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Former FBI agent talks with Doug Goldstein about writing a novel based on his experiences.
Thousands of Jewish people gather for a mass prayer for the release of three Jewish teenagers at the Kotel in Jerusalem's Old City on June 14, 2014, Three Jewish teenagers hitchhiking in the West Bank have been missing since Thursday night and are were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
Jonathan Pollard is praying for the safe return of the kidnapped boys, and has asked that Jews around the world do the same, according to a Jerusalem Post report. Eyal Yifrach (19), Gilad Sha'ar (16) and Naftali Frankel (16) were kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on Thursday night.
The IDF has begun redeploying soldiers and even entire combat platoons for the purpose of finding the children kidnapped by Hamas in Gush Etzion
The IDF search operation to find the kidnapped boys has been called "Shuvu Achim" - "Return Brothers"
Netanyahu - "Hamas kidnapped the children and there will be serious consequences."
The police announced they will form an investigation as to how and why the initial report of the kidnapping was ignored for 4 hours.
Ban Ki-moon couldn't mouth a simple condemnation, like he did for kidnappings in other countries.
Conrad Morris, a philanthropist and businessman, passed away on Saturday night.
The IDF arrested 80 wanted terrorists overnight as the search continues for the kidnapped boys. Almost all those who were arrested are members of Hamas in Judea and Samaria, and some are from Islamic Jihad.
The Cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in Tel Aviv on Sunday to be close to the Kirya IDF headquarters.
Israel's chief rabbis led prayers Saturday night at the Western Wall for the safe return of boys kidnapped by terrorists.
2 men on a scooter, armed with Kalashnikov rifles and handguns approached a Paris shul on Shabbat afternoon.
Arabs in Jerusalem stoned 2 trains on the Jerusalem light rail on Saturday night.
Two Hamas sites and two Islamic Jihad sites were hit in southern Gaza. Two Hamas sites were hit near Gaza city.
Palestinian Authority Arabs are celebrating the kidnapping of the 3 Jewish boys. Sick people. Sick society.
The Palestinian Authority calls on its citizens to obstruct the search for the kidnapped children.
Settlements throughout Judea and Samaria have announced that no Palestinian Unity Government Arabs will be permitted in to work on Sunday.
Prayer sessions, vigils, and even protests are being held all around Israel, in hope the IDF will find the three kidnapped boys, Eyal Yifrach (19) from Elad, Naftali Frenkel (16) from Nof Ayalon and Gil-ad Sheyar (16) from Talmon. 1:00 AM Israel's Chief Rabbi and thousands of people are at the Kotel praying for the […]
A Facebook page has been launched demanding that Israel kill a terrorist every hour until the kidnapped children are returned.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
“We feel just how much the state is doing their maximum to find our boys and the prayers of everyone as well as the knowledge that we live in Israel is what comforts me,” Gilad’s grandfather told the press.
By Shalom Bear
PM Netanyahu has confirmed that the 3 boys have been kidnapped.
IDF released videos of the search
Rockets launched again from PUG controlled Gaza.
By Shalom Bear
The missing boys, believed to have been kidnapped, have still not been found.
We must learn how to portray reality correctly and in a positive way.
Three Israeli teens remain missing; personal gear recovered.
By Lisa Liel
Creating similar but different versions of a single thing, to serve different purposes, is a hallmark of creative action.
Called Therap, the software is a leader in intellectual and developmental disabilities health recordkeeping through electronic means.
Three boys are believed to have been kidnapped from Gush Etzion. IDF has launched a massive search.
Every night he would go out in the darkness and dig for hours until the waters began to rise, and watering places for the weary and thirsty came into being.
Father’s Day comes every year. How many drills can you get him?
Israeli feminists have lobbied for permanent places to be reserved for women on the Supreme Court and other positions of power, believing that without such affirmative action parity between the sexes will continue to sadly lag behind, and that women's special quality of compassion would make a vital contribution in settling social issues
We must be honest about whether this shidduch "crisis" is self-made, and how much of it is really a crisis at all.
Yehoshua knew that the outcome of the battles would depend not on military might, but on the spiritual strength of Klal Yisrael.
Manya was befriended by many who would later comprise this first leaders of the newly born Jewish state.
By Shalom Bear
Some Likud party leaders claim have been given marching orders to begin preparing for general elections.
It's our responsibility as Jews to get involved.
Twelve of the greatest leaders of the nation, one from each shevet, were dispatched to survey the land. The results of that mission were catastrophic.
If your child is struggling with these skills, it might be helpful to seek social skills training.
The terrorist opened fire with M-16 rifles.
By Shalom Bear
Livni was photographed in London talking with the PUG's Foreign Minister.
Mehdi Nemmouch has conditioned his acceptance of extradition to Belgium to stand trial there, on the condition he won't be extradited to Israel.
Islamic Jihad prisoners tried to escape from Shateh prison near Beit Shean via a tunnel they dug. Just like in the movies.
By JTA
Fischer, 70, succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to Fed chairwoman in February to follow Ben Bernanke. All three are Jewish.
Michael Steinhardt is stepping down from his position as co-chairman of Taglit-Birthright Israel.
The police's failure to catch all those Yitzhar "terrorists" have the police taking more extreme measures to create one.
The Brussels Jewish Museum murder suspect opposes extradition if it means he will be tried in Israel.
An additional 10,000 Syrian refugees will be permitted to enter Germany.
Are pessimists just rationalists, and is hope just naiveté?
Divorced father stabbed to death his two American children after they arrived in Israel for a visit.
By Edwin Black
For Lowey, the question is whether she will break with the Obama Administration, which has signaled willingness to continue funding the new Hamas-infused Palestinian Authority.
This morning someone sent us a horrifying video from Syria, of people just shooting down and torturing their fellow Syrians on the street, seemingly at random, all the while screaming 'Alahu Achbar". I'm not going to link to it. It is simply too horrible. Instead, here is a video, captured by IDF security camera of […]
Holocaust survivors, living in mental health hospitals, arrived at the Kotel on Thursday to celebrate their belated Bar Mitzvahs.
Doug Goldstein meets Alex Genadinik, entrepreneur, software engineer, and business consultant.
By JTA
As consul general of Peru in Geneva, Barreto issued 27 Peruvian passports to 58 Jews, including 14 children, even though the government of Peru by 1938 had given instructions to its consulates in Europe not to issue visas to foreign immigrants — with an emphasis on Jews in particular.
Increased education about the land, the people, and the Torah of Israel is the antidote to today's confusion.
By Shalom Bear
With numbers like that, it's no wonder Israel never feels crowded.
One who may leave his wife an agunah is not included in the general rule that we may not imprison on Shabbos.
Loving-kindness can cure the anger and bitterness in our poisonous world.
Collection seized by German officials in 2012, but owner said he'd come to it all legally. Perhaps he considered stealing from Jews legal?
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Jerusalem: extraordinary financial and building growth and satisfaction by both Jewish and Arab residents.
While Moshe was the most unique prophet, he was also alone.
Prime Minister Netanyahu met today with former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and asked him to support Israel's fight against Arab terrorism. "You know that we are fighting terrorism. Our policy is simple – we will strike at those who would strike at us. Yesterday, the IDF and the ISA carried out a precise operation and […]
Palestinian Authority plans to bypass Western aid regulations by funnelling terrorist pensions through PLO
By JTA
Jewish Republicans retire to lick their wounds, consider future after shock of Cantor loss to no-name Tea Party candidate
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)
As I listed the litany of tragedies, as I perceived them, my mother responded by saying: “Who’s had a terrible life? I’ve had a wonderful life. I had your father for 40 years until he was taken from us. I had you and your brother. I lived to see grandchildren.”
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
Pidyon Haben In The Afternoon? ‘…The First Reads Hallel Out Loud’ (Rosh Hashanah 32b)
"David is also entitled, since he is also learning," Moshe replied. "He'll be back in a few minutes. Anyway, I'm on a diet and didn't take one for myself, so I don't see any problem taking for him."
Palestinian Authority security forces beat journalists in Ramallah, confiscate equipment; media group calls for inquiry
The Torah might prohibit tattoos, but to Evan Moffic, that's just a pesky nuisance. See, it's all about the reason you want the tattoo.
Of even greater significance, once the miraglim made their mistake and concluded that Hashem wasn’t powerful enough to bring the people into the land, what they then spoke wasn’t lashon hara at all
According to the Bach, Rosh Hashanah is referred to as moed, festival, the same term the Torah uses to describe Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot.
By Adi Arbel
The events in which Leftists choose to participate, just like those that have become a solo display of the Right, raise the question of where the Zionist Left is standing.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A wide range of unique aspects of the Israeli education system were presented, including enrichment programs for gifted students, digital pedagogy, learning through research, and more
Question: When someone puts on a talit to lead services, should he recite a berachah?
The pasuk says that since the halacha concerning a Mechallel Shabbos was uncertain, the mekoshesh was placed in custody until the halacha was clarified.
Foreign Minister to visit five countries, sign host of business and trade agreements, upgrade diplomatic relations
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An overflow crowd of hundreds of community activists, diplomats and religious leaders watched, as Irina Bokova, UNESCO's Director General joined with official co-sponsors; Israel, Canada, United States and Montenegro at the unveiling ceremony.
By Rachel Levy
The Al Qaeda-linked ISIL group is now eyeing Baghdad after swallowing northern and central Iraq, and eastern Syria. Emirate to follow?
The German government is cracking down on those who fight in the Syrian civil war; one who returned has been charged with terrorism.
By Rachel Levy
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says Israel 'won't ignore the fire' and 'will know how to lay its hands on' whoever threatens Israel.
Israel Railways is ending night train service to the Negev from Ben Gurion airport, 'not cost effective.'
The story of the spies, in this week's Torah portion, is viewed as an episode revealing the Jews' basic lack of faith in God.
By Irwin Cohen
I'm sure readers noticed those full-page advertisements that ran prior to last month's meeting about the situation at the Brooklyn home of Rabbi Moshe Tuvia Lieff, rav of Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin. Avrohom chaired the even along with his brother Menachem, a prominent askan and the president of Lubicom.
By Sara Lehmann
Though the school district eventually pulled the assignment after coming under pressure, the fact that an American school would ask its students to debate whether the Holocaust was “merely a political scheme created to influence public emotion and gain” is both astounding and frightening.
By Moshe Dann
The sovereignty of the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael is not only a political act but also a moral and spiritual one.
Rivlin's emotional acceptance speech, with English subtitles.
Whether President Obama broke the law by failing to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act’s requirement of 30 days’ notice to Congress when he swapped those five Taliban terrorists imprisoned at Guantanamo for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a more complicated question than many might imagine. To be sure, there was no advance notice to […]
But while the new development hardly augurs well for Israel, the consequences to America may be even more troublesome.
By Nir Menussi
We have an external wall, but we cannot enter it―at least, not as Jews, with tefillin on our heads and a siddur in our hands.
The State Department briefing makes for such fascinatingly convoluted reading, in order to justify Obama's position to fund PUG, and consequently Hamas.
The dispute over money between Hamas and Fatah shows that each group signed the reconciliation agreement for its own interests.
October 30, 2026 
