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Russia test-fired an ICBM on Tuesday, according to Reuters.
By Tibbi Singer
But she's in no hurry to get married, despite the fact that she's expecting.
By JTA
British Prime Minister David Cameron will visit Israel and address the Knesset on March 12. Cameron was originally scheduled to visit Israel in February but had to postpone the trip because of flooding in the United Kingdom. This will be Cameron’s first visit to Israel since becoming prime minister in 2010. Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein […]
By JTA
A Los Angeles Jewish cemetery accused of dumping remains to make room for new interments has settled a 25,000-person class action lawsuit. Eden Memorial Park in Missions Hills, Calif., agreed to a settlement worth about $80.5 million, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported, citing documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Feb. 27. The […]
By JTA
An Israel Air Force aircraft struck what the Israeli military said were terrorists planning to launch rockets at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. One man was killed and three injured in the attack, Palestinian media reported following the airstrike on Monday evening. The dead man was identified as Mus’ab Za’aneen, 21, a member of […]
Usher Syndrome is a genetic disease that is the leading cause of deaf-blindness in the world, particularly affecting Ashkenazi Jews, 2% of whom carry the recessive gene for type 1f. Type 1 is the most severe. Those affected are born profoundly deaf with impaired balance; then, retinitis pigmentosa causes them to gradually lose their vision, […]
Hezbollah is attempting to restore its shattered image by fabricating threats against it.
By Adam Levick
The bill (by Senator Robert Menendez, along with 58 co-sponsors) has been accurately described by multiple media sources.
If the US military doesn't know better, then who are we to trust with our defense?
By DovBear
Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's confrontation with a Lubavitch leader.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Firefighters discovered purposely severed gas lines and evacuated 3 buildings.
Will the Haredim escape to Israel before or after the gates are closed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
On Monday, Kerry told AIPAC, “I will continue to staunchly, loudly and unapologetically oppose boycotts of Israel.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Without mentioning Secretary of State John Kerry by name, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) apparently took a shot at comments on boycotts of Israel that Kerry made last month in Germany. Those with “even with the best of intentions” who warn Israel that it will face increased boycotts if it does not reach a peace […]
According to Al Ahram, the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters has banned all activities in Egypt by Hamas, and ordered the confiscation of its offices in Cairo. The relationship between the group, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2006, and the Egyptian authorities has gone downhill since the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood president Mohamed […]
By JTA
Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, one of the two chief rabbis of the Ukraine (the other one is Rabbi Azriel Chaikin), accused Russia of staging antisemitic “provocations” in Crimea in order to justify its invasion of the former Soviet republic. At a press conference in the Manhattan office of the United Jewish Communities of Eastern Europe, […]
By JTA
Oracle’s Larry Ellison remains the world’s wealthiest Jew, placing fifth on Forbes magazine’s annual world billionaires list for 2014. Meanwhile, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (ranked at No. 21) was the “biggest dollar gainer” on the list, with his fortune jumping $15.2 billion, to $28.5 billion. Ellison (with a net worth of $48 billion) and casino mogul […]
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told AIPAC’s annual policy conference that he would always oppose boycotts targeting Israel. “I will continue to staunchly, loudly and unapologetically oppose boycotts of Israel,” Kerry said Monday evening at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s conference, drawing a standing ovation. “That will never change.” Last month, Israeli leaders […]
By JTA
Obama refrained from pushing back, pledging instead to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
By JTA
Four unidentified Arab men savagely beat a French Jew in a Paris Metro train, a watchdog organization reported. The attack happened Sunday as the train was traveling from Nogent Sur Marne to Gare de Lyon, according to the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA. Two of the attackers held down the 28-year-old victim, […]
Did Congress intentionally remove from the table the military option against Iran?
By Lee S. Bender and Jerome R. Verlin
The Palestinian Arab leadership is making it clear it has no interest in genuine, peaceful co-existence.
This past Friday afternoon we took a short break from Shabbos preparation to do a short tiyu.
The gradual trickle of self-hatred into the Jewish soul is evidencing itself in the American Jewish public.
New campaign to oust the world's worst human rights abusers from the UN Human Rights Council
By JTA
An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates that is a partner with American Airlines has removed Israel from its flight map and refuses to transport Israelis. Etihad Airways’ travel-route map shows all countries in the Middle East with the exception of Israel and her major cities, the New York Post reported Monday. The airline […]
By JTA
A senior Chabad rabbi in Australia who was accused of raping a student inside a synagogue in the 1970s will not be charged. Detectives in Melbourne confirmed Friday that they have closed an investigation into Rabbi Avrohom Glick, who was then deputy principal of Yeshivah College in Melbourne. Rabbi Glick, 67, vehemently denied allegations that […]
Russia threatened an imminent military invasion on Ukraine
college senior: others need to stand tall against the intimidation of anti-Israel forces on campuses
Obama is stuck in his box, unable to consider options that might actually work.
I could not believe what I was reading. It made me angry!
On Feb. 22nd, the University of Pennsylvania Law School hosted the “Eighth Annual Muslim Law Students Conference.”
We are all soldiers in Hashem’s army, only our uniform is different.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew on Sunday at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference reiterated the Obama administration’s opposition to new Iran sanctions during the interim nuclear deal, and said the temporary relief that the six-month interim agreement gives Iran has not undone the impact of existing sanctions. New sanctions could derail […]
By JTA
“The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life” won the Academy Award for documentary short Sunday night.
By JTA
Palestinian “Omar” was best foreign-language film finalist, while Israel’s “Bethlehem” was eliminated early on.
The Ramaz children are clearly in need of instruction.
But one doesn't need to be a secret agent to worry about the bio-metric program.
The terrorist told police he wanted to take revenge on Israel.
By JTA
The conference opening Sunday follows a period of tension between the lobby and the Obama administration over Iran.
By JTA
The Obama administration pressured Israel to stop assassinating Iran’s top nuclear scientists, according to a CBS News report. Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency ran an assassination campaign for several years, during which time at least five Iranian scientists were killed, most by bombs planted on their cars, national correspondent Dan Raviv reported Saturday on the CBS […]
By JTA
A Greek doctor who posted a “Jews Not Welcome” sign outside his office was arrested for inciting racial hatred. The doctor, a 57-year-old neurologist from Thessaloniki, also was charged with weapons possession and pro-Nazi beliefs, according to the Greek Reporter. The sign was written in German. The doctor, who has not been named, is a […]
By JTA
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, the head of a pro-democracy group in his native Russia, was granted Croatian citizenship. Kasparov reportedly became a Croatian citizen last week after applying for citizenship in early February. He owns a home in Croatia and speaks the language, according to reports. The founder and […]
Professionals and lay leaders from around the world will gather in Jerusalem for a historic 3-day conference on child abuse.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
An open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Government plans to market 12,000 new apartments in Modi'in, where prices haven't stopped rising in recent years.
A Haredi man (31) was stabbed in the upper body on Jabotinsky Street in Bnei Brak. The attacker was an Arab, but police have not yet said it was a terror attack. The wounded man was taken to Beilinson hospital in moderate condition. Police are searching for the attacker.
The protest was a peaceful one.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai interviews Jonathan Feldstein the director of the Heart to Heart blood donation in Israel program. Visiting Israel to donate blood turned into requests to donate from outside Israel. That is not allowed so the Heart to Heart Program was formed to fill the demand to participate long distance in saving lives in Israel. Listen […]
Women learning Torah is becoming increasingly permissive, but women wearing tefillin is becoming increasingly stringent.
By JoeSettler
The Haredi community may need to add some Mussar learning to their Gemorah learning.
Current Jewish questions.
He is willing to destroy other Torah institutions – NOT to save his own – but as an act of revenge?!
By Jeremy Rosen
The Ramaz School was wrong to refuse to allow Rashid Khalidi, the Palestinian apologist, to speak to its senior students.
Doug meets Daniel Rudnitsky, portfolio manager and vice-president of product development at SMH Capital Advisors.
Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount found themselves harassed by Waqf officials, and police were unable to protect them.
"I will stand steadfast on the State of Israel's vital interests..."
By JTA
A school bus killed a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor as he was crossing a street in a Maryland suburb of Washington. Elia Miranski was using a walker when the bus hit him in Silver Spring near Washington D.C., on Wednesday, the Silver Spring Patch news site reported. He died later that day in a hospital. The […]
By JTA
The Simon Wiesenthal Center accused the Lithuanian government of facilitating the glorification of Holocaust-era war criminals. The accusation followed a march earlier this month by nationalists in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, also known as Kovno. The marchers carried portraits of the pro-Nazi former ruler Juozas Ambrazevicius-Brazaitis. His government helped German troops send 30,000 Jews to […]
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Nothing will change regarding the draft issue, as both Lapid and his Haredi opponents are collaborating on a fraud.
A public opinion poll published by the Knesset Channel (Israel's C-Span) shows that if elections were held today, the ruling party, Israel Beiteinu would maintain it status, with 32 Knesset seats. The next largest party would by Labor, rising from its current 15 to 21 seats. Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid would drop from 19 to […]
By JoeSettler
The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.
By JTA
A focus of this year’s U.S. State Department human rights report on Israel was Bedouin rights. The report issued Thursday noted the Bedouin in its introduction, which it did not previously, and examined at length the demolition of Bedouin dwellings in 2013, a result of Israel’s relocation policies. “While Arab communities in the country generally […]
By JTA
Unknown individuals painted swastikas and the phrase “Death to the Jews” on a synagogue in the Crimea region of southern Ukraine. The graffiti was found Friday on the door and facade of the Reform Ner Tamid synagogue in Simferopol in the Crimean peninsula, the Russian-Israeli news site izrus.co.il reported. Anatoly Gendin, head of the Association […]
By JTA
A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Fonmdation for Ethnic Understanding, and […]
Russia is thumbing her nose at President Obama.
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Wounded IDF Capt. Ziv Shilon shared the joy of his marriage proposal at an FIDF Gala.
Having everyone home on a snow day can be a lot of fun – the first few times it happens. Once snow day number six hits, perhaps not so much and the real creativity has to come out.
Imich was born in 1903 in Poland, where he later earned his Ph.D. in 1927, despite the best efforts of anti-Semitic professors to sabotage his thesis
In the midst of his merrymaking, the king ordered his servants to bring out the golden vessels that were taken from the Beit HaMikdash by his father Nevuchadnezzar. The king and his men drank from them and praised the gods of gold and silver.
By Blumie Abend
Never sacrifice the people who matter for anything of lesser importance...
Hannah believed that one must learn about the evils of the past so that they aren’t repeated.
They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and that is precisely what almost always happens in situations where a reference knew someone had serious but hidden emotional issues, but did not reveal the information to the person making inquiries.
I had a great figure and dressed well, but the only thing wrong with me was that I had a very long nose with a huge bump.
Even if he has committed sins that warrant his rejection from the community, he is never rejected by G-d.
Like Dempsey and Gates, leaders must always be cognizant of the costs involved in their decisions – even when the costs are less than human life
Have you seen drivers mindlessly block traffic to load or unload passengers and cargo while a huge parking space is only a few feet away?
Shimon quickly shoveled a forkful of rice into his mouth, while attempting to scribble the right math equations into his workbook. “(2 x 34 -11)2” he said between mouthfuls. “Mommy, I got some rice on my paper, but I have to finish this before it is time to go in the shower,” Shimon choked out.
By dvora
Josh is only nine years old, yet he’s an addict. How is that possible? You’re wondering where he gets his drugs from, how does his addiction manifest itself and if there are treatment plans.
This year Valentine’s Day came out on a Friday. Enterprising Jews were quick to step up to the plate to make the day their own.
What began in 1974 as a tiny beis medrash with only ten students has developed into a yeshiva campus that encompasses many buildings spread over a six-mile radius.
His first book, Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore? was highly acclaimed and is now in its fourth printing.
Despite the attempts to delegitimize Israel on American campuses during the so-called "Israel Apartheid Week," the Sochnut -- the Jewish Agency for Israel, under the direction of Natan Sharansky, has helped change the tone on North American campuses. Sharansky told Makor Rishon that he made sure the Sochnut sent five representatives ("Shlichim") to every campus […]
By Sharon Katz
Dames of the Dance raised NIS 40,000 from ticket sales for Kimcha d’Pischa of Gush Etzion/Efrat.
By Shalom Bear
While Dati-Leumi Rabbis show solidarity with Haredim, Haredi MK Gafni threatens to destroy Hesder yeshivot and the Settlements.
By Shalom Bear
The PM's office says the report is a lie, and that Netanyahu won't uproot Settlements.
By David Wilder
The agenda of articles appearing 20 years after the Goldstein episode has nothing to do with human rights or suffering.
How do the pieces of this puzzle come together to help us understand how the Torah builds together?
By Moshe Herman
Yishai is joined by Pastor Robert Sterns of Eagle's Wings to talk about the relationship between the Christian world and Israel. He is also joined by Dr. Eli Fischer to talk about the importance of Israeli products in the US.
The two Harvard MBA students are the perfect matchmakers for quality MBA students and Israeli companies
A memory that is relegated to a museum, no matter how tangible it is – even if it is Auschwitz itself – becomes a museum memory.
Pekudei is the Hebrew word for reckoning. One way of understanding the meaning of a word in the Torah is to analyze the first time it is found.
October 30, 2026 
