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Year: 2014

Book Reviews

A New Perspective On The Jewish State

By Ben Shapiro

In this narrative of history, it is the third world Palestinians who are victims of the marauding Jews, of course.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Legal Expenses

By Rabbi Meir Orlian

"I do not owe anything," Mr. Feder replied. "However, if I must come – I will."

Parsha

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

By Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier

If Hashem is watching tzaddikim, why couldn’t He just save Yosef from all the suffering he was about to endure?

Parsha

Light At The End Of The Tunnel

By Rabbi Joshua Rapps

Jacob was well aware that the brothers hated Joseph, yet he sent him to them anyway.

Halacha & Hashkafa

Daf Yomi

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum

No Fault Lines ‘…His Father And Mother Were In Prison…’ (Yevamos 71b)

Terrorism / US / News Briefs

Despite 'Torture Report' Efforts, Americans Still Support Interrogation Tactics

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Most Americans seem to prefer their own security to avoiding serious discomfort to suspected terrorists

Halacha & Hashkafa

Illegitimacy And Innocent Lives

By Raphael Grunfeld

The child of a Jewish mother from a union with a non-Jewish father is not a mamzer.

Ask the Rabbi

Q & A: Arabs Circumcise At 13 (Part III)

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Question: If Abraham was commanded to circumcise his descendants on the eighth day, why do Arabs – who claim to descend from Abraham through Yishmael – wait until their children are 13 to circumcise them? I am aware that this is a matter of little consequence to our people. Nevertheless, this inconsistency is one that piques my curiosity. M. Goldman (Via E-mail)

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

State Dept.: Anti-Settlement Policy Will Remain even After Obama Leaves

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Dept.’s anti-settlement policy will be around forever because so will settlements.

Lessons In Emunah

Hakaras Hatov Can Save Lives

By Naomi Brudner

And so it was that both those women whose lives had been saved in Yerushalayim only about a month earlier, were now in a Manhattan hospital with the woman who inadvertently had helped save their lives.

Parsha

Yosef’s Allegations

By Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

But how could there have been any validity to Yosef’s allegations?

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs / Israel Elections 5775

47.1% of Israeli-Arabs Prefer Ahmed Tibi

By Jewish Press News Desk

A poll of Israeli-Arabs showed that 47.1% want MK Ahmed Tibi as head of a united Arab list running for Knesset.

The 10 Minute Parsha

Vayeishev: Does God Speak To Us Today?‏

By Rabbi David Fohrman

Using Joseph's story to understand what non-prophetic communication with God could look like today

Israel / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Gideon Sa'ar Decides not to Run against Netanyahu for Likud Leadership

By Jewish Press News Desk

Senior Likud member Gideon Sa'ar announced Thursday he will not run against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for the leadership of the Likud party. Sa'ar, an old friend of the Prime Minister, resigned from the Knesset several months ago for a “vacation” from politics. Likud party members who want the Likud to take a stronger hawkish […]

Israel / Gaza / News Briefs

Two Gazans Caught in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Gazans were caught in Israel after crossing over near Kibbutz Be'eri.

Op-Eds

Formally Recognizing Israel’s Jewishness Will Not Set Back Peace

By Morton A. Klein

Historically, legally, politically, and religiously Israel is the Jewish nation state.

Op-Eds

We Will Never Apologize For Defending Ourselves

By Ron Prosor

Less than 1/2% of the 300 million Arabs in the ME&NAfrica are truly free-all are Israeli citizens

Moshe Feiglin

The Democratic Farce

By Moshe Feiglin

Israel may be a great democracy but it's a long way from the Jewish state of liberty of our dreams.

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

A Tale Of Two Women

By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l

Tamar’s conduct bears an uncanny resemblance to Ruth's; virtuous outsiders at the margins of society

Rebbetzin's Viewpoint

The Sun Is Ashamed To Shine

By Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis

These stricken families of Har Nof, even with their wounds so raw, refuse to abandon Yerushalayim.

Parsha

Good Things Happen When People Act

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

The dreams revealed their differences: The butler was active; the baker completely passive.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5775

Shas Politicians Fight It Out to Destroy the Party

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Election campaigns bring out the worst in all of the politicians, and Shas is a shining example.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / France

Five New Arrests In Connection With Brussels Jewish Museum Shooting

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The French police made five new arrests related to the shooting at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels this past May in which four people, including an Israeli couple, were killed in the attack. A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre, said that three men and two women were arrested Tuesday in […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Who’s Lying? PA and Israel Clash on Autopsy Results of Abu Ein

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Palestinian Authority also insists that an Israeli doctor agreed to the claim but refused to sign the autopsy report.

The Muqata

Who was PA Minister of Settlements Ziad abu Ein?

By Jameel@Muqata

Who was this Minister of Rage, Ziad abu Ein, and what did he do to qualify for his position as a senior minister in the PA?

Fuchs' Focus

They Are "SAVAGES"!

By Donny Fuchs

Rav Soloveitchik said Amalek is a mentality/ideology that any people/nation can adopt at any time

Baseball Insider

1939: A Momentous Year

By Irwin Cohen

During 1939, anti-Semitic groups such as Fritz Kuhn’s German American Bund held rallies in New York and other major cities across the country.

Israel / Elections / News Briefs / Israel Elections 5775

Kachlon Names Party His Party...

By Jewish Press News Desk

It's almost official: Moshe Kachlon will probably be calling his party...

Israel / Elections / Israel Elections 5775

Livni and Herzog Merge to Form "The Zionist Camp"

By Jewish Press News Desk

The two couldn't decide which of them is going to be the Prime Minister.

Israel / Global / News Briefs

Israel Warmly Welcomes New Ambassadors from South Sudan, Angola, Philippines, and Jamaica

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

President Rivlin commented that Angola has a central role in Africa. “We are impressed by your progress in the area of water and agriculture, and successful use of natural resources,” Rivlin told the Angolan ambassador.

In Print / Editorial

The Wrong Emphasis

By Editorial Board

The fundamental principle in play, however, is statistical dynamics, not race.

In Print / Editorial

Israel’s Continuing Dilemma

By Editorial Board

The problem was put into sharper focus with reports that Israeli jets had bombed areas adjacent to the Damascus international airport as well as a town near the border with Lebanon.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Police Question Federman Over Stone Throwing Video, and Release Him

By Jewish Press News Desk

Federman told police the video they saw was cut and edited by a leftwing organization, and it left out the events that preceded his response.

Middle East / Levant

Clinton, At Saban Forum, Endorses Obama's Middle East Policy

By Ron Kampeas

Clinton derided perceptions that U.S.-Israel tensions had become tense under Obama.

Middle East / Levant

Amid Terror Epidemic, Islamic Bloc Ministers Focus On Israel, ‘Islamophobia’

By Patrick Goodenough

Among other issues covered in the resolutions were calls to launch an OIC satellite channel and condemnation of a campaign opposing Qatar’s selection as host for the 2022 soccer World Cup.

Front Page

Bret Stephens: ‘America Must Be The World’s Cop’

By Sara Lehmann

What’s important is to make the case for Israel more forcefully and to give it the articulation that the next presidential candidates ought to have.

Photo of the Day

Firemen vs. the Gas Tanker

By Photo of the Day

Firefighters at the scene where a man was killed during explosions from a gas tanker which caught fire on Highway 1. The gas tanker accidentally hit a car-carrier trailer truck, near the Ben Shemen junction, on December 10, 2014.

The Muqata

Understanding and Fixing the Real Problem with the Israeli Political System

By JoeSettler

JoeSettler explains the electoral mess we're in, and a possible solution for fixing it.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

IDF and Palestinian Authority Official to Jointly Probe Death of PA Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The truth won’t matter because PA officials already are calling Ziad Abu Ein a martyr.

FirstOneThrough

The United Nations Audit of Israel

By Paul Gherkin

The UN has more censures against Israel than all of the countries of the world combined.

News Briefs / Europe / Judaism

Polish Court Rules Ban on Shechitah Unconstitutional

By JTA

The ban was ruled unconstitutional by the narrowest of margins in a 5-4 vote.

Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq / ISIS

Reports: ISIS Hurled Gay Man from Rooftop, then Stoned Him

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

ISIS allegedly threw a gay man off a roof and then stoned him to death.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Rabbi Shafran's Flirtation with Heresy

By Harry Maryles

When Rabbi Shafran, Chief Spokesman for Agudah talks about his own battle with heresy, that's news.

Redeeming Relevance / Rabbi Francis Nataf

Redeeming Relevance in the Weekly Parsha: Vayishev

By Rabbi Francis Nataf

Yehudah, more suited to the role, became leader and not Yosef- the very public candidate for the job

Shiloh Musings

The Moshe Feiglin Problem‏

By Batya Medad

Feiglin will never be elected Likud leader but he's the person to lead the Right into a power share

Israel / News Briefs

PA Claims ‘Minister against Settlements’ Killed in Clash with IDF

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The terrorist-turned politician suffered from high blood pressure, and a videodoes not show signs of violence.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Eizenkott Gets Clearance for Appointment as IDF Chief of Staff

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Turkel Committee responsible for clearing senior appointment has cleared Gadi Eizenkott to become Israel’s next Chief of Staff. The approval was expected. Eizenkott has not been involved in any known questionable incidents. He is to replace IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz in February. He will be Israel’s second oriental Jew to head the […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Swiss Panel Rules Israel Owes Iran up to $100 Million in Compensation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Tons of oil were left in an Israeli pipeline built by the two countries before 1979.

Israel / News Briefs

‘Race against Time’ To Contain Oil Spill Disaster in Eilat

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

This is the season to pray for rain, but precipitation in the Arava would worsen the disaster by gushing the oil to Eilat.

News Briefs / The Knesset

Yisrael Katz May Replace Lapid as Finance Minister

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Katz is the master wheeler-dealer in the Likud and hopefully won’t destroy the economy before the elections.

News Briefs / Judaism

Joe Biden to Light ‘National Menorah’

By JTA

Vice President Joe Biden will assist in the lighting this year of the Hanukkah menorah on the ellipse in front of the White House. Biden’s participation on Dec. 16, the first night of the holiday, marks the 35th anniversary of the first lighting of the “National Menorah,” an event sponsored by American Friends of Lubavitch, […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Palestinian Authority Arabs Say Jews Threw Stones at their Village

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority Arabs charged that dozens of Jews from the community of Adei Ad in Samaria threw rocks and stones at their homes, vehicles and olive trees in their nearby village late Tuesday night in retaliation for theft of a horse. Adei Ad residents said that Arabs have been routinely stealing for several weeks. The […]

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / Religion / Intifada

Error-Riddled Newsweek Article About Israel: Have You No Shame?

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A Newsweek article riddled with fabrications, errors and Palestinian Arab propaganda

Parsha

The King and the Court Jew

By Joseph Cox

Yosef is the perfect leader for a people entering exile because he understands their basic needs

FirstOneThrough

The Green Line

By Paul Gherkin

The "1967 borders” were deliberately never declared "borders" by the warring parties

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Rivlin Visits Arami Family, Three Months After Murder

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanel Arami was murdered three months ago in Petach Tikva, when both his rappelling cables were cut in a terror attack.

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Court Roasts MK Zoabi for Claiming Non-Violence and Justifying Kidnapping

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Supreme Court indicates it won’t accept her twisted definition of free speech.

Photo of the Day

Somewhere Over Jerusalem...

By Photo of the Day

We had a nice thunderstorm in Jerusalem today, interrupted with a short hailstorm, and finished off with a rainbow in the sky.

Shiloh Musings

Likud in Opposition?

By Batya Medad

Bibi hasn't done much for Jewish Rights and building in the Land of Israel, not even in Jerusalem.

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

Dramatic Video of Police Killing Knife-Wielding Man at 770

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Footage clearly shows that police did not use excessive violence.

Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jewish Cemetery in Argentina Vandalized

By JTA

At least a dozen headstones were desecrated and upended at a Jewish cemetery in Santiago del Estero, an Argentine city of nearly 250,000 and located about 620 miles northeast of Buenos Aires. The attack, which is believed to have occurred over the weekend, was discovered on Monday by a cemetery worker. “Photos were scattered and […]

News Briefs / Holocaust

When is a Swastika not a Swastika?

By JTA

A swastika is a swastika is a swastika, but not always.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Intifada

Soldiers at Checkpoint Nab PA Arab with Pistol and Knife

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He was caught at one of those checkpoints where potential terrorists go through “degrading” inspections.”

Video of the Day

Don't Throw Stones at these Jews

By Video of the Day

Conveniently enough, some Arabs were busy filming their fellow Arabs throwing stones at passing Israeli cars in Hebron, as other Arabs stood nearby (initially) unperturbed by the fact that right next to them, their fellow Arabs were attacking Jewish drivers on the road. What the Arabs were not expecting, was that the justifiably enraged Jews […]

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Saudi-Born US Naval Engineer Indicted for Spying

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Naturalized naval engineer indicted; sought to pass military secrets about US nuclear aircraft to Egypt

Features / From the Paper

From Here To Eternity

By Yaffa Ganz

Sixty years may have gone by since World War II, but nothing much has changed.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Rock Throwing on Road 60

By Jewish Press News Desk

Rocks thrown at Jewish motorists on Highway 60 in the Binyamin region.

Features

An Open Letter To An Older Single

By Michal Kay

Get the word out. Tell everyone you know that this Joe is ready to march down the aisle!

Politics / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Limor Livnat Announces Retirement

By Jewish Press News Desk

After 22 years in politics, Likud Minister Limor Livnat announced her retirement.

Interviews and Profiles

Life On Campus

By Chevi Friedman

Our constant goal is to up student involvement with Jewish life on campus.

Teens and Twenties

The Death Of Klinghoffer

By Faygie Sontag

They are presented as freedom fighters attempting to further their cause, and not as the bloodthirsty murders they were.

Teens and Twenties

Thoughts On Synagogue Terror

By Miriam Wade

I am naive, but only in an optimistic sense, seeing the good in the world like only a 20-year old can.

For the Home

Curing What Ails You: Naturally!

By Sandy Eller

It may be sweater weather now, but sooner or later summer will be here, bringing abundant sunshine, swimming, barbeques and mosquitoes.

Terrorism / Syria / Politics / UK / News Briefs / Islamists

Brits Exile British-Born Family due to Terror Links

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Terrorism ties led UK to strip British family of citizenship

Potpourri / Recipes

Get A Jump On Planning For Chanukah

By Nina Safar

Spice up the traditional latke with these easy, no fuss recipes.

Midrash Stories

The Earthquake (Part Three)

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Because of this I wandered about and found friends in similar situations who were also unhappy and I began to hang out with them.

Guest Blog

"Your name shall be Israel forever more"

By Yehudit Tayar

UNWRA facilities both inside of Israel and in Arab regions (Gaza) harbor terror cells and missiles

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

Esther Shapiro Rafaeli: Remarkable Reporter Of History

By Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson

“She devoted all her time and love to the children, but also knew how to be strong and set limits when necessary.”

Photo of the Day

The Livni-Herzog-Lapid Partnership

By Photo of the Day

This two-headed Israeli salamander could be the mascot for whatever mishmash party Tzipi Livni (Hatnua), Yitzchak Herzog (Labor) and Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) put together.

FirstOneThrough

Names and Narrative: The Green Line / West Bank / Judea and Samaria

By Paul Gherkin

The term “West Bank” falsely implies a long history of Palestinian Arab rule over the area

Marriage and Relationships

A Mix Of Letters

By Dr. Yael Respler

Isn't there anyone making a simcha who understands that loud music can cause hearing loss?

Op-Eds

19 Kislev and Electing a Leader

By Itiel Giladi

Jail—The Sure Sign of a Future Leader

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Canadian Professor Awarded Yad Vashem Book Prize

By JTA

  Prof. Jan Grabowski of the University of Ottawa in Canada was awarded the 2014 Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research for his book memory of Holocaust survivor Abraham Meir Schwarzbaum and his family members who were murdered in the Holocaust. His book “Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland” […]

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Serials

The American Front

By Vic Rosenthal

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