By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Much remains unclear as to how Israel will progress with the implementation of this plan.
The work day at MDA's Logistics Center started about two months ago and has not stopped since, even for one minute.
Schick, whose writings appeared in The Jewish Press, founded the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in 1965, and served as its first president.
Minister Litzman has been receiving a lot of criticism over his ministry's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It’s not a happy announcement, but it’s one we have to make,” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
I feel like this is one of the my most important messages. It is a message for all of the Jewish People outside of Israel. Please share it with as many people as you can.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
JStreetPAC also intends to raise $5 million for some 175 congressional endorsees, who make up more than half of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses, in the 2020 cycle.
The study is investigating whether if cannabidiol can slow down the inflammatory process that accompanies the deterioration of severe Coronavirus patients and alleviate the symptoms of the disease.
The patent, approved in March, covers a vaccine that targets the most vulnerable point in a coronavirus’s structure, through which it penetrates human cells
It's not yet a trend, but it is a distinct break in the pattern to date.
Netanyahu needs to only pull over two MKs and he has a coalition.
President Rivlin's options are to decide how much time pressure he should put on the coalition negotiations.
Jerusalem is being divided into 7 districts, and during the lockdown it will be forbidden to travel between districts.
Menachem said that after being a patient himself his “outlook is completely different.”
Watch (and read) an important webinar titled Navigating Regulatory Changes, covering the latest “CARES” stimulus act as well as other relief initiatives and how they affect you, your business or organization.
By Ariel Kahana
Outgoing Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has a lot to say about the events of the past few months. Having recently become the first Knesset Speaker in history to resign, he says he's learned to stand up for his principles, even if it comes at a price.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Orthodox Rabbi Kenneth Brander, the dean of the Israel’s Ohr Torah Stone network of institutions, said while cremation is normally considered a “desecration” in Judaism, if it helps save a life during this time it would be “a mitzvah that the deceased is doing posthumously.”
[Originally posted on RabbiDunner.com] Questions and answers with Rav Hershel Schachter shlit”a, regarding situations arising from the coronavirus crisis. Transcribed by Rabbi Pini Dunner (assisted by Michael Bernstein). This transcript has been approved by Rav Hershel Schachter. With many thanks to Rabbi Marc Dratch of the RCA, who posed the questions to Rav Schachter, and to Rabbi Aryeh Richter for adding the footnotes (see PDF […]
By JoeSettler
Gantz is trying to hard to push a very left wing government onto Bibi, and it may backfire on him.
The Chinese wet markets have reopened, bats and other animals are again being sold for food.
Defense officials are working on a national plan to get food, medical equipment and other basic needs to vulnerable Israelis under COVID-19.
By JoeSettler
Who are the winners and the losers of the election crisis, and what did we learn from it?
The emergency number for the new dispatch center is the same as United Hatzalah’s regular number of 1221.
All tax returns and tax payments for 2019 and estimated tax payments for 2020 otherwise due initially April 15 will not be due before July 15.
Although righteous women have been accustomed to devoting all their energy to preparing the house for Passover, this year must be different.
The project involves more than 250 volunteers who deliver cooked meals to the elderly and other home-bound residents in each of Modiin’s 13 neighborhoods three times a week.
Netanyahu described an offer that is far too generous, yet still being rejected by Blue&White.
Tonight at candle lighting time, Jews in Israel and around the world will go out to their gardens, porches, and windows to sing Lecha Dodi and Shalom Aleichem together.
While much of the country comes to a halt, Olim continue to arrive in Israel amidst global uncertainty.
Rabbi Eliyahu quipped that the Pope would soon endorse building a Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount.
All the major banks are offering generous deferrals on mortgage payments to help them get through this difficult period.
Palestinian Authority police are searching for foreigners and checking the passports of "non-Palestinians" they encounter.
Tourists and workers from abroad are being verbally abused, spat at and accused of “bringing Corona to Palestine.”
Rules, halachot, laws and history for Purim. Have a Happy Purim!
Purim is about recognizing the miracles in everyday life and not being afraid to do the right thing.
70,000 Israelis are currently quarantined with over 50,000 of those returning from trips to Europe.
Germany pledged NIS 3.8 million towards establishment of a “Global Task Force” against Holocaust denial and distortion.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The vaccine will be oral, making it particularly accessible to the general public.
Bernie did go to ISNA where there are plenty of supporters of killing Jews, Americans, and other people Bernie hates.
Netanyahu announced that Australia and Italy would be added to the list of countries with entry restrictions, joining Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and China.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PA also broke a wall and blocked the water reservoirs at the ancient Jewish site of Tel Aruma.
WARNING: The photos and videos in this article are graphic, and not suitable for all viewers.
Yamina made inroads deep into the heart of Aguda/Shas territory.
The congressmen began their tour on the “Heritage Trail” in Beersheva, where they learned about the biblical Abraham and the ties of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.
"Israel is quickly becoming an energy powerhouse, an energy-exporting country."
Forbes magazine has declared the coastal city the second-best worth visiting in the world.
The prayers called upon God to have mercy and cure the Chinese people from the Coronavirus and for the health of all people around the world.
By dvora
Israeli law will be applied in our communities in Judea and Samaria once the mapping process is completed • A Palestinian state that supports terror will not be established; instead, it will be a demilitarized democratic entity • The Mideast peace plan will enhance our security and our future.
The growing Turkish activity in Jerusalem and its support for the Muslim Brotherhood are of concern to Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If Israel’s government continues with steps to annex the West Bank, the U.S. should make clear that none of our aid should be used to support annexation," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the New York Times in a recent survey of candidates' policy positions.
Many Arab citizens of Israel see how Palestinians living under the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip are subject to human rights violations on a daily basis.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
On the heels of the revelation that another senior Gantz adviser called the U.S. president “Donald Adolf Trump,” tweets surface by Blue and White campaign strategist Joel Benenson, claiming that Trump takes his talking points from the Nazi leader.
By JoeSettler
Sovereignty, the elections and Trump's peace plan have been destroyed with a single interview, but Israel can still make it happen...
By JoeSettler
In a perfect world and on paper the plan is ingenious - but what happens when it meets reality?
Two major party leaders don’t “come to Washington just for a conversation,” which poses questions as to why an initiative would be released a month before the third round of Israeli elections, says Aaron David Miller, a former Mideast negotiator.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israeli Ambassador to UN in Farsi: We Support the Iranian People
The youngest Jews, ages 18-24, are on the "front line" more than older cohorts in confronting anti-Semitism.
Restraining orders will be issued, and the IDF has been ordered to use a firm hand against the violent riots by leftwing anarchists in Judea and Samaria.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Arabs turned a millennia old burial cave into a water cistern.
The IDF censor attempted to squelch reports of the damage after two hangers and the air force base became flooded with 50 million liters of rain.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by announcing that the United States is “disavowing” the 1978 Hansell Memorandum, a State Department memo that claimed Israeli settlements violate international law.
By Sarah Adams
With mounting pressures on Jewish communities around the world, many parents are looking for a way to get a quality and affordable high school education for their children without compromising on their Jewish identity.
Asara B’Teves, the 10th of Teves, commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar that ultimately culminated with the First Temple’s destruction on the 9th of Av the following year.
An internal Hamas document reveals its alleged involvement in the IDF’s assassination of senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Atta in the Gaza Strip in November and exposes the ongoing power struggle between the various Gaza factions.
By Tony Katz
Jews must be armed. Today, and everyday. In synagogues, and everywhere else.
Over Shabbat many ex-JDL’ers shared stories about what they did to protect Jews in Philadelphia, Miami, Toronto and even in Ottawa.
A Holocaust doesn’t just happen one, two, three. A Holocaust doesn’t begin with Auschwitz. It ends there!
By Raphael Poch
Only a handful of United Hatzalah medics have EpiPens. You can change that!
Ari Fuld uncovers and explores the real miracle and lessons of Chanukah.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber has become a hotbed of terrorism since the second intifada.
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
Continuing the Civil Rights Legacies of John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Martin Luther King.
The Ptil Tekhelet Education Center is making the mitzvah of Tekhelet accessible, fun and relevant.
The Hebron Fund is raising $1 million for Israel’s most ancient and most strategic Jewish community – Hebron.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
NGO Monitor dismissed the report as ”simply bizarre" and pointed out how it whitewashes terror.
Recently, Fatah activists rioted in the village of Jifna, and then forced Christian-Arabs to pay a Jizyah tax for their "protection".
In its rush to protect the peace with its neighbor to the east, Israel has forgotten that the peace depends on deterrence.
President Trump was touched by the Shalva Band's performance and outpouring of hugs and love.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The final tally was 226 in favor, 188 against, and two present—with most Democrats voting for it, and most Republicans voting against it.
The new promises of new construction for the Jews of Hebron offered by Defense Minister Naftali Bennett.
It’s time to LIV! It’s time to GIV! It’s time to NETIV!
A PA official attempted to mediate between the two sides and silence them, as a general sense of embarrassment was felt in the room.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
PA officials say this Day of Rage will be both violent and a prelude to the next Intifada.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.
Watch Syrian missile after missile simple turn over and hit the ground.
Don't worry. It's all just makeup.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Patients with damaged or torn menisci can have the transplant surgery as a replacement for previous treatments, such as pain management and physical therapy.
There were strong reactions to the expected US declaration on the legality of Jewish settlement activity in Judea and Samaria.
From November 15-16, the 7th annual international Shabbat Project outdid its predecessors on all fronts, attracting record numbers of participants.
International law expert Prof. Eugene Kontorovich added the ECJ’s ruling “is putting a new ‘Yellow Star’ on Jewish-made products."
The decision to assassinate the terrorist came after Islamic Jihad launched a missile at Netanyahu while he was speaking in Ashdod.
The IDF is apparently expecting an attack on Tel Aviv today. Rocket Alerts at 7:59 AM.
Baha Abu al-Ata normally surrounds himself with children as human shields, making it difficult to target him.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The development’s significance is magnified by the unexplained decline of the bee populations in many parts of the world.
Based on these findings, the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN) and the Faculty of Health Sciences on BGU’s campus are in the preliminary stages of developing an anti-arrhythmia medication.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We want to be the organization that provides a national Jewish progressive home,” said NIF vice president of finance and operations Jennifer Spitzer of a new fund that will include support to anti-Israel groups like IfNotNow.
By Ariel Kahana
The plan, which includes a $283 million expansion of the road connecting Jerusalem and Gush Etzion, aims to "end the current isolation of Judea and Samaria ... so that the area is just like any other region in Israel," according to the Transportation Ministry.
Netanyahu is a politician, and for the past decade, he's been a very good one. His political instincts are what helps him accomplish his vision for Israel. His vision for Israel is a state where the Arabs are treated as equals and given all the same opportunities as Jews in a Jewish state.
By Eliana Rudee
The exercise was meant to test the ability, technology, professionalism and quality of care the organization can provide in a worst-case disaster scenario.
By Alex Traiman
Law professor Avi Bell, a member of the legal team that submitted a brief in defense of the Israeli premier during pre-indictment hearings, talks about the potential danger the cases against Benjamin Netanyahu pose to Israel’s democracy.
This J Street panel was a disgrace for a supposedly Jewish, supposedly pro-Israel organization that pretends to care about antisemitism.