יום שישי, י״ח תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 3, 2026
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By JTA
Aaron Liberman of Northwestern checked in for the final minute of action against Michigan in the Wildcats’ 74-51 men’s basketball loss in Ann Arbor on Sunday and.in the process, the red-shirt freshman made history twice: According to the Big Ten News Network, Liberman was the first player to wear a yarmulke in Big Ten Conference […]
The voyage is going peacefully A salty tang in the air, But when the storm decides to strike The sailors are unprepared.
In the city of Antioch there lived a man of remarkable generosity by the name of Aba Yehudah. He was a man who gave to all, whenever there was a need. Rabi Yehoshua and several other rabbanim arrived in the city one day on an urgent mission to collect money for the unfortunate needy. They knew that Aba Yehudah always gave a generous contribution so they looked forward to seeing him.
My first cell phone was given to me by a son who doesn’t live near us. He was tired of trying to reach me on our landline. He felt it was wrong for me not to be able to be accessible to my family, and I must admit that he was right.
By Sandy Eller
Talk to people who own hybrid cars and they will happily gloat about how infrequently they fill up their tank or how many miles they get to the gallon. Chat with owners of electric cars and they will wax enthusiastically about how often they go to the gas station. Just so you know: they don’t. Ever.
The exhibit, according to a statement from guest curator Michele Waalkes which is posted on the museum website, “examines how faith can inform and inspire artists in their work, whether their work is symbolic, pictorial, or textual in nature. It further explores how present-day artwork can lead audiences to ponder God, religious themes, venerated traditions, or spiritual insights.”
Outside is a winter-white wonderland replete with dazzling trees, wires, and sidewalks seemingly wrapped in glittery silver foil. It’s quite lovely to look at, which is about all I can do since I’m stuck indoors. Icicle-laden tree branches are bent and hunch-backed by the frozen heaviness of their popsicle-like burden, and the voices squawking from the battery-operated transistor radio I am listening to are warning people not to go out since walkways and roads are extremely slippery, and there is real danger from falling trees.
My experiences with weight loss programs have made me see that the focus is all on the wrong aspect of "fat".
This particular article has been on my computer for quite some time now – incomplete. What compelled me to complete it was my son's 19th birthday. Born of my first marriage and raised solely by my husband and me for the past seventeen-plus years, my son has only a few memories of time spent with his biological father. My children have made me acutely aware of Parental Disconnect issues. I hope that sharing my thoughts on it will help save others from the pain and confusion we have had to work through.
Dr. Brian Doyle, in his book, Understanding and Treating Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, explains that “When we examine the lives of adults who struggle and fail, repeatedly, sometimes we find symptom patterns like those of children with ADHD…Once they have a proper diagnosis and full treatment, adults with ADHD can change their lives profoundly.”
The Palestinian Authority propaganda machine is one of Abbas biggest weapons, and Israel has no antidote that would act as a parallel to an Iron Dome anti-propaganda missile.
The status of Jerusalem is one of the biggest points of dissension in U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s “framework” that he failed to publicize before returning to Washington on Monday, according to an official in the Palestinian Authority. “Negotiators for the PA disagreed with several of Kerry’s suggestions in the negotiations with Israel, especially […]
The shaggy dog story of attempted unity between the rival Hamas terrorist organization and its rival Fatah, headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, took another turn towards an agreement Monday with Hamas’s offer offering to free Fatah prisoners and allow the return of Fatah legislators to their homes. Fatah staged a coup in 2007 […]
By JTA
New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin. Reacting to a disgusting and shocking video that also explicitly showed a man urinating amid young party-goers celebrating among the 2711 stone slabs at the memorial last week, spokesperson Jenifer Stolz told JTA that “we are all quite appalled. But it is […]
Israel is taking care of those who truly are refugees.
Egypt is not going to tolerate Hamas' presence.
The Palestinian Authority is only a puppet opponent of Israel.
By David Wilder
Ariel Sharon. He had many positions, and many titles. I will remember him as a monster.
By Gil Solomon
Under Roman law, calls for a messianic monarchy within the Republic would have been a treasonable offense.
By JTA
A Dutch soccer team is facing criticism for playing in Abu Dhabi after agreeing to the emirate’s demand not to let in the team’s Israeli defender. Two Dutch politicians and several media criticized the soccer team Vitesse from Arnhem over the weekend for agreeing to play in Abu Dhabi despite the refusal Saturday to let […]
God transforms the spiritual into the physical, and Jews transform the physical into the spiritual.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be running her country from bed doe three weeks because of an injured pelvis she suffered during a Christmas vacation ski vacation. "While cross-country skiing during her Christmas vacation, the chancellor suffered from a serious contusion in connection with a so-called infraction, an incomplete fracture of her left backward pelvis. […]
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
A gang of Arabs and anarchists attacked Jewish shepherds, leaving them with severe head and face injuries.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The victim has since recovered from her wounds.
Grabbing a Jewish girl, flicking a lighter next to her hair and saying "let's burn the Jew" is apparently not a racially motivated act in Winnipeg.
So many of 2013's pro-Israel bright lights on U.S. campuses were the result of a single strong individual refusing to allow anti-Israel forces to get away with what they have for far too long on far too many campuses.
By JTA
U.S. Secretary of State Kohn Kerry reportedly will remain in Israel in order to hold additional talks leading to an Israeli –Palestinian peace treaty. Kerry, who arrived in Israel on Thursday, flew to Saudi Arabia on Sunday morning in order to report to Arab leaders on the negotiations. He told reporters in Israel as he […]
By JTA
Israel denied a claim by one of its former ambassadors to Argentina that Israel has killed most of the people responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community building in Buenos Aires. “The vast majority of the guilty parties are in another world, and this is something we did,” Yitzhak Aviran said in an […]
By JTA
Pope Francis will visit Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority in May. The pontiff made the formal announcement of his long-anticipated trip from his Vatican window before a crowd who had gathered in St. Peter’s Square on a rainy Sunday. “In the climate of joy, typical of this Christmas season, I wish to announce that […]
By Veli Sirin
The unraveling of relations between Erdoğan and Gülen overshadow the corruption scandal.
By Batya Medad
The doctors were certain that he'd soon be dead eight years ago.
Tina Sacchi, holistic healer
Mahmoud Abbas tortured prisoners in PA custody and oppressed critical bloggers and journalists.
A brief history of Israel’s legal right to the land under international law.
First ambulances, and now TIPH. PA Arabs have no problem using humanitarian vehicles for terror attacks.
By JTA
French comedian Diedonne M’bala M’bala complained to police about threats to blow up the theater in which he performs. The bomb threat was made Thursday against the Main D’Or theater, which Dieudonne operates, in Paris’ 11th arrondissement, according to MetroNews.fr. Police rushed to the scene but found no explosives. Performances by Dieudonne, a professed anti-Semite […]
By JTA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are responsible for the largest on-record charitable donation in the United States in 2013. For the second straight year, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave away 18 million Facebook shares — a gift worth more than $970 million — to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in December, […]
By JTA
Jennifer Gorovitz resigned as CEO of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco. Gorovitz, the first woman to lead a major American Jewish federation, will step down from her post on March 31, according to a Friday news release. In a letter dated Jan. 3, Gorovitz said that after 10 “phenomenal” years with the federation, […]
“He owed a lot of people money.”
That was G-d's original request, that Moshe "please" speak to the people and request that they borrow and share with their own friends - their fellow Jews, and demonstrate fraternity and devotion.
Jews are specifically targeted for pogroms and genocide.
While tekhelet is a biblical commandment, it’s one full of "buts" that bring me up short.
By Batya Medad
”This is a bizarre proposal which relates to Arab citizens as chess pieces."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A new Facebook campaign by McGill University American History professor Gil Troy, called “Troycott,” has garnered more than 1,100 “likes” in three days, topping the 827 votes of American Studies Association (ASA) members for a boycott of Israel. Troy, who is also an iEngage Project Fellow with the Shalom Hartman Institute, told JNS.org that he […]
By JTA
The family of captive U.S. government contractor Warren Weinstein called for ”date-specific confirmation” that he is still alive. In a statement released Thursday, the Weinstein family said a video distributed last week by al-Qaida in Pakistan does not prove that Weinstein is alive because there is no indication of when it was made. Weinstein, 72, […]
What was a "weapons arsenal" doing in an embassy?
Ariel Sharon saved the life of Yaakov "Katzelah" Katz in the Yom Kippur War but destroyed the lives of thousands of Jews in Gush Katif
The Israeli Air Force late Thursday night aircraft targeted a terror infrastructure site in central Gaza and three concealed rocket launchers in the northern Gaza area. Earlier in the evening, terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a Kassam rocket that exploded near a residential area in the Western Negev but without causing injuries or damage. It […]
Shabbos at a Nefesh weekend is an experience all on its own.
By Alan Bauer
Israelis negotiate like Americans and Europeans. Palestinians work in a different way.
The US wants a state more than the Palestinian’s do.
The Islamic Jihad terrorist moment has infiltrated into the heart of Israel and was involved in last month’s Bat Yam bus bombing near Tel Aviv.
Kerry is manipulating peace talks as if Hamas does not exist, but one day, he will have to come terms with reality.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Modern Language Association does not want to listen to pro-Israel language at a discussion on academic boycotts.
Nazi lovers and sports fans now have chance to add a Nazi-era soccer poster, complete with a swastika, to their collections. A Nazi-era poster of soccer game between Ireland and Germany, represented by a picture of a swastika, is going on sale at an auction in Dublin.The poster is expected to bring in up to […]
Naftali Bennett, chairman of the Jewish Home party, wrote on his Facebook page that former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, barely hanging on to his life, did some awful things and then turned around and said he should be remembered for his good deed. “There certainly are many people, including myself, who are very angry at […]
By Moshe Herman
Yishai broadcasts from the Menachem Begin Center in Jerusalem where he recently attended the Techelet Conference. He talks with experts and scholars regarding the blue dye and the controversy it has caused in the Jewish world.
"Boruch's vort [engagement celebration] is tonight," Chaim said to his friend, Yoni. "How are you getting there?" "I'm not sure," said Yoni. "I'm looking for a ride with someone. Any chance you're driving?"
Jerusalem Arabs hurled a firebomb at a “pillbox” guard tower at the Jewish neighborhood of Ma'aleh HaZeitim (Ras al Amud) guardhouse Thursday afternoon. No one was injured, but the guard tower was damaged. Firefighting crews put out the fire. Rock-throwing ambushes are common in the neighborhood, which is under the sovereignty of Israel but where […]
Question: Is it permitted on the Sabbath or holidays to take a shuttle to synagogue? My neighborhood shuttle runs from 9-5 daily, is driven by a gentile, has a designated stop schedule, and is free of charge.
A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to three months in jail, 800 lashes and slapped him with a $2,666 fine for using Twitter and Facebook to falsely accuse a Kuwaiti singer from the United Arab Emirates of immoral behavior. He also posted photos of the singer. Arab News reported, “Many have welcomed […]
The Egyptians lived through the most powerful manifestation of Hashem’s might. For months, they were afflicted while Hashem “played with” Mitzrayim. Two points were made clear: Hashem is the Master of Creation, and Moshe was the messenger of Hashem. Everything Moshe said would happen, happened – with precision and exactness.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The New And The Old “The Kohen Gadol, Due To Fatigue…” (Yoma 56b)
Israeli soldiers shot and seriously wounded a Gaza Arab Thursday evening when he and others approached the security fence and refuse several requests to step back. The Bethlehem-based Ma'an News Agency reported that “the man was shot near a cemetery,” which is a new version of propaganda that usually describes people at the fence as […]
By dvora
Parents possess divine inspiration (ruach haKodesh) when naming their children. In instances wherein a child is named after a departed loved one, we take great care in our choice – in the belief that the best character traits of the person we are honoring will be reflected in our precious progeny’s actions.
There is a question as to whether darkness is its literal meaning, or if it is simply the absence of light. The fact that light overcomes darkness is not an indication that darkness is merely a lack of light.
Question: Is it halachically permissible to give presents to a chatan or bar mitzvah boy on Shabbat?
He must be a very important person to get such an important mitzvah, I heard them say, as Mr. Loewenstein, the local assemblyman, stepped up to recite the Torah blessing before the reading of the Ten Commandments. And Mr. Kleppish was too embarrassed to tell his wife that he only got third galilah on Shabbat Rosh Chodesh Chanukah. Meanwhile, in the neighborhood shtiebel, Maftir was sold for $500 and petichah for $20.
Czech police found weapons at the Palestinian Authority mission in Prague where the PA ambassador was killed Wednesday after a safe he was handling exploded. Police confirmed that “some weapons” were found but did not reveal any details on their type or number. So far, the explosion has been written off as an accident that […]
Kerry ignored the comments.
A car bomb killed at least seven people and wounded 20 others in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut Thursday afternoon, the Beirut Daily Star reported. The site of the blast was only 150 feet from the offices where Hezbollah officials hold regular meetings Hezbollah is continuing to get a taste of its medicine as Lebanese […]
By JTA
French police are searching for an unidentified man who performed an anti-Semitic gesture at three locales connected to the murder of Jews. A photo of the suspect surfaced last week online in which he performed the quenelle, a quasi-Nazi salute, in front of the Toulouse school where the Muslim extremist Mohammed Merah murdered four Jews […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport around 3 p.m. Thursday, bringing with him the usual traffic headache for motorists who are kept away from the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway while his cavalcade takes him for a meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Kerry is scheduled to meet with Palestinian Authority […]
The Palestinian Authority opened up the propaganda taps Wednesday with charges that Israel and the “occupation forces” are “torturing” Arab children. The allegations were reported several hours before U.S. Secretary of State John Kelley landed in Israel. He previously has incited Arab violence by warning Israel that if it does not do as he says, […]
When our ancestor Yosef found himself alone and abandoned in Egypt, the image of his father that kept him anchored.
President Obama’s core argument is still founded on incorrect assumptions.
Not only are social values deconstructing at an accelerated rate, but we are also experiencing territorial deconstruction.
Foreign media are reporting without question another Palestinian Authority story of a death of an elderly man – instead of the usual pregnant woman, toddler or mentally disturbed person – at the hands of the IDF, which was operating in the area of Kalkilya, located between western Samaria communities and the metropolitan Tel Aviv city […]
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Moses did not speak about today or tomorrow. He spoke about the distant future.
The ASA has obviously overlooked the pathology of Palestinian society.
Israel will honor the late Senator Daniel Inouye, who was one of Congress’ most stalwart pro-Israel legislators, by naming an Arrow missile after him, the first time the honor will have been expressed for someone who is not an Israeli. Irene Inouye, wife of the senator, is scheduled to attend the January 14 cemetery at […]
The connection between riches and romance.
As secretary of state Kerry arrives in Israel to twist the arms of the parties into a "peace" agreement, the Palestinian Arabs make clear their goals and methodology
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has only four days to live, Israeli media reported quoted doctors as saying Wednesday night after his condition deteriorated following kidney failure, which can cause his entire system to fail. The Walla! Hebrew-language news site stated that a doctor at Tel HaShomer Medical Center said, “He can be kept alive […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will be more polite in announcing new housing for Jews in Judea and Samaria this time around and will wait until U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is out of town before stating the plans, Army Radio reported Wednesday. Almost every time an American official visits Israel and wins concessions for […]
A rugged soldier needs a rugged smartphone in today’s high-tech warfare, and the Defense Ministry is buying from Motorola $100 million of next generation smartphones for its troops. American aid will finance half of the project, with the first military unit to have them in the battlefield within two years. The ministry said Motorola has […]
The United States will increase its aid to the Palestinian Authority by $14 million in 2014, bringing the American contributions to Mahmoud Abbas’ regime to $440 million, according to Maen Rashid Areikat, the PA’s chief representative in Washington. He added that the funds will be funneled through United States Agency for International Development (USAID) except […]
By Ben Cohen
Even if Egyptian pressure lead to the collapse of Hamas, Gaza’s problems are unlikely to be solved overnight.
By Batya Israel
Can you imagine being deprived for years of conjugal relations, intimacy, and a home life?
I often hear from parents who struggle to pay their kids’ tuition, while supporting others parents’ children.
By Moshe Herman
Yishai and Malkah talk about Arab terrorist release, French Aliyah, and NSA spying in Israel.
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, in a coma for eight years, is in a deteriorating medical condition and is suffering from kidney problems, doctors reported Wednesday night. They did not state the severity of his health. He has been in a coma since a second stroke on January 4, 2006, although the Tel HaShomer Medical […]
Now quinoa is OK for Pesach says the OU.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sounding more and more like Syrian President Bassar al-Assad, has blamed foreigners for supposedly engineering the corruption probe that has rocked his government. He appealed directly to the people with a populist cry to support him against some foreign enemy attacking "the bread on your table, the money in […]
July 3, 2026 
