יום חמישי, כ״ה חשוון תשפ״זThursday, November 5, 2026
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By Selena Myers
Easy lives create simple people; hard lives create strong people; Let Israel be strengthened by this
Eitam and Na’ama Henkin never lived to see their children grown, never see them marry...
By Paul Gherkin
This fleeting note of concern by the UN about murdered Israeli civilians remains disappointing.
By Batya Medad
I was hoping for condemnations of the murdering terrorists...and was met with deafening silence
Modern Orthodoxy adheres to orah and Halacha but embraces secular education, ethics, and culture
Blogger @Israel_Shield talks about the recent #PogromsInJerusalem
Israel's soldiers have our faith, they have our prayer, and they have our love.
By Batya Medad
Only when the people of the world reject & condemn Arab terrorism will the terrorism begin to cease
Here in Israel, the Jewish state, we are blessedly not the "other" and this is great and this is bad
By JoeSettler
If Diaa Hadid and her NYTImes editor are going to put up false and misleading headlines and excerpts , they shouldn't be allowed to publish.
HaShem, watch over our sons and daughters, the soldiers of Israel; G'mar hatima tova to all
By Batya Medad
Adult Arabs admitted/insisted that they have no control over the youth who are attacking Jews.
I'm more concerned by US policies which drive Israel closer to WW III than I'm concerned about Iran
Charedi argument that one can get along without internet is being quickly discarded by many Charedim
Abu Mazen is no stranger to bombshells or bombs, but his latest statement has everyone speculating about the show he is expected to give at the UN.
{Originally posted to the author's eponymous website, RabbiHaber} Last month, I had the privilege of serving as the tour guide/educator on a ten-day Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. This was the first time I have served in this role; I hope it will be the first of many such opportunities. As has been widely noted and acknowledged, […]
By Steven Plaut
Will Ahava (love) be allowed to enter the cauldron of Europe? You might need to "schmear" the guards
By Paul Gherkin
May the shofar sounding move us all in meaningful ways. All the best for a happy and healthy year.
By JoeSettler
Israel needs to start pushing the jungle back.
By JoeSettler
All the actors were in place, only, they didn't expect the Jews to react as they did.
By Batya Medad
Israel has a serious problem because judges choose judges and they have a STRONG Leftist ideology
By JoeSettler
Netanyahu seems to be overlooking the only solution guaranteed to work...
By Paul Gherkin
Dem Presidential candidates pursue policies for Iran far less rigorous than they expect of Americans
"History repeats itself" especially when referring to the hatred of Jews, our history & our heritage
By Tzvi Fishman
We prayed for 2,000 years to return home to Israel, does it make sense to leave the Holy Land on RH?
By Batya Medad
My experience with Arabs is clear: Most prefer us settlers in Judea/Samaria to Israeli Leftists
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler says Rabbi Goldstein made a beautiful case for Israel, but South Africa is the disease, and Israel is the cure...
My Rosh HaShana wish is for Israel's government to properly ensure the safety&security of our Nation
As an underqualified but highly motivated Aliyah tour guide, I thought I’d give my perspective on the transportation system here in Israel. Please read on for the good, the bad, the ridiculous and the insane of Egged, Dan, Kavim and more- AKA- The Israeli Bus System. I would be remiss if I did not mention […]
Jerusalem, where one is blessed by beggars, large lions line streets, & umbrellas hang from heaven.
By Batya Medad
Israelis of all ages have been murdered or seriously injured by such rocks thrown in terror attacks.
Judaism's only way for survival is through "normalcy" by the mainstream discrediting the extremes
Though it missed, the rocket's story is simple: It had 1 target-our children-on school's opening day
By Batya Medad
Not only is the Democratic Party a danger to the State of Israel, it's a danger to the United States
In dating women are seen 1st as objects; people 2nd regardless of claims to contrary from any group.
By JoeSettler
One Arab man stood apart from his neighbors and saved the lost American Jewish tourists from being lynched.
By Paul Gherkin
UNRWA staff numbers 30,000, 3.5X the # for rest of the world's refugees yet serves only 13% of total
By Batya Medad
Jews & Israel will have a smaller role and value in the 2016 Pres. election campaign than in decades
No one wants war; sometimes there's no choice. Sometimes it's the lesser of 2 evils. US must prepare
By Batya Medad
Despite many IDF soldiers jailed for defending themselves, families say,"Rather jailed than dead."
Why won't the gov't finally annex YESHA & Jordan Valley formalizing their status in State of Israel?
By Selena Myers
Both "Half-Shabbat" & R’ Yosef's opinion champion an extreme. There most certainly is a happy medium
By Batya Medad
Trump's slogan and story gives American restores hope to dream to: "Make America Great Again"
By JoeSettler
In their attack on Ban Ki Moon, Hamas admitted to committing a different war crime.
The ideal of Modern Orthodoxy should be not be viewed as a compromise the way most Charedim view it.
By Batya Medad
Israel shouldn't rely on US; It has an awful record in protecting allies.
The Halacha of shmirat einayim (guarding one’s eyes) is incumbent on the MAN; it's his obligation
I've decided to move away from my safety net-and I wouldn't change that decision for anything.
By Batya Medad
Was "Jerusalem" the song Matisyahu planned to perform? It was the PERFECT response to BDS campaign
If the world's winds of hatred bring Jews to Israel we are ready, joyfully offering them a home here
By Selena Myers
At what age should the realization start setting in for kids that we live in an uncertain society?
Spain's SeaWorld canceled Zionist-spy dolphin's performance unless it supports a Palestinian state
By Batya Medad
Shabbat afternoon soccer games, a tradition in Israel's league, may become a thing of the past.
Calling the Jewish Press‘closest thing to a frum English-language weekly’ insults the publication
So long as Jews dance for the sheer pleasure of thanking God, Israel will never be defeated!
By Batya Medad
Matisyahu was bounced from a music festival because he wouldn't sign pro-BDS, anti-Israel manifesto.
By Batya Medad
Danon is still young, perhaps one day he'll succeed Bibi. Representing Israel in UN is good training
By Batya Medad
I think it has been a major tactical mistake for Israel to consider Iran a particularly Israeli problem. And it is of crucial importance for Israel and Israelis to stop thinking that we have any influence on international leaders when it comes to anything, including international policy re: Iran. That's why I think that Yair […]
By JoeSettler
The very challenges that most irk Netanyahu about Danon, are the skills that will make him successful in the UN.
Professor Cohen's quotes statistics proving Reform & Conservative Judaism are in free fall.
By Batya Medad
When Israel's Left cries that Israel's mission is to be a secular democracy, they're wrong or lying.
Most that struggle abandon observance altogether. Why did these 3 remain observant?
When my cousin Rabbi Kupinsky was beheaded by Arabs this year in Har Nof his killers were celebrated
Rivlin has visited Arab victims of Israeli attacks, declaring that "his people are terrorists"
I'm a realist; When an enemy screams "Death to Israel! Death to America!" I take it seriously.
Yesterday, I wrote a mealy-mouthed piece entitled, Obama/Fareed Agree: Bibi is Pushy, Inappropriate. Why mealy-mouthed? Because I wanted to say so much more. I wanted to say, for instance, that Fareed had asserted as fact an antisemitic trope and Obama approved: Joos=Pushy. Now of course, Zakaria has no great love for Israel. Of Zakaria, Haim […]
Esav Sonei L'Yaakov: Is this how we should think of all non Jews?
By Batya Medad
Considering the difficult Israel-US history, why does the myth of US friendship&superiority persist?
By Paul Gherkin
Despite Abbas lacking ANY authority, Kerry continues pressuring Israel to negotiate with him
By Batya Medad
Frustration & anger is high amongst Israeli Jews. Our judicial & diplomatic systems favor the Arabs
By Paul Gherkin
Judaism & Islam had amazing historical finds in July; NY Times thought only 1 important-Guess which?
By Batya Medad
Judaism isn't a part-time religion. Every aspect of life has a Jewish connection.
Surprisingly, many Hareidi communities do not advocate full time Kollel study for life as the ideal.
By Selena Myers
“You’ve been out on enough dates, are you going to marry him?” Many times I’ve choked at this point.
By Paula Stern
What is left to say when a 16 year-old is dead? How will her mother and family endure without her?
By Paul Gherkin
Who said Kerry won no concessions from Iran? He secured pistachios and Beluga caviar for America!
By Batya Medad
Compare the numbers. Disproportionately too many Arab attacks on Jews have been happening.
Gentile friends of Israel came from all over Norway & Europe and they sang "Hatikva" in Norwegian!
By JoeSettler
As the incitement begins again against the settlers, the religious and the Right, let's review the list of children killed by terrorists.
Reports of a dead baby, a devastated family, and indications of a gloating attacker.
In all the years (and this week it's exactly 14 years) since our daughter was murdered, we have not found a single Arabic-language post, article, tweet or speech condemning that attack in the center of Jerusalem or the killings.
By JoeSettler
Everyone is angry at the ongoing Arab terrorism, but what does murdering a baby have to do with protecting Jewish lives or furthering Jewish settlement in the Land of Israel?
Tonight, live Meerkat interactive video tour and talk in Jerusalem.
By Paula Stern
The US doesn’t want Pollard & he doesn’t want America- release him with 1 condition: No return to US
By Batya Medad
Amongst the Palestinians (sic) what is promoted and praised for its young people? Terror & martyrdom
"If you can't negotiate with your enemy, why negotiate at all?" Great sound bite. The press loved it
The phenomenon pushing limits of Orthodoxy to the extreme left has no chance of becoming mainstream
By Paul Gherkin
{Originally posted to the author's website, FirstOne Through} Some passionate and eloquent liberals have bemoaned the state of inclusiveness among Jews today. Leon Wieseltier, editor of the New Republic penned an angry piece “J Street’s Rejection Is a Scandal” about the exclusion in 2014 of J Street from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. […]
By Batya Medad
Considering Esther Pollard's group mismanaged his case, Pollard's chances of parole are slim
By Tzvi Fishman
Detention Camps for US Jews? Sounds farfetched but it did to Japanese-Americans during WW II as well
By JoeSettler
We asked the soldiers, what will you tell your children you did during the Disengagement?
By Batya Medad
The Arab terrorist murderer who murdered Malachi Rosenfeld,(HY"D)last month, was an American citizen
By Paul Gherkin
The Kotel gained significance around 1550. Previously, many Jews prayed on the Temple Mount itself.
By JoeSettler
The "Stop Iran" rally was a voice of sanity coming from the American people, and directed at Senator Chuck Schumer who holds the keys...
Shalit Deal advocates: "Israel must do whatever it takes" to free Gilad; This proved deadly nonsense
Dear CNN: When hypocrisy rules a media outlet, its mandate to call what they do "journalism" expires
By Selena Myers
With it seems more lives than a cat, I now recognize Hasgacha Pratis is HaShem's involvement in life
There needs to be clarity about what is & isn’t acceptable in Orthodoxy; That should be the debate.
By Batya Medad
Obama, Kerry etc are promoting their "deal" like it's the genuine article, not a cheap "knock-off"
October 30, 2026 
