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By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan to talk about upcoming changes up for vote in the Knesset including revising the draft law for the ultra-orthodox, the national referendum, and how changes could be made to how Israel is governed.
By Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
Under the plan, a person who was not a citizen of either the Jewish or Arab state was to be appointed governor to administer Jerusalem and to conduct external affairs...
The haredim are not afraid of connecting Israeli nationalism to its faith. Just the opposite. They are afraid to connect the Jewish faith to the Israeli nationalism reawakening in Israel.
One can sigh with relief when the divorce is finalized but the heart is full and it aches with pain. Yes, there were conflicts. Yes, there was a cold war that made for a frigid atmosphere in the home. But loneliness is a very difficult thing to bear.
By Sara Lehmann
While Brooklyn College is famed for its plethora of Jewish professors and students, it is not a Jewish institution. The 92nd Street Y is. According to its own mission and history statement, it’s “a proudly Jewish institution since its inception.”
I was singing, dancing, jumping and, sweating. Just joy and happiness. One child on my shoulders after another. What happiness! And then, the little boy on my shoulders – he could not have been older than six – began to cry.
By David Mandel
Alcohol on Purim is viewed by many as the drinking equivalent of the Autobahn: no limits, no control.
Why not tell us that Purim is to be commemorated with reading the megillah, dispensing mishloach manot, giving gifts to the poor, and partaking in a Purim feast?
At the core of traditional Judaism is the belief that our world has a Creator. This Creator knows all that goes on in our world, and remains actively involved in all of its events – no matter how insignificant some of those events might seem.
By Jeff Leb
Make no mistake: the potential here is enormous. If all of these budget items are approved, they could be a game changer for Jewish day schools and their budgets.
Two Jordanian talk show guests turn into rock 'em sock 'em robots.
Wednesday night’s retaliation leaves Hamas in a smaller corner of survival.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Even the State Dept. will be happy to say goodbye to Falk, but the “Rights Committee has a built-in anti-Israeli bias.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
The IDF stated that eight of the rockets hit urban, civilian areas including Sderot.
There are those who believe all Israelis must share equally in the military defense of Israel while others say Torah study affords at least as much security as military service. In many respects, The Jewish Press has long reflected this dynamic.
Mr. Obama’s latest “amendment” of the Obamacare law, however, has elevated the arrogation of legislative power to an art form. And he has done so for blatantly political reasons.
What do at-risk youth and more than 30,000 square feet of groceries have in common? The answer is Moisha Binik.
JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the international community on Monday for turning a blind eye to Iran’s continued attempts to foment global terrorism.
Following the Minchah (afternoon) service, led by the Vyelipoler Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Frankel, rally participants recited several passages of Tehillim.
The IDF’s initial response was to stop the rocket fire, and the next step of retaliation has yet to begin.
The unwarranted hatred among us that caused the destruction of the Second Temple clearly still plagues us.
Either Hamas is trigger-happy again or has lost all control of Islamic Jihad terrorists
A huge explosion in New York City at 9:31 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, sent "people flying out the windows," of a five story building, killing two women, injuring 18 and leaving two buildings in rubble Wednesday morning, according to the New York City Fire Department and witnesses. The explosion occurred at Park Ave. and East […]
By Ron Kampeas
Tensions between Russia and the West are mounting over the Russian military takeover of the Crimean Peninsula, with the United States and European countries threatening to impose sanctions.
The Haredi Knesset Members who walked out of David Cameron’s speech didn’t miss very much.
By David Morris
In the universal contest between the blues and the reds, one side will invariably win, the other lose.
By JTA
A new theater dedicated to the story of Anne Frank is slated to open in the Dutch capital ahead of the 70th anniversary of the teenage diarist’s deportation and death. The new theater, which is in the final stages of construction, was first shown to media on Wednesday and will feature a permanent show titled […]
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah talk about a recent trip to Tel Aviv, a weapons-laden ship captured by the IDF, being Jewish in Ukraine, and Jonathan Pollard's ailing health.
How the use of Israeli technology and the growth of Israeli trade with Arab countries could eventually create peace in the Middle East.
Digging for the past sometimes is possible by simple looking at what already has been found.
The romantic skyline of Jerusalem is disappearing. Is Jerusalem on its way to becoming a modern city? Or is it losing its special character?
The Knesset passed the bill to draft more Ultra-Orthodox Jews into the IDF.
By Shalom Bear
Police captured the Arab terrorist tried who tried to blow up 8 buildings in a Jerusalem residential neighborhood.
It appears that Makor Rishon may now be up for sale. Makor Rishon is a popular Israeli/Hebrew newspaper that caters to the Religious-Zionist market. Last year, the newspaper's management purchased the failed newspaper, Maariv, which subsequently turned into a financial black hole that has neen sucking Makor Rishon dry. Agreements connected to the purchase of […]
Moshe Abutbul, the Haredi candidate, beat out Eli Cohen, in the do-over election held on Tuesday.
Net month Brunei will become the first East Asian country to implement the strict penal code of Shariah.
FGM is again on the rise in Egypt. A 14 year old Egyptian girl died this week after undergoing the procedure.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, at the time the ballot closed, in the Beit Shemesh elections, 76% of eligible voters voted, compared to 69.32% in 2013. While in the redo election in Nazareth, 83.6% of eligible voters voted, compared to 70.27% in 2013. There is no update yet as to who won.
Retired Supreme Court Edmund Levy, who headed a three-man committee that debunked allegations that Israel is an “occupier,” died Tuesday night at the age of 72. He served on the Supreme Court from 2000 to 2011, capping a legal career that began with studies at Tel Aviv University several years after his family immigrated to […]
Nadia Haroun, the deputy head of Egypt's Jewish community was buried on Thursday.
The youth wing of Sweden’s Liberal party organized a “love bombing” Monday night and pasted heart-shaped papers on the same school that was attacked by neo-Nazi vandals the night before. Stockholm’s “Vasa Real” school was sprayed with swastikas and slogans, such as “disgusting Jews” and the number 1488 that is a symbol for white power […]
By JTA
Norwegian Cruise Lines dropped Tunisia from its itineraries after the country refused to allow Israeli citizens to disembark in the Port of Tunis. About 20 Israelis were quietly told before disembarking from the Norwegian Jade over the weekend that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government. The cruise line’s decision to drop Tunisia was […]
“More than the Jews have kept the Shabbos (Sabbath), the Shabbos has kept the Jews.”
A lot more guns than usual were visible in Beit Shemesh.
Bye-bye to the right-wing extremists, left-wing extremists, weirdoes and maybe Tzipi Livni.
Three Hamas terrorists were killed on Tuesday in an explosion that was “all part of a day’s work” of preparing rockets and bombs for attacks on Israel. The Hamas website reported that the “work accident” killed three members of the “military branch” of Hamas in Beit Hanoun, located in northern Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, the […]
The Priceline online ticketing and reservation company has bought Israeli-based start-up Qlika for around $3 million, according to the VentureBeat website. Qlika, based in the metropolitan Tel Aviv city of Ramat Gan, focuses on "micro-location" ad campaigns and has only six employees, all of whom have masters' degrees in physics and mathematics and who have […]
By JTA
An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates said it “emphatically refutes” claims that it excludes Israel from its official travel-route map and refuses to transport Israelis. In a statement, Etihad Airways wrote that it carried more than 1,000 passengers traveling with Israeli passports last year, refuting assertions made in the New York Post newspaper. […]
Either the IDF has privately admitted it goofed or Netanyahu is scared of Jordan when he needs him most.
Ruderman Foundation announces $250K prize for programs to ensure inclusion into the Jewish community to those with disabilities.
It is up to Defense Minister Ya’alon to decide if a court ruling in favor of Hebron Jews has any meaning at all.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A Jewish scribe has restored an 18th century copy of the Book of Esther that was donated to Catholic Nuns.
By JTA
One of the passengers aboard the Malaysian Airlines plane that vanished is a Jewish Russian national, Nikolai Brodskii, 43, of the Siberian city of Irkutsk, whose name appears on the missing plane’s passenger manifest. He is a husband and father of sons aged 17 and 11. The flight, with 239 passengers on board, disappeared Saturday […]
By JTA
Anti-Semitism is not the best reason to make aliyah, but it is better than being dead.
The rapid isolation of Hamas by former allies is making it easier for the IDF to hit hard and fast.
What is the spiritual internal meaning of all this new technology in our lives? Yishai discusses changes around the world that affect our daily lives from Africa to Alaska.
Brooklyn College has finally apologized to the four Jewish Pro-Israel students it ejected from a BDS forum last year.
By JewishPress.com Editorial Board
The Jewish Press apologizes to its readers for the unfortunate op-ed article published on Monday.
Adegbile was not making a moral statement by representing a man convicted of killing a cop.
The answer is an emphatic no.
Iranian middeman purchased the tickets used by the passengers holding stolen passports on missing Malaysian airplane.
The White House finally has come out with a statement condemning the ship carrying Iranian missiles destined for Gaza, but only after it took a couple of days to figure out how to censure the smuggling attempt without hinting that perhaps Iran cannot be trusted in talks on its nuclear development. “It is important to […]
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is nothing more than a PR man [and] the real ruler of Iran is the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is aptly called the Supreme Leader,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said at a news conference in Eilat on Monday. The IDF invited media to see the weapons on a cargo ship that […]
The cyber hackers are crawling out of the woodwork for “Hacktivists month” in April.
By JTA
Leo Bretholz, who had escaped from a train transporting him to a Nazi death camp, died the weekend before he was to testify on behalf of a Maryland bill making railroad firms accountable for their actions during the Holocaust. Bretholz, of Baltimore, died on Saturday, two days after his 93rd birthday. He was to testify […]
American born Oleh to Ginot Shomron, Ari Harow, returns to the Prime Minister's office.
The IDF opened fire on the terrorist as he was throwing a stone at a moving vehicle.
A plan to stop tax evasion also threatens to break all limits of confidentiality of Americans in Israel.
By JTA
The Arab League refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in the framework of current peace talks with the Palestinians, as per Israel’s demand. On Sunday, Arab League foreign ministers released a resolution at a meeting in Cairo that supported the decision by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “The council of the Arab League […]
Haaretz always prints any story it can to discredit Israel.
Abutbol's city government does everything it can to avoid helping schools that are not the mainstream Haredi.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Sexist and often violent, corrupt and even anti-Zionist Haredim in Beit Shemesh create a false image of the city.
IDF releases photos of the weapons captured from the Iranian smuggling ship, Klos-C
Syrian rebels have killed approximately 500 Hezbollah soldiers, including at least 15 in the past 10 days, according to sources quoted by the Beirut Daily Star. Social media and websites have depicted photos of the dead Hezbollah members, complete with praise for their “martyrdom” for carrying out their “jihadist duty.” Videos have been posted that […]
The Palestinian Authority terrorist convicted last year of bombing a bus in Tel Aviv in 2012 was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in jail. The explosion on the local bus wounded 28 people. The terrorist, Mohammed Mafarji and who was 18 years old when he bombed the bus, said he carried out the attack during […]
By JTA
A New York personal trainer has pleaded guilty in federal court to being part of a group of men who used violent means in exchange for pay to force Jewish men to give their wives religious divorces. David Hellman, 31, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J. and could be sentenced to up […]
The meaning of "God’s watch" here is not entirely clear.
The spokesman for a faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) tried to kill himself with a knife on a main street in Ramallah on Sunday, sources told the Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency. The man reportedly cut his neck with a knife but passersby saved him. He was reported to be in serious condition in […]
The time difference between Israel and the United States is now only six hours following the beginning of Daylight Saving Time in the United States and Canada early Sunday morning. Israel moves its clocks forward on Friday morning, March 28. The exceptions to Daylight Saving Time in the United States are Hawaii and Arizona, but […]
Tunisia has barred Jews on a Norwegian cruise ship from leaving their cruise voyage and stepping foot in the country after theirboat docked in Tunis, according to B’nai Brith Canada. “The cruise line has a responsibility to its passengers to advise them of this discriminatory policy in advance. Better still the cruise line should avoid […]
Don’t Israelis and Arab Palestinians deserve more than this? Is it not time to stop the insanity?
Yishai's Special Report from AIPAC 2014 in Washington, DC. A policy conference for America's Pro-Israel community. In this segment you will hear Senator Chuck Schumer's speech and the Unique and inspiring stories of heroic Israelis who went overseas to help in disaster areas told by the people they helped. Thank you to the Yishai Fleisher […]
The terrorist tried to grab the gun of an IDF soldier near the crossing.
By David Morris
Eli Cohen is now the nationally-known face of electoral integrity and honesty in Israel.
On Sunday evening, the IDF completed unloading and inspection the weapons containers uncovered onboard the Klos-C. This concluded Operation Full Disclosure, aimed at preventing the smuggling of advanced weaponry from Iran to terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip. A combined task force from various units unloaded and inspected the containers. The task force consisted of […]
At age 104, my mother was still concerned about her relationship with Hashem.
Jews packed Times Square for NBN's Aliyah mega event.
By Daniel Perez
Strong pro-Israel sentiment heard from current and former senior military and gov't officials
Mort Klein has been re-elected as the president of the Zionist Organization of America. He defeated his challenger, Steve Goldberg.
Yeshiva University Live Event - Yishai Fleisher at the Israel Club and YUPAC. February 26th, 2014, Yishai spoke on the topic, "Two State, Jewish State, Your State". Thank you to the Yishai Fleisher Show Sponsors: Heart to Heart, The Jewish Press, United With Israel, IsraelPhones, and Janglo.net
By Jeremy Rosen
Obama’s incompetence, the way his naive worldview and credulity have made a fool of him, are equally frightening
Dalit Braun, the CEO of Pick N Tell
Morashragas' victims may get a chance at revenge very soon.
When a region experiences strife and instability, the first to come under threat are the Jews.
October 30, 2026 
