April 24, 2023

A plea from the brother of Elkana, who fell in battle

Seventeen years ago we arrived at the Mount Herzl military cemetery as a bereaved family for the first time. It was not because we had been bereaved seventeen years ago but because we had had a burial four years before that in the military area of the Gush Katif cemetery and then were uprooted. And

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Blinken announces three-day ceasefire in Sudan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Monday that Sudan’s warring generals had agreed to a three-day ceasefire after previous bids to pause the conflict quickly disintegrated, AFP reported. “Following intense negotiation over the past 48 hours, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have agreed to implement a nationwide

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Two cars in opposing lanes – missing Lucy, Maia and Rina

Friday morning. A car with three happy women driving along a scenic route. Enjoying the beautiful scenery and the Jordan Valley tranquillity, looking at the high yellow hills already beginning to turn green. They wend their way in such harmony and the car is filled with so much goodness and light. I try to imagine

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Watch: Father, younger brother of Hallel, Yagel Yaniv recite kaddish

Shalom Yaniv and Tzur Yehuda Yaniv, the father and younger brother of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, the two brothers who were murdered in a terrorist shooting attack in Huwara in February, recited the mourner’s kaddish prayer together at the Memorial Day ceremony at the Western Wall this evening (Monday). Tzur Yehuda recited the mourner’s prayer

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Three alarm fire rips through Kiryas Joel townhouse complex

A fire spread through a multi-unit townhouse building in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, New York on Saturday afternoon. The fire severely damaged the three-story complex, increasing to a three alarm fire until it was finally extinguished by fire crews, Mid Hudson News reported. Part of the building”s roof caved in as smoke poured

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Campaign in US in support of the Million-Person March

Just before the opening of the Knesset’s summer session of the Knesset, there will be a historic million-person demonstration in history in support of the reform of the justice system, calling on the ministers of the government and members of the Knesset: You have received a mandate to correct the injustice! We will not be

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BBC accused of biased coverage of MP’s suspension for remarks on Jews

British Jewish groups are accusing the BBC of unfair reporting on the suspension of a Labour MP for her remarks on Jews, citing the broadcaster”s focus on the opinion of a far-left fringe group that is not representative of the mainstream community. Jewish organizations, including the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Jewish Leadership

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President Herzog: The siren is the sound of the State of Israel

The siren that pierced the silence right now, making its way from one end of the land to the next, rattles our souls and makes way for remembrance, which overwhelms us with silence. I ask myself I ask us: what other country in the world has such a special sound? It is the sound of

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Jason Greenblatt joins Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as a senior director

Former White House Middle East Envoy Jason Greenblatt, who helped broker the Abraham Accords, is joining the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs as a senior director. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, one of Israel”s leading institutes for policy, applied diplomacy, and communications in the Middle East, is pleased to announce that Jason Greenblatt, former

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Don Lemon fired by CNN

CNN anchor Don Lemon announced Monday that has been fired by the network. “I was informed this morning by my agent that I have been terminated by CNN. I am stunned after 17 years at CNN I would have thought that someone in management would have the decency to tell me directly,” Lemon wrote on

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Tucker Carlson and Fox News ‘part ways’

Tucker Carlson has parted ways with Fox News, which said, “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” in a statement. Carlson”s last show was Friday, and he signed off at its conclusion saying that he’d be “back on Monday.” Fox has said it

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A Ray of Hope for Baby Leba and Her Family

A Ray of Hope for Baby Leba and Her Family Help us support a family in crisis as they fight for their infant’s life and strive to keep their other 8 children’s lives as stable as possible. Dear Klal Yisrael, A few weeks ago, a beautiful baby girl named Leba entered the world, bringing mazel

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Charlotte, NC high school student makes Nazi salute dressed in KKK hood

An investigation has been opened after a student at a Charlotte, North Carolina high school was photographed dressed in a KKK hood making a Nazi salute in a classroom. “We are disgusted to see a student from Lake Norman High school in the Charlotte, NC area photographed in a graduation gown wearing a KKK hood

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Thoughts during the sounding of the siren

&hellipAnd as the siren echoes through the calm Spring air of the Samarian hills, the faces swim before my eyes. Faces from years ago, faces from decades ago. The faces of friends who did not return to base with me, the friends who will never return home. The landscape blurs in my eyes once again

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State: Only politicians should decide when Khan al-Amar is demolished

The State submitted its response this evening (Monday) to the Supreme Court on the petitions calling for the evacuation of the illegal Bedouin outpost of Khan al-Ahmar, in which it called on the court to dismiss the petitions. The Supreme Court ordered the illegal outpost demolished years ago, but successive Israeli governments have delayed carrying

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Brooklyn: Antisemitic biker attacks Jewish man in front of young child

A visibly Jewish man with his young son was accosted by a motorcyclist in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon with the attacker swinging his helmet at the man”s head and shouting antisemitic abuse. According to security camera footage released by Flatbush Shomrim, the man on the motorcycle got off his bike, which

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Watch live: Masa Israel Memorial Day Ceremony

Masa Israel is holding its 15th Memorial Day event this year, the largest such English-speaking ceremony in the world. The event is being held at Yad L’Shiryon in Latrun, not far from Jerusalem. This year’s theme is “Forever Connected,” with the aim of highlighting the relationship between the Land of Israel and Jews around the

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Live: Memorial Day commemorations begin at the Western Wall

The annual opening ceremony of Israel’s Memorial Day began at the Western Wall at 8 pm Monday evening in the presence of President Isaac Herzog and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi. The ceremony was preceded by a minute-long siren which sounded across the country.

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UK memorial to six unknown Holocaust victims unveiled

A Holocaust memorial garden was unveiled last week at a Jewish cemetery in Bushey, England in tribute to the remains of six unknown Holocaust victims buried there who were murdered at Auschwitz. The monument at United Synagogue”s Bushey New Cemetery was praised by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis as “a fitting and poignant tribute to

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IDF veteran attempts to set himself, rehab center on fire

An IDF veteran attempted to set fire to himself and a Defense Ministry rehabilitation office that assists injured soldiers this morning (Monday), the ministry stated. He was taken to the hospital with light injuries. The 38-year-old man was angered that he is not recognized as a disabled veteran, according to the Defense Ministry. His application

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Netanyahu: Israel was acquired through many trials and tribulations’

A ceremony for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars at the Yad LeBanim building was held in Jerusalem Monday afternoon to mark the start of Israel’s Memorial Day this evening. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon, Supreme Court President Esther Hayut, Chief Rabbis David Lau

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Eyewitness: I saw the car throw 5 people in the air

Moshe Yisrael, an eyewitness to the ramming attack near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market this afternoon (Monday), described the scene to Israel National News – Arutz Sheva. “I was in the middle of giving change to a customer when suddenly I heard the vehicle coming really fast. I looked and saw how it threw four people

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Five injured in terrorist ramming attack in Jerusalem

At least five people have been injured in a ramming attack near Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehudah market this afternoon (Monday). The attack occurred on Kol Yisrael Chaveirim (Kiach) Street, near Davidka Square. The suspected attacker has been shot and neutralized by security forces. Magen David Adom (MDA) reported that multiple people were being treated for injuries

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The bizarre transition in the West

Over the last twenty years in four books and dozens of essays, I have sought to understand the bizarre transition in the West from supporting the goodness of liberty, non-violence, justice and other Judeo-Christian values to what I now realize is an almost complete submission to evil values and ideologies, including those of the so-called

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Hallel with a Blessing on Yom Ha’atzmaut

Yom Ha”atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) is invested with three sanctities: 1) the sanctity of the mitzvah of yishuv ha”aretz (Settling the Land), which is a mitzvah equivalent to all the mitzvot. 2) The sanctity of the fulfillment of the words of the prophets and the sanctification of Hashem in the eyes of the nations, for

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This is why a leading religious figure refused to light a torch

Following criticism that none of those lighting an Independence Day torch are haredim, Kikar Hashabbat revealed that Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi, a leading religious figure, was offered to light a torch – but politely refused. According the Kikar Hashabbat, Rabbanit Mizrachi had received permission from rabbis to take part in the torchlighting ceremony – but chose

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Montreal police arrest teen suspect in attacks on Hasidic Jews

The 18-year-old suspect accused of assaulting two Hasidic Jews in Montreal, Quebec on the same day in January turned himself in on Thursday, according to Montreal police. The minor was arrested by the City of Montreal Police Service (SPVM) Hate Crimes and Incidents division after they released a photo and video of the assaults the

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