* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin Meir Shalev, noted Israeli writer and political columnist, will be laid to rest tomorrow. Perhaps he will be remembered most for the speech he wrote in 1996 for *Ezer Weizman*, President of Israel at that time. Weizman delivered the speech before the German Bundestag and excerpts from it, which may

Q. How can God justify our suffering? We blame the enemy, but why don”t we complain about God Himself? A. There is no easy answer. We yearn for assurance (in the words of Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev) that the suffering was for God”s sake, that He mourns as we do. But if He too mourns,

The fact that this week”s parasha is called Shemini, which means “the eighth”, issues an invitation to us to answer this question. In Kabbalistic teachings, the number six represents the natural world. Hashem created our world in six days, and therefore we work on six days. The number seven represents the perfection of people. On

To view all the Torah Lessons, Click Here Parashat Shemini Presented By: Rav Eli Ozarowski. Written by: Ori Engelman Parashat Shemini presents the start of the service of Aaron, as the High Priest, in the Mishkan (Tabernacle). Question What are the similarities and differences between the Mishkan (Tabernacle) and the Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple)? Answer

‘Resistance will be stronger’ if government tries sneaking judge appointments bill through Knesset, organizers vow, warning that attempts to lull opposition to sleep won’t work

AG names detained person of interest as Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, says he was taken into custody ‘without incident’

State attorney says ‘no crime was committed’ by police officers who killed Mohammed Elasibi after they say he grabbed one of their guns, fired it repeatedly

TAMA 38 scheme to reinforce older buildings to withstand earthquakes in towns along Syrian-African rift have been exploited in central Israel, where projects are more lucrative

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in an interview with Channel 14 News this evening (Thursday) that the greatest danger to the current right-wing government comes from within the government rather than from the opposition. “Change takes time. The greatest danger to a right-wing government is being to the right of the right of the right.

Organizers of controversial annual ceremony for bereaved Israeli and Palestinian families slam defense minister, who says move is due to ‘complex security situation’ in West Bank

As Arab nations appear poised to welcome Bashar Assad back into the fold, a timeline of his and his father’s decades of tight control and dictatorship

Horev, a Jerusalem girls’ high school (Ulpena) has aroused significant controversy with a satirical video stereotyping various demographics of students. The video shows the girls portraying the stereotypes of the East European Ashkenazic community, as juxtaposed to the Mizrahi (the term referring to Jews from North Africa and the Middle East) community. The video begins

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the criticism he has received for his decision to close the Temple Mount to non-Jewish visitors for the final week of Ramadan. “When I became Prime Minister in 2009, 5,000 Jews ascended the Temple Mount a year, and in 2019, 37,000 Jews ascended, and I am very proud of that,”

Longtime regional rivals Riyadh and Tehran normalize relations after latest years-long split between them, with focus on diplomacy in Syria

With leader coming out on top in civil war, Arab nations are now ‘pretending that the past decade never happened,’ analyst says

The IDF has decided to strengthen Israel’s air defense services across the country for the last week and a half of Ramadan in light of recent security tensions. Several additional Iron Dome batteries were deployed today (Thursday) in various areas, alongside those stationed regularly. In addition, dozens of soldiers have been deployed throughout Tel Aviv

Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Israel’s enemies were misinterpreting the fierce controversy within Israel over the government’s now-frozen judicial reform plans as weakness. “They view the current crisis as weakness. In fact, it’s not weakness,” Bennett declared during an interview with CNN today (Thursday). “Israel is the Jewish State. Jews are a nation

The FBI has arrested Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking documents from the Pentagon this year. The arrest made in Massachusetts this afternoon (Thursday). Teixeira is leader of a Discord group, called ‘Thug Shaker Central,’ where the top-secret documents were leaked. The documents contained intelligence assessments of several countries, including Israel. One

Clip from Ulpanat Horev in Jerusalem goes viral online; Shas chief Aryeh Deri labels it ‘wretched and outrageous racism’; school apologizes, education minister calls for probe

Berlin gives green light for Warsaw to re-export five Mig-29s that previously belonged to the East German military

Media and diplomatic uproars are not dissuading locals in the Netherlands and Poland from putting on religious events centered around anti-Jewish sentiment

State Attorney Amit Aisman has decided to accept the recommendation of the Department of Internal Police Investigations to close the case against two police officers who were involved in a shooting incident on the Temple Mount about two weeks ago due to the absence of a crime. A terrorist had approached policemen stationed near the

Outlet quotes Israeli officials railing at top Jordanian diplomat over response to clashes at flashpoint Temple Mount, amid strained bilateral ties

Company heads and investors report concern about raising capital, outflow of funds, and employees seeking to relocate, according to poll by Start-Up Nation Central

FIBA launches disciplinary proceedings after Israeli flag burned and Hapoel Jerusalem supporters attacked with rocks and fireworks at game against AEK Athens

Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the Rabbi of the Western Wall, issued a statement today (Thursday) following the violence on the Temple Mount over the Passover holiday which concluded in Israel yesterday (Wednesday). “The seven days of Passover are over. The Jewish holiday of freedom is celebrated together. As every year, Jerusalem was at the center of

A new Rabbi has been elected for the Binyamin town of Hashmonaim: Rabbi Shlomo Glicksberg, who was elected by a majority of votes and will replace Rabbi Itamar Auerbach (67), the rabbi of the town and head of the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva who retired after about 28 years in the position. The representatives of the

Foreign Ministry says 33 Israelis were on board, and at least seven were seriously injured in accident

Widow and children of famed ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ actor tell Haaretz about his exploits to assist the spy agency, using his star status to help out with surveillance operations

Security sources cited on Israeli TV slam force for not closing roads sooner, arguing siblings killed in flood did not need to die

It”s official: The mayor of the U.S. capital wants Washingtonians to celebrate the end of Passover with a traditional North African Jewish party. In a proclamation set to be signed this weekend, Mayor Muriel Bowser will be urging her constituents to celebrate Mimouna, a feast that marks the end of the holiday and that has

The police have completed their preparations for the fourth and final Friday of Ramadan tomorrow. Over two thousand police officers will be deployed in Jerusalem tomorrow, and there will be an increased police presence and activity in the Jerusalem border crossings, in Arab neighborhoods of Jerusalem, and in the Old City. Multiple roads will be

Likud’s Galit Distel Atbaryan claims senior officials in position of power are promoting anti-government resistance, hampering state’s ability to function

Bedouin woman was arrested last week while carrying scissors near Damascus Gate; Jerusalem man told cops he planned to take knife from his restaurant job to carry out an attack

Shekel continues to depreciate amid investor concern that, following credit agency’s earlier warnings, outlook could be changed from positive to stable in coming days

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant this afternoon (Thursday) paid a condolence visit to the Dee family in Efrat, following the murder of Lucy Dee and her daughters Maia and Rina in a terrorist shooting attack last Friday. Gallant told the family that immediately after the shooting attack in the Jordan Valley, he visited the scene to

A bus carrying Israeli tourists overturned today (Thursday) in the northern Chungcheong District in South Korea. 35 people were injured, 10 of whom are in moderate to serious condition. The accident occurred as the bus was traveling on a winding road. The Israeli Foreign Ministry stated that representatives of the Israeli Embassy in Seoul are

Diplomats to discuss divisive issue of possible end to Syria’s 2011 suspension from Arab League over regime’s actions during civil war

Is The Guardian – and other media outlets – leaving out crucial information when it comes to Israel? Why are they doing this?

Am Echad, a New York-based organization that works to strengthen the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry, strongly criticized remarks made by Opposition Leader MK Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) during a recent meeting with North American Jewish leaders in New York. “As an organization devoted to strengthening the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry, we

Report says demand from PM and his wife sparked ‘an explosion’ in the family and Yair has now gone to the US for a few months; has not tweeted since March 28

Report quotes senior Israeli official branding Ayman Safadi ‘Jordan’s Ben Gvir,’ likening his conduct over past week to that of far-right firebrand Israeli minister

Yaacov Amidror says recent tensions, changing Middle East landscape and shifting US priorities make a ‘deterioration’ in the security situation likely

During Passover, a public prayer event was held at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, led by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, leading the city’s deputy mayor to issue a strenuous protest. “Dizengoff Square has become a place of prayer with gender segregation between men and women!” Reuven Ladianksy wrote on Facebook. “Here, in Tel Aviv, in the

The best-known documentary filmmaker in the world is a master storyteller — and a patriot in the truest sense. Rabbi Ammi Hirsch in discussion with Ken Burns.

Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Netanyahu’s relationships with his defense ministers; as environmental reporter Sue Surkes looks at talking plants and recycling

Yehuda Kurtzer talks with Pulizer Prize-winning sportswriter Ira Berkow about the meaning of baseball for American Jews.