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Abraham Lincoln

Featured / US / History / Holidays & Observances / Diaspora / Religion

When Lincoln Borrowed a Philadelphia Rabbi's Tammuz 17 Reference for the Gettysburg Address

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In 1863, the day of Shabbat, July 4, Independence Day, fell on the first day of the three weeks, Tammuz 17, but because it was Shabbat, as is the case this year, 2019, the fast was pushed off to Sunday.

Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

President Rivlin Nominated Netanyahu to Form Coalition Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, …let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds."

Featured / US / History / Holidays & Observances / Diaspora / Religion

When Lincoln Borrowed a Philadelphia Rabbi's Tammuz 17 Reference for the Gettysburg Address

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In 1863, the day of Shabbat, July 4, Independence Day, fell on the first day of the three weeks, Tammuz 17, but because it was Shabbat, as is the case this year, 2019, the fast was pushed off to Sunday.

Jewish / Politics / Government / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset

Justice Minister Shaked Issues Manifesto on Jewish Democracy, Based on the Teachings of Chief Justice Barak

By JNi.Media

Alongside the need to restrain the legislator, Shaked sees a dire need to restrain Israel's expansionist Judiciary.

Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Holocaust

German Jews Irate at Sale of Göring’s Silk Underpants

By JNi.Media

German law prohibits the open display of Nazi memorabilia, but not their purchase or ownership by folks who just wonder what it would be like to own the Reichsminister of Aviation's silk shorts.

Op-Eds

Abraham Lincoln and Jewish Thought: A Union Made in Heaven

By Howard Zik

Lincoln proved a great friend to the small US Jewish population by granting them generous benefits

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Bar Refaeli - Accidental Star Trek Fan

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bar Refaeli thought she was quoting Abraham Lincoln. She was. But It was a Lincoln from a different universe.

Jewish / US / News Briefs

What is the Link between 17th of Tammuz, July 4th and Lincoln?

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The USA was founded on the Fast Day of the 17th of Tammuz, July 4, 1776. On the same coincidental days in 1863, a rabbi’s sermon included a phrase that Lincoln later made famous.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas’ Gift to US: A ‘Childish” Portrait of Obama and Lincoln

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gave visiting President Barack Obama a portrait of his guest with Abraham Lincoln, the quality of which was panned in a Tweet published by the Bethlehem-based Ma'an news agency. “Oh. My. Lord what is that gift Abbas just gave Obama? Is that a painting of Obama and Lincoln? Looks like […]

Op-Eds

Lincoln as a Bleeding Heart Peacenik?

By Steven Plaut

Honest Abe used exactly the same blockade tactic against the Confederacy over which the Israeli Left is now sobbing its eyes out.

J.E. Dyer

Bayonets, Horses and Ships, Oh My

By J. E. Dyer

Romney sees the Navy as a core element of our enduring strategic posture. For national defense and for the protection of trade, the United States has from the beginning sought to operate in freedom on the seas, and, where necessary, to exercise control of them. We are a maritime nation, with extremely long, shipping-friendly coastlines in the temperate zone and an unprecedented control of the world’s most traveled oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific.

J.E. Dyer

J.E. Dyer: Reflections on Ambassador Shapiro’s 'We’re ready to attack' comments in Israel

By J. E. Dyer

For the United States, issuing attack threats in the manner of Hugo Chavez is not a convincing posture. I don’t know if the Israelis will find it reassuring; I suspect the Europeans and Iranians will find it annoying, and decide to ignore it.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter II

By Ruchama Feuerman

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