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“Naturally, as the process of closing tunnels from Egypt to Gaza becomes more efficient, the smuggling attempts by sea increase.”
Ethical and moral laws in the Torah depend on the context. Kindness and virtue largely depend on the subjective expectations of one’s friends and community.
By David Morris
Some sexual abusers will devote enormous efforts to preparing a child for abuse, in such a way that the child will least resist, and the perpetrator will be most protected.
Polonium was itself not found on Arafat's remains, but lead-210 was, which is assumed to be masking the polonium.
For me, Conservative Judaism is not the answer to the future of Judaism.
By DovBear
This post will attempt to explain how the idea of the crying angels developed.
By Daniel Pipes
Unlike nearby Israel, which is also surrounded, Cyprus lacks either a military option or protective fences.
Much of what all religions teach is magical. If one does not believe in God, then we would rightly call it all superstition.
By David Morris
A low-point in the elections was a "Kol Korei" rabbinical announcement demanding that the the faithful vote for Moshe Abutbol.
By Batya Medad
Israelis are not happy about the next round of talks being directed by United States Secretary of State John Kerry.
The reverence that Islam holds for King Solomon as a prophet is one of the main reasons why the Arab forces sought to build a mosque in Jerusalem.
By ora@muqatta
And figured some day you'll Google it.
We tried to put him in kindergarten but the Jewish day school couldn’t handle him. Their solution was to put him in "time out" all day.
Rabbi Grylak blames the Israeli Yated -- specifically naming its editor Nati Grossman for fomenting enmity and violence by vilifying anyone that does not agree with extremist views.
An American workers' revolution will not be a Socialist revolution, it will be an Anti-Socialist revolution of the new poor of the middle class.
By DovBear
The question that I always have for those who are not invested in the revelation at Sinai is, why keep these 613 mitzvot?
Egypt has a complete blockade of the media in the Sinai, so any stories of clashes such as these and especially of civilian casualties and home demolitions are sparse and hard to verify.
By Batya Medad
The Holiday of Hanukkah takes place at the end of the month, when the moon is fading from the sky and its light has gotten dimmer.
Abdul Khader Helmy, who spied for Egypt, served only four years in prison after passing on information that assisted Iraq with improving the accuracy of their ballistic missiles.
The Dvar Torah I gave yesterday at my grandson Shimon Greenland’s Bar Mitzvah.
By Daniel Pipes
Should the crackdown succeed in isolating, weakening, and destroying the Islamists, then others will replicate it elsewhere.
By Batya Medad
The mistaken idea that the U.S. is Israel's trusted ally has been proven wrong time and again.
By David Morris
Absent people make great fake voters.
By DovBear
A competent preacher can make the Torah seem to support any cause he desires.
By Paula Stern
I keep putting myself in the same situation - sure, I can handle this...um...oops, no I can't.
By Batya Medad
I organize Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Shiloh HaKedumah-Tel Shiloh.
The Israeli government was respectful enough to offer Reform Jews their own location at one of the holiest sites in Judaism in order to pray as they please.
Ramat Shlomo is not even close to the municipal border of Jerusalem. It is an integral part of the city.
Regev is part of the reason why numerous Israelis have suffered so many aerial acts of attempted murder from that region.
The ‘test’ Mr. Kerry wants to perform is to weaken sanctions in return for promises and actions that will not materially affect Iran’s progress toward a weapon. That isn’t a test — it’s a capitulation.
The Houthis' logo says "God is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, Damn the Jews, Power to Islam."
By Atara Beck
Although Tabash is the first in his community to graduate as tank commander, he is not the first to serve his country with honor.
By David Morris
The re-vote campaign has left the station and is right on track!
Palestinian Authority: “Zionist wild boars attack and rape innocent Palestinian girls.”
Rabbi Weiss wrote: "Israel as a state should give equal opportunities to the Conservative and Reform movements."
A joint venture between the European Space Agency and the EU Commission, Galileo will be a worldwide network of 30 satellites
He told me that according to a Muslim poet, children do not truly belong to their parents. Instead, parents are the vessel through which children flow into the world.
Dena was just on the cusp of turning 16 when her parents, both well-established professionals, made Aliyah from a major American metropolis.
By Batya Medad
Torah, Wisdom, and Inspiration for Life by Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
By David Morris
Enthusiastic fellow purple-people have established a Facebook Page called The Purple Zone, and punned in Hebrew "Am Segula."
Healthcare.gov showed us the same old clunky government, with the right companies hiring the right lobbyists and everything costs ten times what it should.
Tzipi Livni's statement undermines core Israeli positions and her argument is not historically valid.
The defacto infallibility of "gedolim" alienates “both those who were brought up frum and especially for those who were not.”
By Batya Medad
A Cabinet committee unsurprisingly defeated the Jewish Home bill to prevent the government from freeing heavy-duty terrorists.
I don't know where this will go or if it will gain any traction.
"There is no connection between the Palestinian refugees and the Arab countries."
By Paula Stern
Our Prime Minister must, in no uncertain terms, make it clear that the owners of the archives are the Iraqi Jews.
By DovBear
The desire to have contact with the dead, especially one's own relatives, is apparently universal.
The saddest part of this prisoner release agreement is that it is being implemented despite the fact that no progress has been made towards a peace agreement.
Here's some background these papers neglected to mention...
By Batya Medad
"Maybe in Germany in the 1930s and Russia in the 1970s but certainly in Sydney, Australia, Bondi you just don't expect an unprovoked attack."
By David Morris
At this point, I am rather envious of my friends in Efrat.
By David Morris
There needs to be huge public pressure - demonstrations, effective PR and media for the cause, utilising every legal recourse and civil disruption.
In Judaism men and women are given specific roles. Each has their own area of responsibility for fulfilling God’s will.
Join us at our press conference today.
The shift away from the U.S. is a major one, a source close to Saudi policy said.
By Batya Medad
The numbers of Arabs in Jerusalem aren't totally accurate, because many who hold legal residence don't actually live there.
By Guest Author
Until you come to see it in person, enjoy Jerusalem’s Botanical Garden virtually via this video!
By Adam Levick
To learn more about the story we contacted Anne Herzberg, NGO Monitor’s legal advisor.
Ruth Colian is running as a Haredi woman for political office.
And there shall arise after them seven years of famine...
By Guest Author
After four earthquakes shake Israel in one week, experts debate whether the big one is imminent.
By Batya Medad
Unfortunately, Israel is still dominated by Jews who are insecure in our success as a legitimate country.
The bad news is that Assad’s Syria is a pipeline of all kinds of support from Iran to Hizbollah.
As Orthodox Jews who understand the value of the Torah and the importance of following Halacha – how can we change this new secular Jewish paradigm?
Part of the problem of making Aliyah with kids involves the black and white nature of religious education in Israel.
The Djerba Arabs did not support the attacks.
Former IIIT member Abdur-Rahman Muhammad now reveals the original intent behind the concept of Islamophobia...
By DovBear
The absolute worst things you can do is mistreat the powerless and to behave selfishly #GOP...
By Daniel Pipes
In Russia, Christians are declining by 0.6 percent a year and Muslims are increasing at the same rate, which will have dramatic effects over time
"The project faces an obstacle: we do not know who owns the synagogue. This has been confirmed to us by the Inspectorate of Antiquities and Heritage. "
The Pope is saying that actions are far more important than faith. This is particularly ironic coming from Catholicism.
By Paula Stern
As you probably know, when you start to search for something, Google will, as it always does, offer you suggestions.
By Batya Medad
None of the ideas so blithely bandied about would give Israel and Israelis any added security.
To their credit, the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) came out with a statement applauding the courage of Kolko's young victim.
Karl Vick is clearly unaware that Rabin never advocated a Palestinian Arab state. He never advocated dividing Jerusalem.
Can we remain ambivalent in the face of what our eyes saw and ears heard?
By Adam Levick
This [particular] Volunteer Soldiers’ Basic Training was extra special.
By Batya Medad
Berko showed that it's possible to have a hasbara victory, even on campus.
The footage shows terrorists calmly chatting on their mobile phones while scouting the mall for new victims.
Hyenas are clever animals. Like their canine relatives, they can be surprisingly perceptive.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu-Zuhri has a proclivity for turning what most would consider weighty matters into 'non-issues.'
In a million years I would have never dreamed that people who look and dress the same way and very likely share the same religious values could be so radically different.
By Batya Medad
I speak Hebrew, English and pantomime with the Arab customers.
Fact checking leadership means asking tough questions.
Yiddish words are increasingly seeping into the English language.
By Batya Medad
I decided that it's best to start the week off with our group prayers at one of the holiest sites in the HolyLand, Shiloh.
I particularly like how he positions the Syrian regime as a Muslim nation when it has been largely secular and anti-Islamist.
In California, Columbus Day became Indigenous People's Day, which sounds like a Marxist terrorist group's holiday.
The Obama Administration announced that it wanted to meet with the Taliban in Doha for “peace talks.” The Taliban laughed and never showed.
Minister Lapid should not be judged by a few offhand comments spoken in angry response to being constantly attacked as a Torah hater.
By Paula Stern
At the door to the building, I put my purse and a bag on the guard's table...but he wasn't looking at them. He was looking at me...and down at the belt.
There are many good, solid reasons to support applying the death penalty to a variety of crimes.
No bomber ever exploded because she or he wants to commit suicide.
The Talmud is making a general statement for which there are more exceptions that situations where the rule applies.
He tortured and raped her repeatedly to maintain family honor.
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