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Rescuing My Home And Neighborhood From The Haifa Fires

By Doron Shafir

We couldn’t sleep that night, thinking of all emergency personnel still involved in the battle for our beautiful city of Haifa, of the fire that refused to be put out, of our neighbors who all

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

10 Families Evicted From Kiryat Arba Neighborhood

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Hundreds of soldiers deployed around Kiryat Arba to secure the demolitions.

NY / Politics / News Briefs / Judaism

Orthodox Shul Will Keep LGBT Shabbaton Despite Neighborhood Rabbis' Objection

By JNi.Media

"We encourage you to show your support by coming to shul this Shabbat for services and for the Shabbaton programming, and we welcome your feedback, questions, and notes of support."

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jews Moving Around Eretz Yisrael and Statehood Bid at the UN

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by Alternative Peace Activist Baruch Widen to discuss Jewish construction in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabul Mukaber along with the recent Palestinian statehood bid.

News Briefs

Julie Menin Announces Campaign for Manhattan Borough President

By Jewish Press News Desk

More than 200 Grassroots Community Leaders Endorse Former Community Board 1 Chair and Downtown Leader.

CIFWatch

Does the Guardian Own a Map? More Claims that E-1 Cuts the 'West Bank' in Two

By Adam Levick

The Guardian was under no obligation to consult Israel before making allegations, but they could at least consult a map.

News Briefs / Settlements

Brand New Jerusalem Neighborhood to Be Approved - E-1 #2?

By Malkah Fleisher

The first totally new Israeli-built neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem since Har Homa will soon be approved, introducing 2,610 Israeli homes to an area called Givat HaMatos.

Book Reviews

Title: Not My Kind? I Don't Mind!

By Shmuel Holczer

When the Fine family (not related to the Feiners from Alone in Africa!) move into a new neighborhood, the twin siblings named Nesanel (again, not related to Nesanel Feiner) and Nechama set out on a very important mission – finding friends to rescue them from their boredom.

The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

American Elections, Attacks on the Mount of Olives, and Jews in Hevron

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Malkah discuss American elections, a stabbing on the Mount of Olives, and an upcoming trip to Hevron

Politics / News Briefs

Jewish Press Election Night Live Chat

By Jewish Press Staff

Come to the Jewish Press Election Chat online.

Israel / News Briefs / Religion

Toldot Aharon: No Imposed Gender Segregation in Mea Shearim This Year

By Malkah Fleisher

The Toldot Aharon hasidic group says it will not enforce gender segregation in the streets of the Jerusalem religious neighborhood of Mea Shearim over the Sukkot holiday.

News Briefs / Settlements

Google Hearts Israeli Settlements

By Jewish Press News Desk

Residents of the town of Ginot Shomron (in the Shomron) are excited today as the Google Earth Camera Car has been driving around their neighborhood taking photos for Google Street View. (Picture coming soon)

Israel / Politics / News Briefs

How Much Is Netanyahu Worth?

By Tibbi Singer

Following the minor storm that erupted on Monday over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's request to rearrange his portfolio which is in a blind trust—a request he eventually rescinded—Forbes Israel decided to dig into that portfolio, to find out how rich is Bibi. It turns out he's not crazy rich, and incidentally, close to half of the Netanyahus wealth is invested in their penthouse in the affluent neighborhood of Rechavia in downtown Jerusalem, and a villa in Caesaria.

News Briefs / Settlements

Cabinet Secretary, Dignitaries Attempt to Strengthen Migron Residents

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser arrived in the last hour to visit the new neighborhood established to accommodate the residents of Migron who are slated to be evicted from their homes today following a Supreme Court hearing.

News Briefs

Two Grad Missiles Hit Eilat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two missiles hit Eilat Wednesday evening in an open area near a residential neighborhood. More details to follow.

News Briefs

NYPD Increasing Protection of Jewish Sites After Bulgarian Bombing

By Jewish Press News Desk

The New York City Police Department is stepping up its presence at synagogues and in Jewish neighborhoods the wake of yesterday's deadly bus bombing in Bulgaria, reports NY1. The website cites NYPD officials who say that critical response vehicles have been re-deployed as a precaution. Residents of the Upper East Side told NY1 Thursday morning […]

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Mosque's Loud Prayer Generates Mega-Decibel 'Battle of the Bands'

By Tibbi Singer

A Jerusalem neighbprhood decided to play very loud music, in defiance of the volume and disturbance of the sound of the muezzin at the nearby mosque,

Monitor

The Truth About Cronkite

By Jason Maoz

A new biography of the late Walter Cronkite has forced even admirers of the iconic CBS anchorman to reassess the man long held up as a paragon of journalistic ethics and objectivity.

Israel / News Briefs

Tragic Ulpana Hill Evacuation Conducted in Orderly Fashion

By Dovid Schwartz

Contractors hired by the Defense Ministry are busy packing the contents of the houses slated for evacuation Tuesday. Some residents held a press conference and described their feelings. "We're being removed against our will," said one of the local women. "We're doing it with a broken heart, but with our heads held high."

Photo of the Day

Shopping with my Dog

By Jewish Press Staff

Young woman and her dog out shopping in the Florentin neighborhood in South Tel-Aviv. The Florentine neighborhood in south Tel-Aviv was established years ago by the newcomers from Greece and Turkey. It was planned as a simple and pretty neighborhood, but it quickly sank into poverty and neglect. Today the neighborhood attracts many foreign workers, […]

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio with Yishai Fleisher: Turning Victims into Aggressors

By Moshe Herman

Yishai and Malkah kick discuss a recent violent situation that happened to them in their neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem while returning home from Shabbat Services.

Judaism 101

A Very Bad Hair Day

By Penina Scheiner

Tina was in my kindergarten class last year. Each day Tina’s hair flew all around her. It would tumble into her eyes and she would bat at it periodically throughout the day just to see. Sometimes I’d use whatever hair accessory I had at hand - even just a rubber band - to put Tina’s hair out of her face.

News Briefs

Netanyahu’s Cabinet to Legalize Ulpana Hill Neighborhood

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel's Cabinet will meet in a special session to discuss legalizing the Ulpana Hill Neighborhood in Judea and Samaria, in response to a Supreme Court ruling calling for its demolition. The meeting will be held Friday, a day after National Union faction leader Ya'akov Katz (Ketzaleh) and Zevulun Orlev of the Jewish Home faction each […]

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

Hated Settlers Receive Leftist Foes with Water and Cookies

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

After being told that the Meretz activists who came to see their homes were looking to stop at a Palestinian store to buy water, residents of the Bet El neighborhood welcomed their guests with cold water and cookies.

Israel

In a Bizarro World, Ultra Orthodox Cult Keeps Anti-Independence Day

By Tibbi Singer

In the neighborhood of Meah She'arim, stronghold of the vehemently anti-Zionist sect of Neturei Karta, Israel's Independence Day is traditionally kept as the inverse of the country's national celebrations.

Israel / News Briefs

Cornered by Pressure from Likud Ministers on Ulpana Hill Eviction, Barak Uses Mockery

By Jacob Edelist

Responding to criticism from two government ministers who object to the demolition of Ulpana Hill homes, Defense Minister Ehud Barak mocked his detractors, accusing them of contracting the Feiglin germ. But whether or not Prime Minister Netanyahu accepts the turning of his rival's name into an adjective, he has been looking for ways to avoid the May 1 eviction.

Israel

Jews Attacked in Jerusalem Firebomb Barrage

By Malkah Fleisher

On Sunday evening, Jewish homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Maale HaZeitim were attacked with a barrage of 10 Molotov cocktails, causing damage to property. Resident: "We are not leaving".

Lessons In Emunah

Red Miracle Van

By dvora

The Schwartzes had three vehicles but only two drivers. At any given time the third vehicle, the 2005 red Ford van, could be seen on different driveways throughout the neighborhood – and sometimes even in Miami Beach and Hollywood, Florida. The Schwartzes kept a third vehicle, knowing that not everyone had a car.

News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Migron Settlers Signed Evacuation Agreement 'With a Gun to our Head'

By Tibbi Singer

Some 13 years after its establishment, and six years after the court case on the settlement's legality began, all the residents of Migron, a large outposts in Judea and Samaria, arrived Sunday night at their local synagogue and signed an affidavit to be submitted to the court, committing to leave their homes voluntarily and without any forced eviction in three and a half years.

Analysis

As Netanyahu and Obama Meet: In Post-'Arab Spring', Israel is not the core problem

By Dr. Aaron Lerner

Whether or not Israel builds another porch in Jerusalem or for that matter entire new communities beyond the Green Line has no impact on the resolution of the problems in Egypt, Syria and the rest of the states on the neighborhood.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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