel is buying 30 of these plane. In exchange, Italy is buying Israeli military systems including satellites and control systems. Until now Israel has been using aging US Skyhawk jets for […]

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