יום רביעי, כ״ט אב תשפ״וWednesday, August 12, 2026
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By Moshe Herman
Moses is angry with rebellious Jews - what else is new! Rabbi Yishai on Parshat Chukat, the Red Heifer, the firey snakes, and the nature of the eternal nation. Then, Malkah Fleisher on the Hamas fire-kites and on the US' leaving the Human Rights Council.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Egyptian official “made unequivocally clear to him (Haniyeh) that if this continues, Israel will respond and take far harsher steps, and Egypt will stand by and will not help,” Katz told Israel Radio.
The Jewish people are the indigenous people to the Land of Israel because that is the place where our ancestors forged the beginnings of a multivariant culture and cultivated the Hebrew language and the Jewish religion and those other aspects that bring us together as one.
On the eve of a meeting between Netanyahu and Trump, the head of the most powerful Jewish organization in Washington threw Israel under the bus, declaring his support for dividing the Land of Israel, enabling our foes to establish a hostile entity along the Jewish state's borders.
This visit is praiseworthy because it treats Israel as a normal nation. In that sense it is very much in line with President Trump's move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital
By Fred Maroun
Opponents of the settlements accept very quietly the Arab requirement of a judenrein Judea, as if it is perfectly natural and perfectly acceptable. It is not. In fact, it is a despicable form of bigotry that Jews would be barred from living anywhere in the world, let alone a place like Judea and Samaria that holds huge significance to them.
By Bennett Ruda
A better question might be what is Sarsour's source for claiming terrorists have a moral right to choose their victims? Is it based on the Koran or does she have some other source?
Today on The Soul of Israel Shlomo Katz and Jeremy Gimpel delve into this week’s Torah portion with insight from some of the most cherished Ancient Jewish sources.
By Bennett Ruda
Palestinian Arabs have their own ideology of hate, one which has led them beyond cartoons, to build monuments dedicated to murderers of unarmed men, women and children, in the name of "resistance"
By JNi.Media
Renaud's eldest son was thrown from his arms at the shock of the hit and was recovered by an anonymous Israeli man who was on the scene.
Abbas and his government are quietly and successfully turning the PA into an autocratic one man-show, making it a private Abbas fiefdom. He seeks to fire or appoint PA judges whenever he feels like it. Where is the outcry from the various human rights "authorities"?
Rabbi Fohrman explores a mysterious mishnah, in which our Sages compare Abraham and his students, to Balaam,
Today, the people who preach tolerance in the US and Canada are the least tolerant; the people who complain of discrimination welcome practitioners of the oldest discrimination of all-anti-Semitism
By David Mark
Our generation has nothing left. The world is filled with endless noise, distractions, and base desires pulling all of us in every direction. The Almighty is hidden from us, seemingly far away.
The march definitely propelled Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian-American, pro-Sharia, Obama advisor, feminist, activist who also participated in the Standing Rock protests into the political night sky.
By JNi.Media
The US and Iran did not draft a written settlement agreement or any other formal documentation of the cash transfers, and Iran directed the Iran-US Tribunal at the Hague that it not record the settlement of its claim.
When you see injustice and lies on your college campuses, what do you do?
By Moshe Herman
After the Jewish people came to the Land of Israel they were commanded to “keep making aliyah” – to go up to Jerusalem 3 times a year. Rabbi Yishai Fleisher is reunited with Rabbi Mike Feuer for Spiritual Cafe where they discuss the end of the summer, the passing of Gene Wilder, the Torah portion which includes the laws of kosher and non kosher animals, the searching for the right spot and building of the Temple, and the laws of the false prophet. Reconnect with the Torah portion and the Land of Israel on this weeks exciting program.
The trip just concluded marked The Fellowship’s third such mission; it brought 21 ministers to Israel in the summer of 2015 and 22 more in January of this year.
Glick recited the Hebrew blessing “shehechiyanu” – which is said on special occasions and new experiences.
By dvora
He told the UK’s Jewish News that Islamic State is “preparing the largest religious cleansing in history” and admitted to being “pessimistic” about whether the West can do much about it.
IDF forces stopped a suspicious car near the town of Neve Tzuf in the Binyamin region.
By Yori Yalon
“When 13-year-old kids wake up in the morning and decide to take a pair of scissors and kill people, we have no way of convincing them they shouldn't do that [and] it's up to their own system to do that. "
By dvora
“The Pan American Maccabi games,” says 41-year-old Santiago lawyer Alvaro Rosenblut and chairman of the organizing committee, “will be the the biggest Jewish-Zionist event outside Israel.”
By JNi.Media
YouTube videos feature Sondik on the street singing Chassidic style tunes.
Cong. Brad Sherman will vote no on the Iran deal and wants to make sure it won't bind future Presidents or Congresses.
By JNi.Media
The presidential candidates are beginning to weigh in on Iran...
Kerry spent the Fourth of July talking with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif.
By Paul Gherkin
The Israel-US relationship is NOT one of peers; Obama abuses Israel because of dominant US position
Young man makes Aliyah and enlists in IDF, something his deceased father desperately wanted.
“But we are working consistently to fight against that,” she said. “We have allies in that effort.”
We have to respect religion. We have to respect people's freedom of religion; it’s one of the guarantees in our Bill of Rights.
Lauder: 'Jews demanded no 'Right of Return' to Germany or Austria or Poland or any other European country.'
By Guest Author
Seeing and hearing the anguish of Gabriel Sassoon, I am reminded of Otto Frank, Anne Frank's father.
An IDF officer on the Golan Heights was lightly wounded Tuesday evening by gunfire from Syria. The officer, from the Engineering Corp, was hit by shrapnel from where the bullet hit nearby. He was treated on site. The gunfire came from an area controlled by Assad's troops.
An open miracle occurred before our very eyes… the scheduled demonstration turned into a resounding celebration.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hammered away at the Iranian nuclear threat at a meeting with visiting Republican Congressmen Robert Pittenger of North Carolina and Dennis A. Ross of Florida Tuesday morning. "The American-Israeli alliance is a powerful one. It's based on common values, common interests. It's a bipartisan relationship, Netanyahu said. He added, "We appreciate […]
Fatah, Hamas threaten PM over Hevron visit
Boston doctor dies of gunshot wounds.
Terrorist murdered woman 100 yards from Jewish school.
By Rachel Levy
Was Ziad Abu Ein's riot death a true "martyrdom" for the cause of so-called PA Arab "resistance"?
By dvora
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder welcomed the museum’s decision to discover which pieces were looted by the Nazis and to work to restitute them.
By Moshe Herman
With rain falling in Israel, Yishai discusses the need for infrastructure to capture more of that rain. Good leadership is also a blessing: Yishai explains why he appreciates Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Moshe Feiglin and Economics Minister Naftali Bennet. Then, Rabbi Shimshon HaKohen Nadel is an author and educator who lives in Har Nof, he gives a status on how the ultra-Orthodox community is coping. Finally, Knesset Insider Jeremy Saltan discusses new laws and bills that seem to point to a nationalist Zionist trend in Israel.
The soaring threat of Islamic terrorism to the US mainland, pro-US Arab regimes, Europe, India, Asia, Africa and Australia has reaffirmed Israel's role as the moral and military outpost of the US in the Middle East. Israel's strategic role has gained in importance against the backdrop of the US withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan, the […]
Rabbi Yehuda Glick, a licensed tour guide and head of Haliba mvt for Jewish rights, has 'sparked unrest' by praying.
Channel 2 report: IDF could re-conquer Gaza, but cost would be hundreds of IDF deaths, violence from Judea and Samaria, Israeli Arabs
Latest updates on Color Red incoming rocket alerts from The Jewish Press.com .
Not always two sides to a story: Some try to kill babies, some try to protect them
An IDF official said Sunday evening that there is no news to report about the ongoing manhunt for Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel. According to a report on the Hebrew-language 0404.co.il website, a the official said, “We are continuing to work according to plan. This means scouring the area, arresting suspects and other […]
Israeli armor, swords and Star of David flags on display as national team wins Austria Cup
Support the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement? That might fly well on American and European university campuses, but don't try floating the idea in the Arab world. According to Caspar Veldkamp, Dutch ambassador to Israel, Arab and Muslim countries around the world maintain rich economic ties with Israel, often facilitated by Holland. Many of the countries […]
Dutch ambassador to Israel, Caspar Veldkamp, said Tuesday that Arab and Muslim countries, many of whom do not maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, maintain rich economic ties with Israel, facilitated by Holland. Israel Radio reported in Arabic that Muslim-majority countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia, in addition to several Persian Gulf nations, all trade quietly […]
PLO Chairman Abu Mazen appointed a long-time political ally, Rami Hamdallah, to build the Palestinian national unity government with Hamas. Palestinian reports said Fatah and Hamas officials agreed on the list of names that will form the government. According to NRG, the sides still have yet to agree on the future of Riad Almaliki, the […]
The sale of Tnuva to China's Bright Food may have broken the law.
Yizhar Hess, director general of the Masorti (Conservative) movement in Israel, apparently believes that graffiti attacks against Arab targets are at least as serious as physical violence against Jews. Writing in the Hebrew-language Yedioth Aharonoth, Hess said that per capita there were more racist attacks in Israel than anti-Semitic attacks in France during the year […]
The Hamas al-Aqsa TV channel called on Palestinian children to kill all Jews, wherever they are. According to Palestinian Media Watch, which posted a YouTube video of the cartoon with English-language subtitles, the children's show Tomorrow's Pioneers instructed children to shoot "all the Jews," and featured a young girl who dreams of shooting Jews. Child host (Rawan): "Tulin, why […]
Steve Tisch, one of the most successful producers in the motion picture industry, will chair the 16th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival at Tel Aviv University May 31-June 7, 2014. Tisch is a partner at Escape Artists Productions and chairman of the New York Giants is the only person with both an Academy Award […]
Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett started threatened Monday to pull his party out of the government coalition if Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accepts an American “framework” that is inconsistent with the party’s principles. He also made it clear at the annual Jerusalem Conference that he will back the Prime Minister if there is no […]
By Jeremy Rosen
We've known that you can define neither Jews nor Judaism in a way that will satisfy all its various elements.
A real boat that will try to leave Gaza in March and fight "against the Israeli blockade."
By Tzvee Zahavy
This translation, (approx. 665 pages) adheres closely to the text so that the reader has a sense of the structure and balance of the original.
Mustafa Alani, a Saudi foreign policy analyst, said: "We are learning from our enemies now how to treat the United States.”
By Jeremy Rosen
The Sephardi world had no Reform movement. In Ashkenaz the rabbis were constantly fighting an internal schism.
By Shai Afsai
Sigd means “prostration” or “bowing down” in Ge’ez, the ancient Ethiopian liturgical language.
By Jeremy Rosen
In the West, most Jews that non-Jews encounter are not particularly committed to being Jewish.
By Jeremy Rosen
The idea that all of the Torah was given to Moses on Sinai is complex, rife with textual, historical, and philosophical problems.
By Jeremy Rosen
Muslims of the Far East see the Arab jihadis of the Middle East in much the same way that non-Orthodox Jews view Charedim.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office denies an incredulous Wall Street Journal report Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu urged U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to talk to Russia about a deal to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. The Journal is a very credible source, and governments often deny the truth, but this time […]
By Batya Medad
The war took place almost half a century ago. That must really sound like "ancient history" to many people.
לַחְפּוֹר listen and repeat The Ancient- as well as Modern-Hebrew word for to dig is לַחְפּוֹר ( listen and repeat), of the root ח.פ.ר (kh.p.r) and the active-simple פָּעַל verb form. For example: יִצְחָק חָפַר בְּאֵרוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב. Isaac dug wells in the Negev (southern desert portion of Israel). listen The word לחפור is also used in Modern-Hebrew slang […]
In an interview with Zev Brenner Saturday night, Josh Mehlman, the chairman of the Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition told the radio host that only the major five Democratic candidates, that stand a chance to become the next mayor of New York City, will participate in Tuesday night’s mayoral forum on Jewish issues. Sal Albanese and […]
Plus bonus video: Anthony Weiner at The Jewish Press Wed. night conference
Young Ethiopians get a boost in self-esteem through the celebration of their heritage at the Malkat Shva Ethiopian Cultural Center.
By Jeremy Rosen
“Do not cook a kid in its mother’s milk.“ It is a puzzling statement, repeated three times in the Torah. Twice in connection with Shavuot, the summer's first fruits and harvest festival. The third time is in the context of forbidden foods. Traditionally, these texts have been taken to ban cooking, eating, and gaining benefit […]
An interview with best-selling author and columnist Amity Shlaes.
After UN Watch protest, HRW removes Falk & deletes his name from website
By Dr. Judith S. Bendheim Guedalia
I sit here mulling over the results of my latest PET Scan (Positron Emission Tomography), a nuclear medicine imaging technique which produces a three-dimensional image or picture (in color) of my innards and of the latest actions of the “bad buggars” that have invaded me (as I live through quite a serious case of cancer).
This Rosh Hashana you can commit to be a hero, just like Fariba and Alexa Khorshad, Ariel and Adir Settenbrino and more! Read about the amazing volunteers of the Aleh Foundation.
In this week’s parshah the Torah teaches the halachos of an ir hanidachas – a city where a majority of the inhabitants serve avodah zarah. The halacha is that all of the city’s inhabitants are killed and all of their possessions are burned.
In less than two decades, IDC Herzliya’s graduates have been forming a vast network of alumni throughout the world that is leaving other, much older and better established universities green with envy.
23 students from America and Canada just graduated from the Technion American Medical School in Haifa.
For many American Jewish students who want to study medicine, studying at the Technion American Medical School in Haifa is an attractive option.
Efraim Halevy will speak at the Shaarey Zedek Synagogue on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 8:00 p.m, as part of the annual Kanee Distinguished Speaker Series lecture. His topic, “Impossible Missions: Israel’s greatest threats inside and out” candidly outlines the country’s modern-day challenges.
The Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur, a new Hebrew/English prayer book with commentary based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, has just been published by Koren Publishers Jerusalem in partnership with the OU Press. This long-awaited prayer book presents for the very first time Rabbi Solovetichik’s insights on Jewish prayer.
By Kell Bell
Her blue eyes stare at me With wonder and hope My heart breaks a little But I still turn around and go.
By dvora
But every place has issues - Monsey, Teaneck, Yerushalayim, Kansas, and even Canada. No place is perfect, and issues need to be dealt with.
By dvora
Obama will eliminate Welfare by requiring all poor people to move in with rich people.
August 7, 2026 
