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Year: 2014

Parsha

Does The Halacha Rewrite The Facts?

By Rabbi Raphael Fuchs

The Gemara, in Kiddushin 57b, searches for a source to confirm that the bird that is to be set free is permitted to be eaten after the process is concluded.

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

Abbas Inches Towards the ‘No State’ Solution

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

If not now, then later, the Arabs will again prove they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Jerusalem

Mayor Barkat to American Leaders: Ensure Jerusalem's Unity

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Barkat discussed with the Congress members Jerusalem's status in the international arena, and asked them to ensure that Jerusalem stay unified.

Israel / News Briefs

Vandals Attack Christian Village near Safed

By JTA

Israeli vandals slashed the tires of 40 cars and trucks and sprayed a hate message was sprayed on a wall in a Christian village near Safed (Tzfat) late Wednesday night or Thursday morning, the second attack apparently aimed at Christians in one week. The message sprayed on a wall of the Jish village read “Only […]

Israel / Jewish / US / Religion / Obituaries

Rivka Haut, Women of the Wall Co-Founder and Agunot Advocate, Dies

By JTA

Rivka Haut, a foremost advocate for agunot, Orthodox women who have been refused a religious divorce and also a founder of the Women of the Wall founder was buried this week after she succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. At the Women of the Wall prayer service on Tuesday, the worshipers recited […]

Haredim & Hassidim / Global / News Briefs

Canada Arrests Seven Lev Tahor Sect Members Arrested In Raid

By JTA

A dozen Canadian border security officials raided the compound of the fringe Haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor Wednesday and arrested seven members believed to be in violation of immigration laws. Two families in the Lev Tahor community are at the center of an ongoing child custody case, including one family who fled to Guatemala, the […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / News Briefs

Gaza Terrorists Shoot at IDF patrol in Western Negev

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists in northern Gaza shot at an IDF patrol near the Gaza security fence early Thursday afternoon as attacks on soldiers become almost daily. No one was injured. The army maintains a small base on the outskirts of kibbutz, located in the Western Negev.

The 10 Minute Parsha / Rabbi David Fohrman

Metzora: Living Within the Community

By Rabbi David Fohrman

while each of us is an individual, we are also part of a larger unit

Op-Eds

Jewish Religious Rituals: Conduits To Success

By Harvey Rachlin

the observant individual has the seeds of self-discipline that can be applied to nonreligious endeavors

Op-Eds

Kaddish: Bridging Two Worlds

By Rabbi Zalman Eisenstock

Our loved ones seem present though we can no longer see them or be with them, just as it is with God

Op-Eds

Celebrating Jewish Twitter Week

By Yonatan Gordon

Where do we find this "size of following" concept in the Torah?

Photo of the Day

Fashion at the Kotel

By Jewish Press Staff

American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger visits at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City.

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

Kerry, Livni and Abbas Take a Seventh-Inning Stretch

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A sports broadcaster would have his hands full trying to keep up with Wednesday’s fast-paced frantic Peace Talks Game.

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

Livni and Kerry Help Abbas Climb Down from His High Horse

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“No I get by with a little help from my friends/Mm I get high with a little help from my friends” – the Beatles.

Terrorism / NY / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / United Nations (UN)

Bill Introduced to Block U.S. Visas for Terrorists

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Unless this becomes law, a terrorist who aided in the U.S. hostage taking in Iran will get a U.S. visa

Shiloh Musings

Two Week Countdown to Passover; Chodesh Nissan Tov!

By Batya Medad

Rosh Chodesh Nissan commemorates the very first mitzvah.

Editorial

Turning Killers Into Heroes

By Editorial Board

So it always struck us as hypocritical that Israel was expected to release cold-blooded killers almost as a matter of habit while the U.S. balked at letting Pollard go.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Irish Jewish Cabinet Minister Victim of Nazi Hoax

By Jewish Press News Desk

One or more anti-Semites sent a package of suspicious white powder and a photograph of Nazis to the home of Ireland’s Justice Minister Alan Shatter on Wednesday. Security officials raised an emergency alert, and a bomb squad arrived to investigate. Officials concluded the powder was harmless baking powder. The photograph showed Nazi soldiers at a […]

Editorial

The Hobby Lobby Case

By Editorial Board

The Department of Justice acknowledges that individuals can claim an exemption if they can demonstrate an adverse impact on their religious beliefs.

Op-Eds

Vatican, EU, Join In Fighting Anti-Semitism

By Stanley M. Bergman

2015’s 50th anniversary of Nostra Aetate will increase advances in Catholic-Jewish cooperation.

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Warsaw Demolishing Ghetto Wall, Promises Reconstruction

By JTA

Workers began demolishing a wall in Warsaw near the spot where Jews were gathered for transport to the Treblinka concentration camp, but a city official said it will be rebuilt and was torn down so trees and vegetation could be cut. The wall borders the square in the former Warsaw Ghetto known as the Umschlagplatz […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Egypt

IDF Soldier Suffers Light Wounds at Egyptian Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

An unidentified gunman, possibly an Egyptian soldier, shot through the windshield of IDF jeep Wednesday evening, shattering glass that caused light injuries to one soldier during an Israeli maneuver to stop smugglers. The army said it could not identify the source of the rifle fire. Israeli soldiers at the border also came under fire on […]

Interviews and Profiles

Victor Zalta’s Encounters With The Boys Of Summer, 1946

By Elliot Resnick

With the new baseball season underway, The Jewish Press chatted with Zalta in his Flatbush home about some of his other memories.

Op-Eds

Kaballah of Sugar-Coated Cyanide (the 'Peace Negotiations')

By Yonatan Gordon

Chemistry combined with Kabbalah reveals the 'peace process' will lead to forceful land concessions.

Features

Meet Putin's High School German Teacher, Now Living In Tel Aviv

By Ben Sales

"He was like everyone else," she said. "He was serious. He wouldn't mess around. He would do what I said. He was quiet a lot and thought a lot. He did everything well."

Government

Olmert Convicted In Holyland Bribery Case

By Steve K. Walz

Dechner admitted funneling significant amounts of money to the defendants in order to move the Holyland project forward.

Front Page

Is Preschool All It’s Cracked Up To Be?

By Marvin Schick

We now are in the season of advocacy of preschool, referring specifically to the education of children who are four years old.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe / Religion / Russia

Putin Ally Accused Of Pushing Jews-Killed-Jesus Theme

By JTA

What do expect from a man who also wants a law that prohibits “promoting” homosexuality and grants citizenship embryos?

Israel / Politics

In Vegas, GOP Jews Focus On Israel, Possible 2016 Presidential Contenders

By Anthony Weiss

LAS VEGAS – The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Las Vegas, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference.

Op-Eds / Daughters of Zion

Pro-Israel Activists Must Go on the Offensive and Reach Out

By Rachel Avraham

Pro-Israel groups must broaden their coalitions and feature more pro-Israel minority speakers.

Op-Eds

When Israel Supporters Use the Language of Delegitimization

By Barry Shaw

Israel must assert its legitimate claim to the land or its credibility will be forever forfeited.

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Russia

Kosher Nightclub to Open in Moscow

By JTA

A Russian Jewish group is preparing to open a kosher “Shachar Club” nightclub in the center of Moscow Saturday night, the Russia-language Israeli news site izrus.co.il reported. “Jewish youth in Moscow should have somewhere with an easy, relaxed atmosphere to hang out, discuss their identity, or just have fun,” a co-founder of the new club, […]

Terrorism / Hamas / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Six Jerusalem Arab Lawyers Aided Jailed Hamas Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Another bust of a terrorist ring exposes deeper Islamic and Hamas' roots in Jerusalem.

Goldstein on Gelt

How to Become the Next President (of Israel)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

He won the Nobel Prize for chemistry, now Dan Schechtman wants to be president of Israel.

US / News Briefs / Holocaust

Atlanta Hawks Visit US Holocaust Museum

By JTA

The Atlanta Hawks toured the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum accompanied by the survivor mother-in-law of the NBA team’s owner, Bruce Levenson. Players and most of the coaching staff, along with Levenson and General Manager Danny Ferry, made the visit to the Washington museum. They were joined by Irene Boyarsky, 85, who spent time in a […]

Jewish / NY / News Briefs

NY Officials Shut Down Oldest Surviving Synagogue Building

By Jewish Press News Desk

The oldest surviving synagogue building in the United States was evacuated Tuesday night after New York firefighters discovered cracks in columns supporting the second floor. The structure was built in 1849 and was the home of Congregation Anshe Chesed before being bought in 1986 by the Spanish sculptor, Angel Orensanz. The center is an art […]

US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

ADL Audit: Rise in Anti-Semitic Assaults but Less Overall Cases

By JTA

“There is still a subset of Americans who are deeply infected with anti-Semitism.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Religion

Saudi Royal Decree 44: ‘Atheists are Terrorists’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Saudi Arabian government a new law aimed at outlawing any activity loosely connected to terrorism -- or criticism of the government.

News Briefs / Boycott / BDS / Anti-Israel NGOs

A Day in History: The First Nazi BDS of Jewish Business

By Jewish Press Staff

On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried out their first nationwide boycott of Jewish businesses. Today we would call that BDS.

Photo of the Day

A Byzantine Mosaic

By Jewish Press Staff

A Byzantine mosaic floor was uncovered during the construction of a new road.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Broadcasting from Florida’s Future Leaders of Israel Conference

By Moshe Herman

Yishai broadcasts from the 2014 Future Leaders of Israel Conference which recently wrapped up in Florida. Listen in to hear inspiring interviews with participants and presenters!

Op-Eds

New York State Achieves Historic Funding Support for Yeshivas

By Jack Bendheim and Sam Sutton

We are certain of this: advocacy is important, but it's nothing without champions in elected office.

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Research Exposes State Dept. Lie that PA Textbooks Do not Incite

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The State Dept. has systematically covered up the truth that the Palestinian Authority teaches incitement against Israel.

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion

Robertson: Jews Too Busy ‘Polishing Diamonds’

By JTA

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Jews are too busy “polishing diamonds” to do weekend chores. Conservative activist Rabbi Daniel Lapin appeared on the “700 Club” Monday with Robertson to discuss what makes Jews successful. “What is it about Jewish people that make them prosper financially? You almost never find Jews tinkering with their cars on the […]

Israel / News Briefs / Sports

Tel Aviv to Host European Weightlifting Championship

By Jewish Press News Desk

The best weightlifters in the world will arrive for the championship, taking place in Tel Aviv April 5-12. The championship, will take place at a high school, and practices will take place in a see-through hall in the Tel Aviv Port. Both activities will be open to the public. This is the first time that the […]

Op-Eds

A Literary Analysis of Shir Ha-shirim

By Yeshivat Har Etzion

The sacred flames of passion between the Jewish people and the Almighty expressed in Shir Ha-Shirim.

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

Pollard Refused to Attend Parole Hearing

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Can the US free Pollard if he refuses to attend his parole hearing, apparently a protest to being exchanged for terrorists?

NY / News Briefs

NY Hasidic Village Agrees To Stop Gender Segregation In Public Park

By JTA

Kiryas Joel in upstate New York agreed to halt gender segregation at a public park in the Hasidic village. The decision announced Monday by Kiryas Joel, which is populated by Satmar Hasidim, settles a lawsuit filed in December by civil liberties groups, according to the Courthouse News Service. The Kinder Park was opened in April […]

Israel / US / News Briefs

Alabama Celebrates Israel

By dvora

The historical ties between Alabama and Israel dates back to 1943.

IDF Blog

Dramatic Increase in Attacks Against Israel in March

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

Increased violence and attacks against Israel during March.

Op-Eds

California's Ugly Anti-Semitism Spreads East to Vassar

By Stella Paul

Multiculturalism rules at Vassar, with one exception: It’s edgy, it’s cool, it’s hip to hate Israel.

News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Judaism

Jews Petition Police to Offer Passover Sacrifice on Temple Mount

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

No one really believes it will happen this year, and it may not even be “kosher,” but there’s nothing like faith.

Israel / News Briefs / Judaism

PM Netanyahu Visits Kfar Chabad Matza Bakery

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu visited the matza bakery in Kfar Chabad on Tuesday, two weeks before the beginning of Passover. "At home, I have eaten this matza for years.” he said. “Today, for the first time, I am also preparing it myself. I am very excited. I wish the entire Jewish People a Happy Passover." […]

Israel / US / Palestinian Authority

Obama’s Bribery and Emotional Blackmail to Sell Pollard and Buy Time

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Israel’s collective stomach is wrenching over the prospect of massive concessions for Pollard and more “peace talks.”

Israel / News Briefs

Monastery near Beit Shemesh Vandalized With Anti-American Epithets

By JTA

A Catholic monastery near Beit Shemesh was vandalized sometime before Tuesday morning with anti-American and anti-Christian epithets, and the tires of four vehicles also were slashed. “America is Nazi Germany” and “Price Tag — Peace Agreement,” as well as “Jesus is a monkey” and “Mary is a cow,” were spray painted on the walls of […]

Israel / News Briefs

'Oops!' Iron Dome Misfires Near Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Eilat residents woke this morning to two loud explosions in the air.

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

CAIR Attacks 'Honor Diaries' Film as Anti-Muslim

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Women become victims of honor violence if their behavior is seen to cause shame or violate norms.

Blogs

Why Do Arabs Oppose Recognizing a Jewish State?

By Eliyahu mTsiyon

The traditional Arab-Muslim view of Jews is as an inferior dhimmi people, devoid of national rights.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Achdus and Blessing

By Harry Maryles

I see less unity between religious factions than between religious Jews and secular Jews

Op-Eds

Jewish Unity

By Michael Linetsky

The unity of the Jewish People and their tolerance for each other is of cosmic import.

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

Rumor Mill Turns Pollard into a Bargaining Chip

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Feel sorry for Pollard. He is doomed in jail but would feel doomed if freed in exchange for prisoners and “peace talks.”

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

Hamas Reminds Everyone Violence Needed to Conquer Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The fact that Hamas and Gaza are two words that Kerry never mentions underscores his illusions.

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

Italian Tourist Caught Smuggling Barbed Wire from Auschwitz

By JTA

An Italian tourist tried to smuggle a piece of barbed wire from the Auschwitz-Birkenau museum out of Poland in his suitcase. The man was detained Sunday by border guards at the airport in Krakow. The tourist said he found the rusty piece of wire, which is nearly 16 inches long, on the ground. “During interrogation, […]

Uncategorized

Film Producer Steve Tisch to Chair Film Festival in Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Steve Tisch, one of the most successful producers in the motion picture industry, will chair the 16th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival at Tel Aviv University May 31-June 7, 2014. Tisch is a partner at Escape Artists Productions and chairman of the New York Giants is the only person with both an Academy Award […]

Op-Eds

Olmert's Banana Republic (Boat) Song

By Steven Plaut

It's six K, five K, four K, Graft ! (Daylight come and da jail's his new home)

Terrorism / Israel / Palestinian Authority

Arab Rock-Throwers Damage Israeli Car near Beit El

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority rock-throwing terrorists struck again Monday afternoon on Highway 60 Earlier in the day, Arabs on the southern section of Highway 60 between Gush Etzion and Kiryat-Arba-Hevron, hurled rocks at soldiers on patrol. No one was injured. Israeli soldiers continue to be under orders not to fire at terrorists who use rocks and boulders […]

Terrorism / Israel / Jewish / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Israeli Filmmaker Amos Gitai Making Movie about AMIA Bombing

By JTA

Award-winning Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai is preparing a film about the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires. The Brazilian production company Prana Films will produce the movie based on the 1994 bombing attack on the center that left 85 dead and hundreds wounded. One venue will be the Paraguayan city of Ciudad del Este, […]

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Israeli Arabs

Kerry Back in Town to Force Release of Terrorists

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Kerry may force Israel to free more terrorist; the problem is he won’t take them with him when he leaves.

Op-Eds

Israel Boycott Promoters Do Not Belong in Israel Day Parade

By Rabbi Aryeh Spero

Too many Jews join in the herd sport of anti-Semitism, now permitted to them as anti-Israelism.

Israel / News Briefs

Electric Train for Jerusalem-Tel Aviv Line Arrives

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Railways has received its first electric train, and will operate it on the new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv line which is under construction but has been delayed and now is scheduled to open in 2018. The electric trains will also operate on the line between Akko, north of Haifa, and Carmiel, east of Mediterranean Coast. Israel Railways […]

Op-Eds

Arabs No Longer Take Obama Administration Seriously

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Abbas and the Arab leaders thumb their noses at U.S. conditions, instead they set their own.

Israel / News Briefs / Media

Court Allows Sheldon Adelson to Buy National Religious Newspaper

By Jewish Press News Desk

Gambling mogul Sheldon Adelson, owner of the pro-Netanyahu Yisrael HaYom free newspaper, can move ahead with the purchase of the financially troubled Makor Rishon national religious newspaper, a Jerusalem court ruled Monday. The purchase will include the online website of the Maariv newspaper but not the newspaper itself, which has been on the brink of […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Europe

Prague Police Rule Out Presumed Accidental Cause of PA Bomb Blast

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The world so much wanted to believe that the fatal bomb blast at the PA office in Prague was accidental. Not so fast.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Swedes Arrest 2 for Trying to Break into Jewish Community Center

By JTA

Police in Malmo arrested two people who tried to break into a Jewish community building during a demonstration that featured anti-Semitic slogans. Five people gathered outside the Jewish community center in Malmo’s center on and tried to force their way inside past security, the Sydsvenskan regional daily newspaper reported. The intruders stopped at the gate, […]

Government

Olmert Joins ‘Innocent’ Leaders like Katzav and Nixon

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

There is no joy in having a former prime minister who is a crook, but at least the judicial system finally has nailed him.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology / Israeli Arabs

Arabs Caught Red-Handed Stealing Second Temple Coffins

By Jewish Press Staff

The Jews who were ready to buy Second Temple history are no less guilty than the Arabs who stole and tried to sell it.

Israel / News Briefs

Ehud Olmert Convicted

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Moments ago a Tel Aviv court convicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on an account of bribes he accepted.

Op-Eds

J'Accuse the U.S. State Department! Again.

By Alan Joseph Bauer

Eight years after our attack, after having sent DoJ reams of material, our file was somehow empty.

Photo of the Day

Visit Israel with Masa, Get a Selfie with the Prime Minister

By Jewish Press Staff

I wonder if Netanyahu will have time for all those pictures he's going to have to be in.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Christ at the Checkpoint and Attempting to Create a False Narrative

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by Christian Zionist and Israel activist Brian Schrauger to talk about 'Christ at the Checkpoint' and the attempt to create an anti-Israel narrative in the Christian world.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Christie 'Apologizes' for Using Term 'Occupied Territories'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Christie explained to Adelson that he does not believe Israel "occupies" Judea and Samaria.

Terrorism / The Courts / News Briefs

US Court: Iranian Relics Not Restitution Source for Terror Victims

By JTA

antiquities loaned to museum could not be seized for victims’ families because owners unknown

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