יום ראשון, י״ט אב תשפ״וSunday, August 2, 2026
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Finding Tekhelet is about fulfilling an ancient mitzvah that was there the whole time.
By Paula Stern
The list of countries who rushed to help during the Oklahoma tornadoes is tiny.
Egypt is not going to tolerate Hamas' presence.
By Batya Medad
The doctors were certain that he'd soon be dead eight years ago.
Mahmoud Abbas tortured prisoners in PA custody and oppressed critical bloggers and journalists.
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."
The IDF Haredi draft is "a cynical attempt at social engineering."
By Batya Medad
"The Holocaust was not six million. It was one plus one plus one."
The PA is not capable of making historic decisions.
Selangor Perkasa chief Abu Bakar Yahya said it was inappropriate for non-Muslims to use the word.
What data was the ASA using to justify its boycott?
The conference was in part a commemoration of Rav Herzog.
By David Morris
This is apparently some kind of good-will gesture to the Palestinians.
By Paula Stern
As a woman, I am very sensitive to comparing rape to...well, virtually anything.
Social media will, in the long run, hinder us, as we mistake Facebook comments for agents of growth.
The visuals show the importance of violence for the culture of Fatah.
By Batya Medad
When Chavi was stricken with Polio, children didn't have many rights.
By DovBear
I wish there were a publication and verification process for gedolim.
It all makes perfect sense if you are schizophrenic.
It's not similar in as much as it's identical.
Rav Chaim Kanievsky couldn't possibly have said it with an understanding of the case's real context.
The proposal is facing secular opposition.
The Israeli air force launched strikes Tuesday afternoon on targets in the Gaza Strip
In Massachusetts alone, Israeli companies have generated more than $6.2 billion in 2013.
Haredi rabbinical leaders see the Czarist conscription now in Israel's draft.
When we are dealing in non-legal matters, we are no longer concerned with precedent.
Why is the Arab League seemingly aware of this event but there is nothing from the Israeli side?
The Speaker of the House does not think the idea of installing a Christmas tree is appropriate.
The Charedi rabbinic leadership not only does not express gratitude for what Herzl created, they condemn him as an evil man.
Moussavi said both Hezbollah and the Lebanese Army are the target of Israeli-backed Takfiri groups.
By Paula Stern
You dare to hold Jonathan Pollard in prison for 29 years for spying on an ally...when you've been doing the same thing all along?
By Paula Stern
I wish, just once, if they were going to accuse us of something, that it was at least halfway credible.
Leftists sometimes act in hypocritical ways...
By David Morris
Following Rav Elon's conviction, Rabbi Chaim Druckman invited him to teach at Yeshivat Or Etzion.
By Batya Medad
Thank God we're all healthy and rich with friends and family.
Burying a young man in snowbound Jerusalem.
Netanya City Hall says that the new program will not be in a new, separate, building.
It's not a pleasant sight, as you can see from the picture.
The Charedi ranks are growing exponentially with every new generation.
Sheikh Mohammed Luni Jihad asserted that the Israelis created the snowstorm to punish Palestinians and destroy the Al Asqa Mosque.
"We very strongly identify with the Aseh Chayil National Religious and Modern Orthodox ideology."
The two earliest mentions I could find of Arab boycotts of Jews.
By Batya Medad
Peace is not around the corner.
By Paula Stern
Two things I miss in Israel: Sunday and Snow
By Batya Medad
Israel did send an impressive delegation, but it didn't include Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
Sisi is not on the list.
The Rabbanut is going out on an initiative to prevent stores from staying open past the entry of Shabbos.
I don’t know how observant Mr. Brooks is, but I do know he understands what being Jewish means.
At the Benghazi hearings, Hillary famously demanded to know what difference it made. The same can be said of her life.
By Batya Medad
Avi Lipkin talks about the Arab spring, Syria and Hillary Clinton.
By David Morris
90 heads of state were in attendance -- but not from Israel.
"Everything we have done and learned regarding the gifted students has also come from speaking to more experienced Olim, not through the system."
Any apartment that sits empty for 9 months out of the year will be taxed double the normal rates.
Rabbi Metzger’s less than honorable reputation was known long before he ran for that position.
Euro-Mid is blaming Israel for defending itself because killing terrorists creates widows.
Peres chose the uranium because Israel needed it to survive.
The man was reportedly suffering from mental illness.
By Batya Medad
Even if declaring partial sovereignty eases pressure on Israel immediately afterwards, it is dangerous.
Marvin Schick called Rabbi Frankfurters’s response "breathtaking in its mean spiritedness."
By Atara Beck
Israeli politicians have interfered to prevent the Jerusalem Patriarchate from firing Nadaf and destroying his livelihood.
Isn't the new pragmatic Iran wonderful?
By DovBear
The Forward resents the hegemony of the Hasmoneans.
By David Morris
This Dvar Torah is a must for every parent and educator.
The world lost a great man last week.
The Jewish Press now reveals what Kerry and Netanyahu really meant to say Thursday.
“I have daughters to marry off and the husbands they want to marry will not accept daughters of someone who is working!”
By David Morris
The image of Naama Margalit became a symbol, overnight, of the struggle for peaceful neighborly relations in Beit Shemesh.
By Tzvee Zahavy
These Jewish success books are "very dangerous."
You truly need to be an academic to be so stupid as to endorse this.
With Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party already has an Anti-Obama in waiting.
By DovBear
Yehudis and Chana are not part of our holy Mesorah!
I wonder in what way they were being "more machmir" when making grape juice...
If the Syrian-Greeks were not pushed out of the land, Judaism would have been lost.
By Paula Stern
Despite repeated promises by virtually every Israeli government in the last decade or two, E1 remains largely vacant.
By Batya Medad
He said Labor rejects the construction of Jewish settlements "on Palestinian land."
The focus of Israeli education is teaching war, so students will be ready to kill Arabs.
She had a heart problem but no one imagined she would pass away the next day.
By DovBear
We should view the Hillel and Shammai schools' dispute in the context of their founders.
How long do you want to live in America before realizing that you have not lived long enough in Israel?
Honestly, it would be hard to choose the one area that could win the title “the most dramatic site” in Eretz Yisrael. However, one strong candidate has to be Gush Etzion.
Basically, the real problem is bad parenting. He calls it parental selfishness.
By Atara Beck
The Obama administration has been touting its alleged rapprochement with Iran in recent months.
The constant expansion and destructive acquisition of small innovative companies maintains the illusion that the latest digital horse is something special.
July 31, 2026 
