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Forty left-wing activists and Palestinian Arabs arrived on Sunday at an olive grove belonging to residents of Kfar Adumim, a mixed religious-secular communal Israeli settlement in the Judean Desert, and, according to police, they broke the fence surrounding the grove, Irsael radio reported. Police arrested 8 activists on suspicion of attacking policemen. One police officer […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said there is “no way” he will recognize Israel as a Jewish State as part of a framework deal with Israel, the Palestinian official WAFA News Agency reported. Recognition of Israel as a Jewish State is one of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s key demands during the peace talks. Reports […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Nine Ukrainian Jews who were severely wounded during violent protests in Kiev were brought to Israel to receive medical treatment. The wounded individuals, who all suffered gunshot wounds, arrived in Israel on Friday and will be treated at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot and Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. They were previously treated at an […]
By Chloe Simone Valdary and Daniel Mael
You’ve discovered our little secret!
Caroline Glick of the Jerusalem Post and the Center for Security Policy discusses myths of the 'two-state solution' in the Middle East and lays out her blueprint for "Ending The Stalemate." For a more in-depth look, go here.
Klein's challenger has demonstrated a propensity to unleash poisonous vitriol, even to other Zionists
By JTA
Iran accused Israel of faking a raid on a ship laden with arms bound for the Gaza Strip. “An Iranian ship carrying arms for Gaza. Captured just in time for annual [American Israel Public Affairs Committee] anti-Iran campaign,” Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, said Thursday on his official Twitter account. “Amazing Coincidence! Or same […]
By JTA
The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions. The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday responding to a JTA opinion article criticizing the group written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. His article, published Thursday, accused the RCA and its Beth Din of America of “retroactively negating […]
By JTA
A Canadian judge has ordered child protection officials to use law enforcement agencies to apprehend 14 children in the haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor after most of them fled the country. On Wednesday, the judge was supposed to hear an appeal of an earlier ruling to seize the children and return them to Quebec to […]
By JTA
Jewish groups across the religious spectrum praised Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on accommodating religious attire in the workplace. The guidelines published Thursday are for “employers with at least 15 employees (including private sector, state, and local government employers), as well as employment agencies, unions, and federal government agencies.” These employers “must make exceptions to […]
President Obama's foreign policy is based on fantasy.
Everyone is always looking for cute yet simple and inexpensive ideas to enhance their table at special occasions. Here are some attractive ways to create that festive look. Whether you use china or plastic, your guests will surely be delighted with your charming setup.
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a chavrusa working with you, guiding and helping you in your work environment?
What made an M.I.T. scholarship student, taking time off from his doctorate in medicine, to backpack, and then decide to backtrack, chuck it all… and get a haircut? Perhaps it is easier to understand a Harvard law student becoming enamored with the logic of Gemara and settling down to struggle with the intellectual challenges of Aramaic acrobatics.
But not everyone is destined to taste of the fruit of this world and to enjoy its vintage. Among the inhabitants of this town lived a poor man, Nachumka.
By Sandy Eller
What do you do with fruit that has turned just a little soft and squishy and that no one in your household wants to eat?
JetBlue flew an empty aircraft from Boston to JFK to assist us. The care and concern of the flight attendants was amazing. They were astounded by our group, so much so that at the end of the flight, the captain related for all to hear that he was truly impressed by the care that the HASC counselors provided for the special-needs campers – all of whom have physical, mental, or emotional disabilities. We did our best to demonstrate a true kiddush Hashem.
Sometimes, like the tamei individual who must stay away from the Mikdash, we have our limits and disabilities, and we must remember not to attempt those goals which are beyond our reach.
Such a misunderstanding would render our words worthless, for we would not be declaring that Hashem is truly the Master of the Universe.
Q: What does twice exceptional or 2e mean?
By Tibbi Singer
Blackwell, who has been accused of "inflaming prejudice," says animals must be stunned before the cut.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Pope Francis has been forced to cancel his planned trip to Israel in May due to a labor dispute within the Israeli Foreign Ministry. The Pope, who has garnered considerable acclaim from Jewish leaders for his push for stronger Jewish-Christian relations, announced the trip to Israel and Jordan in January. The visit was scheduled to […]
By JTA
A Canadian court ordered the fringe haredi Orthodox Lev Tahor sect to turn over as many as 13 of its children to authorities after some of its members appeared to have fled the country. Police officers and children’s aid workers visited Lev Tahor homes Wednesday night in Chatham-Kent, in southwest Ontario, with the landlord helping […]
By JTA
The House of Representatives almost unanimously approved a bill that would enhance U.S. security cooperation with Israel. The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act, introduced last year by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), enhances cooperation in the energy and cybersecurity areas, among others; transfers excess U.S. armaments to Israel for stockpiling and possible use; […]
By Shalom Bear
These are people who always spoke about Aliyah, but now the situation in Kiev is giving them that extra push.
Welcome the book of Leviticus!
IDF Intelligence Chief: Iran’s Weapons Smuggling Violates International Law
Arabs threw a bomb into the area of Rachel's Tomb on Thursday night.
Operating the crane is Joe. Joe is overweight and a chain smoker. Another worker approaches Joe and says, “Joe, look at you! 80 pounds overweight, smoking two packs of cigarettes a day. You must do something about your health. Go the gym, work out, and get in shape.”
Why does the Jewish leap year always consist of two Adars? Why specifically Adar? Menachem (Via E-Mail)
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
A Grafted Esrog ‘Passul When Missing Even a Tiny Bit’ (Sukkah 34b)
Egyptians who are members of the Hamas terrorist organization may soon have their citizenships revoked.
So much for honest disagreement in the Charedi world.
The day after Purim, Mordechai Freilich received the mishloach manos package with a note: "This mishloach manos was meant to be delivered on Purim, but delayed due to the storm. Please accept our apologies."
Esther's name, which means “hidden,” reminds us that at the outset she hides her Jewish identity.
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Nasi is the generic word for a leader: a ruler, king, judge, elder, or prince. Usually it refers to the holder of political power.
By dvora
He exhorted all of us to continue to reach out to one another each and every day because that is what our tafkid (life’s goal) should be. And because that is what Hashem requires of us.
If the nationalist Knesset members don’t provide the answer, the Arab MKs will do so in their place.
My ex despises me and is bent on destroying me. He has done everything to torture me.
The families involved in the court appeal have been under strict restrictions not to leave Ontario.
Rav Akiva Eiger questions why semicha is considered a mitzvas assei she’hazman gramma. While it is true that it must be performed during the daytime, this is not because the semicha per se cannot be performed by night.
Question: When performing a mitzvah, what is more important: doing it right away – “zerizim” – or doing it with a large crowd – “berov am”?
The school removed evolution related questions from 52 standardized tests.
Although the Torah only commands us to pick up the arba minim, the rabbis require that we wave them in all four directions of the compass as well as upward and downward.
By JTA
Despite Iran’s terror sponsorship, “it’s entirely appropriate" to continue the talks.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Ukrainian Jews Receive Emergency Training from ZAKA and United Hatzalah.
Besides the lack of appreciation and understanding on the part of knesset Yisrael, Sefer Vayikra has been derided and held in contempt by the nations of the world and other religions.
By JTA
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman blamed the Palestinians for lack of progress in peace negotiations, and said Israel would not agree to additional conditions for the continuation of the talks. “The Palestinians are the ones torpedoing the talks by setting conditions,” Lieberman told Israel Radio Thursday, according to the Times of Israel. “Israel would not […]
By JTA
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed an economic and research partnership agreement with California Gov. Edmund “Jerry” Brown. The agreement will enhance cooperation between Israel and California in a variety of areas, with a focus on water conservation, alternative energy, cybersecurity, health and biotechnology, education and agricultural technology, according to a press release from Brown’s […]
Across Israel, Meir Panim responds to the growing needs of the country’s 1.75 million impoverished residents through various food and social service programs.
Jonathan Pollard was rushed to a hospital from his North Carolina prison cell.
It was a surprise to hear government spokespeople claim the U.S.was deeply involved in the operation to thwart Iran's weapons smuggling.
The battle over partnership minyans is just the latest scuffle in the war over women’s roles in the Orthodox community.
International Agunah Day falls annually on Ta'anis Esther, this year on March 13.
Yeshiva University Museum recently hosted an exhibit titled “Threshold to the Sacred.”
Even a foxhole Yid has to admit that antisemitism is on the upswing.
By Dov Hikind
As shocking and insulting and horrifying as it is, Nazi war criminals are still living freely among us.
Last month’s column outlined some efforts during the first half of the nineteenth century to establish Jewish agricultural colonies in America. In only one case was a colony actually established.
Glick strips the bark from the threat of a One State Solution and reveals a worthy option: the Israeli Solution
By JTA
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ spokesperson said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “wasting time” with his demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state and was undermining the current peace negotiations. “The intention of Netanyahu’s continued demand to recognize Israel as the Jewish state is to waste time and avoid reaching a […]
By JTA
Following reports that Israel was sending African migrants to Uganda, Israeli Interior Minister Gideon Saar confirmed that Israel is sending migrants to a third-party country. “The departure for third countries, on the basis of agreements we have reached, is of limited scope, in the order of dozens,” Saar said Tuesday at a press conference, according […]
By JTA
Canada has formally recognized the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. On Monday, Ottawa accepted a report tabled last year that called on the federal government to “officially recognize the experience of Jewish refugees who were displaced from states in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.” The federal cabinet approved the report […]
By JTA
The president of the Rome Jewish community revealed that he too had been sent the severed head of a pig about 10 days after pig heads were sent to Rome’s main synagogue, the Israeli embassy and a museum with an exhibit on Jewish culture in January. Riccardo Pacifici made the revelation during testimony Wednesday at […]
Red Alert sirens sounded in Sderot Wednesday night after two rockets were launched from Gaza.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The signatories challenge the assertion that antisemitism has risen in Ukraine.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Moscowitz died after not waking up during a routine surgical procedure on Tuesday.
One can almost imagine a shocked Mr. Kerry thinking to himself, “How could he?” Yet not only did Mr. Putin do what he did, China, one of the three major international players along with the U.S. and Russia, agreed with him, not with Mr. Kerry.
Ramaz is a venerable Modern Orthodox educational institution whose mission statement contains the explicit commitment to “Ahavat Yisrael, and love and support for the State of Israel.”
According to Maimonides, the great medieval Jewish scholar, “Gifts for the poor [matanot l’evyonim] deserve more attention than the seudah and mishloach manot because there is no greater, richer happiness than bringing joy to the hearts of needy people, orphans, widows and proselytes.”
In the course of the ages there wasn’t a Jewish community more convinced of its capacity for survival than the Jewish community of Hungary in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Despite Obama’s threat of military force against Assad unless he relinquishes his chemical weapons cache, Assad has repeatedly failed to meet UN deadlines to deliver his deadly arsenal to a special arms disposal unit.
An anti-draft rally in Jerusalem this past Sunday, called for by the country’s leading haredi rabbis and billed a Million Man Atzeres (assembly), drew hundreds of thousands of demonstrators.
By Ron Kampeas
Expansive outreach, of course, is nothing new for AIPAC. But in the wake of battles over Iran sanctions legislation that pitted the pro-Israel lobbying powerhouse against the White House, many congressional Democrats and liberals more generally, AIPAC’s traditional emphasis on Israel as a bipartisan issue has taken on added urgency.
They are arguing specifically about summer camps, but the arguments apply to all the differences between them.
Liberals got an Affirmative Action president who doesn't have the wisdom or the authority to change the battle plan.
The world excuses Islamic murder, but focuses on flaws, often imaginary, on the part of Israel.
The Center for Security Policy has launched a petition demanding that the American Conservative Union (ACU) expel Grover Norquist.
By Batya Medad
I'm glad that we never had to choose between the country of our birth and the country of our choice!
Ted Alling, serial entrepreneur and managing partner of the Lamp Post group.
Guests at a wedding in Petach Tikvah last night were shocked as the groom did the unthinkable. Towards the end of the wedding ceremony, he stamped on a glass in the traditional manner, but before his friends and family could shout Mazal Tov, it became apparent that a shard of glass had gone through his […]
Operation "Full Disclosure"
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The World Jewish Congress urged Germany to address a request by the Greek Jewish community of Thessaloniki to be paid back for a ransom it had surrendered to the Nazis when they occupied Greece during the Second World War. In 1942, the Greek Jewish community paid 1.9 billion drachmas (about $61 million in today's money) […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In his speech at the 2014 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson for her decision to continue representing Israeli carbonated beverage company SodaStream, which is located across the Green line and employs hundreds of Palestinians. Johansson stepped down as a global ambassador […]
By JTA
An Austrian ex-mayor who said journalists and Jews should be hanged will not stand trial for hate speech, prosecutors said. A spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office of Krems an der Donau, a municipality located 35 miles east of Vienna, said that Karl Simlinger, a former mayor of the village of Gfohl, will not be […]
By JTA
Employees of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs have gone on a major strike protesting low wages and working conditions. The strike, announced Tuesday, will suspend all services to foreign dignitaries visiting Israel, as well as all services to Israeli dignitaries planning trips or already abroad. In addition, the strike suspends all consular services to […]
By JTA
The European governing body of soccer, UEFA, announced the punishment on Tuesday against Omar Rahou, who made the gesture several times at a European Championship match of futsal, a variant of soccer, in January while celebrating scoring a goal for his team, Chatelineau, against Romania in Antwerp, the website of the Dutch Algemeen Dagblad daily […]
By JTA
Police officers in Poland arrested a man whom they said they had caught desecrating Jewish tombstones. The suspect, who was not named, was arrested last week at the Jewish cemetery of Andrychow, 30 miles southwest of Krakow, the news site Wadowice24.pl reported Tuesday. At the 18th-century burial site, he had knocked down 13 tombstones before […]
Thick black smoke from the fire can be seen for miles.
An IDF force on Wednesday morning identified a terror squad that appeared to be planting an explosive charge near the border perimeter fence in the northern Golan Heights. The force, comprised of infantry and armored soldiers, opened fire at the squad and registered a hit. IDF sources have surmised that the squad was sent by […]
Free speech rights of UC Irvine Muslim students did not trump Amb. Michael Oren's right to speak.
Abbas also sent wreath to honor suicide bomber who killed 8.
Just because I have a Hashkafa that differs from them, that does not mean I do not respect them.
By Guest Author
It has been a very challenging year that has taken a toll on the Cohen family.
By JTA
Netanyahu called for enhanced sanctions on Iran, despite Obama's objection.
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