יום חמישי, כ״ה חשוון תשפ״זThursday, November 5, 2026
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By JTA
An Iranian court sentenced a man to five years in prison on charges of spying for Israel.
By JTA
One of Woronyj’s neighbors, who did not want to be named, said he was “a big man who kept himself to himself.”
Zoabi takes full advantage of Israel's democracy to call the IDF and the state of Israel terrorists, while she sits as an elected official in the Knesset.
Special rescue units were suddenly called in to begin searching wells and caves for the kidnapped boys. #BringBackOurBoys #EyalGiladNaftali
UN envoy Robert Serry was reportedly determined to find a way to get that money to Hamas. He apparently tried a little too hard.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai broadcasts from Eastern Jerusalem’s Leonardo Hotel and is joined by Elie Pieprz, Director of External Affairs at the Council for Judea and Samaria.
This week we witnessed the true unity of the Jewish people rallying around, and praying for, these three boys.
By Sandy Eller
If you are spending the time in the kitchen, make it worth the effort. Make it taste good. Make it look nice.
By Pnina Baim
This summer, why don't we try to do better and cool off without blowing our retirement fund?
Help me and the rest of them Know what I really mean.
He refuses to flinch from our painful history, perhaps finding a kind of solace in the consistency of irrational enmity directed against us.
Crowded into their ghettos and suffering legal disabilities that make today’s claims of discriminations pale into insignificance, the German Jews suffered poverty and wretchedness.
By Rachel Weiss
Known by all as a happy-go-lucky fellow, Yossel’s lackluster parnassah never got the better of him. His dejected-looking wife, however, hardly shared his simchas ha’chayim and Yossel would often attempt to cheer her with words of chizuk.
By Rhona Lewis
How does Ami cope with being drawn into the maelstrom of pain that victims of terror live with?
By Lisa Wise
I stand with her, my sister, waiting for her screen door to slam, for her son to return home.
"I believe they will come back but if not, please be united. Be united.” - Racheli Frankel, mother of kidnap victim
Make no mistake: in the wrong hands cars are weapons of mass destruction.
"Where was this guy when I was dating?"
When it comes to passing on Jewishness we must follow the mother - for it is she who ensures it.
Although famous for his smile, Ike Eisenhower actually harbored a volcanic temper that he worked arduously to control.
Iraq has threatened any country which buys the Iraqi Kurdistan crude oil. Israel is buying it.
Since I did not know much about divorce in those years, I just assumed that this was the "norm." I learned later on how exceptional this family really was.
“If you have Asperger’s Syndrome, you are really good in your brain and your brain is wired a different way, so you are really good at drawing or school. But your social level is not high.”
By Suri Brand
Everyone involved had to be physically present in one office to get a book published.
Witnessed by Theodore Herzl, who was a journalist for a Viennese newspaper covering the trial, the cause célèbre became the spark that eventually caused the rise of the State of Israel in modern times.
When I give this book, the parents look at the gold Caldecott Medal on the front cover and smile, but look up quizzically – a book for a newborn?
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah talk about three young men that have been captured by terrorists and how the situation has caused Jews worldwide to unite with Israel and the Jewish People. They ask, what price should be paid to those that choose to capture and attack Jews worldwide?
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“It is so moving to see the Lost Tribe of Bnei Menashe returning to Zion and rejoining the people of Israel,” said Shavei Israel Founder and Chairman Michael Freund.
Rocket sirens sounded in Ashkelon at 1 PM Friday afternoon. But the rocket launched from Gaza fell short, and landed within Gaza.
By JTA
A Jewish cemetery and Holocaust monument were damaged in Germany amid a string of unrelated acts of vandalism against Jewish heritage sites in central Europe.
By Shalom Bear
It seems that the only way for Israel to advance in the UN is for the Arabs to not know which countries support it.
The IAF hit Gazan terror targets overnight in response to the rocket attacks on Israel earlier in the night.
Al-Razak had been previously arrested in connection to the kidnapping of Gilad Shalt.
By Shalom Bear
Hamas's Salach Al-Aruri has been funding terror cells in Judea and Samara for years with one target goal - to kidnap Israelis.
Radical Islam is an idea, not an organization. It is the enemy, not terrorism.
The NIF claims it doesn't fund organizations in the "West Bank." But it does fund NON-Jewish groups there.
55 of the 280 suspected terrorists who have been detained were part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange.
Abusive men are usually on their best behavior before marriage. But they do provide clues.
The Lion's Gate takes us from the dawn of the state in 1948, through intervening battles, to the lead-up to June 1967, and finally through the harrowing six days of fighting.
By dvora
For Halevi, however, the soldiers of the 55th were not only at the forefront of national triumph, but also became the flesh and blood manifestation of his love for the country and his desire to make the Land of Israel his home.
This book is more than just a biography of one of the leading figures in the Jewish world of the past century.
At around 10 PM on Thursday, the Iron Dome system took out a rocket launched at Ashkelon. Typically, the system only fires if there is a reasonable chance the rocket will strike an inhabited area.
By Jason Maoz
These are not necessarily the best all-around biographies or studies of the individual presidents listed (though some rank right up there), but the strongest in terms of exploring presidential attitudes and policies toward Israel.
"I'm an old hitchhiker, I wonder what's a waitin' ‘round the bend" - John Denver.
1) A rocket from Gaza fell in the Sha'ar HaNegev area, towards the end of Shabbat. The rocket landed in an open area, and no injuries or damage were reported. 2) 11:31 PM Rocket fall from Gaza. No injuries or damage reported.
Clearly, they were lacking in bitachon. Their faith in Hashem was deficient. But they weren’t guilty of speaking lashon hara.
"I would understand if I became sick and could not finish," said Mr. Braun. "But here it was my choice to stop the work and go take care of my mother."
This separation between Kohanim, Levi’im and Yisraelim obligates us to honor kohanim.
Question: Does halacha agree with the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade permitting women to have abortions?
Kayid al-Rol, a senior official of the People’s Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said Thursday that the Palestinian people stand behind their “right” to kidnap Israeli civilians and claimed the 16 year old high school students are “Israeli soldiers,” the Hebrew-language Ynet website reported. The website also reported that Jibril Rajoub, a ranking Fatah […]
Is it possible for us to influence God?
Religious Zionist and Haredi rabbis have called on Jews to usher in Shabbat early this week to show support for the families of Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel. Bnei Brak Rabbis Aharon Leib Shteinman and Chaim Rabbi Kanievsky, the leaders of the Lithuanian-style yeshiva world, joined Rabbis Chaim Druckman, rabbinic head of the […]
Hamas called a special press conference on the current situation, and said... nothing.
The prayer of Mashiv haruach u’morid hageshem mentions God’s rainmaking powers but it is not an immediate request for rain.
Wednesday, Abbas grudgingly called for boys' release; Thursday, they're little more than "excuse" for Israel to punish Palestinians.
Left-wing MK calls on prime minister to focus on finding, saving teenage hostages, spare Palestinian Unity Government
Veteran Shas MK says needs a break after years of working 'day and night' on behalf of all Israelis
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Unique Challenge ‘Tithe, You Shall Tithe…’ (Ta’anis 9a)
Question: I recently returned from a trip abroad and wanted to say HaGomel. When I mentioned this to the officers of my synagogue, however, they told me – as per the instructions of the synagogue’s rabbi – that I would have to wait until Shabbos to do so. I was not given any reason for this and did not wish to display my ignorance, so I quietly acquiesced. Can you please explain why I had to wait? Name Withheld (Via E-Mail)
By Ann Goldberg
It’s written, it says, with all the segulos for shalom bayis and you gave it as a gift to a chassan and kallah.
Leading Israeli singers pray for safe return of missing teenagers, IDF soldiers
By JTA
In response to the kidnapping of three boys last week, some Israelis have prayed. Some have voiced support on social media. And some have done what they do best: they made an app. Prompted by the kidnapping and set to launch in the near future, the SOS Israel app will allow anyone in Israel facing an emergency to trigger […]
We all have a little voice inside our heads that sends a warning.
The ceremony was capped off with an eloquent speech delivered by class valedictorian, National Merit Scholar and student body president Ethan Danial.
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg of the Boca Raton Synagogue threw out the first ball.
Many thanks for a wonderful year to Morahs Yittie, Tali, Michelle and Chani.
He witnessed and endured unspeakable atrocities in the Shoah and yet was a positive and loving soul.
How easy is it to teach children good financial habits?
IDF Soldiers load up a truck with some of the Hamas flags taken from Ramallah's Birzeit University. Hamas has been making deep footholds throughout Judea and Samaria, and they are a favorite on the university campuses. A week before he was arrested, one of Hamas's founders, Hassan Yousef spoke at Birzeit university, promising a surprise […]
Peres praying for safe return of boys; Apparent computer outage in Washington continues, still no Obama statement
2 people were killed in an explosion in a underground tunnel in eastern Gaza.
Leading rabbi says kidnapping God's punishment for anti-religious legislation, willingness to give away Eretz Israel
IDF hoping for breakthrough; Hamas continues to praise abduction, deny involvement
Iran -- ironically -- has issued a warning that Sunni militants are trying to create 'disunity' in the Muslim world.
Set limits! Limits must be established and must be enforced – one may not follow the desires of one’s heart and one’s eyes.
By Ari Pfeffer
Venturing outside my comfort zone was unnerving, but I am so happy I challenged myself in this way.
Thinking about how much we can do in comparison to what we have done serves as a corrective against pride and arrogance.
Listening to the recorded phone call attempt for help was more than some of the relatives could bear.
Yehuda Weinstein, has authorized the security forces to interrogate the captured Hamas terrorist under the "Ticking Bomb" protocol.
By Shalom Bear
The State Department called for restraint "on all sides", but their spokeperson couldn't even bother to learn the name of the kidnapped boy with American citizenship.
The Rebbe therefore modeled a new pattern, one of non-judgmental love for all Jews.
By Dov Shurin
While the phrase “Let It Be” implies doing nothing, “Lu Yehi” implies working toward a goal.
Let us shake the heavens. Let us not stop until our boys and all our people are liberated from bondage.
If Peres has outlasted some of his critics and is still considered popular, he cannot outrun history.
Israel's leaders contemplate all manner of political and security concessions that are bereft of any backbone.
For a rare moment – too rare – you taught us the true meaning of oneness. Oneness at the front and oneness at home.
Arabs tried to run over a Border Policeman near Har Gilo / Beit Jala in Gush Etzion. Border Policemen shot at the car, but it escaped.
A rocket from Gaza hit near a home in Israel's south, around 9:19 PM on Tuesday.
There are those prepared to go as far as suggesting that the kidnappings are perhaps understandable and the victims at least somewhat at fault.
The message is that Zionism, which used to be great, is today very institutionalized and [consists of a] bunch of people who are just squabbling over titles and budgets.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Fire investigators on the scene confirmed that the blaze was intentionally ignited, probably as in act of terror.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
During the meeting, Defense Minister Ya'alon updated the families on the investigation and briefed them on the details of the operation to trace the three boys and capture the kidnappers, which has been in action since last Friday
October 30, 2026 
