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The shelf life of parliamentary government is about 2 years, hardly enough time to get anything done
Suggested causes: pollution of water sources, radiation changes and the effects of a dwindling population.
By Batya Medad
The Pollard case proves the reputation of American "equal justice for all" is a myth.
The Knesset came one step closer Monday afternoon to putting an end to 21 months of agony thanks to the Knesset House Committee’s approval the bill to dissolve the current legislature and schedule news elections for the Ideas of March + 2, otherwise known as March 17. Knesset Members are expected to unanimously approve the […]
There is concern that terrorists may try to attack the foreign embassies.
The giant firm will build a cyber-defense center outside of central Israel and train Haredim and others.
Naftali Bennett was on the Israeli comedy show "Matzav HaUma" the other day. Enjoy (if you understand Hebrew).
By Steven Plaut
Judah concedes he was wrong&feels regret; THAT is precisely what qualifies his house for leadership
By JTA
Gal Mekel, the second Israeli to play in the NBA, has signed with the New Orleans Pelicans. Mekel played for the Pelicans on Saturday in a 120-100 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, a day after his signing was announced. He missed his four shots and went scoreless, but the 6-3 point guard handed out […]
Who should know better than Kariv, whose expertise is as a social worker?
Can a Twitter account with 355,000 followers convince Saudi Arabia to allow women to drive?
Knesset Members are scheduled to sign the death notice for the current government and hold second and third readings on the bill for political euthanasia and give Israelis another chance to vote for another fractious government in March. Rumors, mainly from the center-left media and their favorite parties, are that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will […]
Jerusalem Arabs attacked a busload of Jews in the area of the Mount of Olives Monday morning, causing damage to the bus but no injuries to the driver and passengers. As usual, the stone thrower escaped, and as usual, the police were not around. Why don’t the police escort Jews as the army used to […]
The meeting will help Herzog put Livni, another suitor, in her place, but also could preclude a three-way merger to tackle Netanyahu.
Editor-in-chief and the op-ed editor of the Jerusalem Post respond to UNRWA's call to boycott paper
Rabbi Rontzki began his IDF career as a special forces commando and 41 years later ended it as Chief Rabbi and Brigadier General.
By Batya Medad
Many Israeli citizens want a Right wing PM. There's just 1 problem: There's no such thing.
By Hillel Neuer
$Billion relief agency’s top-dog called for a boycott of Israel’s largest English-language newspaper
You'd think my passion, language skills&sparkling smile would've opened doors for me, right? Not so!
Knesset Jeremy Weekly Average #1 (week of Nov 30-Dec 6 2014) of 12 polls from 9 polling companies.
Col. Meinertzhagen: Brit. policy in the Middle East bets on the wrong horse when appeasing the Arabs
By Paul Gherkin
Israel's last election (2013) focused more on domestic issues than foreign; 2015 will be the same.
Emerging adulthood and how young adults can achieve economic independence in today’s financial world
Bennett does an amazing job at the Saban Forum. And an even better job taking on Martin Indyk.
Abu-Mazen admitted he plans to overrun Israel with 6 million Arabs,
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman (C) seen at his mother's funeral ceremony, Esther Liberman in Holon on December 5, 2014, Esther Liberman passed away Thursday night.
Both Herzog and Livni repeatedly claim they are qualified to become Israel's next Prime Minister.
By Shalom Bear
The Likud checked to see if anyone other than Bibi could bring them to victory.
The two reportedly tore "Kriah", the act of ripping one's shirt in an act of mourning.
The CEO is suspected of communicating with young girls over the Internet.
By Shalom Bear
Meir "Big Brother" Sheetrit tried to sneak in a baby DNA biometric bill before it was too late, or even noticed.
Abbas and most of Israel know the idea is dead and buried, but too many US Jews still believe it.
A car was firebombed on Saturday evening outside the Old City of Jerusalem, in the Shiloach / Silwan neighborhood.
Jen Psaki may have to start looking for another job.
He has returned to jail, “home” for the past 30 years.
The surprising results are a strong warning to Bennett and Netanyahu that the right wing is not in their pockets.
The crew and passengers began to throw up and their eyes turned red.
OUTRAGEOUS: UNRWA call for boycott of Israeli newspaper may also violate State Dept. neutrality agreement
By Gil Poznanski and Alanna Fine
Some other red flags: when a person spontaneously and angrily talks about exes on dates, reschedules a date more than once without an emergency situation, or talks about engagement or marriage right away.
Children develop at different rates – they say their first words, take their first steps, toilet train, read their first word, and lose their first tooth at different times.
By Rhona Lewis
"My husband, the visionary, wanted to target people who had never kept Shabbos; I, the realist, asked how they would do it."
Was it possible that these butchers of Jewish children had been living the "good life" all these years?
The Imrei Emes explains that it is called “shalosh seudos” because it has the power to sanctify all three Shabbos meals.
Jonathan Pollard was hospitalized on Friday after losing consciousness in his cell.
JewishPress.com readers vote for the next Prime Minister...
Oh, to be a fly-on-the-wall in the White House...
The number one election issue is security – the selfish security of a seat of power.
By JTA
A 10-year-old Brooklyn Haredi girl was killed and her mother, nine months pregnant, was injured when they were hit by a minivan while crossing the street in the Borough Park neighborhood. The mother, Sarah Friedman, was taken to the hospital, where she delivered a healthy baby girl — her fifth child — on Tuesday night. […]
Esther Lieberman, the mother of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, dies Thursday, forcing her son to cancel a speech in the United States to attend the funeral and sit Shiva in his home in Nokdim, located in eastern Gush Etzion. Liberman flew home from Switzerland, where he was attending a policy conference. He was slated to […]
If Hamas is against Netanyahu, everyone should think twice before voting against him.
Rami Levy (owner of the Rami Levy supermarket chain) and Ma'aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel visit Zohar Lomar who was injured in the stabbing at Rami Levy supermarket in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Park on Dec 4, 2014. Lomar is being treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. The question on everyone's mind is: […]
The American liberal Jewish guilty conscience always plays itself out to identify with those who are not Jewish.
The menorah tree was originally intended as a gift to Michael’s wife, but it has taken off and is being sold around the country.
Over 800 people filled The Shul of Bal Harbour on Monday night, November 24, to hear Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
Weekly visits open an entire new world of social connection and interaction for a senior.
If a man owns a successful small business, he might do a million dollars a year in sales. But that is the gross revenue, not the amount he takes home.
Mr. Weiss refused to listen and sued Mr. Cohen in civil court.
He knew that the way to potentially mollify Esau was to insist that he accept his gift, which he finally did.
The Packers joined both local synagogues, Young Israel of Bal Harbour and The Shul of Bal Harbour, and Martin participated in the Bal Harbour commission.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Daughters Are Mine, The Sons Are Mine ‘Grandchildren Are like Children’ (Yevamos 62b)
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)
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Hungarian-Israeli Scientific Society Established at Bar-Ilan University
Once this took place, no Beit Din could annul its practice but for an entirely different reason. A minhag accepted by klal Yisrael becomes an obligation that must be practiced.
If one converts for the sole purpose of marrying a Jew the conversion is invalid.
She said she wanted to “experience the Arab world…their culture and daily life.”
One might think to attribute the crudeness of the calendar to the fact that it was produced by a frontier community unable to calculate a more precise table.
By Naama Klein
When I pulled up at their house, my worst fears were confirmed.
Two of these attacks occurred close to Allon Shvut, and somehow I feel responsible.
Since Glick’s appearance would arouse Muslim anger, it is Glick and not the rioters who are kept off the holy site.
By Joseph Cox
Yaacov returning to Yithak reconnects him with his past, reconnecting him to the legacy of Avraham.
It is difficult to remain faithful in galut, the ultimate Rorschach test for all Jewish generations
Here is the security footage from the terror attack in the Rami Levy store in Mishor Adumim on Dec. 3, 2014.
YouTube apparently reversed its decision to terminate the MEMRI channel.
By Uzi Silber
Extra, extra, read all about it: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt,& Gaza are names right out of Chumash
To many Orthodox Jews the issue is "Permitted & Prohibited;” "Right & Wrong" barely considered,
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
A Jew is an iconoclast, born to challenge the idols of the age,whatever the idols, whatever the age.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Rav Goren: "At the request of the Jews, Omar built the Dome of the Rock as a Jewish house of prayer"
Benno Yaakov, the German Jewish commentator, posits Yaakov's limping caused Eisav's change of heart.
Let us commit to heartfelt prayer, Torah, chesed, and joyous celebration of the 3rd meal of Shabbos
Rabbi Fohrman addresses "What is in a name?"
Document proves she not only slept with senior Nazis but also spied for them.
Lapid already is stuck on word – mi-nu-tak [disconnected] but is he talking about Netanyahu or himself?
The US still considers Israel racist for denying visas to Arabs considered dangerous.
A 21-year-old Arab with Israeli citizenship from the city of Taybe, near Netanya, was indicted Thursday for involvement in an attempt to burn a Jewish man alive a month ago Police said Mohamed Haj Yehia incited violence during the riots last month in Kfar Kana, where a police officer had shot and killed Hir Alhamdan […]
“I cried not because I had to undergo surgery, but because I had to leave the army.”
Obama, even more than Lapid, Livni and Herzog, want “anyone except Bibi.”
With oil prices falling, Saudi Arabia may begin selling to Israel.
Kerry forgot to mention Israel as an essential stake holder in a Middle East peace plan.
Lapid tries to ignore the economy, security and the middle class by making Netanyahu the only election issue.
Firefighters have stopped the flow of thousands of gallons of oil.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu praised one of his security guards who thwarted the terrorist attack on Wednesday at the industrial area of Maaleh Adumim. "On the way here I spoke to the security guard who thwarted a deadly terrorist attack in Mishor Adumim,” he said. “I know him; he is a security guard at the […]
By JTA
A student at the Torat Haim yeshiva near Moscow was badly beaten outside the yeshiva.
The good side of the Islamic State is that radical jihadists are killing each other.
October 30, 2026 
