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By JoeSettler
Egyptians would probably be quite happy to have Mubarak back in power.
Not once in all of the media accounts were we identified accurately.
In a democracy that separates church from state, it makes sense to not allow biblical prohibitions to impede freedom to those who do not believe in the bible.
By Paula Stern
Our biggest problem today is the future of American Jews -- 41% of world Jewry.
The four organizations listed are just a sampling of the types of groups supported by the Spanish government.
אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חָכָם, אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חֲכָמָה listen "When will the videos be ready?" "I'll know better once I manage to find all the right images."In Hebrew, instead of saying I'll know better, we say, אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חָכָם when a male is speaking and אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חֲכָמָה when a female is speaking. Broken down: אהיה - I will […]
I do not envy Chief Rabbi Elect, Ephraim Mirvis. Lord Sacks’ shoes will be hard to fill.
By Adam Levick
Sherwood gets the significance of the Western Wall and Haram al-Sharif wrong
In 100 years, there will be 116 million Palestinian refugees!
Why vote for Hillary? Because Hillary wants you to vote for her.
The Jewish history of Haifa extends from the present day back thousands of years to Israel’s ancient past.
In order to truly appreciate Torah, one must be a master over one’s spirit as well.
By Paula Stern
Trust us, Sharon - if there was a way we could have made peace in the last 65 years, we would have done it.
They used the same litany against the government heard repeatedly from the right, vilifying Zionism in all its forms from its inception to this day.
A new bill restricts the president's power to pardon terrorists except on humanitarian grounds.
Don't trust Reuters for correct and balanced news.
By Paula Stern
I was directed to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem where I donated bone marrow and learned a bunch of new words.
בַּת יָם, בְּתוּלַת יָם listen There's a city just south of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, nicely situated on the coast, called Bat Yam - in Hebrew, בַּת יָם ( listen and repeat). The name means literally, daughter of (the) sea. When those sitting in the local council gave the city its current name in 1937, they were inspired to […]
McDonald's drops halal food from U.S. menu
The series is explicitly intended to demonize the Jews as an alien race hostile to Muslims and the welfare of the world.
The circumstances of the Edward Snowden case are not so different from Jonathan Pollard's.
תִּינוֹק, תִּינוֹקֶת listen The Hebrew word for baby boy is תִּינוֹק ( listen and repeat), while the word for baby girl is תִּינוֹקֶת (listen and repeat).When speaking of multiple babies, it's תִּינוֹקוֹת ( listen and repeat), regardless of gender. These words derive from the root י.נ.ק (y.n.k), which means nursing. They first appear in Mishnaic Hebrew. For example, I wish to congratulate […]
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad organization is having an open feud with the Hamas overlords.
Ben Gurion University recently graduated its first class of both Jordanian and Israeli students who completed studies for BA degrees in emergency medicine.
Mormons are expected to be chaste in every possible way and this can be particularly difficult for young men.
By Paula Stern
The attacker was probably blinded by hatred because he missed one key factor.
By Adam Levick
Dear friends of the BDS movement, now is your chance to prove that you are not just shills for terrorists and Arab rejectionism.
When bogus science warns us of an apocalypse if we don't follow the tenets of their ideology, then how much difference is there anyway?
Some of the protesters are so dedicated to the cause that they have even gone to Turkey in recent days in order to show solidarity.
In 1985, he described programs of "secular Zionist gentilization" designed by the Ministry of Education.
We at Jihawg Ammo hope you will stock up on Jihawg as a natural deterrent to the ever growing threat of radical Islam and Sharia Law.
We're probably more scared to shoot someone and kill someone than we are to get hurt ourselves...
It is critically important for Israel that Jewish immigrants settle in all parts of the country and not just the greater Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas.
Lawrence O'Donnell's job is to yell angry things on MSNBC.
It has always fascinated me that those calling for a “two-state solution” seem to believe that once an agreement is signed and the IDF leaves the territories, then there will be peace.
נָשִׂיא listen and repeaRight now the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference is taking place in Jerusalem. נְשִׂיא מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, מָר שִׁמְעוֹן פֶּרֶס President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres listen The word for president is נָשִׂיא (listen and repeat). In the original Biblical Hebrew, נשיא referred to a person of stature and leadership in a […]
I love wearing black! There, I said it! It’s practical, fast and it matches everything. In fact, my wardrobe was once a paradise for the color black. It even got to the point that I didn’t notice it anymore since buying black garments and accessories became as natural an act as walking or drinking water. […]
By Batya Medad
Her obituary definitely mentions a host of hobbies, interests and activities, but it leaves out something that was very crucial to her life, Judaism.
Most governments subsidize or price control some necessities to win over the underclass... or at least keep them from burning down everything in sight.
The NY Times has a very (appropriately) one-sided article on the Baruch Lebovits and Sam Kellner situation.
The Charedi rabbinic leaders in Israel who are not accustomed to American standards are afraid of them.
By Paula Stern
My problem with Tony Blair is that when it comes to Israel…suddenly the naiveté comes through.
By Dana Nasi
Sexual harassment and rape within Egypt has worsened under the Muslim Brotherhood
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This disgraceful reality didn't happen overnight.
Shortly after Clinton’s election at the tail end of the Israeli-Hezbollah war of 2016, Hezbollah activated several terrorist cells in the U.S.
The revelation continues as the world progressed and however the Torah was emended or edited after Sinai was part of revelation.
Truly old cities become fossilized, but they still always seem on the verge of being tipped over.
By Noah Beck
The Syrian crisis has deteriorated into a regional sectarian war, increasingly creeping over Syrian borders and into Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Israel, and Jordan.
Apology Letter to Mrs S.
Iranians voted for Hassan Rouhani because they believe that the internal human rights situation will improve under a non-hardliner.
There have been a growing number of accounts of atrocities carried out by rogue elements of the Syrian Free Army.
מִבְרֶשֶׁת שִׁנַּיִם listen and repeat A tooth is a שֵׁן (listen and repeat), while teeth are שִׁנַּיִם (listen and repeat) (a double form, even though many teeth are spoken of, not just two).A brush is a מִבְרֶשֶׁת (listen and repeat), though when the word was created in the 19th century, it may have been intended to be מִבְרָשָׁה (listen and repeat) (Wiktionary). […]
It can be hard to get people to read full-length articles, especially about obscure dimensions of the incomprehensible Middle East and its never ending conflicts...
Any ideology whose logic is followed to its final conclusion leads to a horrifying and unlivable society.
Rav Lopiansky tries to actually answer some of the questions I have publicly asked about the current Charedi opposition to drafting Charedim into the army.
For some, guilt by association is actual guilt. For these people, who you know and with whom you associate determine your credibility.
By Batya Medad
The Holocaust teaches us that normal cultural and "moral" values are ignored when the victims are Jews.
By Adam Levick
Such myopic and at times obsessive focus on Israeli culpability is part of a pattern at the Guardian.
“Themes of exile and redemption are central to Jewish poetry, reaching new heights of poetic expression in the works of the Golden Age of Spain.”
By Paula Stern
For now, I want to write about the hotels where I stayed here.
Not so long ago, Diane Sawyer dutifully informed her viewers that "Bashar Assad is ready to work with the United States."
A 32-year-old man, believed to be of Somali origin, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently in custody.
One of the arguments Jonathan makes is that we here in the United States ought to ‘not mix in’ to the issues affecting Charedim in Israel.
Socialism, like most systems of government derived from it, has enshrined control as an end in and of itself.
By JoeSettler
Deputy Minister of Finance Mickey Levy (Yesh Atid) said at a Tel Aviv conference that "The Benefits Party is over". "Entire populations do not take part in the labor market and become accustomed to relying on government aid ("Kitzbaot"). Ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you this party going is about to end, it's […]
At minute 2:30, follow the exchange between Rabbi Yehuda Glick and two other fellows on Temple Mount.
שַׁגְרִיר, שַׁגְרִירָה Visit Ktzat Ivrit .
Rajoub is not the exception, but rather the rule regarding official Palestinian Authority views of the State of Israel.
There is standing prohibition in Jewish law against sharing anything revealed in private conversation.
“A Palestinian refugee never moves out of his camp except to return home.”
A pity he didn’t get his arrogant Jew-hating head blown off, in my opinion.
כָּל יוֹמַיִם, כָּל שֵׁנִי וַחֲמִישִׁי listen The literal meaning of every other day in English is every two days. Its Hebrew equivalent is כָּל יוֹמָיִם listen. But there's another meaning, one seldom used, to the expression every other day as well, more along the lines of all the time or very frequently. Here every other day is used with a tone […]
In 2008, Obama ran to the left of Clinton on national security. There are signs that this time around Hillary Clinton will try to run to the left of Obama.
By Adam Levick
England’s Under-21 football team, already eliminated from the UEFA Under-21 Finals in Israel, after losing their first two games, were beaten 1-0 by Israel in Jerusalem’s Teddy Kolleck stadium, to be left at the bottom of their group, having accumulated no points and having scored just one goal in their three group games (and that […]
Bulgaria's sensitive relations with the Islamic world and geolocation in the eastern Mediterranean are clearly part of the squeeze in which its leaders now find themselves.
Tiberias became known as one of the four holiest cities in the Jewish religion
אִי-וַדָּאוּת Human beings have a need for clarity and organization - we seek certainty in order to relax and go about our day. While certainty, in Hebrew, is וַדָּאוּת (listen and repeat), uncertainty is אִי-וַדָּאוּת (listen and repeat). For example: קָשֶׁה אָבָל הֶכְרֵחִי לִחְיוֹת עִם אִי-וַדָּאוּת. It's difficult but necessary to live with uncertainty. listen A lack of certainty is […]
For deviating from the orthodox scientific position, Nagel has been abused, maligned, outcast, and insulted.
By Paula Stern
How shocking now to think that two of my sons are older than that young man was then...
In reality, Lipman and his ilk have learned nothing from the destruction of Gush Katif.
By Batya Medad
Shiloh was the Capital of the Jewish State that had existed here three thousand years ago.
It’s always inspiring to see a woman dressing well, it makes us all feel respected.
From the standpoint of the Islamist Hamas, the actions of the prisoners constitute defensive jihad against Jews usurping land which is an Islamic waqf.
By Paula Stern
Old, for someone who is in Jerusalem daily, is not a good measuring factor.
American exceptionalism emerged out of a society which empowered the creative talents of the individual but through the simple virtue of leaving men alone to do their work.
This was simply an opportunity to capitalize on something they thought would have universal appeal in the Charedi world.
Hezbollah has not always been as open about the murderous role it is playing in the Syrian killing fields.
As bad as the situation was in Ethiopia, Asher said that the situation got even worse when the Ethiopian Jews arrived in Sudan.
Why would it alienate true moderates to discuss the elements of Islam that need reform and the violent and supremacist actions that make that reform necessary?
שׁוֹבֵר לְבָבוֹת, שׁוֹבֶרֶת לְבָבוֹת There are heartbreakers, and there's everybody else. Sometimes there's crossover. The Hebrew term for heartbreaker when referring to a male is שׁוֹבֵר לְבָבוֹת (listen and repeat). Referring to a female, it's שׁוֹבֶרֶת לְבָבוֹת (listen and repeat). שובר (listen and repeat) and שוברת (listen and repeat) come from the active-simple פָּעַל verb, לִשְׁבּוֹר (listen and repeat) - to break. לבבות (listen and […]
The problem is that Tuna Beigel is a pejorative.
By Paula Stern
My first impression of leaving was tremendous pride - reinforced later when I landed in Rome Airport.
We see more and more violent acts ‘explained’ in terms of foreign policy.
No matter how many times Lapid says he does not want to destroy Charedi Judaism, they see him as disingenuous with an ulterior motive to destroy the Charedi way of life.
Stalin famously told his mother that he was the new Czar, transmuting collectivist revolution into the egotistical authoritarianism of one man. Obama has managed the same trick.
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