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Op-Eds

What About Jewish-Owned Land Beyond the Green Line?

By Point of No Return

It is little known that hundreds of thousands of Arab squatters in ''Arab East Jerusalem'' live on land still owned by the Jewish National Fund.

IDF & Security / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Magistrate Court Refusing to Rule on IDF General's Jurisdiction Inside the 'Green Line'

By JNi.Media

Attorney Hajbi questioned just how dangerous police really considered his client to be if they had let three weeks lapse between the day they discovered his absence and the day they picked him up.

Op-Eds

Before You Say ‘I Do’… Sign On The Dotted Line

By Alexandra Weaderhorn and Rachel Marks

There is an excellent prenup available, the Beth Din of America {BDA} Prenuptial Agreement, a binding arbitration agreement obligating them to appear at the BDA for the giving and receiving of a get.

Guest Blog

America Crosses the Line

By Vic Rosenthal

After Erin Schrode’s, a Jewish woman running for Congress in California, personal information was posted on a neo-Nazi website, she received messages of anti-Jewish abuse, death and rape threats.

Op-Eds

‘Move De Line’: Shalom Bayit; Shalom Aleinu

By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran

If you want to move de line, you have to let go of hurt and anger.

News Briefs

Kinneret Water Level Rises

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Kinneret Bot reports: In the last 2 days the water level of the Kinneret rose 2cm to -212.38m, 62cm above the lower red line. This rise has been due to the rain that Israel has been having over the past 2 days.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Likud Primary Results and Voting in Israel

By Moshe Herman

Yishai broadcasts from Jerusalem's International Convention Center to talk about the Likud Primaries.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Israel Elections 5773

Some Likud MKs Explain Their Positions to Voters - in English

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday night, around 100 English speaking Likud members and supporters got to hear MK Tzipi Hotoveli, MK Gila Gamliel and Jerusalem City Council member Yair Gabai address some of the major issues of the day, in English. The event, which was held at the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, and lasted over two hours, was […]

The Knesset / Settlements

Whatever Happened to Those Likud Victories?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two months ago the Likud announced two major victories, yet since then, neither has made it over the finish line.

Terrorism / News Briefs

Updated: Latest (75+) Missile Alerts and Strikes

By Jewish Press News Desk

Latest rocket launches and alarms [Editor: Sorry, we're having trouble keeping up with all of them.] Trivia: As of 11:03 PM 858 rockets were launched at Israel from Gaza in 2012. More than 60 rockets this evening. 4 injuries reported, and 25 Kassams just on Sderot alone between 8:00AM-9:00AM Sunday morning. 8:50 AM Shaar HaNegev […]

A Soldier's Mother

Smell the Grass

By Paula R. Stern

Israel is a land that was, according to the Bible and logic, very fertile. I believe I read somewhere that when the Romans conquered Judea and sent the Jews into exile, they salted the earth to prevent our return. I googled it...yeah, google is now a verb... and there are more than 50,000,000 references to it. I didn't click on them to see if it was true or not. The bottom line is still the same.

South Florida

Miami Beach Chabad House Torah Studies Catalog

By Shelley Benveniste

Chabad House in Miami Beach has released its Torah Studies catalog of classes for the first season of the 2013 academic year. All classes will be held at The Chabad House, 669 North Lincoln Lane, Miami Beach. The sessions are open to men and women.

Goldstein on Gelt

How Marriage Can Make You Richer

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Comedian Billy Connolly once said, “Marriage is a wonderful invention; then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.” However, what Mr. Connolly probably was not aware of when he said this was that marriage can also prolong your life more than a bicycle repair kit would.

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Shariah Card: Charge Your Way to Mecca

By Malkah Fleisher

Users of a Shariah-compliant credit card from the United Arab Emirates can charge their purchases according to Islamic law, direct their prayers toward Mecca, and even put a little aside for the Hajj.

Rubin Reports

Why They Love Osama, Hate Obama, and How Obama Uses the Same Tactics at Home

By Barry Rubin

When solidarity along group lines takes priority and the line is that all of “us” must unite against the “other” no matter what truth, logic, or justice dictates then that means serious trouble. And guess what? That is the line of the Obama Administration and its Newest Left supporters.

Op-Eds

We Will Never Be Uprooted Again

By dvora

Three thousand years ago, King David reigned over the Jewish state in our eternal capital, Jerusalem. I say that to all those who proclaim that the Jewish state has no roots in our region and that it will soon disappear.

Travel

Jerusalem Walking Tour (Along part of the 1948 armistice line)

By Vardah Littmann

For 19 years Yerushalayim was a city divided, cut in two by the 1948 armistice line. After Israel’s War of Independence on November 30, 1948, at the time of the official cease-fire, Moshe Dayan sat with Abdallah Tell and UN mediators, slicing up Yerushalayim. Using a map scaled at 1:20,000, each side used a different coloured wax pen to delineate the furthest point under its control. Israel drew a red line and Jordan a green line. This is the origin of the phrase used to describe land that is “behind the green line.”

United Nations (UN)

Transcript: PM Netanyahu's Speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York

By Jewish Press Staff

Transcript of Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech in the UN on Thursday, September 27, 2012.

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Netanyahu Warns the World: A Nuclear Iran Is like a Nuclear Al Qaeda

By Jacob Edelist

"I ask, given this record of Iranian aggression without nuclear weapons, just imagine Iranian aggression with nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said to the assembly.

Lessons In Emunah

All’s Well That Ends Well

By Valerie Shalomoff

On August 29, 2011, I took my three kids to a New York Mets baseball game and was sitting in the front row. During the last inning, my 12-year-old son Eliezer was hit in the face by a line drive (the clip is on YouTube, “Baseball hits boy, Mets-Marlins”). He was rushed to the hospital and received eight stitches; he was discharged the next day.

Israel / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Senate Overwhelmingly Endorses ‘Capability’ Red Line on Iran

By JTA

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly endorsed language that sets a red line for Iran "nuclear capability."

Op-Eds

America's Ambivalent Iran Doctrine

By Yaakov Lappin

Ironically, the less credible the threat of military force is, the more likely it is that military force will eventually have to be used.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Settlements

Aussies, Danes, Swedes Turks, and Bedouins Learn New Media & Public Diplomacy at Ariel University

By Baruch Shomron

The delegates arrived from all over the world including Denmark, Sweden, Turkey and Australia, to take part in the New Media & Public Diplomacy Seminar at Ariel University in Samaria. Their formal goal is to "gain a better understanding of how public diplomacy shapes the Middle East conflict," but they are also counting on having a lot of fun.

Politics / News Briefs

Hikind Thrown Off Conservative Party Line

By Jewish Press Staff

New York State Appellate Court Second Judicial Department ruled in favor of Assembly candidate Moshe Tischler and ordered that the NYC Board of Elections remove Dov Hikind from the Conservative ballot line for November’s General Election.

News Briefs

Yom Kippur Rentals Could Cost Tel Aviv's Bike Program Funding

By JTA

Israel's transportation minister has threatened to withdraw funding for a Tel Aviv bicycle rental project if it allows the bicycles to be used on Yom Kippur. Israel Katz said Sunday that the operating of the Tel-O-Fun project on Yom Kippur "is crossing a red line and breaking all the norms. The Tel-o-Fun project is important, […]

Emes Ve-Emunah

Can a 'Lefty' Rabbi Save Yeshivat Chovevei Torah?

By Harry Maryles

Rabbi Asher Lopatin, who will succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss as head of YCT, is most definitely on the left side of the Orthodox spectrum. Nevertheless he can keep YCT from sliding too far to the left and cross the line of Orthodoxy. YCT founder Rabbi Avi Weiss candidly admitted that he has parted ways with his Rebbe on the approach to these issues. And he has incorporated it into the philosophy of his Yeshiva.

Lessons In Emunah

Box Of Chocolates

By dvora

The other night, after having a truly bad day where nothing seemed to go right, I jokingly changed my Facebook status to “I have had one of those awful, miserable, terrible days! And there is NO chocolate in the house!”

A Soldier's Mother

Gas Mask Distribution

By A Soldier's Mother

Can you understand the concept that a young mother was happy that her son now had a gas mask? When you can, you'll understand what it is to be Israeli - at least in part.

Politics / Iran

AG Urged to Probe Leftist Academics Telling Pilots to Refuse Bombing Iran Nukes

By Jacob Edelist

"This is a call for rebellion and it undermines the unity of Israeli society and the values of democracy," declared Labor Party Chairperson Shelly Yachimovich.

News Briefs / Settlements

EU Now Includes City in Pre-1967 Israeli Territory in 'Forbidden Zone'

By Jacob Edelist

An EU directive will impose customs duty on products made in the cities of Modiin and Maccabim-Reut, built on what was no-man's land between 1949 and 1967.

News Briefs

Florida Woman Sues El Al for Making her Give her Seat to a Haredi Man

By Jewish Press News Desk

Debra Ryder, a Jewish resident of Florida and an El Al passenger, is asking the carrier for 50,000 shekel ($12,500) in compensation for allegedly switching her seat on a flight from the U.S., after a Haredi man refused to sit next to her. She claims that the flight attendant moved her without her expressed consent […]

Israel

Israel's Transportation Revolution is Underway

By Tom Nisani

It is no secret that transportation development has suffered neglect and lack of promotion in the past two decades. Until recently, roads have not been revamped, the train's route was not developed, and traffic jams across the country intensified due to an increase in the number of private vehicles. Lately, however, Israel has witnessed developments everywhere. Across the country, from north to south, there are new roads, interchanges have been built, railroads placed and more.

News Briefs

Florida State House Candidate Apologizes to the ADL

By JTA

A son of Holocaust survivors, who is running for reelection in the Florida statehouse, has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League after labeling the group “despicable.” The ADL had criticized Sheldon Lisbon after he sent out an email to supporters in June with the subject line, “A vote for Shelly Lisbon is a vote for the […]

Marriage and Relationships

Interacting With Coworkers

By Dr. Yael Respler

Dear Dr. Yael: I am very happy and successful in my line of work. However, I am having trouble with a coworker and hope you can help me. A few months ago, a new woman began working at my office. We share a workspace and often have to work together on projects. This woman seemed nice, but there have been several awkward situations between us that are really bothering me.

Op-Eds

Supermarket Epiphanies in Israel

By Charley Levine

There I was, in dire gloom, cart frozen well distant from the cash register. I was sorely aggrieved. Until I remembered a flash of soul-searching during my flight when I promised I would try to improve my grumpiness a bit and seek alleged silver linings even in dismal circumstances. What could I do save give my commitment the old college try.

Felafel on Rye

The Cult of America

By Tzvi Fishman

In my family alone, except for my brother, all of my cousins and second cousins married out of the faith – all of them. Finished. Kaput. The end of the line. After 5000 years of clinging to being Jewish, generation after generation, through times of harsh and often murderous oppression, the candle was snuffed out in the love boat of America.

Israel / News Briefs

Yitzhak Shamir, 96

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former Prime Minister Yithak Shamir passed away on Saturday night at age 96. As member of the Mossad Shamir directed the assassinations of former Nazi rocket scientists working on the Egyptian missile program.He served several terms as prime minister throughout the 1980s. He maintained a hard political line, which strained his relations with the U.S.

Sports

Lakewood Heimishe Bake Shoppe Wins Holyland Series!

By Monty Wayland

In a dramatic championship final in the All Star Israel Softball League, Lakewood Heimishe Bake Shoppe took home the Holyland Series Trophy, with a stunning 10-7 comeback victory. Players and fans stormed the field, celebrating the roller-coaster victory for Lakewood late into the night.

Business/Finance / NY / News Briefs / Kosher Food News

Abeles and Heymann Merges with Israeli Company Yehiam

By Shalom Bear

US Glatt kosher deli manufacturer Abeles and Heyman merged with Israeli company Yehiam to help both expand their reach in the US market.

Israel / US / News Briefs

Israelis To Coast Through US Security - and Vice Versa

By Malkah Fleisher

Frequent travelers to the US from Israel – and vice versa - will soon have a smoother time making the landing, thanks to Israel’s entry into the US Global Entry Program.

InDepth

My Week with the Israel Defense Forces

By Rabbi Aharon Ziegler

Sar-EL, the National Project for Volunteers for Israel, stations volunteers on IDF bases across the country. We work in army uniforms and perform non-combat support duties, working alongside regular soldiers, helping Israel shoulder its defensive burdens.

News Briefs

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, 84

By JTA

Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, who was committed to fighting anti-Semitism and fought in Israel's War of Independence, has died. Sassoon died Wednesday in his Los Angeles home. He was 84. He had been battling leukemia, according to the Los Angeles Times. In 1982, he established the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism […]

Features On The Jewish World / Potpourri

NCFJE’s Toys For Children: Bringing Cheer To Those Who Need It Most

By dvora

Huge plush teddy bears greet me as soon as I walk through the door. Puzzles line the shelves along with boxes of Lego and dress-up clothes. Every few inches another toy. Another game. Another child’s dream.

Judaism 101

Daily Midot Program

By Rabbi Tzvi Miller

Our Mission: When it comes to Chesed the Jewish people are at the front of the line. We’ve tackled Chesed and everyone is aware of the unbelievable work and generosity that we are involved in. Now it’s time to take on a new, more difficult challenge: Middot (character trait).

Family

Gila Manolson: A Response to Yitta Halberstam's Plea to Mothers of Girls in Shidduchim

By Gila Manolson

Don't worry, Yitta, I'm not going to crucify you, as you feared. I actually agreed with the gist of your article, which was obviously heartfelt and well-intended. I just want to point out where you crossed a line...

Israel / News Briefs

Since Thursday Kinneret Level Rises 7.9 Inches

By Tibbi Singer

Large amounts of water that swept through northern Israel and led to a strong flow of streams have produced exceptionally high figures for the National Lake's level. The Kinneret water is now at about 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) above the "lower red line." While rain may be ceasing soon, the snow thaw is expected to add even more water in the spring.

Chronicles of Crises

Chronicles Of Crises In Our Communities

By dvora

More Commentary On Bais Yaakov’s High School Education

Israel

English-Speakers Laugh At Life in Israel

By Malkah Fleisher

A new video by a young Israeli from New York earned 57,000 views in two days, taking comedic aim at the life of the average young English-speaking immigrant to Israel.

Analysis

What's In A Name? The Status of the Jewish Quarter

By dvora

In this highly politicized era, where every time Israel begins construction on any part of Jerusalem beyond the 1967 green line, it’s worth asking why the Jewish Quarter has been spared the same level of international criticism.

News Briefs

Israeli Cabinet Approves Construction of Tel Aviv-Eilat Rail Line

By Jewish Press Staff

The 350-kilometer line is due to shorten travel time to two hours.

News Briefs

UN Security Council Convenes on Syria

By Jewish Press Staff

Russia resisting resolution that would condemn Bashar al-Assad and demand his resignation.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu Considering Rail Link For Asia-Europe Trade Route

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu: "The Eilat Railway will be a passenger railway with a travel time of two hours" from Tel Aviv.

News Briefs

Iran Says Obama Called for Direct Talks in "Red Line" Letter

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian lawmaker says threats were accompanied by offer for dialogue.

News Briefs

Iran Confirms Receipt of US Letter Regarding Strait of Hormuz

By Jewish Press Staff

US government conveyed that closing the Strait would constitute a "red line."

News Briefs

Water Level in Lake Kinneret Rises 11 Centimenters

By Jewish Press Staff

Heavy rains in Northern Israel help raise Kinneret's water level.

Teens and Twenties

The Match That Set The World Ablaze

By Avi Janowski

Watching people a few hundred feet up in the air, walking or bicycling on a string has always astonished me. Regardless of the science behind it (using a long pole as a means of forcing one's center of gravity onto the string) does nothing to subtract from the magnificence of the act.

Health and Living

Treating Crohn’s With Diet

By dvora

We have all been raised in a culture which we are taught to believe in the “miracles of modern medicine.”

News Briefs

Major Terror Attack Thwarted at Samaria Military Courthouse

By Jewish Press Staff

IDF soldiers arrest four Palestinians, armed with pipe bombs, pistol, and a knife, at Salem Crossing near Jenin.

Marriage and Relationships

The Power of Sorry

By Sam Krause

“Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” Remember that saccharine line from the famous 1970 movie “Love Story?” It sounded icky to us then, and it sounds icky to us now, but since, like us, many of you also came of age under the spell of that cloying mantra, we’d like to set the record straight once and for all: it’s a big fat lie that has nothing whatsoever to do with love.

Serials

Persuaded - Chapter VII

By Barbara Bensoussan

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