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.
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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.
"[Hezbollah] is no longer that party that defends the Umma [Islamic nation]; instead it plagues the Umma."
Sexual violence was used as a weapon of war, as is common in East Africa.
By Batya Medad
The inevitable is starting to happen. There are serious cracks in the Hashemite Kingdom.
לֵהָנוֹת Every season has its perks. But with the arrival of summer in the northern hemisphere, now's the time that people are really starting to enjoy themselves. The Hebrew word for to enjoy is the same as that for to benefit - לֵהָנוֹת (listen and repeat). Here's an example using ליהנות in the sense of to enjoy: […]
But the assertion raises as many questions as it answers because court testimony indicated the subway plot investigation began with an email.
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In Birkenhead, near Liverpool, slaughterhouse workers had refused to process any more meat for Jewish consumption until the attacks on British soldiers in Palestine stopped.
Farran struck him repeatedly on the head with a rock, causing his death.
Playing the usual black-is-white games, the catalog notes say the people depicted are "those who lost their lives fighting against the occupation.”
By Batya Medad
The State of Israel shouldn't beg anyone for peace.
By JoeSettler
There's no question that many of the backers of the Women of the Wall see the obliteration of Torah Judaism in public places in Israel as their ultimate goal.
Now the Obama Administration is allowing history to repeat itself with more humanitarian interventions and smart strikes that overlook the real threat growing on the horizon.
By Daniel Pipes
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Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same experiment twice and expecting different results.
Two prominent Turkish Israeli communal leaders speak out about events in Turkey. According to Eyal Peretz, chairman of Arkadash, an organization promoting the Turkish community in Israel, “The Jewish minority in a very extreme fundamentalist state is not a positive situation. Of course a secular state is a much better situation for minorities. I hope […]
Despite PA claims that no Jewish connection existed, many Muslim religious sources throughout history have accepted the Jewish connection to the Temple Mount area
“What’s the Matter with Kids Today”. That is the title of a song sung by actor Paul Lynde from the 1960s musical Bye Bye Birdie. Whenever I see a story like the following one, it makes me think of that song. But not in good way. In fact it kind of makes my blood boil. I […]
No matter how many minority voters Cory Booker brings to the polls, there is no conceivable way that Christie could lose this election.
By Daniel Pipes
Things have never been so good in the Jewish state.
The yellow star is probably not in the running as label for "settlements" products, but it should be.
קְרֶם הֲגָנָה, קְרֶם שִׁזּוּף As it's warming up in the northern hemisphere, now's the time to get some sunscreen. The Hebrew term for sunscreen means literally, protection cream: קְרֶם הֲגָנָה (listen and repeat). The second word, הגנה (listen and repeat), is the noun form of the active-causative הִפְעִיל verb to protect - לְהָגֵן (listen and repeat). Another term means […]
Every day, IsraAID is given a new assignment and they go wherever the victims are.
During the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations the US government has actively courted Muslims who have overt connections to terrorism.
By Adam Levick
The language in Sherwood’s report was revised to note that it is only the Palestinians who view them as “political prisoners.”
Obama's Department of Justice seeks to criminalize criticism of Islam -- a declaration of war on the first amendment.
Few figures in American political life have been as consistently wrong as often as John Kerry. The former Senator bet on every Communist leader and Middle Eastern tyrant he could find only to watch the wheels of history roll over his mistakes. And now as Secretary of State, Kerry is at it again. In between […]
Let me emphasize that it is not me indicting Lakewood. It is coming from a Charedi Musmach.
By Ariela Davis
Anyone who read this news story probably had the same thought I had: what a chillul Hashem.
מַה נִּשְׁמַע...? In English, we've got many ways of asking someone how they are feeling, what they are doing, etc, such as how are you? how's it going? what's up? how are you going (Australian)? how are you doing (American)? what's going on? what's happening? etc. In Hebrew, we've also got a bunch of ways […]
The present situation in Turkey illustrates perfectly the lack of freedom that exists within the country.
By Ed Lasky
In the last two days, Sharpton has declared--despite all evidence to the contrary--that there is "no evidence at all" connecting Holder to scandals .
You can use color knowledge to your advantage. It’s a very pleasant experience.
By Adam Levick
The war, if it comes, may not be a disaster, if it delivers Golan back into Syrian hands.
Instead of passing big laws, there will be lots of small laws. The old totalitarians would have outlawed suicide. The new totalitarians outlaw Tylenol.
Unless he at some minimal level wants to try and go back "On the Derech" the parent will not love them.
I've known this for a long time, but not its full meaning - until I just researched it to present it to you.
By Ariela Davis
I used to work in a school where the question often arose as to whether I am yeshivish or modern Orthodox.
The seeds of a Turkish spring are presently being planted within Turkey.
By Batya Medad
Here in Shiloh, more and more young religious women serving in the IDF.
Many streams in Judea and Samaria have turned into channels for crude industrial waste characterized by a high concentration of pollutants.
Upon the conquest of Canaan, Joshua assigned Hebron to the tribe of Judah.
I don’t see why any group has to identify itself as gay or straight in this parade.
It isn’t just in Sweden. It’s in France as well.
By Jack Curtis
In 1943, integrity meant one's adherence to Judeo-Christian values; today, it means adherence to...something.
Noted African American author Alice Walker has falsely called Israel an apartheid state and supports the BDS movement, the reality is that the State of Israel is a strong democracy. Alice Walker, the noted African American author of “The Color Purple,” has called upon African American performer Alicia Keys to not give a concert in […]
Like a band that only knows one song, politicians only know one response to Islamic terrorism. They wall off that vast majority of Muslims who did not actually come down to Woolwich and hack at a soldier with a machete and did not fly two planes into the World Trade Center from those who actually […]
I’m sure this is an empty threat. No one is going to get lashes. It is just a scare tactic. Or is it?
By Adam Levick
Over a two month period, Sherwood has published three reports and over 1500 sympathetic words about Blanc’s case.
Three workshops for manufacturing the chemical agents, including sarin and mustard gas, were uncovered.
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It's all about establishing Jewish-free areas.
By Batya Medad
There weren't any security concerns. Terrorism was unheard of. It was truly a great time to be growing up.
By Batya Medad
Moshe rather naively expected all twelve of them to understand that this was the "mother of all" pilot trips.
Hafeez believes that the most important thing to do in dealing with Muslim antisemitism in the United Kingdom is to acknowledge the problem.
Without the Negev Desert, Israel would be a small non-viable state, a fact which motivates anti-Israel activists to focus on it.
Virtually all the Gedolim of previous generations, including Rav Soloveitchik, forbade any religious collaboration with heterodox rabbis for fear of giving them tacit recognition.
It's time to let the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) protect our citizens.
The OneFamily fund for victims and families of victims of terror has compiled a cookbook, featuring the favorite recipes of Israelis who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists.
Will someone sue the US government over politicized tax enforcement?