יום רביעי, כ״ד חשוון תשפ״זWednesday, November 4, 2026
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The first and foremost function of a modern state is to take care of all its citizens.
Sing HaTikvah, eat kosher food, watch the basketball game and feel like a real Jew.
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, whose son Andrew is current governor, was hospitalized for a heart condition Saturday night. The elder Cuomo, now 82, served three terms in office. “He is in good spirits and thanks everyone for their support and best wishes,” the office of his son Andrew said in a statement on […]
The crimes from the Nazi regime still are being discovered.
Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson has resigned from the police force.
Anti-coexistence and Anti-Arab sentiment appears to be behind fire set at bilingual coexistence school in Jerusalem.
On November 29, 1947 the United Nations voted in a plan for the partition of the British Mandate territory of Palestine. The plan came to be called the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine or United Nations General Assembly Resolution 181.
Will Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein be abdicating his throne to create a "Palestinian" state?
The rats run away from the ship so it won’t sink.
By JoeSettler
Everything you thought you knew about the "Jewish Nation State" law is wrong. Here are 5 common misconceptions about the proposed law.
JDAMs convert free-fall bombs into precision-guided smart weapons.
The IDF gets a Chief of Staff who is not afraid to fight.
Barring MKs from the Temple Mount is surrender to murderers.
Their memoirs capture these experiences through a Torah-faith point of view.
By Rachel Levy
The NYT published sensitive info on a Ferguson cop -- but ignored a US condemnation of terror.
The penultimate section of the book serves as a primer to modern Biblical scholarship and Orthodox responses.
Time passed and Zemira gave birth to a son but not even this could awaken Avinadav from his melancholy.
Lester Crown, a perennial member of the Forbes 400 list since 1982 and founder of the prestigious Covenant Foundation, took the stage in Washington, D.C. before a room of high-powered dignitaries, philanthropists, and innovators.
A person who truly feels that everything is a blessing from G-d will count his blessings and realize just how much he has.
In a world where people question whether they should be engaged, we are a reminder that all Jews are responsible for one another.
By Tibbi Singer
Some of these Gazan tunnels were estimated to have cost $3 million to construct, but will they sustain continued flooding by rain and sewer water?
“Ninety percent of them [Arabs] don’t know what is written in the Kuran.”
By Joseph Cox
Yaacov returns the stolen blessing of material wealth and physical might to Esav
“Lone wolves” trying to murder Jews are popping up too frequently.
By JTA
The Gurlitt Museum promises all looted art will be returned to the rightful owners.
Liberal Jews are for tolerance until they also have to be tolerant.
Israeli Shayetet 13 Naval commandos discovered a wounded fellow swimmer in the water, while they were doing a training exercise on Thursday morning. The commandos helped and treated the dolphin until a marine animal doctor could arrive to help it further. By the way, the temperature in Israel was between 52-66 degree Fahrenheit on Thursday, […]
By Moshe Herman
First, in this week's Spiritual Cafe, Rabbi Mike Feuer asks whether it is immature for Jews to yearn for signs from above to get through dark times? Then, Colonel Dakar Eilat, found of an Elite special forces unit talks about his background and anti-terror in Israel.
A pre-Thanksgiving speech for Americans. Obama, are you listening?
"You've been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army.”
The Jew, from the perspective of the name Yaakov, is dependent on the non-Jewish world. This can be seen today in the relationship between the State of Israel and the United States
Yet, ultimately, looking back, these “setbacks” turned out to be really for the patient’s best – for the good.
In the afternoon, he reached into his pocket to check for the money, but it was empty. "The $50 bill must have fallen out," Alex exclaimed. "It's got to be in one of the rooms I was just at."
By Jolie Greiff
My son is seventeen; he didn't want to talk about what happened, or give any details of the Rosh Yeshiva's words of chizuk.
Not as well known, however, is Keller’s involvement with Jewish and Israeli communities.
Although the conversion ceremony involves more than circumcision and immersion, these are the two essential requirements, without which the conversion is ineffective.
Murderers have upgraded their weapons from rocks and firebombs to guns.
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)
Rashi in Shabbos 9b writes that the reason why the tefillah of Ma’ariv is a reshus is because it was instituted corresponding to the burning of the eimurim from the korbanos – which was performed at night.
All involved in the Ferguson debate should learn the laws pertinent to non-Jews: the Noahide Laws.
It almost sounds as if Hashem is saying, “I have to keep Yaakov from getting too comfortable; otherwise he will forget Me. I can’t promise him sustenance because then he won’t need Me. He won’t write. He won’t call. He won’t love Me anymore.”
Thanksgiving is an American secular holiday that most Jews have no problem celebrating due to its lack of overt religious symbols (unlike the American holidays right before and after it). Still, there are always holdouts for some reason or another. Let's hear what you do...
Maybe he thought those white hoods are prayer shawls although they are closer to being burkas.
By Rabbi Yaakov Klass and Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum
The Decree Of 1587 “Two Kabs Of Dinars Were Given…To King Yanai” (Yevamos 61a)
Prominent Jewish leaders acknowledged that their predecessors had mistreated the Bergson Group.
Abbas has been adding new layers of rhetoric to his tactical campaign to de-Judaize Jerusalem
By Manfred Gerstenfeld and Jamie Berk
Hamas’s love for death tried to have as many Palestinian civilians killed as possible
Israel recognizes the fabrication called a Palestinian nation; So what do we want from the Swedes?
By Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z"l
Simply too many cases of prayers being answered to deny it makes a difference to our fate. It does.
Prayer is our language: Hakol kol Yaakov – the voice is the voice of Jacob – the voice of prayer.
Jacob cries, overcome by the knowledge that his great love for Rachel will end in unbearable pain.
As the expression goes, "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight."
There's a perfect mirror between Jacob running away from Esav to when he reunites with his brother.
By Batya Medad
It's clear that Obama equates Israelis and Arabs as equal sufferers of "violence."
Hamas snipers fired from Gaza at an IDF routine patrol operating along the security fence early afternoon on Thursday. No injuries were reported, and the vehicle was damaged. The IDF responded with an artillery shell aimed at the source of fire.
By Paul Gherkin
Arab attacking Jews in the land date back a century, long before Israel was created or in control.
Jacob Richman found this amusing mistake in the store. Do we eat these "extra crispy" soap nuts, or wash the dishes with them?
For every terrorist cell Israel announces it has captured, there are many more kept under wraps.
On Monday evening, tTwo Arab MKs hurled epithets at MKs David Rotem and Feiglin from the podium. Here is Feiglin's response.
Most significantly, both sides made progress until they talked about the status of Jerusalem.
If the Shin Bet had not stopped the terrorist cells in its tracks, they would have caused a mass catastrophe.
MK Miri Regev said the law is a difficult and complicated one, and it requires a serious discussion about its downsides, and therefore shouldn't be rushed into implementation.
The Navy has selected Captain Or Cohen to become the first woman appointed as an IDF Navy ship's commander.
By Moshe Herman
With rain falling in Israel, Yishai discusses the need for infrastructure to capture more of that rain. Good leadership is also a blessing: Yishai explains why he appreciates Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Moshe Feiglin and Economics Minister Naftali Bennet. Then, Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel is an author and educator who lives in Har Nof, he gives a status on how the ultra-Orthodox community is coping. Finally, Knesset Insider Jeremy Saltan discusses new laws and bills that seem to point to a nationalist Zionist trend in Israel.
Three Gazans were captured overnight when they crossed over the security fence into Israel.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Over 200 hair salons across Israel took part in the annual nationwide drive to collect hair for the Zichron Menachem Cancer Support in Israel in partnership with Pantene Products Israel.
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
In 2014, cruise ship traffic to Israel decreased by almost two-thirds in comparison with the year before.
U.S. Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg had heart surgery on Wednesday, Nov. 26.
Creativity without clarity is not sufficient for writing. I am eternally thankful to Hashem for his gift to me.
Golden presents a compelling saga of poor but determined immigrants who fled pogroms and harsh conditions in their homelands for a better life in a land of opportunity.
By dvora
“The Israeli government is not interested in the collapse of the Palestinian Authority,” said Arbell, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution who teaches at American University here. “There may be faults in Abbas and the leadership and in what they’re doing, but they’re still the safest bet.”
The malicious manipulation of frustrated fury is surely as egregious as merely perceived racism.
Shas head Aryeh Deri said this evening on Radio Kol Chai that if Netanyahu met his two non-negotiable conditions, Shas could join the coalition.
It seems to us that while the Jewish entitlement to the land of Israel transcends the Holocaust, the Jewish experience during that tragic time is the most solid of foundations for these “national rights.”
Too many self-styled civil rights activists seemed determined to force, by their relentless pressure, an indictment regardless of what an investigation might turn up.
The man, a resident of Beit Safafa, tried on three different occasions last week to burn down the section of the hospital building where he worked.
Unfortunately, at present, the rabbinate does not play a positive role in preventing abuse.
Pollard hit American where it hurts the most.
The terrorist's wife will now have to return to the Palestinian Authority, following the decision by Interior Minister Gilad Erdan.
By Shalom Bear
Egypt's al-Sisi is in an expansionist mood. He wants Israel's permission to take over Judea and Samaria.
The proposal includes some extreme measures to fight the current wave of terrorism.
By Barry Shaw
Cries of justice for Michael Brown drowned out any call for justice for Police Officer Daryl Wilson.
Yitzhak called you Esav and you answered him, then he called you Yaakov and you also answered him!”
By Paul Gherkin
Cloistered captain Obama, touts his talents and has the temerity to taunt Bibi,his besieged ally
The Kinneret rose 3.5 centimeters overnight due to the heavy rainstorm that hit the country.
The father-son team recently gave a check to the family of Druze policeman Zidan Saif for his role in stopping the Har Nof Massacre.
By Batya Medad
Undoubtedly, once he's "former president Obama" he'll join anti-Israel Jimmy Carter against Israel.
October 30, 2026 
