יום שבת, כ״ב תשרי תשפ״זSaturday, October 3, 2026
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Qatar, a government that sponsor murderers of Jews should not be rewarded. Meetings with Jewish officials, visits by Jews to Qatar, articles by Jews claiming that Qatar might be changing – are rewards Qatar does not deserve
Today all those who care about the state of Israel need to stand up and say “Thank You President Trump.”
America has performed a great act by publicly declaring that Yerushalayim is ours, that she is our capital.
This change in how we address these issues is refreshing and welcome, but how did it happen? The answer is us. The legal system hasn’t changed. What changed is what we as a society are willing to tolerate, accept, or excuse.
The 10 reasons for recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital all boil down to one: Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish people
It’s entirely possible that Trump is either being guided to or is stumbling along a path that could be saner than the supposedly safer course steered by his predecessors on Jerusalem.
Given the growth of anti-Semitism in Europe and globally in recent years, having the Saudis publicly demonstrate respect for Judaism is a helpful and useful step--for Israel and for Jews
In the wake of Thursday’s mob attack in Israel against 2 parents and a group of young Jewish children on a hike in the Shomron, it’s time to coin a new term: “WWJ,” walking while Jewish.
By dvora
It is one thing to hear of the uprooting of a Jewish home or building in Israel, it is another to see it up close.
As the humanitarian situation deteriorates in Bangladesh, the ruling Awami League government is increasingly resorting to conspiracy theories. Fingers were pointed blaming Israel
By BESA CENTER
The unbreakable connection of non-Orthodox American Jews and the Jewish state continues because minor squabbles over the Western Wall and other domestic Israeli issues will not destroy the connection
To eliminate the diversity immigrant visa program due to the crimes of a few would be a great disservice to the many worthy innocent immigrants who rely on the program for a chance at the American dream
In addition to reminding us of our mortality, Sefer Bereishis teaches us another significant lesson: Although we cannot extend our lives beyond our allotted time, the way we conduct ourselves during our lifetime can potentially afford us immortality in this world.
According to the Ramban, this week's parshah is a roadmap and guide for all generations on how to engage with Eisav and his descendants and, as such, each pasuk, each word, each letter, is vital as we make our way.
The Trumpadministration trotted out a new “interpretation”—actually, a misrepresentation—of the law: The PLO-PA can keep its office so long as the activities conducted there are “related to achieving a lasting, comprehensive peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.” What a joke.
A loving reflection by Naomi Klass Mauer, a devoted daughter and a loving wife, to her mother and husband who passed from this world-within hours of each other-7 years ago.
After 6 1/2 years in a coma, terror victim Hodaya Asulin, succumbed to her injuries and died, practically forgotten. I reserve my strongest disappointment for my own community--how did we offer support? What effort did we make to keep her memory alive?
By Barry Shaw
Those that adopt a Palestinian cause use it as a club to beat Israel. Show me anyone who loves the Palestinian Arabs without hating Israel.
When learning Talmud, history and geography suddenly come alive as generations unite and converse in one classroom.
By Guy Millière
"Muslim believers know very well what is happening. Only a minority is violent. But as a whole, they do not ignore that their birthrate is such that one day, everything here will be theirs". — Luc Ravel, Archbishop of Strasbourg.
Diaspora Jewry assumes that they and Israel can happily cohabitate on the same planet. There is no reason on earth to believe this. The Diaspora is a result of the dispersal and existed because Israel didn't - and now Israel does.
By BESA CENTER
Few know that the June 1967 War finalized the demise of Jews historic communities throughout the Arab world. It is time the international community ensures these refugees are fully compensated for their suffering and stolen property.
With a rising Jewish Home and UTJ on the religious right and a revamped Labor under Avi Gabbai who is religiously traditional as well as a centrist when it comes to security and “settlements,” Likud is finally beginning to worry that Bibi has lost his touch and thus his grip.
By BESA CENTER
By refusing to engage in direct talks and by turning instead to third parties in the hope of cornering Israel into submission, the PLO manifests inordinate duplicity vis-à-vis Israel. It disqualifies itself entirely from the trust of the Jewish state.
By Bassam Tawil
Take note: These warning shots from the PA may be translated into yet another intifada against Israel under the fabricated pretext that the US and Israelis, with the help of some Arab countries, seek to strip the Palestinians of their rights.
What Tzipi Hotovely said is absolutely true. It is not her but what she stands for that irritates those engaged in smearing her, like Rick Jacobs , head of the Reform movement. She is a constant reminder of what they too could have if only they would return to the honest study of Torah and the true observance of mitzvot
Now ten members of the "progressive caucus" of the Democratic Party are trying to give these terrorist leaders another reason for using even younger terrorists to kill even more innocent Israeli civilians.
Why did we make aliya? We didn’t run away from the bad… we ran towards the good! My wife and I believed that when the Jewish Nation calls, the Jewish individual responds! After 27 years I can honestly say that our only regret is that we didn’t move earlier.
The greatest impediment to peace is often the will to make peace. Like it or not, we have to share our world with others who see the world differently, who have their own desires and dreams, who believe themselves justified in demands that contradict our own.
The only two things that seem certain about Pres. Trump's Middle East soon-to-be revealed peace plan are it is likely to be acceptable to Saudi Arabia--and that it will have zero chance of success.
The laws of war were never meant to be a suicide pact; they do not require countries to let their own civilians be slaughtered in order to avoid harming enemy civilians. But in the ICRC’s version, they do.
In general, Judaism values the private and the discrete – the “thin still voice” – over the public and the overt. Wearing one’s tzitzis tucked into one’s pants is a sign of modesty, not embarrassment
A tribute to Jerusalem, the Holy City, from a man, though born in exile, who always regarded himself as, in Agnon's words, "one who was born in Jerusalem.”
In any event, regardless of what is reported in the media, the world is not becoming more depraved. All the spiritual advances mankind has already made will not recede.
By Moshe Dann
Unable to achieve their objectives through dialogue, negotiations, and good will – without an appreciation of Israel’s distinctiveness and differences – leaders of liberal/progressive Jewish organizations are turning their communities against Israel.
By Isi Leibler
The shock waves triggered by Weinstein may well spur reform, creating a healthier society. A shakeup is needed. The sexual depravity that surrounds us is sickening and utterly condemned by Judaism and reflect a decadent and corrupt society reminiscent of the Sodom and Gomorrah
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
There seems to be a tendency by many Jews to brush aside, downplay or even ignore Jew-hatred from some Muslims motivated by aggressive mosques or interpretations of Islam.
Without realizing it, each of the Bnei Menashe, and every other Jew who returns to this land, is conferring a blessing on us all by bolstering our collective existence both demographically and spiritually.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson can fantasize about peace in the Middle East, but his shielding of the ones who tried to kill us and my fellow US terror victim plaintiffs will not help bring peace.
By Bassam Tawil
The Palestinians have made up their mind: The Trump peace plan is bad because it does not force Israel to give the Palestinians everything--99% is just not enough.
The author, Lenny Ben-David, while working for AIPAC went to Jerusalem for Sadat’s electrifying visit, and filed this dispatch, “Cautious Optimism in Jerusalem”
The actions by the Syrian forces while not severe from a military standpoint, represent a serious escalation
Former US Mideast policy adviser Aaron David Miller praised Jimmy. Carter, James Baker, and Kissinger as “the only American leaders who understood that you have to use not just honey, but also a fair amount of vinegar” in dealing with Israel.
All people born in British Mandatory Palestine between 1923-1948 (today's Israel) had "Palestine" stamped on their passports. The Arabs were offended when they were called Palestinians: "We are not Palestinians, we are Arabs. The Palestinians are the Jews".
The real abuse that Betty McCollum and her Gang of Nine should be investigating is the constant effort by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to incite minors to engage to murder Jews.
By dvora
Hatred of Jews has become the gateway to "la France soumise" -- the submission of France. Anti-Semitism is devouring the French Republic.
Sarsour and Vilkomerson have every reason to want a debate about anti-Semitism, it deflects from the fact that they, by definition, are promoting anti-Semitism. What we need is clarity, not debate.
By Bennett Ruda
Rabbi Weinreb talks about the internal problems we in the Jewish community face as individuals--problems that are not getting any better: Discord; Disdain; Despair
Effectively, many liberal American Jews declared that Israel had no right to make its views heard in America if doing so discomfited them.
Progressive students, in their own moral self-righteousness, have decided that the Palestinian statehood is a sacred cause. To even support Israel is to risk being deemed a racist, an imperialist, a tacit supporter of apartheid.
Kerry’s harsh criticism of Israel and suggesting that Israel is an apartheid state are well known. By justifying Palestinian terrorism against Israel, Kerry now has crossed a red line.
Instead of changing their anti-Israel policies, Qatar has hired Jewish public relations experts in D.C. at a considerable cost to 're-Jew-venate' the gulf kingdom's image
Why 9? Not because we are religious fanatics but because we know that, after all is said and done, our lives are defined not by what we take from society but what we give to it.
By Guest Author
It's galling of the European Union to express "humanitarian" outrage at Israel for razing illegal structures in the West Bank -- while the EU is in league with Palestinian criminals who have been brazenly stealing Arab-owned land.
By Guest Author
"Allahu Akbar" means "Allah is greater" than any other god, empowering Muslims to feel superior to the rest of mankind. "Allahu Akbar" has, in fact, been a jihadist tool since the early years of Islam
Those who naively boasted a few short weeks ago that “ISIS had been defeated,” must come to the realization that these sorts of low-tech attacks — Paris, London, Belgium, San Bernardino, Nice, Istanbul, Barcelona and Manhattan — are the new and deadly face of terrorism.
Despicably, as the Jews stood shoulder to shoulder with the British during WW II, Britain continued to restrict immigration into Palestine, that could have saved so many Jewish lives from extermination at the hands of the Nazis.
By Bassam Tawil
Abbas knows that he cannot come back to his people with anything less than what he promised them. He knows that his people have been radicalized to the point that they will not agree to any concessions or compromise with Israel.
Jewish students are now being indicted on campus not just for supporting Israel but for being Jewish.
The Druze consider themselves to be and act as loyal Israelis in every respect, so Jewish Israelis consider themselves bound to show equal loyalty to the Druze.
The editor is not merely criticizing Israel. He is deliberately lying about its actions and policies in order to delegitimize its very existence.
On campuses, those who speak up for the Jewish state are often the ones being shut up. The atmosphere at many, if not most institutions of higher learning is one of intense hostility to pro-Israel advocates
Palestinian statehood could meaningfully enlarge the prospects of both mega-terror attacks and regional nuclear war.
A hearty recommendation for "Reason to Believe," not only for those who struggle with our religion and faith but it will enhance the understanding of those without questions of faith.
WHO can we trust? WHO is telling the truth?
Avraham’s message to Eliezer was: You are my CEO. I trust you with my possessions and my material wealth, with the blessings of this world – but not with my spiritual future or the spiritual future of my progeny. That is why he made Eliezer take the oath.
Adalah doesn’t hide its agenda. It's openly and proudly against Israel. No, it’s the New Israel Fund that’s doing the hiding. Buried deep in the NIF brochure was a passing reference to Adalah as one of the NIF-supported “human rights organizations”
I’m not ignoring my beloved mom. I simply stopped mourning my loss, as her life is now instilled in our children, whom we will raise in the way she would have loved – with manners, respect, and a healthy Jewish identity.
Avraham and Sarah ended up in the land of Canaan. Canaan? The most debased and decadent society! Yet, there Avraham and Sarah build their destiny and shape world history. Canaan actually held the key to Avraham and Sarah's redemption.
the Balfour Declaration is the modern equivalent of the Jewish Magna Carta, constituting a recognition by the powerful of the rights of the powerless.
By Efraim Karsh
100 years ago with the Balfour Declaration, the international community, including the world’s foremost Muslim power, the head of the pan-Arab movement, and most Palestinian Arabs, accepted the legitimacy of Jewish statehood.
Balfour believed that the Christian world owed the Jewish nation a morale debt and he felt that what he had been able to do for the Jews had been the most important action of his life.
The Palestinian objection to the Balfour Declaration is enshrined in its national charter, “The Balfour Declaration, the Mandate for Palestine, and everything that has been based upon them, are deemed null and void.”
"Before the Balfour Promise (i.e., Declaration) when the Ottoman rule ended (1517-1917), Palestine's political borders as we know them today did not exist, and there was nothing called a Palestinian people
By BESA CENTER
The administrative management of this place of worship, holy for Judaism and Islam, should provide hospitality, dignity, and security to all law-abiding visitors and sincere worshippers respectful of the place, without religious, racial, or political discrimination.
A tribute to the great Rav and longtime columnist for the Jewish Press. May his memory be a blessing and may we learn from his prescient teachings.
Yoni Hikind's yeshiva was the perfect fit for boys that didn't seem to fit anywhere else.
By Ben Cohen
For all of Trump’s bluster about Iran, he chose appeasement; thus the Kurds are plunged into crisis once more. The current plight of the Kurds is nothing other than a Western, and especially American, disgrace.
The primary reason Hamas agreed to the reconciliation deal with the PA was its desire to shed responsibility for Gaza’s civilian needs so it could resume focusing on its military wing.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The UN and the PA recently signed an accord promising that the U.N. will advise the PA how to hold Israel accountable for alleged violations of international law. The document will come into effect Jan. 1, 2018. Happy New Year!
By Efraim Karsh
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict evolved in spite of the Balfour Declaration, not because of it.
The Balfour Declaration affirmed the Jewish right to the Land of Israel. Yet lead conference speakers, Miller and Ross, have devoted much of their professional lives to undermining and restricting Israel’s rights to Jerusalem and Judea-Samaria.
A compilation of essays that originally appeared as overviews to ArtScroll’s commentaries on the Book of Bereishis, all authored by one of the greatest Torah commentators of our time, Rabbi Nosson Scherman.
By Eliana Sohn
The author shares a needed dose of reality. "We’ve neglected to pass along a critical component of living as a Jew: Life doesn’t come with guarantees."
With Avraham’s circumcision and their divine covenant--bris--established for all time, there was no longer a relationship of "formailty," between Avraham and HaShem, there was a new intimacy--a friendship.
Not surprisingly, it was only an op-ed writer for the Forward who not only denied that the imagery was anti-Semitic, but actually justified it. Would the Forward publish an op-ed that justified comparable images of women, blacks or gays?
By Ben Shapiro
Isn’t radical Islam just as horrifying as white supremacism? And isn’t white supremacism just as statistically non-representative of Confederate flag-owners throughout the South as radical Islam is of observant Muslims across the country?
By Bassam Tawil
Why do many Palestinians prefer peace with Hamas? Because they identify with Hamas's dream of destroying Israel and killing Jews. It may be an unpleasant a truth, but that is the bottom line.
By Allen Fagin
After each Yom Tov, we walk away with a renewed connection to our families that carries us over from festival to festival, from year to year, generation to generation.
For these radicals, it is not about what Israel does; it is about what Israel is: the nation state of the Jewish people. To many on the hard left, Israel is an imperialistic, apartheid, genocidal, and colonialist enterprise that must be destroyed.
By Bennett Ruda
The Balfour Declaration was not addressed to a foreign group, giving them permission to enter the land. On the contrary, it was recognition of what Jews -- who have an indigenous connection to the land -- had already accomplished and would continue to develop.
By Isi Leibler
800 Australian light horsemen attacked Beersheba brandishing bayonets, galloped directly into machine-gun fire, many dismounting and engaging in hand-to-hand combat, surprising the Turks who did not imagine that the Australians would act so brazenly
By Isi Leibler
Due to the international animus against us, it is time for Israel to overcome inhibitions and intensify efforts to actively seek out alliances, with nondemocratic states or even those whose viewpoints on various issues we strongly oppose.
Bibi throwing his coalition issues back at Trump may work in the short-term, but Israel’s need to move forward in annexing municipalities in order to properly administer the Jewish population in and around Jerusalem will not go away
Israel should pro-actively support the legitimate aspirations of the oppressed minorities – the indigenous peoples – of the Middle East and North Africa, like the Kurds and Berbers, and build alliances with them.
My name. “Harvey” has been getting a bad rap in the media lately, but it doesn’t bother me because I know wiser minds look at the person behind the name rather than the name itself.
By Robert Klein
Perhaps those who believe George Washington makes them feel "unsafe" are ignorant of how his positions on slavery evolved.
The Orchot Tzaddikim writes that when we do a mitzvah with a smile, it is worth a thousand times more than when we do it without one. So, with an easy and pleasant investment, the reward is immense
The only reason Netanyahu is bringing up “new conditions” is because they are in fact "old promises" from agreements two decades old that were never kept by the PA
For those who identify as observant Jews, as children of Torah, and as students of the sages, it is inexcusably perverse to embrace the tactics of the street in order to defend a lifestyle of spiritual and moral refinement.
October 2, 2026 
