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Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz--Jews Are One Family; We Are All Responsible For Each Other

By Vera Kessler

Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz is a writer, advocate, non-profit veteran, and co-founder of JWOW!, Jewish Women of Wisdom, a community for Orthodox midlife women.

Headline / Jewish / US

Israeli, Jewish Leaders Laud Trump’s New Executive Order on Anti-Semitism

By Benjamin Brown / TPS

Under the new ruling, Judaism will be defined as a national origin, rather than as a religion.

Headline / Government / Antisemitism / The Knesset / Diaspora / Holocaust / European Union

Edelstein in Europe: Never Again! ¡Nunca más! Plus jamais! Mai più! Nie wieder!

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

What has been learned from all the memorials if synagogues across Europe need round-the-clock protection?

Ari and Jeremy

Israel Inspired: What Does the World Really Want from the Jews?

By The Land of Israel

How should the Jewish People contend with the epic challenges facing us today? Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel challenge the prevailing sentiment regarding how to engage European leftists, Christian missionaries, and others causing harm to Israel on today's Israel Inspired.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Exacting Vengeance on the Gentiles?

By Harry Maryles

Seeing the sight of Jesus on a cross must have made them feel like they were seeing Avodah Zara in the Beis HaMikdash.

Op-Eds

Tossing a Jewish Lasso over Wyoming’s Wild West

By Chabad.org

The rabbi, in his early 30s, hails from Miami, Fla., and Raizy, in her late 20s, grew up in Israel. What’s it like to live in the least populated state in the nation?

Emes Ve-Emunah

Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood

By Harry Maryles

The Egyptian army is fighting a movement that is extremely anti Semitic as a part of its religious theology.

Op-Eds

Henry Shaw & Names

By Jeremy Rosen

My father was always known as Rosen, but his elder brother Hashy became Shaw.

Op-Eds

What Does It Mean to Be Jewish?

By Harvey Rachlin

Divine affirmation is the foundation of Judaism. Everything else comes after.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Stop Deriding Black Hatters!

By Harry Maryles

In the spirit of 'elu v’elu' we should just agree to disagree and respect each other’s views and lifestyles as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others.

Shiloh Musings

It's All in God's Hands

By Batya Medad

There's the "hype" that politician "a" or "b" can make it all better. None of it's true.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Religious Pluralism Within Orthodoxy

By Harry Maryles

My harsh criticism is reserved for extremist behavior that is a result of those Hashkafos – even if it is from my own.

Daniel Greenfield

The Darkness and the Light

By Daniel Greenfield

Sixty-four years is a long time for oil to burn, especially when the black oil next door seems so much more useful to the empires and republics across the sea.

Felafel on Rye

Potifar’s Wife is in Your Home Too: The Dangers of the Internet

By Tzvi Fishman

Recognizing the terrible danger of unsupervised Internet viewing has extra significance now, at the time of Hanukah.

Felafel on Rye

Get Angry at Rashi - Not at Me!

By Tzvi Fishman

Two Torah scholars were sent from Israel to Babylon. Upon their arrival, they took part in official ceremonies and didn’t reveal the purpose of their visit. They were received with great honor. Gradually, they started to vent their opposition. Finally, they entered a crowded assembly and said to the Jews of Babylon, “Behold, you are a great congregation. You can be independent. You don’t need Eretz Yisrael. You don’t need Mount Moriah.” Their sarcasm was purposely stinging in order to shock the Babylonian Jews. “And you’ve also got Rabbi Ahia here. Let Ahia build an altar, and let Haninah play on a harp. But know that if you detach yourselves from the centrality of Eretz Yisrael, you have no portion in the God of Israel!”

Felafel on Rye

Rachel is Weeping Over You!

By Tzvi Fishman

The yartzeit of our Matriarch, Rachel, falls this year on Shabbat. Every year, more and more people gather at Rachel’s Tomb to pay respects to the Matriarch who is known as Rachel Emanu - Rachel Our Mother. Thousands of pilgrims will travel there today and tomorrow from all over the country, and perhaps 200,000 more will make the annual pilgrimage the day after Shabbat, every type of Jew there is, religious and non-religious, Haredim, Hasidim, and Dati Leumi, men, women, and children, busload after busload after busload, from far and near, waiting long hours for their turn to enter the small but beautifully renovated tomb near Betlechem on the way to Efrata .

Felafel on Rye

Ask Any Eight-Year Old

By Tzvi Fishman

Give this week’s Torah portion, “Lech Lecha,” to an eight-year old to read, ask him where God wants the Jewish People to live and he will answer “the Land of Israel” right away. Give it to a gentile to read and ask him the same question. “The Land of Israel” he will answer without batting an eye. Give it to a Jew in the Diaspora and ask him the same question, and you’ll get a dozen different answers.

Felafel on Rye

The Snake Made Me Do It

By Tzvi Fishman

If Eve had read www.jewishsexuality.com, she wouldn’t have followed after her eyes and got us all kicked out of the garden. If Adam had read jewishsexuality.com, he wouldn’t have eaten the “apple.” Today, we don’t have to make the same mistakes they did. We have the teachings of the Torah and the advice of the Sages to rely upon. While I won’t quote from the holy Zohar here, for people who enjoy the secrets of Torah, there’s a lot more to the snake than his pretty long tail.

Felafel on Rye

An Etrog Tree Doesn’t Grow in Brooklyn

By Tzvi Fishman

If it did it would die. Just the way the Diaspora is destined to die. The etrog tree doesn’t belong in Brooklyn. The climate isn’t right for it. It’s the same with the lulav, hadasim, and aravot. The four species which we are commanded to take for ourselves on the Festival of Sukkot are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael, just as the Torah is indigenous to Eretz Yisrael, and the Jewish People are indigenous to Eretz Yisrael. We belong in Eretz Yisrael. All of the holidays are intrinsically connected to Eretz Yisrael. The Torah was designed and fashioned by the Almighty to be observed in Eretz Yisrael.

News Briefs

Statement from PM Netanyahu on the Eve of his UN Speech

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Citizens of Israel, Tonight, I am leaving for New York to represent the State of Israel at the United Nations. On the issue of Iran, we are all in agreement on the goal of preventing Iran from achieving nuclear weapons. On the day when we pray to be inscribed in the Book of Life, a […]

Felafel on Rye

Homeward Bound

By Tzvi Fishman

L eading up to the holiday of Sukkot, we’ll wrap up our condensed look at Rabbi Kook’s teachings on t’shuva with a few blogs on two of the holidays most important themes – Eretz Yisrael and Torah.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Shabbat Visitors, Positive Thinking, and The Weakening Grip of America on Jews

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Rabbi Yohanan Danziger discuss recent Shabbat visitors, the Jewish need to remain positive, and America's weakening grip on the Jewish People.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

It’s Not About Survival; It’s About Becoming the Spiritual Superpower

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by the International Director of the Temple Institute, Rabbi Chaim Richman. Together, they discuss the Iranian nuclear threat and the need for the Jewish People to remain strong in the face of danger.

Felafel on Rye

“Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me a Match!”

By Tzvi Fishman

Doing my best to copy Sholom Aleichem’s gifted portrayal, and adding a bit on my own, I transformed the downtrodden Jew of galut into a proud pioneer in the Holy Land and a brave fighter for Jewish freedom. It’s a saga that I am sure you and your children will love. And now, thanks to The Jewish Press, it’s free!

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

A People Apart

By Moshe Herman

Managing Editor if Jewish Press Online, Yishai Fleisher, is joined by activist Jack Berger. Together, they discuss a recent trip to Hebron and its importance to the Jewish People along with the situation in Beit El.

Analysis

Alan Dershowitz: Iran Declares War Against the Jewish People

By Alan M. Dershowitz

In a speech delivered in Tehran, Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi accused the Jewish people of spreading illegal drugs around the world, killing Black babies, starting the Bolshevik Revolution and causing many of the world's other ills.

Felafel on Rye

Can Gedolim Make Mistakes?

By Tzvi Fishman

How can it be that outstanding Torah scholars in Europe, before the Holocaust, and even after it started, were against the Zionist movement and told their congregations not to uproot themselves from where they were and flee to Eretz Yisrael? Even today, there are Torah leaders who tell their followers that the time has not come to go to Israel. The question arises – can Gedolim err?

Felafel on Rye

The Key to Greatness

By Tzvi Fishman

Rabbi Meir Kahane, perhaps the most dynamic Jewish orator of our time, a speaker capable of inflaming hearts and inspiring the masses, a par-excellence TV debater who chopped the glib intellectual banter of opponents into tiny insignificant scraps, he had a bothersome stutter in his youth, which had to be mastered in order to fulfill his dream of reaching out to the Jewish People.

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio with Yishai Fleisher: From the Knesset

By Moshe Herman

An inspiring talk by Yishai Fleisher at the Knesset for AmShalem, an organization dedicated to restoring a moderate and Zionistic view to Judaism. Yishai talks about his move to Jerusalem from Beit El, the significance of his Jerusalem apartment, and the importance of Jerusalem to the Jewish People.

Holidays

Yoram Ettinger: Shavuot Guide for the Perplexed

By Yoram Ettinger

Shavuot is the holiday of the Torah, which impacted the US Constitution in particular and the state of Western morality, liberty, and democracy in general. Shavuot is celebrated by decorating homes and houses of worship with Land of Israel-related fruit, vegetables, herb and flowers, demonstrating the indigenous connection between the Torah of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Land of Israel.

Felafel on Rye

God is the Biggest Zionist of Them All

By Tzvi Fishman

Yes, the Ribono Shel Olam, the Master of the World is a Zionist. So was Avraham Avinu, Moshe Rabeinu, Yehoshua, King David, Rabbi Akiva, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai, the Macabbees, all the Prophets of Israel, including Ezra and Nechemia who led a seemingly motley crowd of sinners back to the Land of Israel from Babylon to rebuild the Holy Temple.

Analysis

Yoram Ettinger: Beyond World Opinion

By Yoram Ettinger

The bolstering of Jewish sovereignty generates negative world opinion - except in the U.S. and a few other countries - but enhances respect toward a conviction-driven Jewish state. On the other hand, when Jewish sovereignty retreats and Israel submits to world opinion, it merely projects weakness. Israel will never satisfy world opinion, and such action only further fuels global pressure.

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio: Migron Resident, "I Had To Teach My Children Not To Hate Our Own Police"

By Moshe Herman

It’s crunch time as Pesach is rapidly approaching. Yishai delves into deep thoughts on the holiday with Rabbi Shimshon Nadel. Then insights into the state of the Jewish world from Chicagoan Jack Berger, a scholar of Jewish history and experienced Israel advocate. Third up, a Migron insider (Aviela Deitch) walks us through the birth of the community up to the present. Don't miss the final segment featuring a powerful presentation from Yehuda HaKohen that will wake up and enliven the inner Jew among the pre-Pesach stress.

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio: New Movie About Israel, and Help Me Understand Migron!

By Moshe Herman

This week’s show kicks off with Yishai and Malkah talking about a recently released movie titled “Israel Inside”, which shows how Israel is leading the way in not only technology but also social innovation and creating a new atmosphere in the Middle East. Then, Yishai talks with Jeremy Sultan to understand the nitty gritty of the Migron saga.

Israel / Jewish

Toulouse Widow and Bereaved Mother Issues Plea to Jewish People

By Malkah Fleisher

Eva Sandler, wife of Rabbi Jonathan and mother of young boys Aryeh and Gavriel - 3 of the 4 Jews murdered in a shooting attack by Mohammed Merah in Toulouse on March 19 - has issued a public letter responding to the thousands of people seeking ways to support her in her time of suffering.

Op-Eds

Making a Difference For Our Brethren In Israel

By Rabbi Akiva Males

We are all aware of the terrible divisions among Israel’s Jewish population. My friends and colleagues in Israel tell me they cannot remember a time in recent years where so much fragmentation existed. All this when the external threats facing Israel grow greater by the day.

News Briefs

Interior Minister Eli Yishai: Jewish People Survived Because of Torah

By Jewish Press Staff

Shas MK: Torah protected Jews before there was a state, the IDF, and Shin Bet.

Analysis

Reflections on National Jewish Reality

By Yedidya Atlas

We too cannot be so capricious of nature, so weary of our national responsibility, as to give away what is, in truth, not ours alone to barter... We cannot be so selfish as to sacrifice a holy heritage for what is, at best, transitory expediency.

Serials

Persuaded – Chapter III

By Barbara Bensoussan

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