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Dovid Schwartz

Dovid Schwartz is the publisher of JewishPress.com and chairman of the Karnei Shomron Likud branch.

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How the Left Snookered Jewish Newspapers into Attacking Trump and Legitimizing Non-Orthodoxy

By Dovid Schwartz

Using Jewish blood to gain religious equivalency and legitimacy from an Orthodox newspaper like The Jewish Press was immoral and reprehensible.

Israel Elections 5773 / Op-Eds

Why I am Voting Likud

By Dovid Schwartz

The Likud has achieved much over the last four years for settlements and the nation, and aside from his silly insistence on the two-state solution, Netanyahu has been a pretty good Prime Minister.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel / The Courts

In Groundbreaking Decision, Rabbinic Court Equates Lesbian and Heterosexual Relations

By Dovid Schwartz

After 10 years of marriage, with 2 children, the wife began an affair with her female boss.

Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

A Thank You from JewishPress.com

By Dovid Schwartz

Thank you to all our readers who responded and opened up their homes to residents from Israel's south.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Palestinians Plan to Outmaneuver Israel, the US, in Next Bid for UN Statehood

By Dovid Schwartz

The Palestinian Authority will likely bid in September to become a UN “non-member observer state.” A document prepared by the PLO’s negotiations support unit, says both Israel and the U.S. have an arsenal of punitive measures at their disposal. It says the U.S. could close the PLO mission in Washington, suspend aid to the Palestinians or withhold contributions to any UN agency the Palestinians try to join. The Arab League last month gave Abbas its backing for a new General Assembly bid, but did not specifically recommend its timing.

News Briefs / Politics

Mitt Coming to Israel, Banking on Obama's Cool Ties with Netanyahu

By Dovid Schwartz

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will leave on Wednesday for a week-long trip to the Olympics in London, Poland, and Israel.

Israel / News Briefs

Tragic Ulpana Hill Evacuation Conducted in Orderly Fashion

By Dovid Schwartz

Contractors hired by the Defense Ministry are busy packing the contents of the houses slated for evacuation Tuesday. Some residents held a press conference and described their feelings. "We're being removed against our will," said one of the local women. "We're doing it with a broken heart, but with our heads held high."

News Briefs / Politics / Religious & Secular in Israel

Mass Early Morning 'Sack and Ashes' Rally Against Haredi Draft

By Dovid Schwartz

The assembly of at least 2000 began by saying Slichot, led by Rabbi Yaakov Chanun, who is the baal tefilah at the Munkatch beit Midrash on the Yamim Noraim. The assembled repeated chapters of Tehilim, verse by verse, and sat down on the ground in mourning just as Jews do on the day of Tisha B'Av.

Israel

Yad L'Achim Gets Missionary Ad Pulled from Israel Radio

By Dovid Schwartz

The ad claimed to offer a solution to emotional distress and offered to send a booklet to listeners who called in. The name of the booklet? "The Power to Change," with a subheading, "He changed me."Those who phoned in were asked to provide additional contact information and sent what turned out to be a missionary booklet that included Christian preaching urging faith in "that man."

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