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Moshe Feiglin

Reconsidering The People’s Army

By Moshe Feiglin

The Knesset factions are pursuing legislation that will institute an equal draft into the IDF – but something is fishy. The New Israel Fund’s propaganda has made inroads, and it looks like the upcoming elections will focus on haredi-bashing.

Op-Eds

Reflections On A Grandson’s Enlistment In The IDF

By Rabbi Avi Weiss

I have long felt the holiest Jews are members of the IDF, the Israel Defense Forces. At countless rallies I’ve called out from the heart, “Blessed is the nation that has as its army the Israel Defense Forces.”

Knesset Corner

100 Ultra-Orthodox Would-Be Soldiers Not Drafted in 2011

By Jeremy Saltan

An officer close to the issue told the Jewish Press: "It is not that we turned away 100 soldiers - had they come to us we would have taken them anyway. But we were told to stop our Haredi outreach efforts which would have netted more recruits. The Tal Law is the big story though. If a new law does not pass we will be in a position to draft 60,000 Haredi soldiers in August."

Israel

Exclusive: Palestinians Attempt to Erase Jewish Roots in Hebron's Old City

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

This is not the first time Arabs have been engaged in the destruction of archaeological artifacts in Hebron. But recent acts of vandalism have been more methodical, leading to suspicion that they are purposeful and orchestrated by an entity bent on the erasure of archaeological artifacts that testify to the ancient Jewish roots in Hebron.

Interviews and Profiles

‘You Need 150 Salaries To Buy An Apartment – That’s Outrageous’: An Interview With Eyal Gabbai, Former Director-General of Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office

By Jewish Press Staff

This past summer, Israel made headlines for something other than the peace process or fighting terrorism when hundreds of thousands of its citizens took to the streets to protest social inequality and rising living costs.

Israel / Jewish / News Briefs

Matisyahu Goes Blonde in Jerusalem

By Tibbi Singer

The 32-year-old ultra-Orthodox rapper Matisyahu has surfaced in Jerusalem with a new bottle-blonde hair, AFP reports. He is sporting a completely new image, with bleached blonde hair and a casual look that includes combat pants, a brown leather jacket and open-toed army boots. The singer arrived on Tuesday for a three-day visit to shoot a […]

Moshe Feiglin

Moshe Feiglin: Transition IDF to a Professional Volunteer Army

By Moshe Feiglin

Feiglin: I know that religious Zionists think that their army service will pave their way into the heart of Israeli legitimacy. But that is not the case. Army service is a very important value. But those holding the reins will never let go in exchange for religious Zionist cannon-fodder.

IDF & Security / Global / News Briefs

Israel to Sell Germany Spike Missiles Totaling Hundreds of Millions

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel Defense reports that Eurospike, a subsidiary of weapons manufacturer Rafael, has signed a contract to supply Spike missiles totaling hundreds of millions of dollars to Germany.

Knesset Corner

Yair Lapid Offer's General Political Platform in First Public Speech

By Jeremy Saltan

Lapid proclaimed that the country belongs not to interest groups, lobbyists, business tycoons, ultra-orthodox parties, stone throwers, or those who threaten army officers, but to law-abiding middle class army-serving citizens. He unabashedly identified the three main problems with politics: the current electoral system, the ultra-orthodox parties and corruption.

IDF & Security

2012 Sees Lowest Number of IDF Recruits

By Jewish Press News Desk

The IDF website reports a decline in the number of army recruits this year, pinning the lowest recruitment rate in eight years on slower immigration and a low birth rates in 1994, when the 2012 generation was born. This year manpower shortage in the IDF will reach a peak, after a steady decline of 7.5 […]

Israel

Palestinians Attack With Rockets, Guns and Axe

By Sam Ser

Air force kills rocket squad, but shooters flee in West Bank ambush

Middle East / Levant

Pressure on Syria Builds From All Sides

By Sam Ser

As Arab League observer leaves in disgust and Turkey seizes weapons, Israel prepares for end of Bashar Assad’s regime

Op-Eds / Family

The Hug of a Fallen Soldier

By Edward Villa

“One night before I went to sleep I spoke to G-d and asked him out loud the following request: “Please – give me one hug from Dvir so that I will know that it was not all in vain.”

News Briefs

5 Activists Indicted for IDF Base Attack

By Jewish Press Staff

Five activists suspected of involvement in the attack on the IDF's Ephraim Division military base last month indicted in Jerusalem District Court.

Midrash Stories

The Translation Of The Torah (Continued from last week)

By Rabbi Sholom Klass

Ptolemy, King of Egypt, had requested of Elazar Kohen Gadol, that he send sages to his country to translate the Torah. Elazar complied by sending 72 sages. They were wined and dined and then the king put to them 72 questions, to test their wisdom.

Serials

Daf Yomi

By Rabbi Yaakov Klass

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